Online Docomomo School 2020+1 Tokyo, Japan

In the context of the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1, Docomomo International invites bachelor and master students to participate on the Online Docomomo School 2020+1 Tokyo, happening from 26th July to 4th August 2021. Online Docomomo School is an online-workshop for succeeding and proceeding URBAN HERITAGE. People lived, live and will live in the living heritage. It is not a symbol or memorial but something active that is to be weaved with contexts of history for future. Students in Tokyo as physical sensors will find and show strings of the context and International Online Teams will weave with…

Happy 2021

Dear friends, Thanks to your effort and support, 2020 was definitely a very different year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, we all kept working hard in this new normal, even in distance Online or by Zoom. Hoping that 2021 will be a better year! A special thanks to docomomo International sponsors (CML and IST), to all the chapters and their teams, to the partners, to the institutional and individual members. docomomo International could not continue working without your invaluable collaboration and wish you a healthy happy New Year 2021. Keep safe. Best regards, Ana Tostões docomomo International Chair

16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1

Docomomo International invites researchers and practitioners involved in the process of preservation, conservation, renovation or transformation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, to investigate on the theme: Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. Application of the third round call for papers is open from December 15, 2020 until 31 January of 2021． We are now accepting new applications for the following new themes: 13. Home and social change 14. Environmental awareness 15. Healthcare architecture 16. Wellbeing and urbanism IMPORTANT NOTICE:  The 2020+1 conference will be held with hybrid format, through a mixed system between online and PRESENTIAL…

16th International Docomomo Conference 2020+1

Due the COVID-19 pandemic, DOCOMOMO International and the Japan conference board of the DOCOMOMO2020+1 decided to set up the 16th International Docomomo Conference Tokyo Japan 2020+1, 29th August – 2nd September 2021, with an hybrid format, through a mixed system between online and face-to-face (if possible, depending on the pandemic situation) lectures.   Considering the new format available, 30 applicants with accepted abstracts who gave up their participation are welcomed to be back. If these candidates wish to participate under these new conditions, they should confirm and register till 7th December 2020. Turning the Conference into online, we are glad to announce and launch a 3rd call for papers between 10th December 2020 and 31st January…

Modernism Is Frozen – Urbanism and Architecture under/after Covid-19

HOUSING FOR ISOLATING We have online discussion for The Next Urbanism and Architecture Under/After COVID-19. This series is subtitled “Is Modernism Frozen?” and the discussions were held with titles “HOW DO YOU MAP MODERNISM UNDER/AFTER COVID-19” and “TRAFFIC SEEKS ANOTHER WAY”. Now we are going to have the third public panel discussion titled “HOUSING FOR ISOLATING” and you are invited to participate. Panelists:Zara Ferreira (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)Johannes Widodo (National University of Singapore)Moderator:Takayuki Suzuki (Wuhan University, China) It is planned as a ZOOM meeting at 7pm in Japan, 10am in GMT, 90 minutes to two hours, on 12…

The Terms of Habitation: Re-theorizing the Architecture of Housing (ZOOM event)

Professor Ana Tostões, chair of docomomo International, and Zara Ferreira, former secretary general, participate today, 9th November 2020, on the conference “The Terms of Habitation: Re-theorizing the Architecture of Housing”, convened by the Research Group “Retheorizing the Architecture of Housing as Grounds for Research and Practice” at the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), co-organized by Yael Allweil, Gaia Caramellino, and Susanne Schindler. Date & Time: 09.11.2020, 12 p.m. (GMT+0) Place: Online Language: English Price: Free admission / https://technion.zoom.us./j/97692554866 Humanity is facing an ongoing, global housing crisis with major consequences for the social and ecological stability in towns, cities, and nations around…

16th International Docomomo Conference 2020+1

Second Round Call for Papers Docomomo International invites researchers and practitioners involved in the process of preservation, conservation, renovation or transformation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, to investigate on the theme:Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities. REAPPLY (Second Round Call for Papers)Due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, some authors pulled out their papers for the DOCOMOMO 2020+1 conference. The conference secretariat is now accepting reapplication of a few papers for the session 1-12. In addition, we are accepting new application for the new theme called “13. Architecture and Urbanism Under / After COVID-19”Note If your paper…

RA. Revista de Arquitectura (Journal)

Ra. Revista de Arquitectura, is an annual journal published by the University of Navarra School of Architecture. It is regarded as a forum for the expression of research results and academic debate concerning the key areas of interest in architecture and cities by regarding them as cultural realities of undeniable importance and impact and as objects for careful consideration, study and research. It is intended to serve as a channel, especially for the intellectual output of the departments of Theory and History, Urban Design and Architectural Projects, although it has been open to articles and contributions from other professional and…

MATIÈRES 16

“The sixteenth issue of the journal subjects is devoted, in a broad way, to the current condition of the theory of architecture and its role in the architectural debate. To do this, we suggest that we discuss together based on three questions: What is the current state of architecture? Is architectural theory in crisis? What is the role of architectural journals in the current architectural debate?” “Lina Bo Bardi, faire de la ville la citadelle de la liberté” is an article written by the Docomomo International’s chair, Professor Ana Tostões, for the Matières 16. Publisher: PPUR Author(s): Bruno Marchand Collection:…

Kosovo Architecture Festival 2020

“In its 8th edition, the Kosovo Architecture Festival will be addressing the issue of Publicness in our cities with a focus on Prishtina. The invited Future Architecture emerging creatives will be presenting to the local & global audience tools, methodologies and strategies of analyzing and reinterpreting publicness. KAF announced the Kosovo Architecture Festival 2020 program with more than 35 public lectures featuring 8 Future Architecture creatives and keynotes from Carlo Ratti the head of the Senseable City Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nadar Tehrani the Dean of the Architecture School at Cooper Union, Malkit Shoshan of Harvard GSD &…