E+T: 13th Docomomo International Conference – Workshop

19-24th September 2014, Sewoon Arcade, Seoul, South Korea The 13th Docomomo International Workshop – Strategies for the Sewoon Arcade, between 19 and 23th September 2014, will take place in Seoul, South Korea, Linked with the 13th Docomomo International Conference – Expansion & Conflict. This workshop is targeting for “Sewoon Arcade”, which is placed on middle side of Seoul, and reilluminate the birth and developing process of Korean Modern Architecture, and topics, such as metropolis, architecture, history, social issues, surfacing through collision with urban city. Final Program: website. Online Registration: website (until 15 August). Schedule 15th August: Deadline for Students Application 19-20th September: Opening Event / Pre-Workshop Lectures & First…

DocoTours: 13th International Docomomo Conference: Korea + Japan

Docomomo International, Docomomo Korea and Docomomo Japan invite you all to participate in the Doco Tours within the 13th Docomomo International Conference – Expansion and Conflict, on the 24, 28 and 29th September 2014, in Seoul and between 28th September e 1st October, in Japan. You may find the program and more details at Korean Doco Tours´ website and at Japan Doco Tour Website. Futhermore, you may already aplly for both tours at Doco Tours (Korea) and at Docomomo Japan Tour.

Workshop: 13th International Docomomo Conference 2014

Sewoon Arcade, Seoul, South Korea, 19-24 September 2014 Schedule 30 June: Application Deadline for Foreign Students 30 July: Application Deadline for Domestic Students 19-20 Sept: Opening Event / Pre-Workshop Lectures & First Night at Temple Stay20-24 Sept: Workshop Workshop Personnel Students: 100 (50 Foreign + 50 Domestic) Tutors: 10 (5 Korean, 5 International) Directors: 2 (one Korean, one International) Fees Foreign: 200 EUR (includes 5 nights of lodging & food) Domestic: 100 EUR (includes food) Further details will be available soon on the conference website and on the ISC/E&T website. Download PDF

Docomomo International at the 25th UIA World Congress

Docomomo International was on the 25th UIA World Congress, represented by Arch. João Belo Rodeia, President of the International Council of Architects of Portuguese Language (CIALP). The 25th UIA World Congress took place at the Durban International Convention Center, in Durban, South Africa, from 3rd to 7th August 2014. Arch. João Belo Rodeia took part at the round table of the UIA’s partners took place on 6 August 2014 during the UIA Congress in Durban, South Africa. The UIA and Partners Roundtable united the institutions with which the UIA maintains relations and exchanges based on protocols and reciprocal agreements. UIA Past President…

Registers: Submission of Documents

Request for all Docomomo Chapters During its last meeting in July 2013, the Executive Committee agreed on the 2013-2014 ISC Registers Plan of Action would be that ALL Docomomo Chapters are kindly asked to submit before the next International Docomomo Conference in Seoul: A1. To update and resubmit old “International Selection” paper fiches in a digital pdf form. Docomomo International is trying to collect all the available information to create a Registers website. Instead of asking for new thematic fiches the 2013 Homework is to “update and resubmit old “International Selection” paper fiches in a digital pdf form to help uploading them in the Register’s website….

Publication “Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique”

The publication “Modern Architecture in Africa: Angola and Mozambique” edited by Ana Tostoes, in 2014, was awarded with the Prize “Prémio de História Calouste Gulbenkian –  História da Presença de Portugal no Mundo” (Prize Calouste Gulbenkian Prize for History – History of the Presence of Portugal in the World). This publication is one of the results of the research project intituled “EWV – Exchanging worlds visions: modern architecture in Africa “Lusófona” (1943-1974) looking through Brazilian experience established since the 1930s” (http://ewv.ist.utl.pt/), coordinated by prof. Ana Tostões at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon (2008-2013). Read here the book review by Antoni Folkers on…

Gas Station

According to recent correspondences with the Fundação Marques da Silva, DOCOMOMO international painfully realizes that the Gas Station in Lugar de Covas by Fernando Távora is under threat of destruction. The energy company Galp Energia made ​​a request for amendment to the Municipality of Guimarães, which included the demolition of the original concrete mud flaps and replacement with new metal mud flaps. Although Galp claims that the original mud flaps, designed by architect Fernando Tavora do not fulfill the height required by law, International Docomomo believes it can continue to be used effectively thus preserving this landmark work of architecture and engineering Guimarães…

Van Nellefabriek on Unesco World Heritage List

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Van Nellefabriek on the World Heritage List. Docomomo International congratulates its member Wessel de Jonge, co-founder of DOCOMOMO and leader of this project, for this great achievement for the preservation of modern industrial architecture, and Marieke Kuipers, secretary of the ISC/Registers, who has been a driving force behind this successful WHL-nomination.  “Van Nellefabriek was designed and built in the 1920s on the banks of a canal in the Spaanse Polder industrial zone north-west of Rotterdam [Netherlands]. The site is one of the icons of 20th-century industrial architecture, comprising a complex of factories, with façades consisting essentially of steel and glass,…