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News Gelukstraat / Dierendonck Blancke Architecten - Ghent - Belgium A very small plot in the centre of ghent. The client wants an extension of his house that borders the building plot, and an apartment to rent. On the ground floor we provide an atelier connected through a small courtyard with the owner’s house and entrance to the parent apartment. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/216130/gelukstraat-dierendonck-blancke-architecten/ Exhibition - American City: St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Classic Design" - Willis Towers - Chicago - Illinois - USA - 20 March - 11 May 2012 From March 20 – May 11, the “American City: St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Classic Design” exhibition will be up at the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in downtown Chicago. The show consists of 83 large prints of over 40 historic buildings in St. Louis, including acclaimed landmarks such as Louis Sullivan’s Wainwright Building, James Eads’ Eads Bridge, Eero Saarinen’s Gateway Arch and Tadao Ando’s Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts Building. The timeline stretches from 1839 to 2010. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/217715/american-city-st-louis-architecture-three-centuries-of-classic-design-exhibition/ Museum Nasional Indonesia / Aboday - Jakarta - Indonesia The first prize winning proposal for the Museum Nasional Indonesia by Aboday aims to bring back this massive institution to its original role as a public facility. Their design addresses the question of urban context by inserting a new corridor between the existing museum building and building that will maintain an openness to the pedestrian and city park on the Eastern part of the complex. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/217651/museum-nasional-indonesia-aboday/ Liverpool's World Heritage Status Threatened by New Development - United Kingdom A delegation of inspectors from UNESCO visited Liverpool this November, and indicated that unless the current £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters project is radically changed, UNESCO will recommend the city be stripped of its world heritage status. + info: http://intbau.org/news-archive/217-liverpool-whs.html The RAINS Project / Sabrina Faber - Sana'a - Yemen Sana’a, Yemen is at risk of being the first capital city in the World to run out of renewable, reliable and clean water supplies. With seasonal rain, expensive bottled water and polluted reservoirs, the residents of Sana’a are constantly faced with waterborne diseases and severe drought hazards. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/219452/the-rains-project-sabrina-faber/ Towards Large-Scale Urban Environments Modeling from Images By Oussama Moslah The main goal of this thesis is to develop innovative and practicaltools for the reconstruction of buildings from images. The typical input to our workis a set of facade images, building footprints, and coarse 3d models reconstructedfrom aerial images. The main steps include the calibration of the photographs,the registration with the coarse 3d model, the recovery of depth and sematicinformation, and the refinement of the coarse 3d model.To achieve this goal, we use computer vision, pattern recognition and computergraphics techniques. Contributions in this approach are presented on two parts.In the first part, we focused on multiple view reconstruction techniques withthe aim to automatically recover the depth information of facades from a setof uncalibrated photographs… + info: http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00661101 Seminario "Il governo dei territori di bonifica tra naturalità ed antropizzazione" - Mantova - Italy (12 April 2012) I territori che sono stati sottoposti a Politecnico di Milano bonifica idraulica sono un cospicuo patrimonio dell’Italia che va, ad ogni costo, conservato e difeso dalle minacce che incombono. Lo sviluppo delle attività extragricole e il rapido aumento dell’urbanizzazione si manifestano con particolare virulenza in prossimità di quasi tutti i comprensori di bonifica, sottraendo alle destinazioni, per le quali le bonifiche sono state realizzate, aree di notevole estensione. La complessità del paesaggio della bonifica, spesso sottovalutata, implica numerose difficoltà nella gestione e nella progettazione, nel momento in cui si intende apportare a questo tipo di territorio trasformazioni d’uso. A questo scopo, il seminario si propone di mettere in luce le problematiche e le opportunità di questi territori e mediante l’ausilio di casi studio, di sperimentare strumenti di analisi, metodologie interpretative e di progetto, utili a definire delle “linee guida” per la progettazione e lo sviluppo dei paesaggi di bonifica. L’incontro è promosso dal Laboratorio di Pianificazione Ambientale, nell’ambito delle attività seminariali del Politecnico di Milano Polo Territoriale di Mantova. + info: http://universidadypatrimonio.net/doc/invito29_03_12_2PAG.pdf Mercado de Arriaga en peligro de demolición - México Estimados amigos. El mercado Belisario Dominguez en Arriaga