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SUMMARY:The Significance of Scientific and Environmental Experimentation i
 n the Design of the Crystal Palace - Henrik Schoenefeldt\, Department of A
 rchitecture\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20100510T170000Z
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CONTACT:Henrik Schoenefeldt
DESCRIPTION:The Talk is part of REFRACTIONS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE-Two Talk
 s on the Great Exhibition of 1851\n\nThe Talk explores significance of sci
 entific and environmental experimentation in the design of the Crystal Pal
 ace. Henrik investigates how the scientific methods and environmental desi
 gn principles originally developed in the context of the horticultural gla
 sshouse in the first half of the nineeteenth century provided the foundati
 on for pioneering experiments with appropriating glass structures for spec
 ifically human purposes. Contemporary Sources reveal that the Great Exhibi
 tion provided the context within which Joseph Paxton was able to conduct o
 ne of the earliest experiment with adopting the horticultural glasshouse p
 rototype for human use. Henrik will illustrate how the glass structure of 
 Crystal Palace was adapted for the purpose of the display and preservation
  of artefacts as well as for the health and comfort human beings. Furtherm
 ore he discusses the post-occupancy history of the building. This will inc
 lude an account of the design modification implemented during the period o
 f the Great Exhibition to improve the internal environment conditions. He 
 will also illustrate the process by which the interior environment was sys
 tematically monitored and recorded for the purpose of a scientific post-oc
 cupancy evaluation of its environmental performance. \n\n\nBiography:\nHen
 rik Schoenefeldt studied at the Prince’s Foundation\, Portsmouth Univers
 ity and TU-Wien. In 2007 he was awarded an M.Phil in Environmental Design 
 at the University of Cambridge\, where he is currently a PhD student\, pur
 suing research into the history of all-glass buildings in the nineteenth c
 entury under the supervision of Professor Alan Short. For his PhD studies 
 he has been awarded the RIBA LKE Ozolins studentship. Recent research also
  included the study of the design history of the United Nations Secretaria
 t Building\, focusing on the development of the glass facade and the envir
 onmental design strategy. He is also undergraduate supervisor at the Depar
 tment of Architecture.
LOCATION:Old Combination Room\, Wolfson College\, Cambridge
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