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…

Docomomo US National Symposium 2021 – Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America

“The Docomomo US National Symposium 2021 Chicago: Crossroads of Modern America will take place online Tuesday, May 25th – Friday, May 28th. After seeing so many of our peers host successful and engaging online events and hosting our own virtual Modernism in America Awards celebration, we are excited to bring Midwest Modernism and the National Symposium to you. While we will not physically be together, the online format will provide excellent opportunities for participating in educational sessions, experiencing tours, and connecting with speakers, sponsors and each other. We also find it exciting that virtual events break down many of the…

Exhibition: Pier Luigi Nervi – Architettura come Sfida

Docomomo Italy is inviting you to visit the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi – Architettura come Sfida [Pier Luigi Nervi – Architecture as a Challenge]. “Manifattura Tabacchi will host the exhibition Pier Luigi Nervi Architettura come Sfida (Architecture as a Challenge), an international retrospective dedicated to one of the most significant Italian engineers of the 20th century. The culmination of a vast research project, this detailed journey through Nervi’s work is marked out by twelve iconic projects, selected by an international scientific committee chaired by Professor Carlo Olmo, and with materials illustrating the project for Manifattura Tabacchi. Scale models, designs and…

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]    

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…

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…

Docomomo Belgium Conferences – Online Lecture III

Due to COVID-19 Docomomo Belgium is organizing 3 online ZOOM conferences. After the first two conferences, the III Online Lecture will be held  on 28th January 2021 by Sébastien Charlier and Thomas Moor with the title “The collection of Modern and Contemporary Architecture Guides”. CONFERENCE III | Thursday 28th January 2021, 20:00-21:30 | online (Sébastien Charlier and Thomas Moor – The collection of Modern and Contemporary Architecture Guides) [in French]. Doctor in History, Art and Archeology, Sébastien Charlier is specialized in architecture history and scientific manager of GAR-Archives of Architecture (Faculty of Architecture, ULiège). Since 2014, he and Thomas Moor…

BARQ Festival – International Architecture Film Festival Barcelona

Fundació Mies van der Rohe is thrilled to announce the launching and invites to take part in the Barcelona International Architecture Film Festival, BARQ. “An initiative of the production company NIHAO Films with the support of Fundació Mies van der Rohe, ARQUIN-FAD and Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya. The BARQ Festival is a film festival aimed at vindicating films on architecture as a specific genre and at deepening the relationship between architecture and the seventh art. Cinema uses architecture to show and create worlds that explore social realities, and architecture uses cinema to encourage reflection on the most current issues regarding…

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…