MOMOWO Symposium 2018 International Conference | Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018): Towards a New Perception and Reception

From 13 to 16 of June, the MoMoWo Symposium 2018 International Conference – Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement (1918-2018): Towards a New Perception and Reception – took place in Turin. Being Docomomo International is an institutional partner of MoMoWo, the Chair, Prof. Ana Tostões participated, presenting the lecture “Women in Power beyond Europe”. What is MoMoWo? “MoMoWo – Women’s Creativity Since the Modern Movement is a large-scale cooperation project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programmewithin the Culture sub-programme. MoMoWo is an interdisciplinary non-profit project that contributes to create European added value, as expected by Creative Europe. From a pan-european and interdisciplinary perspective,…

6th International Scientific Conference: Modernism in Europe — Modernism in Gdynia

Docomomo international participated in the 6th scientific conference in the ‘Modernism in Europe – Modernism in Gdynia, between 24 and 26 of May, having Prof. João Belo Rodeia, member of the Advisory Board of Docomomo International, opening the conference. “The 6th scientific conference in the ‘Modernism in Europe – Modernism in Gdynia’ series is a continuation of conferences held in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016. The series is currently the most important periodic event of this kind in Poland. Main themes of the forthcoming conference are research and popularization of modernist architecture. The contents of the conference will be supervised by…

Lecture by Prof. Ana Tostoes: Urban Planning Meeting – EXPO98 – 20 Years

“Between February and June, at the CIUL auditorium, will take place another edition of the Urban Planning Conference Cycle, this year with the title “EXPO98 – 20 Years”. The Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, participated in the session about Public Space, 6 p.m., 17 May 2018, at CIUL, Lisbon, Portugal. More details: website [Portuguese] + Programme [Portuguese]

Yoshiyuki Yamana: Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Docomomo International congratulates Mr. Yoshiyuki Yamana for having been distinguished by the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres! Mr. Yoshiyuki Yamana has been distinguished as Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. The insignia was handed by Laurent Pic, Ambassador of France to Japan, on 10th May. “The university professor and architect Yoshiyuki Yamana has, through his work and his teaching activity, greatly contributed to the influence of modern French architecture in Japan and Asia. He is also a great specialist in the work of the Japanese architect Junzo Sakakura, who designed in the 1950s and 1960s the building that today houses…

Kenneth Frampton Wins the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Docomomo International congratulates the architect Kenneth Frampton for being announced the Golden Lion winner. “Kenneth Frampton Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement The acknowledgment will be awarded to Kenneth Frampton on May 26th, 2018 at Ca’ Giustinian, the headquarters of La Biennale di Venezia. The English architect, historian, critic and educator Kenneth Frampton is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The decision was made by the Board of La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, upon recommendation of the Curators of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition,…

2nd RMB Conference: TEACHING THROUGH DESIGN

The RMB Conference 2018 was held in Coimbra, within the framework of the Colloquium ´Teaching through Design´, organized by the Department of Architecture and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, since 2012. The RMB Conference is an activity of the European Erasmus Project “Reuse of Modernist Buildings – Design tools for sustainable transformations”, under Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (Detmold, Germany) coordination, along with the University of Coimbra, the University of Antwerp, the Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa, the Technical University of Istanbul and Docomomo. The conference was composed by four sessions – tools, methods, interdisciplinary, research– focusing on the fundaments…

IST PhD Program in Architecture: PhD Week Spring 2018

On 9th March 2018 the IST PhD Week Spring 2018 will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, Portugal, with the communication of Prof. Marco Mulazzani (Ferrara University), “The Architect and the Arts: Luigi Moretti, Baroque and Caravaggio”. Additionally, Prof. Marco Mulazzani will give two open lectures: – 6th March – Allestimenti e Musei in Italia 1930-1970 – 8th March – Architetture a Milano 1900-1960 Marco Mulazzani Marco Mulazzani (Pesaro, 1959) is associate professor of History of Architecture at the Ferrara University. Since 1998 he is member of the editorial board of the magazine Casabella and curator, since 2009, of Almanacco…

ISC/Interior Seminar, Excursions & Workshop: Plastics in Modern Movement Interiors Conservation and (re-) Design of Synthetic Finishing, Furniture and Products

The first Docomomo ISC on Interiors (ISC/I) event – Plastic in Modern Movement Interiors Conservation and (re-)Design of Synthetic Finishing, Furniture and Products – took place between 5th and 9th March 2018 at the Faculty of Design Sciences of the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium The meeting consisted in a Seminar, Excursions and Workshop, organized in collaboration with Docomomo Belgium and the Docomomo ISC on Technology (ISC/T). See the detailed programme: Download PDF + website Photographic Report: Facebook Page

Conference: The Continuing Legacy of Alison and Peter Smithson

Dirk van den Heuvel is an Associate Professor at TU Delft and heads the Jaap Bakema Study Centre at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. He has published and lectured widely on the work of Alison and Peter Smithson. Together with Max Risselada he curated the Design Museum exhibition on the Smithsons’ house designs, ‘From The House of the Future to a House of Today’, as well as the Team 10 retrospective for the former Netherlands Architecture institute. He was curator of the Dutch pavilion for the Venice Biennale 2014. Currently, he is a Richard Rogers Fellow with Harvard GSD. Deborah…

Symposium: ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee and Scientific Symposium

“ICOMOS Turkey is honored to host the 2016 ICOMOS Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee Meeting & Scientific Symposium; it is a great pleasure to welcome the ICOMOS community to the meetings in Istanbul. Since its foundation in 1974, ICOMOS Turkey has grown into an active community of over 100 members. It tries to consolidate international connections and to channel information to its members. Seminars, symposia and training courses are arranged for promoting awareness. Several of our members take active roles in ICOMOS International’s scientific committees. We believe that hosting the 2016 Annual General Assembly, Advisory Committee Meeting & Scientific Symposium…