Chiapas, fue construido en 1970, su capacidad es de 130 locatarios. La característica mas sobresaliente son 24 estructuras de concreto de los denominados "paraguas" de borde recto y área rectangular, colocados a diferentes alturas, alternados como en juego de damero, permitiendo ventilación e iluminación por los costados de los mismos. Y es que el perimetro del mercado esta rodeado por un muro de piedra en talud que solo permite cuatro accesos, dicho muro esta construido con piedra local extraída de un río cercano. En los archivos del municipio de Arriaga, no hemos podido encontrar mayor documentación sigue pendiente el nombre del arquitecto proyectista, lo que si es un hecho es que la DEMOLICIÓN DEL MERCADO, está siendo programada, para construir otro, en el mismo lugar, pero con una capacidad mayor. Actualmente, los locatarios siguen ahí y no hay fecha para el desalojo, sin embargo, el gobierno del estado ya tiene un "dictamen estructural" que avala la demolición. Así las cosas pido de la manera mas atenta el apoyo de DOCOMOMO, para conminar a las autoridades para hacer notar el valor del inmueble, que justifique la revisión del actual proyecto, para así poder rescatar este, a mi juicio muy valioso edificio. Cualquier carta o petición deberá ir dirigida directamente al C. GOBERNADOR LIC. JUAN SABINES GUERRERO. con copia al Ing. FRANCISCO LOPEZ GARCIA, DELEGADO REGIONAL DE INFRAESTRUCTURA DEL GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE CHIAPAS. Saludos cordiales. Hans Kabsch Vela, Arquitecto + info: http://www.hanskabsch.blogspot.mx/2012/04/mercado-belisario-dominguez-en-arriaga.html AWARDS - Award for Urban Wetland Planning in France Many wetlands in urban and peri-urban environments are or are becoming degraded due to surrounding populations, pollution and poorly managed waste, among other factors. As a consequence, the ecosystem services that urban wetlands can provide have diminished and it is therefore essential for both decisionmakers and urban communities to recognize their value and importance… + info: http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-news-award-urban-wetlands-france/main/ramsar/126%5E25626_4000_0__ Symposium - Taking ownership of the city: "Becoming together" from urban heritage to cultural landscape Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal & Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau. Montréal (Canada) 16 - 18 April 2012 On April 16, 17 and 18, 2012, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau of the Université du Québec à Montréal will host a symposium entitled "Taking ownership of the city: "Becoming together" from urban heritage to cultural landscape." Members of the general public, researchers focusing on the city (including its identities and societies), and professionals specializing in urbanism and cultural communities are all invited to this international symposium to discuss the effects of metropolization on the potential meaning of the built landscape and to reflect on how to develop a sense of belonging and coexistence in an integrating environment representative of today's and tomorrow's citizens. Can a city be even more Scandinavian, French or Spanish than it already is? Or more Montrealian, Londonian or Parisian? In other words, the symposium will involve a collective reflection on growing together and the future of the spirit of place. + info: http://www.patrimoine.uqam.ca/colloques/marsan/colloque.html NEW TOPIC IN THE REVIEW EDA : Utopic cities: theory and planning by Claudia Lamberti, University of Pise Designing a city has always been a program of the social and political relationships among men that will dwell it. The laws of the several rulers were turned into ideal cities, "carved in stone words", as Piero Pierotti said. Since ancient times, when cities were meant to be the living place of both gods and men, the architect's imagination and the commitment's purpose worked together to build new settlements. The word "utopia" was born in Greece, but it reached its climax within urban planning during Humanism and Renaissance: since Filarete's and Francesco di Giorgio Martini's projects, until Thomas More's emblematic book and the writings of such philosophers as Tommaso Campanella, that was "the Age of ideal cities". + info: http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/articoli.php?mod=oggetti&o_nome=articolo&tema=retiProgettoUrbano Domkyrkoforum / Carmen Izquierdo - 2010 - 2011- Lund - Sweden The site of the new cathedral forum is central Lund, in direct connectionto the cathedral itself. On the site is situated the existing “Arken” house, which is a building of historical value. The new building aim stoint egrate itself in the urbanfabric in a natural way, by adaptingto the scale and lines of the surrounding cityscape. At the same time our vision has been to create a contemporary building that adds a new layer to the many historic layers that characterize the urban environment of central Lund. