АНОНСИ ANNOUNCEMENT ANNONCE КОНКУРСИ COMPETITIONS
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Call for Papers
TEXT: TOOL AND SOURCE OF UNDERSTANDING
Second Colloquium on Architectural Theory of the Werner Oechslin Library Foundation
25 – 29 April 2013
CFP deadline: 10 October 2012
The Second Colloquium on Architectural Theory at the Werner Oechslin Library takes Vitruvius as the point of departure, highlighting the text, its transmission, translations, new productions and reproductions, interpretations, and paraphrases.
The focus will not be exclusively on Vitruvius and Vitruvian exegesis though, but rather on fundamental inquiries regarding the special characteristics of texts in architectural theory. Translations as instruments of understanding will receive special attention.
For more information, please visit the EAHN website.
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11.10.2012 18:00
Забележителни следи – България
Великолепният тандем – артистът и архитект Давид Вавра и режисьорът Радован Липус лично ще представят заснетите в България епизоди – „Семейство Прошек“ и „Адолф Вацлав Коларж“ в Дома на киното в София. Авторите стават популярни с цикъла от документални филми „Забележителни градове“, който има голям успех след излъчването си по Чешката телевизия.
В 66 епизода те отбелязват архитектурните бисери в Чешката република. Продължение на тази идея е проектът „Забележителни следи“, проследяващ историята на чешки архитекти и съдбата на обектите им в чужбина. След заснемането на епизоди в Босна и Херцеговина, Словения и Япония, екипът се отправя към България, където успява да снима четирисериен цикъл за известните имена на Прошек, Либор Байер, братята Шкорпил , Шнитер, А. Коларж и редица други.
С подкрепата на Посолството на Чешката република.
11.10., 18.00 ч., Дом на киното (Вход свободен)
12.10.2012
Забележителните следи на Йозеф Шнитер в Пловдив
Представяне на епизодите „Йозеф Вацлав Шнитер“ и „През Шипка до Варна“ в присъствието на авторите Давид Вавра и Радован Липус. Филмите са част от цикъла “Забележителни следи в България”, заснет от екипа на Чешката телевизия.
С любезното съдействие на Община Пловдив, отд.“Култура“ и Културен център – музей „Тракарт“.
12.10., 17.30 ч., Културен център „Тракарт“, гр. Пловдив (http://trakart.org/bg/)
Място на провеждане: гр. Пловдив
Дата: 12.10.2012
Организатор: Чешки център
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Fenn Young Designers Awards 2012
Description
This is an open ideas competition seeking creative, innovative proposals that explore the interpretation of “Organic“ using the following mediums; Architecture, Interior design, Product design, Fashion design, Photography, Painting.
How do you interpret “Organic” if you are designing a building, a piece of furniture, a fabric, a dress, a painting or any other form of art?
Fenn Designers
Category International
Type Open
Registration Deadline 10/17/2012
Submission Deadline 11/21/2012
Open To All (ages 18-33)
Entry Fee None
Awards First Prize: US$1500, Second Prize: US$1000, Third Prize: US$600
Jury Not yet announced
Address 8/2 Sukhumvit 63 Road, Ekamai Soi 2 Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Email Competition E-Mail fyda@fenndesigners.com
Web Site Competition Web Site http://www.fenndesigners.com/
Phone +662 714 3995
http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/viewCompetition.html?id=2357
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Бургас търси лого на своята кандидатура за Европейска културна столица
Община Бургас обявява конкурс за изработване на лого на кампанията „Бургас – Кандидат за Европейска столица на културата 2019“. Логото ще бъде използвано като символ на всички инициативи, свързани с подготовката на кандидатурата на Бургас, подкрепена от общините Айтос, Камено, Карнобат, Малко Търново, Несебър, Поморие, Приморско, Руен, Средец, Созопол, Сунгурларе и Царево.
Логото следва да интерпретира автентичния смисъл на концепцията за Европейска културна столица, като едновременно с това отразява спецификата на духа и културата на Бургас и региона.
