Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI)

Docomomo International would like to share the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI), which will be will be carried out in virtual mode through a specialized platform, from 19th to 22nd October 2021, Santiago, Chile. The CAEI  is the continental forum of excellence that brings together the main actors and decision-makers related to the internationalization of higher education in the Americas to strengthen contacts, exchange experiences, and chart the future of the academic cooperation in the region. The CAEI is organized every two years in a different host country in alliance with national, regional and international higher education institutions and…

Online debate event series “Context, Contrast, Continuity – Heritage Conservation and Urban Development”

Docomomo International is pleased to share the upcoming online discussion “From Roof War to Roof Top Facilities – How to Deal with & Benefit from the 5th Facade” that is part of an international discussion series called “Context, Contrast, Continuity”. The series were launched by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (German architecture museum) together with the Max Liebling Haus – White City Centre in Tel Aviv, the ernst may gesellschaft, ICOMOS Germany and Docomomo Israel. This online discussion event on monument protection and urban development will happen on 10th June 2021 at 7 pm CET/8 pm IDT, which counts with the participation…

European Conference on Architectural Policies, “From Bauhaus to New House – Post-Covid Landscapes”

Docomomo International is pleased to share the European Conference on Architectural Policies (ECAP), From Bauhaus to New House – Post-Covid Landscapes, an initiative of the Order of Architects, integrated in the official program of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will be held on 8 and 9 June 2021, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal. The Conference counts with the participation of  Professor Ana Tostões, Chair of Docomomo International, on the 9th of June at the Closing Session of the Conference. Within the scope of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the…

Chartres International Meeting “When the Cathedrals burn”

Docomomo International would like to share the Chartres International Meeting “Quand les cathédrales brûlent” [“When the Cathedrals burn”], organized by the Centre international du Vitrail de Chartres and the Laboratoire TrAme (UR 4284) de l’université de Picardie Jules-Verne, which will be held on October 15-16, 2021. From the abbey church of Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire in 1026 to Vézelay in 1165, from the cathedral of Canterbury in 1174 to Noyon in 1293, from the cathedral of Chartres in 1836 to Reims in 1914, from Nantes in 1972 to Paris in 2019… churches and cathedrals are on fire! Their restoration gives rise to recurring…

In Conflict

“‘How will we live together?’ is the question proposed by the Lebanese architect Hashim Sarkis, curator of the 17th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, aiming to bring to the discussion the future and the challenges we will face, as well as the neglected role of the architects as civilized promoters and protectors of the contract of these spaces. In 2021, the studio depA will be in charge of the Portuguese Official Representation, with the project In Conflict selected through a competition of the Directorate-General for the Arts. As a direct response to this challenge, the goal is to learn from processes…

Docomomo Belgium Online Lecture V: “L’îlot et la barre: Formes de logement collectif à Vienne et Francfort”

Docomomo International would like to invite you to register in the 5th online conference that Alessandro Porotto will give on Tuesday June 8 at 8.00 pm with the title “L’îlot et la barre: Formes de logement collectif à Vienne et Francfort” [“The island and the bar: Forms of collective housing in Vienna and Frankfurt”], organized by Docomomo Belgium. The ZOOM conference is given in French. Alessandro Porotto is a postdoc researcher at the LOCI Faculty of UCLouvain. Within the Uses & Spaces research unit, he leads the European Cities: Referential Housing Type research project, dealing with the evolution of forms…

ICOMOS Conference “In Restauro: Post-War Heritage of Art and Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe. Integrated Approaches to Dissonant Monuments and Sites”

Docomomo International would like to draw your attention to the conference “In Restauro: Post-War Heritage of Art and Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe. Integrated Approaches to Dissonant Monuments and Sites” on 2nd and 23rd of July, 2021. The hybrid event is planned to be held live in Kazanlak (Bulgaria) and online by ICOMOS Germany and ICOMOS Bulgaria. The symposium will focus on currently planned or recently carried-out measures of monument protection and monument restoration. Contributions should pay special attention to technical and methodological issues of conserving testimonies of post-war art and architecture; to a critical reflection of the intended…

Online Docomomo School Tokyo Japan 2020+1

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 – oDOMOs, happening from 26th July to 4th August 2021. Summary: Online Docomomo international School, namely oDOMOs are newly set up this summer to open a 10-day-workshop to provide an unique online/interactive learning opportunity for architectural students worldwide. The workshop focuses on Daikan-yama Hillside Terrace, iconic urban architecture designed by Fumihiko Maki in the heart of Tokyo. You will learn Maki’s philosophy how it was developed through local and historical contexts of the area, and the…

Call for Abstracts: Global Conference “Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing and Place”

Docomomo International is pleased to share the global conference “Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing and Place”, which will be held between 1st and 3rd December, 2021. This international event is organized by Syracuse University, Chalmers University of Technology, Northumbria University, and the Italian Society for the Sociology of Health. Coordinated by AMPS. Dates: 1-3 December, 2021 Place: Virtual Call On January 1st, 2020, the world woke to news that a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, had been identified as a strain of coronavirus. By March, the World Health Organization would define it as a pandemic and the most serious global…

Call for Abstracts: Conference “Cultures, Communities and Design”

Docomomo International is pleased to share the conference “Cultures, Communities and Design” – a conference connecting planning, landscapes, architecture and people, which will be held between 28th and 30th June, 2022. This international event is organized by the University of Calgary, the interdisciplinary research organization AMPS, its academic journal Architecture_MPS, together with the events and publication group PARADE. Place: Calgary Format: Virtual Host: University of Calgary, Canada Dates: June 28-30, 2022 Abstracts: July 01, 2021 (Early)   Call ‘The Countryside’ – a polemically generic term Rem Koolhaas has recently used to reposition debates about our cities to those of rural areas. While posited…