Taking place on 29-30 October 2015 is an international conference about the social role of Architecture, organized by the Rafael Manzano Martos Prize and the School of Architecture of the University of Notre Dame, thanks to the support of the Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust and the collaboration of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio, INTBAU Spain and CIAT.
This event is taking place at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
The programme of events includes:
October 29th:
9.30-10.00 Arrival of participants
10.00-10.30 Welcome
Luis Maldonado Ramos
Michael Lykoudis
Alejandro García Hermida
10.30-10.50 Introductory presentation
Michael Lykoudis
First Session: Heritage and Identity
10.50-11.10 Heritage and Identity
Javier Cenicacelaya
11.10-11.30 La falsificación de la historia
Leopoldo Gil
11.30-11.50 Wood, Light and Architecture in Finland
Taisto H. Mäkëla
11.50-12.10 Debate
12.10-12.50 Coffee break
Second Session: Building Communities
12.50-13.10 Building Communities: Expanding Yale’s Residential College System
Melissa DelVecchio
13.10-13.30 Hacer algo diferente y los falsos historicismos
Donald Gray
13.30-13.50 Debate
Third Session: Theory and Didactics
16.30-16.50 Las facetas de la modernidad: Arquitectura y expresión comunitaria en la primera mitad del siglo XX
David Rivera
16.50-17.10 Upgrade proposals for five public squares in the Madrid city center
Alejandro García Hermida
17.10-17.30 Guatemaya: A New Urban Heart for Guatemala City
Leon Krier
17.30-17.50 Designing the sense of belonging
Ettore Mazzola
17.50-18.20 Debate
October 30th
Forth Session: Traditional Crafts
9.30-9.40 Welcome
9.40-10.00 La recuperación del oficio tradicional y su adecuación y actualización
Jaime de Hoz
10.00-10.20 El origen de la carpintería de lazo
Enrique Nuere
10.20-10.40 Aprender haciendo, el taller de construcción gótica de Madrid
José Carlos Palacios
10.40-11.00 Debate
11.00-11.40 Coffee break
Fifth Session: Theory and Didactics
11.40-12.00 Place Matters: Tradition in the American West
Christine Franck
12.00-12.20 Classical Humanism in Practice and Pedagogy
David Mayernik
12.20-12.40 La restauración de la antigua calzada y su vía crucis desde la Casa de Pilatos hasta la Cruz del Campo en Sevilla
Rafael Manzano
12.40-13.00 Debate
13.00-13.40 Final conclusions, Rafael Manzano, Carol Wyant, Alejandro García Hermida
There will be simultaneous translation for every lecture.
For more information and to register for the conference please visit: http://premiorafaelmanzano.blogspot.com.es/
