Between 30th October and 3rd November, the International Round Table and Colloquium “Conservation Action Priorities for Twentieth Century Heritage. Sharing experience of ASEAN Countries and Japan” took place in Tokyo as the first initiative of the mASEANa Project.  Promoted by docomomo Japan, this project came from the coalition of docomomo International, mAAN and ICOMOS ISC20c, with the support of the Japan Foundation, for the protection, conservation and promotion of modern heritage monuments and sites in south-east Asia. The goal of this meeting was to bring together representatives of all ASEAN nations and modern heritage experts from docomomo International, mAAN and ICOMOS ISC 20C, to develop a five year plan for the mASEANa Project. This…

The Chair of docomomo International, Prof. Ana Tostoes, participated in the 2nd docomomo Macau Seminar: “Re-Interpreting XX century architecture through adaptive reuse”, presenting the lecture “Modernity Towards a Better Future” and conducting a roundtable on adaptive reuse of modern heritage. THEME: To discuss approaches of intervening in modern movement architecture understanding the role of design strategies and the need of policy to frame and encompass best practices on heritage preservation. The role of classification, heritage assessment and planning, a creative process layering through the design and the role of heritage in our society is a complex system that all cities with a heritage agenda should test and implement….

TAP Portugal has agreed to offer the participants of the 14th International docomomo Conference, who make their flight booking and buy their ticket through TAP Portugal’s website, the following discounts: – 10% in economy class – 20% in business class More details: PDF.

The presentation of the national program for Jornadas Europeias do Património 2015 (European Heritage Days 2015) took place on the 24 September, in Museu da Electricidade, where it was held the delivery of the photo contest awards “Num instante…o Património! 2015” and the round table discussion “Património Industrial e Técnico: memória e recurso“, with the participation of Zara Ferreira, secretary general in representation of docomomo International, partner of this project. Round table: Zara Ferreia, secretary general of docomomo International Fernanda Rollo, Instituto de História Contemporânea, FCSH/UNL Jorge Custódio, APAI José Aguiar, FAUTL Manuel Lacerda, DGPC More details: website (Portuguese).

The first conference-workshop of the European project Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement, organized by Marjan Groot, took place on 23, 24 and 25 September 2015 at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society. Prof. Ana Tostões, docomomo International Chair, participated, presenting the lecture “Designing the Modern Life: Modernity, Architecture and Gender.” “From 23 to 25 September 2015, the project MoMoWo Women´s Creativity since the Modern Movement, will organize a historical conference-workshop on women designers and architects between 1918 and 1945. The MoMoWo conference-workshop aims for presentations of research papers in conjunction with dialogues, discussions and interviews with designers. This call…

“RehabiMed is organizing the 5th edition of Digital Photography Competition CROSSING VIEWPOINTS, dedicated this time to INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE. DOCOMOMO Internacional collaborates in this contest, together with The European Year of Industrial and Technical Heritage 2015, the Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and UNESCO Havana. The contest is organized through Instagram and consists of two sections: the Mediterranean and Caribbean”. Being one of the institutional partners, docomomo International is supporting the development of this initiative. More details: Website.