17th CONFERENCE ARQUITECTONICS MIND, LAND AND SOCIETY 2019

17th CONFERENCE ARQUITECTONICS MIND, LAND AND SOCIETY 2019

Freedom to design, that is, freedom of people to design, built and use buildings, cities and landscapes better for them.

KEY SPEAKERS:

• Mario Botta (Italy) - "Il progetto Come Ricerca " / (Research with Design)

• Silvia De Bianchi (Spain) - "Interactive generation of knowledge: a philosophical perspective on space"

• Ashraf M. Salama (UK) - “Transformative Design Pedagogy: From Priori and Posteriori Knowledge to Trans-disciplinary Production of Architecture”

• Andres Garces (Chile) - “Poetic and pedagogical process of "the Ronda" in Open City of Amereida”

• Francisco Mangado  (Spain) - Title in process

• Marcelo Zarate (Argentina) - “Towards an Urbanism based upon a deep design interpretation of the way some cultural schemes organize each place" 

• Miquel Fernandez (Spain) - “Nonnegotiable inertia. The role of urban planning in social normalization and the reproduction of capital”

Supported by:
UPC Research Group (GIRAS)
UNICEF; Children friendly cities
Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
Ministry of economic and education
Barcelona school of architecture (ETSAB)
COAC. Catalan Association of Architects
Mind, Land & Society Arquitectonics Network

Conference Organization:
Magda Saura; Professor, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and
Josep Muntañola; architect and city planner, senior professor, founder of GIRAS Research Group.
Conference Management: Rasoul Ameli, GIRAS, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)

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Charrette Call for Contributions: From the Global South: Pedagogical Encounters in Architecture (Guest Editor Professor Ashraf Salama)

 

Charrette, the journal of the Association of Architectural Educators (AAE), first published in 2013, is now well established as a pioneering journal for academics, practitioners, and theorists engaged in design teaching practices and theoretical debates. For this issue (Volume 5, Issue 1), Charrette invites papers and essays that address positions, experiences, and experiments which are undertaken in the Global South by either local or international academics or both. 

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THEME 
The main body of literature on architectural education and design pedagogy is primarily produced in the English-speaking world and is interrogated, debated, and reproduced mainly in the larger context of Western Europe and North America. The architectural academic community in other parts of the world; the Global South, is deeply influenced by such a discourse as well as by various pedagogical trends typically introduced in Western academia to reflect the needs of budding professionals and the profession of architecture at large. In essence, these represent tendencies that are instigated and practiced within the contextual particularities of Western academia including the ambitions and constraints of academic institutions, the professional milieu, and the way in which architecture is practiced and produced. Classically, such an influence manifests itself in the fact that in any discussion about pedagogy in architecture in Global South’ academia the discourse which characterizes the Global North dictates and thus overshadows opportunities for developing another parallel, or in fact different but equally important, discourse which can be generated and developed to address other unique particularities that characterize the Global South. The thrust here is not to create a competing discourse but to complement what is already there. 
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See more by downloading the full call 
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Visit AAE Website: https://architecturaleducators.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/charrette-call-for-contributions-from-the-global-south-pedagogical-encounters-in-architecture-guest-editor-professor-ashraf-salama/ 
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Visit Journal Website: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/arched/char

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CAUMME 2012 International Symposium, Istanbul

CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST: GLOBAL IMPACTS AND LOCAL CHALLENGES 


Istanbul November 21-23 2012 

Symposium Chair, Professor Murat SOYGENIS 
Symposium Co-Chair, Professor Ashraf M. SALAMA 

Since the beginning of the new millennium, it was apparent that a new phase influencing the development of architecture and urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East had begun, when rulers, decision makers, and top government officials developed stronger interest in architecture and development. With such a sturdy interest many cities in this region are experiencing rapid growth coupled with fast track urbanization processes, and marked by large scale work, learning and residential environments, and mixed use developments. This is witnessed from Istanbul’s intensive urbanization process to Abu-Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island Development to Bahrain Financial Harbor, and from Kuwait’s City of Silk to the future city of Qatar, Lusail. Notably, some cities have acquired a geo-strategic importance. Through the shift of global economic forces, they have developed to central hubs between old economies of Western Europe and the rising economies of Asia. In the context of international competition between cities new challenges are emerging. Organized jointly by Faculty of Architecture at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul and the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at Qatar University in Doha, this symposium addresses a number of sub-themes unique to architecture and urbanism in this part of the world including:

1. Architectural Identity, City Branding, and Image Making.
2. Architecture and Urbanism of Cities within Cities.
3. Informal Urbanism-Behind the Scenes of the Global Images.
4. Multiculturalism and the Emerging City.
5. Place Making, Politics and Urban Power.
6. Scapes of Flows and the Contemporary City.
7. Social Impacts, Health and Sustainable Environments.
8. Urban Cohesion, Sustainability and Community Participation.
9. Urban Sprawl, Density, and Transport.
10. Urban-Spatial Regeneration and Heritage Conservation.

