UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape
Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts related to a Draft recommendation on the conservation of Historic urban landscape
DATE: 25/5/2011
UNESCO is currently engaged in the development of a
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL), a ´soft-law´ (non-binding) to assist Member States in meeting the urban challenges of tomorrow.
The Director-General of UNESCO has sent out the Preliminary Report on the background and rationale of this new international instrument to all Member States and the 7 Associate Members of UNESCO on 23 August 2010, accompanied by a first draft of the
Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape .
The intergovernmental meeting of experts (category II), will be held at UNESCO Headquarters from May 25 to 27, 2011, in Paris.
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UNESCOWorld Monuments Watch 2012 List
The 2012 list will be announced in Fall 2011
DATE: 0/0/0
Launched in 1996 and issued every two years, the World Monuments Watch calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster. The 2012 Watch continues this tradition of identifying endangered sites, while also encompassing sites with compelling issues or progressive approaches that could inform the field at large.
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WMFCostruire la città dell’uomo: archivi e architetture di Ivrea.
Archivio Storico Olivetti di Ivrea
DATE: 21/5/2011
An opportunity to understand the complex and lively world of modern and contemporary architecture archives.
Recently included in the AAA National Association of the Archives of Contemporary Architecture as associate, the Adriano Olivetti Foundation in collaboration with the City of Ivrea and the Olivetti Historical Archives Association, participates in the First National Day of Architecture Archives.
The event, promoted by the AAA - National Association of Contemporary Architecture Archives on May 21, 2011, will provide an extraordinary opening of the Olivetti Historical Archives of Ivrea. Plans, designs, models, documents and precious materials explain Ivrea as a city laboratory of the architecture of the 20th century. A guided tour of the city, which is currently a candidate for the Italian UNESCO recognition Tentative List, will also be organized.
To participate you must make a reservation at ivrea@fondazioneadrianolivetti.
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Fondazione Adriano Olivetti.
Sabato 21 maggio 2011 è prevista un’apertura straordinaria dell’Archivio Storico Olivetti di Ivrea. Progetti, disegni, plastici, documenti e preziosi materiali racconteranno Ivrea, città laboratorio dell’architettura del XX secolo.
Verranno organizzati due gruppi di visita max di 15 persone. La visita sarà della durata di un’ora, su prenotazione, alle ore 10.00 e alle ore 11.30. Dalle 15 alle 17 è prevista inoltre una visita guidata alle architetture della città oggi in fase di candidatura alla Tentative List italiana per il riconoscimento UNESCO.
Verrà organizzata un’unica visita guidata, su prenotazione: dalle 15.00 alle 17.00. L’iniziativa è promossa dalla Fondazione Adriano Olivetti in collaborazione con la Città di Ivrea e l’Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti, nell’ambito della Prima Giornata Nazionale degli Archivi di Architettura promossa dall’AAA - Associazione Nazionale degli Archivi di Architettura Contemporanea. La cura della giornata è affidata a Patrizia Bonifazio, storico dell’architettura, già responsabile scientifico del Comitato Nazionale Olivetti.
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Per prenotazioni e informazioni:
Fondazione Adriano Olivetti
tel. 0125 627547
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ivrea@fondazioneadrianolivetti.itMore information at
Fondazione Adriano Olivetti.
Understanding and Conserving Industrialised and Prefabricated Architecture
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
DATE: 23/5/2011
A neglected area until quite recently, the industrialisation of construction during the 20th century has become a hot topic among architectural historians in recent years. This two-day international conference, organised in connection with the project entitled A Critical Encyclopedia for the Restoration and Re-use of 20th-century Architecture, engages with renewed interest in this area of study. But unlike other meetings, this conference is not only concernedwith retracing the historical development but also with taking stock – by means of case studies – of the conservation problems posed by industrialised and prefabricated architecture today. Just as the way we construct history is inseparable from the thoughts and challenges we face in our present society, the way we treat our heritage isnourished by turning our thoughts back to the history that produced it. This two-way movement is something we wish to examine during our conference by exploring the linkages between recent built heritage and contemporary architectural activity.