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/222677/domkyrkoforum-carmen-izquierdo/ Potxonea House / OS3 arkitektura - Usurbil - Gipuzkoa - Spain The building is located on Irazu Street 4, in Usurbil, and is the last of a set of buildings that make up the historical city-center, and so is a building with a remarkable background. This linear addition of buildings separates two large public spaces: Dema plaza (the main plaza of Usurbil) and Askatasuna Plaza, recently built. The hierarchy of the two plazas is reflected in the composition of the building complex, materializing in two opposing fronts. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/223739/potxonea-house-os3-arkitektura/ Demolishing Freeways and Reviving American Cities - USA - John Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee (1988-2004), current CEO of the Congress for New Urbanism and author of The Wealth of Cities, was recently interviewed by Next American City to discuss highway removal and “our congestion obsession”. Norquist’s best known achievement as Mayor of Milwaukee was demolishing the Park East Freeway – 1960sera expressway that restricted access to the city’s downtown. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/220969/demolishing-freeways-and-reviving-american-cities/ Titanic Belfast / Todd Architects- 2012 - Belfast - Northern Ireland - United Kingdom Delivering the World’s Largest Titanic Visitor Experience Titanic Belfast will open its doors to the world on 31st March, 2012. The world’s largest ever Titanic-themed visitor attraction and Northern Ireland’s largest tourism project, Titanic Belfast is the result of a successful collaboration between the Concept Design Architects CivicArts/Eric R Kuhne & Associates and the Lead Consultant/Architect Todd Architects. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/223483/titanic-belfast-todd-architects/ Webdocumentaire - Dans les murs de la Casbah (Alger-Algérie) Collaboration de l'Université Rennes 2 (France) La Casbah d’Alger porte dans ses murs autant l’Histoire du pays que les problématiques urbaines de l’Algérie moderne. Symbolique de l’identité algérienne, elle cherche son avenir... Laissez-vous entraîner dans son dédale d'escaliers avec "Dans les murs de la Casbah" , un webdocumentaire original réalisé par Céline Dréan en collaboration avec le sociolinguiste alégérien Réda Sébih (sous la direction des Universités de Rennes 2 et d'Alger 2). À chaque carrefour, au détour d’une ruelle, l’internaute peut entrer dans un café pour écouter les anciens, pousser la porte de la maison des femmes ou encore s’installer avec des étudiants parlant de leurs rêves d’avenir. Il peut emprunter trois parcours virtuels pour s’immerger dans ce morceau d'Algérie et y écouter la parole des Casbadjis. En écho à ces témoignages, des chercheurs algériens nous aident à comprendre la Casbah… Cette exploration inédite interactive et inédite du quartier mythique algérois est le premier webdocumentaire aidé par la Région Bretagne. + info: http://casbah.france24.com/webdoc/index_mid.html Scotland's survey and preservation initiatives for Post-War Sites and Monuments, 1985-2012 Throughout the twentieth century in Scotland there has been a recurring tension between the aspirations to widen the scope of heritage to embrace more and more of the built environment and cultural landscape, and the practical reality of extending preservation that far. This first came into focus with Industrial Archaeology in the mid-to-late 1980s, when Scotland’s vanishing traditional nineteenth and twentieth century heavy industries became a heritage concern. + info: http://docomomoiscetnewsletteriv.wordpress.com/article-1/ Finalist designers and architects emerge in competition to redesign National Mall sites Washington D.C. - USA Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the National Mall. Designers and architects are dreaming big for a chance to improve what's sometimes called America's front yard. One vision calls for a garden "museum without walls" in part of the mall called Constitution Gardens. + info: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54658
ARTE EN EL ESPACIO URBANO Y PÚBLICO 20 April 2012 Argentina Organizers: Centro Internacional para la Conservación del Patrimonio, Argentina Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://cicop.blogspot.com/ Albi Major Theatre / Dominique Perrault Architecture - 2011-2013 - France The winning proposal for the Albi Major Theatre, designed by Dominique Perrault Architecture, aims at transforming the texture of the city as well as its cultural influence. Appearing as an outstanding architectural symbol, on the outskirts of the historic center, the architects gave priority to the presence of the Major Theatre instead of the cinemas, in order to organize around it a network of public spaces and of cultural facilities. Therefore, the Major Theatre will be its center. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/224203/albi-major-theatre-dominique-perrault-architecture/ Children of Tunis in search of their lost roots - Euromed Heritage They will walk and stop at the tangible and intangible traces of history, from Carthage of old times to the Tunis of today. For two days, on April 8th and 9th, 30 students aged between 13 and 14 years are going to rediscover their own heritage and roots. The workshop is organized in Tunis by the Mare Nostrum project under the Euromed Heritage 4 programme - supported by DELARPA TUNISIA, an NGO for heritage and tourism development… + info: http://www.euromedheritage.net/intern.cfm The Public Theater to unveil revitalized downtown home this fall - New York City - New York State USA This fall The Public Theater will unveil its revitalized downtown home as the Company celebrates a milestone year that includes the 50th anniversary of its Shakespeare in the Park performances at the Delacorte Theater. + info: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=54639
