Colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”]

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the colloquium “Arquitectura: Investigar a Prática” [“Architecture: Investigating the Practice”] with the participation of Ana Tostões, Bárbara Silva, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, João Belo Rodeia, Marta Sequeira, Nuno Grande, Paulo Tormenta Pinto, Pedro Bandeira e Xavier Monteys. The colloquium is organized by the The Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. and will be happening next Friday, May 29, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. (GMT + 1) with the assistance of the Zoom platform (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397). To know more about the UAL’s online conferences, go to the website.

International symposium 1989 “Hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand.”

The symposium entitled “1989, hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand” is organized by the ACS, Architecture, Culture Société/UMR AUSser 3329 Laboratory and will be held on 27 and 28 November at ENSA, Paris Malaquais. The team is asking for contributions from researchers, teachers and practitioners in architecture and in social sciences. Proposed communications should be submitted by 29 June 2020. Bellow is the call for communications and its practical arrangements. For the symposium to take place in the best possible conditions, it may be postponed in the view of the current health situation. Deadline for submitting propositions: 1st…

Online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with with Marc Dubois

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Gaston Eysselinck in the footsepts of Le Corbusier” with Marc Dubois, chair of Docomomo Belgium. The conference is part of the cycle organized jointly by Docomomo Switzerland and the TSAM laboratory at EPFL, and will be held on Thursday May 14 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/92849483535 The limited ceuvre of the Ghent architect Gaston Eysselinck belongs to the most compelling evidence of an innovative architecture in Belgium. During his studies he comes into contact with pu­blications of the European avant-garde, the Russian architecture and…

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

“Docomomo Tokyo Team is opening a discussion for the next Urbanism and Architecture under and after COVID-19 on Facebook, to build a series of online discussion by ZOOM and develop it into one of themes in the International docomomo Conference 2020+1 in Tokyo. This “+1 year” will give us a great opportunity to find hints for cities and architecture over the world of today in our study on Modernism. Modernism Is Frozen This title has double meanings. First, our cities designed by modernism are locked down which is based on industrialism, commercialism, mass traffic and mass housing. On the other…

Online Conference “L’art des structures” with Aurelio Muttoni

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “L’art des structures” [“The art of structures”] with Aurelio Muttoni, engineer and EPFL professor. The conference is part of the cycle organized jointly by Docomomo Switzerland and the TSAM laboratory at EPFL, and will be held on Thursday May 7 at 6:00 p.m. It will be streamed at the link below: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/99455392292    

Online Conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Jardines del Pedregal de San Angel. El lugar ideal para vivir.” [“Gardens of the Pedregal de San Angel. The ideal place to live.”] given by the Professor Claudia Rueda of the Architecture Department of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. The conference will be happening next Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 3:00 pm with the assistance of the Zoom platform (Zoom ID: 940-8608-1397; https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94086081397).

Online Conference “Towards a public space. Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City”

Docomomo International is pleased to announce the online conference “Towards a public space. Le Corbusier and the Greco-Latin Tradition in the Modern City” given by the Professor Marta Sequeira on the PhD Program in Architecture of DARQ / FCTUC, University of Coimbra. The conference will be happening next Friday, May 8, 2020, at 11:00 am with the assistance of the Zoom platform (Zoom ID: 964-5787-6197; https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/96457876197).

International Ideas Competition for Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration of Rey Cement Factory

The “International Ideas Competition for Adaptive Reuse and Regeneration of Rey Cement Factory” is held to receive the best and most creative design and plan ideas for the adaptive reuse and regeneration of Rey Cement Factory along with its feasibility study (FS) and economic plan. Within the framework of this competition, participants recognized, observed and maintained the values ​​of Rey Cement Factory as one of the examples of Iran’s industrial heritage, design and planning ideas for regeneration of Rey Cement Factory as well as the required costs, Feasibility Study Report and how to attract investment for their idea. They have…

PROHITECH 2020 4th International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions

[Message from the Organizing Committee: Dear PROHITECH 2020 participants, With regard to the COVID-19 virus epidemic, and the uncertainty that is likely to persist globally for the following months, the Organizing Committee decided that it would be best to postpone the PROHITECH 2020 Conference by one year. The Conference will be held on 5-7 July 2021 at the same venue in Athens. The registration fee payments as well as the submitted contributions are automatically transferred to the new dates and no action is required from your side. For other organizational matters, eg. postponement of the important dates, as well as the publication of the proceedings in Springer,…

Edmonton 2020 Conference: “Hindsight 2020: Conservation, Disruption, and the Future of Heritage” – virtual sessions | Covid-19 disclaimer

[Dear members and Supporters, The difficult decision by the boards of APT and the National Trust for Canada to switch the Edmonton 2020 conference to a virtual event set off two months of intense activity by the joint APT/NT/CAHP planning team. The team has worked hard to reimagine what our annual conference will be like online rather than in-person. First, we focused on modifying the program already developed for Edmonton, adapting it to a remote, digital format. Our goal is to make the content and social events as engaging and interactive as possible. Next we had to evaluate the technology needed to…