This international conference is therefore structured around four themes. Day One, which opens with an historical panorama of the industrialisation of building during the last century, dwells on one of its essential aspects : architecture imagined as technical object. Focusing specifically on the post-war period, Day Two will showhow the industrialisation of building generally and prefabrication in particular led to the advent of mass housing and helped to disseminate it worldwide. The meeting will end with a look at recent or ongoing conservation projects that, while also tackling specific concerns, demonstrate how interventions in existing buildings might be said to constitute a special moment for the architect to begin redrawing the parameters of the discipline.
17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Symposium
Heritage, driver of development
DATE: 27/11/2011
The most important triennial gathering of ICOMOS will take place from 27 November to 2 December 2011 for the first time in Paris at UNESCO headquarters.
Organised by ICOMOS France, it benefits of the High Patronage of Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic and of Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO. The event is also supported by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, and by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing.
The General Assembly is accompanied by a Scientific Symposium on the theme “Heritage: Driver of Development”.
Both events are open to ICOMOS members and nonmembers alike.
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ICOMOSCAH20thC First International Scientific Conference in Madrid
Architectural Heritage of the 20th Century
DATE: 14/6/2011
31 May 2011Juan Miguel Hernández León, President of CAH20thC, invited Docomomo International to the First International Scientific Conference on the Approaches for the Intervention in the Architectural Heritage of the 20th Century that will take place in Madrid from June 14th to 16th.
Ana Tostoes, Chair of Docomomo International, will represent Docomomo in this Conference.
24 May 2011The ISC20C - International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage of ICOMOS in association with the Campus Internacional de Excelencia Moncloa - Cluster de Patrimonio, with the collaboration of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) organize the first International Scientific Conference celebrated in Spain regarding Approaches for the Intervention in the Architectural Heritage of the 20th Century.
The conference, which will include prominent architects as keynote speakers will take place in ETSA Madrid, the 14th, 15th and 16th of June 2011, and will follow the ISC20C scientific meeting on the 13th of June, which will assemble leading international conservation practitioners to contribute to the conference debate and public discussion
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CAH 20th
ICOMOS 2011 ISC Meeting in Madrid
20th Century heritage
DATE: 13/6/2011
The ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Twentieth Century Heritage - ISC20C, will meet in Madrid on the Monday, June 13, 2011. The meeting will commence at 9.30 am in the assembly hall of the Architecture School of the Polytechnic University of Madrid ETSAM [ETSAM Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid ], at
Avenida Juan de Herrera, in the
Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid.
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ICOMOSODAM, 60 years later
Porto, June 17-19, 2011
DATE: 17/6/2011
On the occasion of the celebration of the 60 years of the exhibition and conference cycle organized by the ODAM group (Modern Architects Organization) at the Ateneu Comercial do Porto, the regional north branch of the Ordem dos Arquitectos (Portuguese Architecture Association), has organized a series of events that will take place in Porto between June 17 and 19.
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ORDEMPLN, Pier Luigi Nervi, architettura come sfida
Torino, la committenza industriale, le culture architettoniche e politecniche italiane
DATE: 29/4/2011
Dear Friend,
I am Marco Nervi, President of the Association
PLN Pier Luigi Nervi Project and grandson of Pier Luigi Nervi.
The organisation which I chair is the main promoter of the International Exhibition
PIER LUIGI NERVI – Architecture as Challenge, on the art and science of building of my grandfather, the eminent Italian engineer/architect.
We are glad to announce that the Exhibition opened the doors of its new edition in Turin and will stay
open until July 17, 2011. The venue are the marvellous spaces of the Hall C of Torino Esposizioni Palace in Turin, designed and built by P. L. Nervi in the fifties.
Attached you will find the
FLYER, INFO and a
PHOTO GALLERY of the previous successful editions in Brussels, Venice, Rome, and of present edition in Turin.
The Exhibition is promoted by PLN Pier Luigi Nervi Project Association together with CIVA Centre International pour la Ville et l’Architecture of Brussels, under the High Patronage of the President of Italian Republic, and is curated by a Scientific Committee chaired by Professor Carlo Olmo of the Politecnico di Torino. The Turin edition is one of the events of the 150
th anniversary of the Italian Nation celebrated in Turin, in consideration of the important heritage of Nervi’s works in Turin, including the internationally famous Palazzo del Lavoro built in 1961 for the celebration of the corresponding 100
th anniversary. After some further locations in Europe and/or Asia presently under consideration, the Exhibition is expected to tour North America in 2012/2013.