Agenda Exhibition - American City: St. Louis Architecture: Three Centuries of Classic Design" - Willis Towers 20 March - 11 May 2012 Chicago, Illinois. United States of America Organizers: Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) + info: http://www.archdaily.com/217715/ Management of Historic Centres: "Economic Sustainability of the Historic Centre, a Shared Responsibility" 15 May - 18 May 2012 Havana. Cuba Organizers: The Office of the Historian of Havana, the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Latin American and Caribbean Unit of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Contact: Nuria Sanz (UNESCO)
[email protected] + info: http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/850/ Corso SEGNARE IL PAESAGGIO - Accademia Nazionale di San Luca 21 May - 01 June 2012 Rome. Italy Organizers: Accademia Nazionale di San Luca Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://www.accademiasanluca.it/ Conference - Ports as new magnets for urban sustainable development 24 May - 25 May 2012 Valletta. Malta Organizers: International Council on Monuments and Sites & International Scientific Committee on Economics of Conservation (ISCEC) Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://portsmagnets2012.altervista.org/index.html International colloquium on the conservation and management of World Heritage cities 31 May - 01 June 2012 Brugge. Belgium Organizers: World Heritage Cities Programme (WHC) Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://whc.unesco.org/en/events/828/ 1er Seminario Internacional: Investigación en Arquitectura y Patrimonio - Casos Italia y Cuba 08 August - 10 August 2012 Ibague. Colombia Organizers: Universidad de Ibague Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://www.esempidiarchitettura.it/ebcms2.lm.php?mod=news&modAzione=scheda&o_nome=news&o_id=568_ITA International Congress "Urban Energies" 11 October - 12 October 2012 Berlin. Germany Organizers: The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development in conjunction with the Standing Conference of Federal State Ministers and Senators responsible for Urban Development, Building and Housing, the German Association of Cities and the German Association of Towns and Municipalities Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://www.sbca.de/ Colloque ANABF (Association nationale des architectes des bâtiments de France) "Ambitions urbaines" - Université Lyon 2 18 October - 20 October 2012 Lyon. France Organizers: L'Association Nationale des Architectes des Bâtiments de France (ANABF) Contact:
[email protected] + info: http://france.icomos.org/fr/news/2012-10/4-a_noter_sur_vos_agendas/369-colloque_anabf_ambitions_urbaines.htm Conference - Culture Matters 2012 - Capturing the social and economic value of cultural heritage: Perspectives and projects from across Europe 14 November - 16 November 2012 Norwich. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Organizers: SHAPING 24 - Strategies for Heritage Access Pathways in Norwich and Ghent Contact:
[email protected] DEADLINE: 20 abr 2012 + info: http://www.shaping24.eu/en/conference Call for Volunteers - Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites 2013 Centenary of Canberra - Museum of Australian Democracy 30 October - 03 November 2013 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Australia Organizers: Australia ICOMOS Contact: Tracy Ireland -
[email protected] + info: http://australia.icomos.org/e-news/australia-icomos-e-mail-news-no-528/#9.
Publications Brasil Urbano - Universidade Federal do Rio do Norte (Brazil) Editores: Edesio Fernandes e Márcio Moraes Valença Editora MAUAD X Brasil Urbano é uma coletânea de artigos sobre arquitetura e urbanismo publicados originalmente na revista inglesa Geoforum no final de 2001 e atualizado para sua publicação no Brasil. Esse fascinante livro da Mauad Editora, organizado por Edesio Fernandes e Márcio Moraes Valença, traça um panorama do urbanismo brasileiro desde o período joanino no século XIX até a realidade tumultuada das favelas cariocas no século XXI, passando pela exclusão social no grande ABC e pelos assentamentos informais no Recife. + info: http://cagppufrn.