Срокът за подаване на предложенията е до 31 октомври 2012 г., като те трябва да бъдат изпратени по ел. поща – на media@burgas.bg, или да бъдат предоставени на електронен носител в Пресцентъра на Община Бургас на ул. „Александровска“ 26, ет. I.
Оценяването и класирането ще се извърши на два етапа – на първия постъпилите предложения ще бъдат оценени от международно експертно жури, в което ще вземат участие графични дизайнери, художник, представител на НПО сектора, представители на общините от област Бургас. След като журито оцени и класира предложенията, най-добрите ще бъдат обявени за гласуване от публиката, чийто глас ще е решаващ. В навечерието на празника на Бургас – Никулден – ще бъде обявено логото-победител и ще бъде открита изложба, на която ще бъдат представени всички постъпили предложения.
Подробности за условията на конкурса са публикувани на сайта на Община Бургас, раздел „Култура“ > „Фестивали, конкурси, концерти и изложби“:
http://www.burgas.bg/bg/info/index/717
Община Бургас обяви своята кандидатура за Европейска столица на културата през 2008 година. През месец май 2012 г. кметовете на тринадесетте общини от област Бургас подписаха Меморандум за партньорство, с който заявиха готовността си да подкрепят кандидатурата на Бургас като регион с водеща роля на Община Бургас. В най-скоро време предстои учредяване на Асоциация за развитие на културата на Бургас, която ще координира цялостната кампания по подготовката на кандидатурата.
Инициативата „Европейска столица на културата“ датира от 1985 година. От тогава до днес повече от 40 града са били „културни столици“. Освен престиж, титлата подпомага развитието на градовете чрез обогатяване на културния им живот и сближаване на европейските народи.
Info – Турист Медиа
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world architecture news
A Strange Utility: Architecture Toward Other Ends
Call for Papers/Projects/Presentations
Deadline: Friday, November 2, 2012
Conference Date: April 26 and 27, 2013
Conference Location: Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Philippe Rahm, Philippe Rahm architectes, Paris, France Jimenez Lai, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois Chicago Jill L. Stoner, Associate Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley
Ours is an era of austerity measures, global economic turmoil, and resource depletion in which the utility, or “use value” of any product, resource, or process is championed as its foremost virtue. Politicians aspire to budgets that maintain only the most functional and necessary line-items and consumers seek products that are economical in their use of resources or their adaptability from one utility to another-for example, cars that use only a limited amount of gasoline, furniture that converts into other uses, cell phones that are also computers, cameras, and personal navigation systems. Of course, the discipline of architecture has always been linked to the idea of utility-albeit in a variety of ways and to different degrees. From architecture’s putative origins as a primitive form of shelter made of foliage to the Modernist dictum that form follows function, architecture, from the beginning, has been required to perform a “useful” function.
Not surprisingly, utility remains a central concern within contemporary architectural practice, but alongside some of the obvious benefits-the development of more energy efficient materials and processes and the economic incentive to redevelop existing buildings before building anew-have come some strange, if understudied effects. It is now common to describe the inhabitants of buildings as “users,” a turn of phrase that subtly positions architecture as a product whose value, in the end, is determined primarily by the function of its use, and its inhabitants, in the end, as consumers of space, rather than active participants who engage with and indeed transform space through their habits, interventions, and rituals. Meanwhile, outside the confines of mainstream practice, architecture is being appropriated to ends that seem to dramatically expand and estrange the familiar notion of utility.
For example, contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska recently used the twisted architectural form of a Soviet-bloc government building as a metaphor for the pressures exerted upon now-collapsed political regimes. Likewise, artists Paul Pfeiffer, Thomas Demand, and James Casebere have all used the architectural model (and its subsequent imaging) as a vehicle for addressing historical and societal ills, their photographs addressing subjects such as the atomization of the crowd at the sports arena, the history of American slavery, and the atrocities of Nazi Germany.