For the exhibition venue in Turin we have prepared a complete
visiting experience, including:
• guided visit to the Exhibition, including a copy of the exhibition catalogue in English, French or Italian to all the participants,
• guided tours of the most famous buildings by Nervi in Turin, Palazzo del Lavoro and Turin Exhibition Hall, with access to sites normally not open to the general public,
• workshops about one or more of the themes related to the exhibition contents, depending on the time available.
For further information and for organizing group visits of students you should contact the Exhibition Secretariat at
info@pierluiginervi.org or phone Cell +39 348.7150322. You may also visit
http://www.pierluiginervi.org/. Students below 26 years are granted reduced price tickets. Entrance is free for accompanying persons. Tours to other buildings by Nervi in Turin are also organised at fixed dates on Saturday by Urban Center (
www.urbancenter.to.it/indexSchedaConf.php?id_conf=227 ).
The texts in the Exhibition are in Italian and English. Catalogue by Silvana Editoriale (English, French and Italian Editions:
http://www.silvanaeditoriale.it, Enter: Nervi).
You are kindly asked to disseminate this information among institutions, professionals, university faculties and students, in consideration also of the specific educational intent of the Exhibition.
In case you are interested in hosting the Exhibition in your country, you may contact Mrs. Elisabetta Nervi at PLN Project Association (
e.margiottanervi@gmail.com).
With best regards
Marco NerviChairman, PLN Project AssociationInternational Exhibition PIER LUIGI NERVI - Architettura come sfida/Architecture as Challenge
Torino Esposizioni, Hall C, Via Petrarca 39/B – TURIN, Italy, April 29th – July 17
th, 2011
info@pierluiginervi.org M: +39 349 1312404 +39 348.7150322
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PLN Exhibit TorinoAppello in difesa dell’architettura del secondo ‘900
Decreto legge 70/2011
DATE: 1/7/2011
U. IBAGUÉ, La restauración de la Arquitectura Moderna
Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia
DATE: 1/8/2011
ESCUELA INTERNACIONAL DE VERANO – UNIVERSIDAD DE IBAGUÉ
Colombia
La Restauración de la Arquitectura Moderna
OLIMPIA NIGLIO (Italia), profesora visitante Universidad de Ibagué – Colombia
FLORA MORCATE LABRADA, Universidad de Oriente - Cuba
1-13 August 2011
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Ibagué 2011EUV, Uncomfortable Architectural Heritage of Socialism
March 2012 Conference in Berlin
DATE: 0/0/0
CALL FOR PAPERS In March 2012, the postgraduate course of studies
European Cultural Heritage at the European University Viadrina will host an international and interdisciplinary conference titled
Uncomfortable Architectural Heritage of Socialism.A comparison of social acceptance in Eastern and Central Europe. "Difficult heritage is a past that is recognized as meaningful in the present but that is also contested and awkward for public reconciliation with a positive self-affirming contemporary identity.“
Sharon Mcdonald
The conference will take place in Berlin in March 2012. A publication is planned subsequent to the conference.
Organisers of the conference are:
Eszter Takacs, Heiko Krueger, Kamila Palubicka, Katrin Westphal and Veronica Kölling
In cooperation with:
Landesdenkmalamt Berlin (state office for protection of historical monuments)
European University Viadrina in Frankfurt Oder
More information can be found in the pdf document attached.
Contact: Veronica Koelling
Email:
heritage-conference@europa-uni.de
U. SÃO PAULO, 2012 Master and Doctoral Program
Selection Process
DATE: 12/9/2011
SELECTION PROCESS FOR 2012 MASTER’S AND DOCTORAL PROGRAM The Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo at São Carlos (formerly belonging to the São Carlos School of Engineering and now being transferred to the newly created Institute of Architecture and Urbanism) makes public the application for the selection of students for the 2012
Master’s and Doctoral Program in Architecture and Urban Planning, in both fields of study, and lays down the rules for the selection process.
Information about fields of study, advisors, and research lines are available at:
Sao Paulo 2012
PRECOMOS International Conference
Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage
DATE: 29/10/2011
PRECOMOS International Conference on Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage
Organized by Southeast University at Nanjing, China.
Date: 29-30 October 2011
Place: Nanjing and Suzhou, China
Up to the third year of the UNESCO Chair, methods and theories have been developed in various countries by our members. We sincerely invite you to this conference to exchange our latest practices on preventive conservation.