Conference Poster: http://www.mmr.yildiz.edu.tr/login/sys/admin/announcement/img/1324996093_CAUMME2012_poster.pdf
Conference Website: http://www.caummeyildiz.blogspot.com.au/

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European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design 2011

Courtesy of EWWUD As in 2010, in 2011 there will be an edition of EWWUD (European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design). ULHT (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias) will organize an international workshop on the theme of waterfront design (European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design) EWWUD

As in 2010, in 2011 there will be an edition of EWWUD (European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design).

ULHT (Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias) will organize an international workshop on the theme of waterfront design (European Workshop Waterfront Urban Design) EWWUD. The workshop is coordinated by Pedro Ressano Garcia.

This event will take place between 27 March and 9 April 2011, in Lisbon, Portugal, and has several international specialists in nine foreign universities.

The following universities will participate:
/> Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny Wszczecinie – ZUT / Poland
/> Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
/ Netherlands
/> Hafen City University Hamburg
/ Germany
/> University of California Berkeley
/ USA
/> Aristotele University of Thessaloniiki Faculty of Engineering School of Architecture
/ Greece
/> Universite de Paris La Sorbonne
/ France
/> Politecnico di Milano Facolta di Architettura e Societa Diap Dipartimento di Architettura e Pianificazion
/ Italy
/> Gazi Ãœniversitesi
/ Turkey

For more informations, visit EWWUD’s website here.

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Challenge the possible create ispiration

Take part in the 3rd International Competition TRIMO URBAN CRASH 2011 for students of Architecture and Design.
October 15th 2010 - January 31st 2011
Who can participate:

• Undergraduate and diploma students of architecture or design. How? >>
• Professors, tutors and lecturers in architecture or design schools. How? >>

More info: www.trimo-urbancrash.com

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HB:BX Building Cultural Infrastructure

The High Bridge International Ideas Competition

This competition is open to all emerging professionals, including, but not limited to, architects, artists, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners who have completed their education at the undergraduate or graduate level within 10 years of the competition announcement (September 10, 2009). The registration deadline is November 18, 2009, and the submission deadline is January 18, 2010. An online gallery will feature all submitted design entries. In addition, cash prizes and inclusion in an exhibition and publication will be awarded to the winning designs.

For more info. Please e-mail enyacompetitions@gmail.com

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Visions of a Village- Contest

CLEAR Village Foundation is opening a competition to applicants from all over the world- professionals, students, and art-enthusiasts alike. This is a contest for the visions of an ideal sustainable village: a place where you would want to live, study, work and experience the challenges and rewards of an ecologically durable lifestyle. In other words: to define the future of living. To find out more about the CLEAR Village project,
visit: www.clear-village.org

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A SUBURBAN DESIGN COMPETITION

CALLING ALL FUTURE-FORWARD ARCHITECTS, URBAN DESIGNERS AND IDEALISTS!
With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, increasing carbon emissions and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. It is obvious that a change in the American landscape is necessary, which is why Inhabitat has teamed up with Dwell Magazine to launch the REBURBIA design contest.

We know our readers are a smart and innovative bunch, and this is why we are turning to YOUYOUR vision for a brighter, more sustainable future for the American suburban landscape. Show us how you would re-invent the suburbs. What would a McMansion become if it weren’t a single-family dwelling? How could a vacant big box store be retrofitted for agriculture?
to come up with

Winners receive fame (being showcased in Dwell Magazine, Dwell.com & Inhabitat.com), and fortune ($1000 cash prize!)

Want to learn more? Visit www.re-burbia.com to enter!

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International Ideas Competition for the Bering Strait Project

INTERCONNECTION & COMMUNICATION IN THE BERING STRAITopen to architects and students of architecture and other professionals worldwide. In accordance with the UIA-UNESCO regulations, it has been approved by the International Union of Architects – UIA.
The Foundation for Peace and Unification (FPU) announces an international ideas competition for the Bering Strait.
More about: www.bering-competition.org

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Incheon Urban Development Corporation

The 2009 Incheon International Urban Design Competition for Students aims to contribute to the transformation of Incheon Metropolitan City into a world-class city capable of carrying out functions and roles commensurate to such a status and at the same time resolve current urban issues for the city by promulgating a worldwide call for public submissions of urban design plans.
More about: www.iudc.or.kr

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