Ernesto N. Rogers and the CIAM: Teaching for Democracy

Abstract
8 September 1943: The day the Italian army surrendered to the Allies is a - perhaps the most - decisive milestone in Ernesto N. Rogers’ life. From that transformative moment on, the young Italian architect built an extensive, in–depth international dialogue that led him to be recognized as a master in other, even quite distant, cultural contexts. It was in this concurrence of public and private life, which was practically a coincidence for him, that the career he had established as a partner in the BBPR and as a leading figure in the second generation of Italian rationalists would open to far broader horizons, enriched by his exile in Switzerland, where he, a Jew, fled just a few days after that terrible date.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture, Ernesto Rogers, CIAM, BBPR, Italian rationalism.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 28-33
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.A0LJYG7X

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14th Seminar Docomomo Brazil

Docomomo Brazil is holding its 14th Seminar, from 27th to 29th October at the Federal University of Pará, Belém, with the theme O MODERNO EM MOVIMENTO: USOS, REUSOS, NOVAS CARTOGRAFIAS. Presente e futuro do legado da arquitetura moderna no Brasil [THE MODERN IN MOVEMENT: USES, REUSE, NEW CARTOGRAPHIES. Present and future of the legacy of modern architecture in Brazil]. More details: docomomo Brazil website [Portuguese]    

Phenomenon of the Russian Avant-garde. Moscow Architectural School of the 1920s

Abstract
he phenomenon of the Russian Avant–garde architecture formed under the influence of the Moscow Higher School of Architecture and Art is today widely known by the name of VKHUTEMAS. This school is mentioned in the context of professional activity of the artists and architects who also worked in other institutes, but who had creative links. In the limelight is Nikolai Ladovsky, creator of the introductory course on architectural composition, lecturing along with many authoritative Moscow utilitarian architects, such as Alexander Kuznetsov, Vesnin brothers and others.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture, Russian avant–garde architecture, Moscow Higher School of Architecture and Art, VKHUTEMAS, Nikolai Ladovsky.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 22-27
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.HM02EMC3

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7th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar

Between 9th and 14th November 2020 docomomo Docomomo São Paulo Nucleus and the stricto sensu Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at the São Judas Tadeu University held the 7th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar. To review the conferences, please visit the Youtube page . More details: Docomomo Brazil webpage [Portuguese] Docomomo International News “The 7th Docomomo São Paulo Seminar provides for lectures, debates and presentation of communications on matters of relevance for the safeguarding of the cultural heritage of the modern movement in Brazil. Unlike the previous ones, in its digital version, the famous MomoTour cannot take place, which this time will be…

“Training the Architect”: Modern Architectural Education Experiences

Abstract
In 1937, Walter Gropius wrote “Training the Architect” for his presentation as Chairman of the Department of Architecture of Harvard University. It reinvented his experience in the Bauhaus, between 1919 and 1928, and became the pedagogical program for the new Modern paradigm of an architectural education. At that moment, the Beaux–Arts system was being revaluated and the American schools of architecture intended to approach the university through a scientific and technological curriculum.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture, Walter Gropius, Bauhaus, “Training the Architect” manifesto, CIAM.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 10-15
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.DZZ54XNF

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Newness, Tradition and Identity — Existential Meaning in Architecture

Abstract
The following keynote lecture was presented at the 12th International docomomo Conference that took place in Espoo, Finland, in August 2012. The document here presented is based on an essay written for the “Human Experience and Place: Sustaining Identity III” Conference at the Victoria & Albert Museum that took place in London on 29th November, 2012.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture , Cultural identity , Tradition and newness in architecture, Responsible architecture .

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 4-9
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/

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For an Architect’s Training towards Responsibility

Abstract
The variety of discussions on architects’ mission, on architectural discipline and the recall on some key figures explain the argument of this Journal entitled For an Architect’s Training. The title quotes Walter Gropius’ “Blueprint for an architect’s training” spread through the French magazine L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui in February 1950 (number 28), dedicated to “Walter Gropius, the spread of an idea” and realized by Paul Rudolph under the direction of Gropius himself who developed his ideas on design education between art and technique, creation, research and applied science.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Architectural education, Education of modern architecture.

Issue 49
Year 2013
Pages 2-3
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/49.A.A360TYW7

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Call for Papers: Quart n. 60 – Integritas, proportio et claritas. The historical city – its past and present image

The Call for Papers for the Quart – „Quart. Quarterly of Art History Institute at the University of Wroclaw”  Issue 60 (June 2021) is now open until 1st March 2021 With the theme “Integritas, proportio et claritas. The historical city – its past and present image”, this issue is dedicated to historical urbanism. “This subject can be approached from the perspective of questions relating to the history of the city, its theory, as well as the problems of preserving its historical and artistic heritage. In each of the aspects of the research of urban space as a “social product” (the city…

Call for Papers: UIA Public Health Group

Docomomo International is pleased to announce that the UIA Public Health Work Programme (PHG) has launched the Call for new Papers and Projects for the UIA-PHG2021. The two themes for the UIA-PHG 2021 Seminars are: 1) Health and Cities, and 2) Architecture for Health. Presentations can be as Research Paper or Design Project. Regarding the COVID 19 Pandemic, priority will be given to projects that address the health design implications resulting from/associated with the Pandemic. The UIA-PHG2021 Rio Seminar will happen in conjunction with the 27th UIA Congress in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18-22 July 2021. The call for paper…