For the detailed information about this conference, please check the news on the PRECOMOS website.
Hsien-yang Tseng
PhD candidate, Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven) Administrator of PRECOMOS website.
International Conference on Preventive Conservation of Architectural Heritage, 29-30 October 2011, Nanjing, China
The challenge identified in the conservation field today is about assuring heritage preservation through preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring based strategies. Timely identification and correction of defects can prevent major consequential damage, which may lead to heavy investments in order to bring the listed or valuable non listed building back into a good state of repair. Monitoring systems allow public authorities, owners and site managers to ascertain that maintenance is carried out on a regular basis and that the budgets are spent effectively at the long run, also after restoration. When regular maintenance is carried out the preservation of historic buildings will be more cost effective at the long run. As a result of systematic collection of information during the regular inspections (monitoring of the state of repair) it becomes possible to compare and monitor the state of preservation of the cultural heritage “stock”.
Collected statistic data can also be used as a management tool as well as for research.
As the annual symposium of the UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring, Maintenance of Monuments and Sites, this conference is held by the Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation at Southeast University (China), in cooperation with UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Sub-center in Suzhou(China), The Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC) at the K.U.Leuven
(Belgium) and Monumentenwacht Vlaanderen vzw (Belgium).
Conference themes:
1. the history and framework of preventive conservation
2. the applicable technologies and successful practices of preventive conservation, monitoring and maintenance of architectural heritage
3. the social aspects of preventive conservation of architectural heritage: public participation, social and economic policies, management 4. the traditional maintenance system of architectural heritage in Asia-pacific area 5. disaster prevention for architectural heritage
Contact:
WU Meiping, LI Xinjian
Assistant Project Manager
The School of Architecture, Southeast University, Sipailou 2#,
Nanjing, China
Tel: +86 25 83792378 Fax: +86 25 83792029
Email:
230069011@seu.edu.cn,
lxjtx@sina.com Deadlines:
Abstract deadline: 30 August 2011 (abstracts less than 300 words)
Poster and Paper deadline: 30 September 2011 Registration deadline: 15 October, 2011
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PrecomosGETTY Conservation Scholars and Fellowships
Guest Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellowships
DATE: 1/11/2011
Conservation Guest Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellowships
Conservation Guest Scholars
Getty Conservation Institute´s (GCI) Conservation Guest Scholar program is now accepting applications through November 1, 2011.
The Conservation Guest Scholar Program – application period open The Conservation Guest Scholar program provides the time and resources for senior professionals in the field of conservation to pursue research which is of broad value to the field. Successful candidates are in residence at the Getty Center in Los Angeles for periods of three, six, or nine months, and are chosen by a professional committee through a competitive process. The group of scholars arriving in late 2012 will be the thirteenth in residence at the GCI. Past scholars have both benefited greatly from their time at the Getty, and have enriched our work as well.
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GettyPOLITECNICO DI MILANO, seminar on (mega)structures
structural imagination e new spatial visions 1945-1970
DATE: 24/11/2011
(mega)structures
structural imagination and new spatial visions
1945-1970
International seminar
Politecnico di Milano, November 24-25, 2011
Call for papersSince the second world war the increased speed of technological progress brought about by the conflict, a phase of rapid redefinition of the international setting for a political and social utopia, the new dimensions taken on by the culture of leisure time and the centrality of the debate on the synthesis of the arts create the conditions for a new and fertile season of design culture. The contributions from countries which until then are considered peripheral, but which are the theatre for extraordinary experiences in the very years of the war and are quickly noticed by European and US culture, the international and universal expositions, the multidisciplinary interest in natural forms and structures, the pressure for prefabrication and, a few years later, the myths and rhetoric associated with the space race, favour the extensive circulation of original imageries and models of architecture and settlement. The intensity of such exchanges, also articulated through curtains that were often described as rather impermeable from the reconstructions of the post-war international political context, are increased by the major international success enjoyed by certain leading exponents of engineering culture, from Konrad Wachsmann to Richard Buckminster Fuller, from Pier Luigi Nervi to Félix Candela.
