Public Discussion Series 2020: Docomomo Hong Kong

Docomomo Hong Kong is inviting you to participate in the Public Discussion Series 2020. About the lecture: A four-part public discussion series that engages with a range of topics centering the transnational circulation of the Modern Movement in Hong Kong and beyond. Main Page Link: https://www.docomomo.hk/2020-public-discussion-series/ About the Organizer: Docomomo Hong Kong is the local chapter of the Docomomo International (International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement). Established in 1988, the global organization aims to enhance public knowledge and promote the protection of notable examples of modern architecture and built landscapes around…

Webinar – Proyecto Casa Klumb: Pasado o Futuro?

“After the terrible news of the destruction of one of the emblematic pieces of Modern Architecture, the House of the architect Klumb and his wife Else (more info here), positions have been raised in different forums regarding what should be done with what was previously the Klumb House. Docomomo Puerto Rico invites a panel of people directly related to the structure and the conservation issue to give us their opinion on the future of what this space should be. In this way, Docomomo Puerto Rico promotes the exchange of ideas, dissimilar positions, and creates a wide space of opposing positions,…

Jornadas Docomomo Chile: Chile en Momove

Between 17th and 27th November 2020 docomomo Chile held the Docomomo Chile Days: Chile in Momove (Modern Movement Virtual Exhibition). To review the conferences, please visit the Youtube page (Centro del Patrimonio Cultural UC). “Docomomo Chile and Equipo Centro del Patrimonio Cultural UC are inviting you to participate in the Docomomo Chile Days 2020. The conferences include various activities and have as a common denominator the enhancement and visibility of our modern heritage through “Modern Movement Virtual Exhibition” instance created by Docomomo Internacional to disseminate these works worldwide through the contribution of all its regional chapters.” The conference includes different…

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…

Detmold Conference Weeks 2020 – “The Human Habitat in Times of Transformation”

“In recent years, the future-proof and user-oriented design of the human living space has become a central and concrete field of action for important political and research agendas at national and international level and is currently more relevant than ever. There is a correspondingly high demand for developments to be accompanied by the expertise of the planning sciences and supported by theory-based and practice-oriented knowledge about human habitats. The younger generation of prospective planners also recognises the need to take a more active role in the sustainable design of our living space. This autumn, for the first time, we will…

ROUNDTRIP: From the Seine to the Rio de La Plata and viceversa

Eight weekly sessions, presented by international academics reflecting on some of the protagonists of the European and Latin American Modern Movement who trained or carried out part of their professional careers between the two continents. This project stems from some reflections on the Swiss master’s 1929 journey and on his relationship with Latin America, with which he established a bond through meetings, conferences and collaborations that lasted about three decades. The journey had a twofold outcome: on the one hand, it introduced new demands in the concept of architecture proposed by the first generation of the European Modern Movement, such…

85th Anniversary – Institute of Aesthetic Research

Docomomo International would like to congratulate the Institute of Aesthetic Research [Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas] for the 85th anniversary. The Institute of Aesthetic Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, since its foundation, research has been carried out in its installations into the different forms of artistic expression in Mexico; the diversity of studies undertaken by the body of researchers in the fields of criticism, theory and history of art across a horizon that reaches other latitudes. It has thus become a space in which the plastic arts converge with dance, literature, photography, cinema and music. Every year, through…

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 &…

Convegno di Studi sulle Architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia [Conference and exhibition: Architecture from the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia]

“9 x 100 = 900, 9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia” is the title of the conference and exhibition dedicated to the modern movement architecture, organized by Docomomo Italy, 11th September 2020, in Carovigno. On September 11th, the conference, taking place at the Castello Dentice di Frasso,  will deal with the relationships between architecture, history, landscape and modernity in the South of Italy. Followed the international conference on the architecture of the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia, the traveling exhibition “9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia”, organized by the…

Online lecture at the Liebling Haus “Modern Architecture in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique”

Docomomo International is please to invite you to assist the online lecture “Modern Architecture in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique” organized by the the Liebling Haus team. The lecture will take place on the zoom platform at 14 September 2020, at 6 p.m. (GMT+3). In the effort to achieve a better knowledge and comprehensive understanding of Modern Movement diaspora, it is essential to revisit, analyze and document the important heritage built on sub-Saharan Africa, where, the debate took place and architectonical models were reproduced, in many cases subjected to metamorphoses raised by overseas geography. This lecture is given…