Guidelines for submitting the 2019/2020 Homework

Dear Docomomo Chapters, Due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, we are extending the deadline of June 1st to August 15th, 2020. A plan for new documentation homework has been approved in the last Council Meeting, August 30th, 2018 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), proposed by the ISC/Registers. With the aim of moving forward to the documentation of conservation good practices, Docomomo Working Parties (WP) have to submit: Working Parties that already have submitted 30 Documentation Fiches and uploaded 50 sites to MOMOVE: (a) 1 fiche for 2019 and 1 fiche for 2020, on an example of Good Conservation Practice. Download the template here: link, and here: link. (b) A bibliography with 5-10 publications (books or articles) on Modern Movement…

Architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia [Architecture from the 20th century in Basilicata and Puglia]]

“9 x 100 = 900, 9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia” is the title of the week dedicated to the modern movement architecture, organized by Docomomo Italy, from 15th to 23rd November, in Matera. On November 15th, to mark the beginning of the week, the traveling exhibition “9 itinerari per 100 architetture del ‘900 in Basilicata e Puglia“, organized by the Basilicata and Puglia sections of Docomomo Italy will be inaugurated at the Cinema Teatro Duni (by the architect Ettore Stella, from Matera, 1949); guided tours to Matera’s modern architecture will take place during the…

Course: FIVE PROJECTS ON THE “MODERN”

The course aims to discuss about some significant experiences of twentieth century heritage restoration, in a framework that places modern architecture in urban regeneration scenarios. Each meeting, introduced by scholars and experts in the field and referring to general issues of a critical, regulatory and technological nature, will be illustrated by specific restoration projects, regarding to the intervention criteria, the various critical issues, problems faced and solutions adopted in the phase of planning and execution.   Organized by Docomomo Italia In collaboration with Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti Conservatori di Napoli e provincia   Venue: Headquarters of Ordine Architetti PCC…

Docomomo Italia

Docomomo Italia announced the launch of a new on-line architecture portal Atlante Architettura Contemporanea. Italy told through architectures, created with the Department of Architecture and Project of La Sapienza University. This portal is intended to share knowledge of Italian post-war modern architecture, gathered through the course of a large-scale survey promoted by La Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura contemporanee e Periferie urbane (DGAAP). The portal aims to focus on a selection of the architectures surveyed by DGAAP in the website Architetture del secondo 900, presenting specific thematic itineraries illustrated with original photographs. The selection was carried out according to a criterion of distribution on…