FW: Presentation on Lao Architecture Tuesday 4 June 2013
Rik Ponne
FYI
From: WIG Cultural Study Group [mailto:culturals...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 31 May, 2013 9:43 PM
To: ruth...@hotmail.com
Subject: Presentation on Lao Architecture Tuesday 4 June 2013
Dear All,
We are pleased to invite you to our June presentation, which will be held next week. We will also be celebrating our sixth anniversary and our 55th presentation. This will be our last Cultural Study Group evening before the summer break. We will start a new season in August.
We hope you will be able to join us for what promises to be another stimulating presentation.
Title: Lao Architecture – as reflection of social, political and economic change
Presenter: Selena Sourignosack
Date: Tuesday 4 June 2013
Time: 5.45 – 7.45 pm NOTE NEW SLIGHTLY EARLIER TIME
Venue: Upstairs at Monument Books
What is the essence of Lao architecture? How does form relate to function and what does architecture tell us about lifestyles and Lao society. What can we learn from the mixture of buildings from different eras here in Vientiane?
Our presenter Selena Sourignosack is Lao-American. She left Laos with her family in 1977. They moved to the USA and she grew up in Houston, Texas. As a child she dreamed of becoming an architect, so she could make fine homes and beautify her neighbourhood. In spite of parental opposition, she pursued her studies in architecture at University. After graduation she worked for ten years with several firms in the States before realizing that there was still something missing and that the missing element was Laos. In 2003 she returned to Laos in order to fulfill her childhood dream.
Over the past ten years, Selena has observed many physical changes here in the city of Vientiane and has reflected on this from the point of view of an architect and as a resident. She will guide us to better understand the built environment that surrounds us and illustrate how it serves as reflection of social, political and economic change here in Laos.
Kind Regards
Ruth Foster
Co-chair
WIG Cultural Study Group