At the same time, for revered science-fiction author Bruce Sterling, architecture is the very medium through which future worlds are destroyed, imagined, and rebuilt. Moreover, within the sphere of architecture itself, as envisioned by Jean-Gilles D&e’costerd and Philippe Rahm, the built environment is designed to incite physiological and biological responses; indeed, for many avant-garde architects, architecture is both a medium and means to an unconventional end, one part of an equation that considers, among many influences, the social, cultural, mythological, economic, electromagnetic, biological and chemical interactions between our bodies and the built environments they engage. Recognizing the contemporary currency of utility, this symposium seeks unexpected ways of defining this term within and with respect to the built environment.
Submissions sought include, but are not limited to, academic papers, performances, audience-participatory projects, poetry, and prose. This symposium will be structured around a series of events and speakers that grapple with the following questions: how and who has defined architecture’s use-value, its utility? How can turning to other disciplines’ unexpected utilization of architecture expand architects’ and architectural historians’ perception of architecture’s utility? And, what are architecture’s future utilities? As architecture’s primary function is called into question daily, we may find that the answer to architecture’s future lies precisely in its strange utility.
visit: http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/
http://worldarchitecture.org/wanews/
ACE ALERT October 2012
6th International Economic Forum – Reconstructing the Eurozone, Brussels – BELGIUM
The 6th Brussels Economic Forum will be held at the Committee of the Regions (CoR) headquarters on 16 October 2012. This annual conference is co-organised by the CoR and the Munich-based Ifo Institute. The first expert panel focuses on recent developments and their implications for the regulation and governance of the Eurozone. The second expert panel will consider the institutional arrangements necessary for the EU to cope with globalisation challenges, including the EU-US free trade agreement, labour market regulation and the regional concentration of economic activity. More information and registration at: http://cor.europa.eu/en/news/events/Pages/reconstructing-eurozone.aspx
Colloquium Alterarchitectures in Europe, Paris – FRANCE
Organised by the European Forum for Architectural Policies (EFAP), the colloquium “Alterarchitectures in Europe” will take place on 23 October 2012, from 11h00 to 18h00, at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine. The colloquium will discuss the best ways to give visibility to urban innovation and ensure the evolution of policies to foster diversity, experimentation and research. It aims at creating a dialogue between teams of architects identified by the Observatory and major French and European experts in order to draft recommendations to be addressed to the European Union and to the public authorities in charge of architecture. The programme of the colloquium is available (French only) at: http://www.efap-fepa.eu/documents/pieces_jointes/Invitation_Alterarchitecture_V6.pdf
Workshop on “Renewables, sustainability in urban planning and intelligent energy for European local authorities”, the PATRES experience, Brussels – BELGIUM
Area Science Park of Trieste, coordinator of the PATRES Project – Public Administration Training and Coaching on Renewable Energy Systems – funded by the European Commission under the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, is organising a workshop on “Renewables, sustainability in urban planning and intelligent energy for European local authorities” to be held in Brussels on 23 October 2012. For more information on the programme and to register, go to: http://www.patres.net/eng/news-events/workshop-bruxelles.aspx
“Sustainability of Buildings for Mega-Events Transfer of Knowledge” Congress, Munich – GERMANY
The congress will be hold from 29 to 30 October 2012 in the Castleof Nymphenburgin Munich. This event is part of the research project “Guidelines for the Assessment of the Sustainability of Buildings for Mega-Events” that was started by the German Institute for Standardization DIN in 2011. The main goal of the project is the development of core indicators and trends for future buildings and venues for mega-events, as well as the development of assessment guidelines for planning, construction and operation of sustainable mega-events buildings on the basis of ecologic, economical, socio-functional, process orientated and site specific aspects. For more information on the programme, visit: http://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de/Images/Invitation_Mega%20Event%20Buildings_tcm45-105581.pdf
5th International, scientific Bauhaus.SOLAR Conference, Erfurt – GERMANY
On 13-14th November 2012, Bauhaus.SOLAR 2012 will present visions for sustainable building and energetic solutions for residential areas and city centres using a new format. To intensify the interdisciplinary exchange and to find solutions for the aesthetic inclusion of energy-related elements in architecture and urban planning, this year’s conference will encourage more lateral thinking and more discussion with and between speakers. To read the complete programme and learn more about the event, please visit the following address: http://www.bauhaus-solar.com/
