The document is an invitation to a series of talks hosted by the Danish Architecture Centre and Arup focusing on international engineering design. It provides information on three upcoming talks on June 8th, 14th, and 21st featuring Mark Watts on sustainable cities, Jan Wurm on building technology, and Rory McGowan on the relationship between European and Asian design. The talks will provide insights from Arup's work on innovative engineering projects around the world and discussions on the future of the building industry.

1. Invitation
ARUP talks
Danish Architecture Centre
Strandgade 27b 1401 Kbh K
Inspiration, debate and learning
The Danish Architecture Centre and Arup present a series of exclusive Talks
focusing on the possibilities and challenges of international engineering design.
Arup is known as a pioneer within environmental and structural engineering. With 10,000 employ-
ees and 90 offices in 37 countries the company has a numerous collection of innovative projects
around the globe, which as practical examples can inspire to debate on the future development and
investment in the building industry.
8.6.2011 15.00– 17.30 Cities in the Ecological Age
Mark Watts | Director | Energy & Climate Change Consulting, Arup
Mark Watts will set out a vision of what successful, sustainable cities of the future will look like, and what
they have to achieve over the next two decades to get there. The Talk will be based upon Arup’s work for and
analysis of the low carbon programmes being planned or delivered in the world’s largest and most influential cit-
ies, from New York and London, to Beijing, Sao Paulo and Addis Ababa.
14.6.2011 15.00–17.30 Steering building technology into the future
Jan Wurm | Dr.-Ing., Associate | Arup Materials, Berlin
With the emergence of innovative architectural concepts aiming for a more efficient and sustainable built
environment the focus in materialization is shifting towards a syntheses of aesthetic, functional and structural
aspects. More than ever the discipline of architectural engineering and the skills of the integrator have become
essential to steer true innovation in multidisciplinary projects. The Talk will present Arup’s research in the field
of building technology and present selected projects in detail.
21.6.2011 15.00-17.30 The Europe/Asia design axis, some reality
Rory McGowan | Director| Arup China and Ireland
The Talk covers the story of the design of the CCTV project in Beijing from competition days in Europe to
the realities on the ground in Beijing, in the time of the build up to the Olympics and beyond. With 8 years of
experience working and living in Beijing Rory McGowan will also make some remarks on the realities on the
ground and a view on the future of European design in China and East Asia.
Moderator: Henning Thomsen, architect MAA, has worked for several years with development and
communication of new knowledge about cities, sustainability and urban development. Henning is
a member of the World Future Councils Expert Commission on Cities and Climate Change.
Free admission. Limited seats, please sign up at www.dac.dk/arup
Danish Architecture Centre (DAC) is a project organization that develops and communicates knowledge about
architecture and urban- and landscape development. DAC is base funded by a partnership consisting of Realdania, the
Danish Ministry of Culture, the Danish Ministry of Environment and the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs.

2. Mark Watts Change, Arup
Director | Energy & Climate
Mark Watts provides support to cities around the world in Mark Watts joined Arup in November 2008, having previously
developing strategies to tackle climate change, including leading been an adviser to former London Mayor, Ken Livingstone,
Arup’s role as ‘strategic advisers’ to the C40 group of the world’s from 2000-2008. As the Mayor’s lead on climate change and
largest cities. sustainable transport Mark was described by London Evening
Mark Watts’ clients over the last two years have included city Standard as “the intellectual force behind Ken Livingstone’s
authorities in Copenhagen, New York, Toronto, Sao Paulo, drive to make London a leading light of the battle against global
Warsaw, Rome, Utrecht, Addis Ababa, Melbourne, Manchester, warming.”
Sheffield, and Nottingham.
Jan Associate | Arup Materials, Berlin
Wurm
Dr.-Ing.,
Jan Wurm’s passion is the architectural engineering – the After having worked for 3 years for Arup Materials Consulting
interaction between technology, building materials and structure and Arup Facade Engineering in London, Jan Wurm transferred
and the architectural form itself. Being an architect with a deep to the Berlin office to lead the Europe Region Materials Group
technical understanding of the building process and products, in 2008. Jan is a visiting professor at the Danish Technical
Jan has steered a number of successful product developments University as part of the Masters Programme for Architectural
and innovations together with industry partners. Engineering.
An example is a unitised facade system out of composites
developed together with Danish Byggeriets Innovation, 3XN,
Fiberline and Permasteelisa.
Rory McGowan
Director| Arup China and Ireland
Rory McGowan has a multi-disciplinary building engineering Rory McGowan first joined Arup in Dublin in 1986. Up until
design leadership background with wide-ranging experience of recently Rory was based in Beijing where he was a leader of a fast
multi-locational and multi-national teams with leading archi- growing multi-disciplinary office. His projects included the new
tects. He has been involved in numerous successful high profile Shenzhen Stock Exchange Building, Beijing Xicui Zero Energy
design competitions where he has collaborated closely with Media Wall Facade “Greenpix”, Singapore Scotts Tower, Jiang Xi
architects and other professionals. Projects include CCTV in Natural History Museum, Taipei Performing Arts Centre, and
Beijing, IIT Student Campus Centre in Chicago, and Casa da Bangkok MahaNakhon Tower.
Musica, Porto.