Glasgow Doors Open Days: The ARC: Past, Present & Future
Saturday 17 September, 2022, 3 p.m. – 4.30 p.m
The ARC, 11 Chapel Lane, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6EW
Get behind the scenes of the exciting new Advanced Research Centre, located in the city’s West end.
About this event
What is the ARC? Why was it built, and why was it designed this way? What is the purpose of this building? What’s in it for me?
Get behind the scenes of the exciting new Advanced Research Centre, located in the city’s West end in the site previously occupied by the Western Infirmary.
Exploring the history of the site and memories of the Western Infirmary, and the design and architecture of the new building. Also sharing some of the cutting-edge research happening in the building and how communities can get involved.
This event includes a performance of ‘arc’, a specially-commissioned poem to celebrate the opening of the building, by UNESCO artist-in-residence Tawona Sithole.
This event is recommended for audience 16 or above.
Speakers: Gary Clark (HOK), Matthew Walters (UofG), Delphine Gourdon (UofG), Tawona Sithole (UofG)
Chaired by Bryony Wakefield, UofG
This section: Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Free Events, Glasgow Doors Open Days
Prevous page or post | Next page or post
Written by : Pat Byrne
Publisher of Pat's Guide to Glasgow West End; the community guide to the West End of Glasgow. Fiction and non-fiction writer.
Related Pages
- Monster Mash Moogety Garden – Hallowe’en 2025
- Aye Write 2025: The Pen is Mightier: Edward Tudor Pole with Teddy Jamieson
- Aye Write 2025: Happy, Healthy, Sober – Janey Lee Grace with Frankie Burr
- Shallow Grave, Galoshans Film Festival Greenock
- Aye Write: Huey Morgan – The Fun Lovin’ Criminal
- Hip Replacement Hallowe’en Party
- Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival – A Kick Up The Arts
- Aye Write: Who Will Be Remembered Here – Queer Spaces in Scotland: Mae Diansangu, Louise Welsh, Lewis Hetherington with Carrie Marshall
- Aye Write 2025: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Francine Toon with Alistair Braidwood
- Mika & Me Optical Studios Glasgow
- October School Holiday 2025 – Crafts and Stories for Kids at Glasgow Libraries
- Official Viva Palestina Scotland – Marketland
- Walking Tour: Tracing Glasgow’s Imperial Past in Kelvingrove Park
- Ocean with David Attenborough: Community Screening & Q&A at GFT
- Kick Up The Arts – Nicola Meighan with Jill Jackson and Carol Laula
- Bookface Sip and Swop with Gillian Shirreffs
- Melting Pot Halloween – One Night at the Museum
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival 2025
- Aye Write 2025: Denise Mina and Helen Fields in conversation with Bryan Burnett
- The Glasgow Shanty Festival