BIPV3: Separating fact from fiction, an essential guide for designers, London – UK
The Building Research Establishment is organising this year’s Building Integration of Photovoltaics (BIPV) Event in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the SETA Network. This conference will take place at RIBA London on 17 October 2012. It will bring together architects, suppliers and independent BIPV experts to stimulate a dialogue and better understand the benefits of a holistic and integrated approach to reducing the carbon footprint of buildings. For more information on this event, go to: http://www.bre.co.uk/eventdetails.jsp?id=6629
Exhibition
5th IABR: Making City Istanbul – TURKEY
MakingCityIstanbulis the last exhibition of the 5th IABR Making City. The exhibition is part of Musibet, the main exhibition of the first Istanbul Design Biennial that opens on 10 October at the Istanbul Modern Museum. Inspired by the IABR’s approach, Turkish architect Emre Arolat, the curator of Musibet, invited the IABR to present its working method and three key projects – the Test Sites in Rotterdam, São Paulo and Istanbul – in the form of a new, small exhibition: a ‘manual’ for the future of Istanbul. For more information, visit: http://www.iabr.nl/EN/news/120927_Exhibition_Istanbul.php
Call for papers
sb13 Conference “Implementing Sustainability – Barriers and Chances”, Munich – GERMANY
The sb13 Munich Conference „Implementing Sustainability – Barriers and Chances“ will be held on 24-26 April 2013. It is being organised by the Instituteof Building Physicsof the Technische Universität München (TUM) in cooperation with the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics (Fraunhofer IBP) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). If you wish to contribute to this event, you can prepare an abstract of 300 words and submit it via the conference website. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 October 2012. More information is provided at: www.sb13-munich.com
7th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, Coimbra – PORTUGAL
EEDAL’13 will take place from 11 to 13 September 2013 in Coimbra, Portugal. To contribute to the success of the conference and to facilitate the adoption of new energy efficient technologies, a change in consumer behaviour and the development of new policies and strategies to increase energy efficiency, mitigate climate change and foster sustainable development, you are invited to submit abstracts. Papers can focus on polices, programmes including monitoring, evaluation and international collaboration, smart grids and smart metering, new technology developments and user behaviour. For more information, please go to: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=26174©ownerid=43400 The deadline for submitting abstracts is 23 November 2012.
Info: ACE Alert October 2012 Secretariat ACE-CAE
Annie Dobrinova P.,
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Съветът на архитектите на Европа (САЕ) обявява конкурс за позицията Младши служител по въпросите на политиката и Комуникациите
Съвет на архитектите на Европа Съветът на архитектите на Европа (САЕ) е представител на архитектурната професия на европейско равнище с Централа и Секретариат, които се намират в Брюксел. В САЕ членуват национално представените регулаторни и професионални организации на държавите-членки на ЕС, на присъединяващите се страни, на Швейцария и Норвегия, както и на други със статут на наблюдатели. Чрез тях САЕ представлява интересите на близо 520 000 архитекти. Основната функция на САЕ е да следи развитието на законодателството в ЕС и да оказва влияние върху области от политиката на ЕС, от които зависи архитектурната практика, качеството и устойчивостта на застроената среда.
Описание на длъжността Позиция на пълно работно време в Секретариата на Съвета на архитектите на Европа (САЕ) със седалище в офисите на САЕ на адрес: Rue Paul Emile Janson 29, 1050 Брюксел (Белгия). Младшият служител по въпросите на политиката и комуникациите ще бъде подчинен директно на Генералния секретар на САЕ и ще се занимава главно със следните задачи и теми:
– извършва текущ преглед и основни проучвания на политиката на ЕС и свързаните с нея предложения, касаещи архитектурната професия и строителната индустрия, с цел помощ при информирането на отговорните служители на САЕ за извършването на анализ и подготовка на доклади относно промени в политиката на ЕС, свързани с дейността на специализираните работни групи на САЕ;
– изготвя основни комуникационни материали на САЕ, включително прессъобщения, сигнали, бюлетини и в определени случаи – публикации;
– следи комуникационната политика на САЕ, прилага решенията, свързани с комуникациите, рецензиите и брандинга по линия на САЕ;
– борави с новите средства за комуникация, включително страницата на САЕ във Facebook;
– съдейства при разработване на съдържанието на електронната страница на САЕ;
– поддържа актуализирани списъци с контакти;
– участва в някои от срещите по решение на Генералния секретар.
