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2018 World Congress Programme

The programme for the World Congress: Everything Old is New Again is now available.

Day 1

Session 1 ⋅ CONTEXTS ⋅ 27 November


Registration ⋅ ⋅ ⋅  8.15 – 9.00

Opening Remarks ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.00 – 9.15

Karen Parolek ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Opticos Design ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.20 – 9.40

→ Missing Middle Housing: reframing the housing conversation

Krupali Uplekar ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ DHARMA Research Project ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.45 – 10.05

→ Learning from the past to deal with rapid urbanisation in the present

Jia-Ping Lee & Duncan Cave ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Think City ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 10.10 – 10.30

→ Interventions: social contexts shaping urban regeneration

Coffee Break ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 10.30 – 11.00

Michael Lykoudis ⋅ ⋅ ⋅  University of Notre Dame School of Architecture ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.00 – 11.20

→ Neo-Classical architecture in Greece: national identity in a time of turmoil and economic austerity

Leidulf Mydland ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.25 – 11.45

→ A new Norwegian strategy for the management of urban heritage

Dr Sandra Piesik ⋅ ⋅ ⋅3 ideas ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.50 – 12.10

→ Traditional knowledge systems and global sustainability legislation

Audience Q&A ⋅ ⋅ ⋅  12.10 – 12.30


Lunch ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 12.30 – 13.30


Session 2 ⋅ MATERIALS ⋅ 27 November


Anthony Thistleton ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Waugh Thistleton Architects ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 13.30 – 13.50

→ The New Timber Age: a construction revolution

Marianne Cusato ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Katrina Cottages  ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 13.55 – 14.15

→ Disaster Rebuilding: balancing resiliency, budget, and beauty

Alejandro García Hermida ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ INTBAU Spain ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 14.20 – 14.40

→ Building by hand in 21st century Spain

Nuria Sánchez Muñoz & Sébastien Moriset ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ CRAterre ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 14.45 – 15.05

→ Building with earth: singularity and benefits

Coffee Break ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 15.05 – 15.35

James Bugler ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Royal College of Art ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 15.40 – 16.00

→ Ecological conservation through quarrying: an investigation into Plasma Rock

Yasmeen Lari ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ INTBAU Pakistan ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 16.05 – 16.25

→ Using ‘barefoot techniques’ to achieve social and ecological justice

Audience Q&A ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 16.25 – 16.55

Closing Remarks 

 

Day 2

Session 3 ⋅ IDENTITIES ⋅ 28 November


Registration ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 8.15 – 9.00

Opening Remarks ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.00 – 9.15

Phineas Harper ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Architecture Foundation ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.20 – 9.40

→ Wake up and smell the acanthus

Anwar Jaber ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ University of Cambridge Centre for Urban Conflicts Research ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 9.45 – 10.05

→ Architecture and national identity under conflict: insights from Palestine

Sigvald Freylander & Marjo Uotila ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Arkitekturupproret ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 10.10 – 10.30

→ The architectural uprising: raising public awareness

Coffee Break ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 10.30 – 11.00

Sanketh Bharathish ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 2018 INTBAU Travel Scholarship Recipient ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.00 – 11.20

→ A journey through the vernacular houses of South Canara, India

Philip Wood ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Aga Khan University ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.25 – 11.45

→ Mosques in Britain

Giamila Quattrone ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ARCHIAM at University of Liverpool⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 11.50 – 12.10

→ Nurturing identities, empowering communities: adaptive reuse and restoration at Misfat al-Abriyin, Oman

Sean Griffiths ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Modern Architect ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 12.15 – 12.35

→ What is the nature of a natural material?

Audience Q&A ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 12.35 – 12.55

Closing Remarks ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 12.55 – 13.00


Lunch ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 13.00 – 14.30


2018 Excellence Awards ⋅ 28 November


Ceremony ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 14.30 – 15.30

Reception ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 15.30 – 17.00

All those in attendance of the Congress are welcomed and encouraged to attend both the ceremony and reception of the 2018 Excellence Awards.

 

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