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/seminario-com-edesio-fernandes.html Les villes africaines et leurs patrimoines (Séminaire du 11 octobre 2011) Editeur : Riveneuve éditions (15 mars 2012) ISBN-13: 978-2360130887 Après le séminaire de 2010 sur les « Patrimoines oubliés de l’Afrique » (publié par Riveneuve éditions), le séminaire de 2011 qui a eu lieu en octobre au musée du quai Branly, s’intéressait au « Patrimoine des villes africaines ». Le thème des villes africaines et de leurs patrimoines débouche sur de multiples questions : Pourquoi protéger le patrimoine des villes africaines ? Quel patrimoine faut-il protéger ? Que gagne-t-on en les protégeant ? Ville traditionnelle ou ville coloniale, les villes ont une valeur patrimoniale spécifiquement africaine qui doit être valorisée en raison de leur valeur économique. La destruction des centres historiques constitue une double perte pour la collectivité, au niveau de sa mémoire mais également en raison de perte de ressources économiques. On ne peut également ignorer l’impact du patrimoine culturel dans le développement local. Le tourisme patrimonial en est une illustration tout comme un artisanat ancré au plus prés des traditions. Cet ouvrage aborde tour à tour les villes et leurs centres historiques, les villes et les savoirs faire patrimoniaux, les villes et les patrimoines immatériels. + info: http://www.riveneuve.com/Collection_academique.php Città portuali del mediterraneo - Luoghi di scambio e di commercio nelle città storiche Teresa Colletta ISBN 978-88-568-4419-1 Gli studi sulle presenze “straniere” e sui luoghi di scambio e di commercio nelle città storiche interessano oggi non solamente gli storici istituzionali e dell’economia, ma anche gli storici dell’urbanistica, attenti ai fenomeni di trasformazione urbana nelle città dell’Europa mediterranea. Il volume si concentra sulle città portuali, da sempre di grande attenzione per i loro continui scambi di merci e di attività mercantili e per la stabile presenza di colonie commerciali “straniere” ed indaga con i contributi di studiosi e ricercatori di differenti università italiane e francesi, sulla storia urbana delle città costiere del Mediterraneo, della Francia e dell’Italia meridionale attive nei traffici del commercio tra Oriente ed Occidente. + info: http://www.francoangeli.it/Ricerca/Scheda_libro.aspx?ID=19647 Writing About Architecture By Alexandra Lange Editor: Princeton Architectural Press - 2012 ISBN: 978-1616890537 We recently received a book we wished we had earlier, Writing About Architecture. Lange’s book pulls from “lessons learned from her courses at New York University and the School of Visual Arts.” ”The book offers works by some of the best architecture critics of the twentieth century including Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael Sorkin, Charles Moore, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Jane Jacobs to explains some of the most successful methods with which to approach architectural criticism.” The book “could serve as the primary text for a course on criticism for undergraduates or architecture and design majors.” We here at ArchDaily are now using it as a resource. + info: http://www.archdaily.com/215279/writing-about-architecture-alexandra-lange/ I Luoghi del Lavoro - Analisi e scenari per una riqualificazione urbanistica nella città di Parma a cura di Michele Zazzi MUP - Monte Università Parma Editore Collana STRUMENTI di PUC Il volume presenta gli esiti di una attività di ricerca sui temi della riqualificazione urbanistica dei quartieri artigianali svolta dal Centro Studi Parma Urban Center su incarico dell'Assessorato alle Politiche urbanistiche ed edilizie del Comune di Parma e delle associazioni Confartigianato APLA, CNA Associazione Provinciale e Gruppo Imprese Artigiane di Parma. + info: http://www.parmaurbancenter.it/pub_ll.html Parma 2020 - Un confronto a più voci verso il nuovo PSC (Piano Strutturale del Comune) a cura di Dario Costi MUP - Monte Università Parma Editore Collana STRUMENTI di PUC Con la presentazione delle linee guida del nuovo Piano Strutturale del Comune (PSC), l'associazione Parma Urban Center avvia una nuova stagione di confronto e di partecipazione, proponendo in questa prima occasione alcuni temi rivelatori di intenzioni e di prospettive di lavoro. Innanzitutto i contenuti analitici e gli indirizzi programmatici del nuovo strumento urbanistico in corso di elaborazione da parte di Richard Burdett, CAIRE-Urbanistica e Ambiter con l'aggiornamento sulla pianificazione comunale di Tiziano Di Bernardo e Emanuela Montanini a nome dell'Assessorato all'Urbanistica. + info: http://www.parmaurbancenter.it/pub_parma2020.html Casa pubblica e città - Esperienze europee, ricerche e sperimentazioni progettuali a cura di Dario Costi MUP - Monte Università Parma Editore Collana STRUMENTI di PUC Il volume raccoglie i contributi del convegno internazionale di Parma dell'ottobre 2008 e gli esiti di un programma di ricerca svolto all'interno di una convenzione tra il Comune di Parma e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Ambiente, del Territorio e Architettura dell'Università degli Studi di Parma sul rapporto tra casa pubblica e città. La pubblicazione é articolata in tre momenti collegati: l'analisi e la messa a confronto delle esperienze europee in Italia, Francia, Spagna e Portogallo, la presentazione delle ricerche in essere in Italia e la sperimentazione progettuale applicativa svolta a Parma. + info: http://www.parmaurbancenter.it/pub_cpc.html
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