Квалификация и желателни характеристики Младшият служител по въпросите на политиката и комуникациите трябва да притежава следните квалификации/характеристики:
– магистърска степен и двугодишен опит в подходяща за целта област (европейски международни отношения, политика/политически науки, комуникации, европейско право), (или бакалавърска степен и петгодишен опит по съответната специалност);
– в идеалния случай, да разполага с практически опит (пр. като изготвящ проучвания) при работа за евродепутат или депутат, или практика в Европейска организация;
– добри практически познания по английски и френски (други езици се считат за предимство);
– умения за ефективна работа в малък екип;
– гъвкавост и желание да помогне при необходимост;
– познаване на всички Office програми и нови средства за комуникация.
Заявленията трябва да бъдат представени на английски език с данни за контакт, автобиография (СV) и придружени от мотивационно писмо (с информация защо кандидатът би бил подходящ за работата).
Краен срок за кандидатстване: 19 октомври 2012 г. на следния адрес: application@ace-cae.eu
Вероятна дата за провеждане на интервюта: 5 ноември 2012 г.
Превод: арх. Росица Златанова Официален представител на САБ в САЕ
The ACE seeks a Junior Policy & Communications Officer
Architects’ Council of Europe
The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) represents the architectural profession at European level with its HQ and Secretariat situated in Brussels. Its membership consists of organisations that are the nationally representative regulatory and professional bodies of all European Union (EU) Member States, the Accession States, Switzerland and Norway, and other observers. Through them, it represents the interests of c. 520,000 architects. The principal function of ACE is to monitor EU legislative developments and seek to influence areas of EU Policy that impact on architectural practice and the quality and sustainability of the built environment.
Job Description
Full time position in the Secretariat of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) based in the ACE offices located at 29, rue Paul Emile Janson, 1050 Brussels (Belgium).
The Policy & Communications Officer will report directly to the Secretary General of the ACE and will principally undertake work on the following tasks and topics:
Keep under review and conduct background research on EU policy proposals affecting the architectural profession and construction industry, to help inform ACE policy positions
analyse and prepare reports on EU policy developments of relevance to the activities of ACE’s specialist work groups
Draft principal ACE communications including Press releases, Alerts, Newsletters and occasional publications
Keep under review ACE Communications policy, implementation of ACE Communications Review and branding issues
Manage new media communications including ACE Facebook page
Assist in managing the content of the ACE Website
Maintain contacts Lists up to date
Attendance at certain meetings as decided by the Secretary general
Qualifications and desirable Attributes
The Policy & Communications and Policy Officer must have the following qualifications/attributes:
Masters degree in an appropriate subject area (European Affairs, Policy/Political Science, Communications, European Law) and two years’ experience (or Bachelors’ degree and five years’ experience)
Ideally, experience of working (e.g. as a researcher) for a MEP or MP, or experience of working in a European Association;
Good working knowledge of English and French (other languages an advantage)
Ability to work effectively in a small team
Flexibility and willingness to assist as the need arises
Familiarity with all Office computer programmes and new media tools.
Applications should be submitted in English with a contact details, CV and covering letter saying why the candidate would be suitable for the job and contact details. Application deadline :19 October 2012 at the following address: application@ace-cae.eu
Interviews likely to take place w/c 5 November 2012.
Info: arch. R0sitza Zlatanova, Official representative of UAB at CAE – ACE
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Dear colleague,
We would like to inform you about our Online Course and Postgraduate Workshop: Architecture and Research: Twelve ways forwards a New Approximation to Professional Architecture
Please visit http://www.arquitectonics.com to find more detailed information.
Sincerely yours, Arquitectonics International Network
Director: Josep Muntañola Thornberg. Dr. Architect
October 9, 2012
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