This year’s John Foerster ‘64 Fund Lecture will be delivered by Thomas Heatherwick. Response by Amelyn Ng and Bart-Jan Polman.

This lecture will be hosted in Wood Auditorium at Columbia GSAPP and live-streamed on GSAPP’s YouTube channel.

Over the past 30 years Thomas Heatherwick has designed multiple new districts, cultural landmarks and transport infrastructure across the globe. His studio is currently working on over 30 projects in ten countries, including Seoul’s Nodeul Island and Singapore’s Changi Airport Terminal 5 in collaboration with KPF. Previous projects include Azabudai Hills, a new neighbourhood in the centre of Tokyo; Little Island, a floating public park in New York; Google’s first ground-up campus in California; the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town; and an new retail district in Xi’an, China.