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,…

Call for Students: RMB Workshop – Coimbra Modern City Today: from functional buildings to community spaces

“After the RMB Workshop 2017 in the region of Marl (Germany), now is the time to work in Coimbra, a university city in the centre of Portugal. In April 2018, the Re-use of Modernist Buildings (RMB) project, financed by ERASMUS PLUS, is going to organize the 2nd RMB Workshop to rethink the urban areas developed according to the De Groer Urban Plan of 1940 (figure 1). De Groer and then Almeida Garrett, in 1955, proposed the expansion of Coimbra urban centre through the creation or consolidation of settlements in the first or second ring of the existing city. In this sense,…

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…

Documentary: O Arquitecto de Lisboa [The Architect of Lisbon]

Original title: O Arquitecto de Lisboa [The Architect of Lisbon] Film director and Authorship: Joaquim Vieira Scientific consulting: Ana Tostões Production: Nanook Year: 2018 O Arquitecto de Lisboa [The Architect of Lisbon], a documentary by Joaquim Vieira with the participation of the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostoes, as scientific consultant, is now available online. This documentary narrates the life and work of one of the pioneers of the Modern Movement in Portugal, Pardal Monteiro (1897-1957), who largely contributed to Lisbon architecture during the central decades of the 20th century. “The architect Porfírio Pardal Monteiro transformed the face of Lisbon in the central decades of the twentieth century with…

Meeting with Tange Associates

Last 21st March 2017, the Chair of Docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostões, visited the Yamanashi Cultural Center (1966), Kofu City, Japan, designed by Kenzo Tange. This building is an outstanding example of rehabilitation after being undergoing earthquake retrofitting which expects to extend the building’s lifespan for another 50 years. Before the visit, Prof. Ana Tostões had a meeting in Tange Associates office with Paul Noritaka Tange (in the picture) to know more about the rehabilitation project. The visit was accompanied by:  the Executive Vice President of Tange Associates, Architect Tomohino Kimura  the President of Yamanashi Cultural Center, Eiichi Noguchi the Facility Manager of Yamanashi Cultural Center, Ken Hosaka Rehabilitation details: website…

Conference: The Fifth mASEANa International Conference

“The mASEANa project, launched in November 2015 and ending in 2020, addresses diverse issues related to the modern architecture in Southeast Asia from both the Japanese and the local perspectives with the support of DOCOMOMO Japan and the Japan Foundation. This international conference has previously been held in Tokyo (March 2013 and 2017), Hanoi (January 2017), Jakarta (January 2017), now is returning to Tokyo and will be organized in Jiyugakuen, a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. As the sequel of the 4th conference held in Jakarta, specialists from Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines will be focusing around the…

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

Interior Design

International Conference and Workshop: Plastics in Modern Movement Interiors Conservation and (re-) Design of Synthetic Finishing, Furniture and Products “The built environment, architecture and its interiors and consumer products have gone through different periods in history which had often been dominated by specific materials and their production and construction requirements. The 20th century built environment has been widely influenced by the use of plastic – in specific in interiors and even more for our daily consumer products. Conference, excursion and workshops aim to raise the sensibility of young researchers and designers and of restoration and heritage professionals towards the use,…

Interior Design.

International Conference and 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 in the PDF attached. Photographic Report: Docomomo International Facebook Page Download PDF