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, happening from 26th July to 4th August 2021. Summary  In 2021, the DOCOMOMO Online School will be focusing on in-depth research on urban modern heritage and its relation to Japanese culture. People have lived and will continue to live in modern neighbourhoods and sites that represent 20th century urban heritage. Daikan-yama Hillside Terrace in Tokyo, is such an example of a modern architecture and urban masterpiece, designed between 1969 and 1992 by Pritzker Prize…

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…

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 &…

Online course on “Adaptive Reuse in Modern Architecture Heritage” by Docomomo Iran

Docomomo International is pleased inform that Docomomo Iran with the Center of Excellence in Architectural Technology at University of Tehran is organizing an online course on “Adaptive Reuse in Modern Architecture Heritage”. The course consists of 8 sessions: 4 sessions are on different factors in adaptive reuse, and 4 sessions are dedicated to introducing four different adaptive reuse projects of modern buildings in Tehran. These projects will be introduced by their architects. The language of the course is Persian. For more information about the course, please visit Docomomo Iran website.

Call for registration: Cities in Asia Summer Programme – Studio Jakarta-Taipei, 24th June to 14th July

The University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Architecture is pleased to announce that registration for this year’s Cities in Asia Summer Programme is now open. The credit-bearing HKU course was established in 2010 to focus on urgent architectural and urban issues confronting Asian cities today. This year, the studio will be traveling to Jakarta and Taipei. The collaborating partners are Rujak Center for Urban Studies (Jakarta) and Shih Chien University (Taipei).​ The programme is an immersive course designed to expose students to these cities through daily learning activities including lectures, seminars, studio crits, field work, firm visits, and design…

Docomomo International Student Workshop 2020 Tokyo

WHAT IS GROUP FORM ? Learning from Daikan-yama Hillside Terrace For Resilient Inheritance 6th – 10th September 2020, Tokyo, Japan The goal of the International Student workshop is to understand the significance of ideas in modern movement for our contemporary society and the environment. You will discover new ideas and methodologies through participation in our Workshop. With this unique experience, participants will take home valuable tools and approaches to help develop new ideas for your future career. Tokyo – Modern and Historic Tokyo is a large, modern and futuristic city. It is also very historic. After the middle of 20th…

Living in colour

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp together with the University of Antwerp, in a joint venture with ISC-Interior Design have organized an International Conference  . Colour is often an essential aspect of art, interior architecture and architecture. It can for instance contribute to a particular meaning for the artist, it can articulate architectural elements in buildings – or eliminate the contours of a space. In short, colour can be an important means for artists and designers. Not accidently is the colour chart an indispensable tool for interior architects. However, the attention to the use of colour in architecture has…

Early registration for the 2020 Master in Urban and Housing Studies in Latin America

Opening of the early registration for the 2020 course of the Maestría en Estudios Urbanos y de la Vivienda en América Latina (MEUVAL) [Master in Urban and Housing Studies in Latin America], Faculty of Architecture, Drawing and Urbanism (FADU), from 28th October to 29th November 2019. The MEUVAL is the first Master in Urban and Housing Studies at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and in Argentina. It is aimed at building complex and multidisciplinary thinking about the city and housing, from a Latin American perspective. Our Curriculum is based on four areas of knowledge: Public Policies / Culture and…

Architecture We Love to Hate

15 Controversial Modernist Buildings in Hong Kong Why are certain buildings being deemed ugly and worthless by some people but treasured by others? What are the bases for forming these different opinions? How do judgements made by professionals and the general public affect the perceived value of our built landscapes and their fate in ongoing urban development? This public engagement project,  co-organized by Docomomo Hong Kong and HKICON, with funding support from the Built Heritage Conservation Fund, Development Bureau, HKSAR Government. explored these questions by examining 15 controversial modernist buildings in Hong Kong. Some key questions to consider include: What…

Save the date: Docomomo International Student Workshop 2020 Tokyo

Within the 16th International Docomomo Conference, Docomomo International, Docomomo Japan and the ISC/Educational and Training will organize the Docomomo International Student Workshop 2020 Tokyo that will be held between the 6th and the 10th September 2020, in Tokyo. The Workshop will count with the cooperation of the Architect Fumihiko Maki, winner of 1993 Pritzker Prize. The 16th International Docomomo Conference will take place in Tokyo, from the 10th to 13th September 2020, organized by Docomomo Japan, under the theme “Inheritable Resilience: Sharing Values of Global Modernities”. Dates to remember: 6th – 10th September 2020: Docomomo Student Workshop 10th -13th September 2020: 16th International Docomomo…