This seminar proposes to explore the international design culture in the period from 1945 to 1970, which, in the heterogeneity of its approaches and themes, has a powerful unifying element in its megastructural tendency, from France to Japan, from Austria to the Soviet Union. We are seeking contributions devoted to individual works or projects, to a national or local context, to the peculiarities of the various schools of design or to a significant hub in the international network of exchanges. Special attention will be paid to the relationship between technological developments, structural conceptions and new imageries of design culture.
Organized by Alessandro De Magistris and Federico Deambrosis.
Paper proposals should be sent (in English or Italian) to federico.deambrosis.uni@awn.it and have to be accompanied by a short CV.
Scheduleseptember 19 > deadline for reception of abstracts (max. 400 words)
october 3 > deadline for approval of papers.
october 31 > deadline for reception of papers (max. 3500 words)
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(mega) structuresUIA 2011, Tokyo
24th World Architecture Congress in Tokyo
DATE: 25/9/2011
UIA 2011, Tokyo
24th World Architecture Congress in Tokyo
September 25-October 1, 2011
Described as the “Olympics of Architecture,” the
UIA World Congress is a major international architectural event that attracts around 10,000 architects, engineers, researchers and students.
Since the inaugural World Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1948, it has taken place triennial in 23 different cities around the world.
On the theme of “DESIGN 2050,” UIA 2011 TOKYO, the first UIA World Congress in Japan, will provide all the participants with opportunities to discuss the future architecture and cities through the various programmes including keynote speeches, technical sessions, international competition, workshops, exhibitions and tours.
UIA2011 TOKYO will be a touchstone for divining the architecture towards 2050 and beyond
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UIA 2011UIA 2011, Japan Tour
Architecture tour
DATE: 27/10/2011
Robert Day is organising another Japan Architecture Tour.
Dates for the tour are 27 October – 6 November 2010.
There are two options, a 14 day tour and a 9 day tour.
OPTION 1 - 14 DAY TOUR (Sep 24 - Oct 8) COST - $4500 AUD*
This tour incorporates attendance at the UIA 2011 TOKYO Congress followed by the fully guided Japan Architecture Tour spending 10 nights in Tokyo and 4 nights in Kyoto.
* Inclusions: Accommodation, venue entries (30 Sep 8 Oct only), 7 day JR Rail Pass, ground transport costs (30 Sep 8 Oct only), full tour guidance.
Exclusions: Airfares, meals, airport transfers, UIA Congress registration costs, UIA Congress programme and UIA event costs.
OPTION 2 - 9 DAY TOUR (Sep 30 - Oct 8) - $3800 AUD**
This fully guided Japan Architecture Tour commences at the conclusion of the UIA congress spending 5 nights in Tokyo and 4 nights in Kyoto.
9 day tour - $ 30 Sep 8 Oct
**Inclusions: Accommodation, venue entries, 7 day JR Rail Pass, ground transport costs, full tour guidance.
Exclusions: Airfares, meals, airport transfers.
In Tokyo: art galleries and museums designed by famous architects; architecture exhibitions (Ginza and Omotesando to name a few); Meiji Mura as well as the last 3 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in
Japan, the Imperial Hotel, the Yamamura House and the Jiyu Gakuen School.
Nihon Minka-en open air architectural museum and the Saitama Architects Association at historic Kawagoe.
Famous temples and shrines in Kyoto, Meiji Mura and Hyogo (Frank Lloyd Wright´s Imperial Hotel and Yamamura House).
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Tokyo TourFelix Candela and Max Cetto Exhibition
MAM, Mexico City
DATE: 22/9/2011
The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and Acción cultural española, through the Museo de Arte Moderno, have organized two exhibitions in Mexico City on Félix Candela and Max Cetto.
Place: MAM
Dates: September 22 2011
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EAHN 2012
Call for Papers Deadline
DATE: 30/9/2011
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
As a reminder, September 30 is the deadline for the Call for Papers of the forthcoming EAHN 2012 conference in Brussels.
As a follow-up to the EAHN 2010 conference we once again organise a session on the Welfare State Project: ´The Welfare State Project – Architectural Positions, Roles and Agencies´
Please, send proposals by September 30, or spread the word to your colleagues!
Dirk van den Heuvel, Tom Avermaete and Mark Swenarton
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EAHN2012EXHIBITION: Henri Prost and the Master Plan of Istanbul
Cité de l´architecture et du patrimoine
DATE: 15/1/2012
This virtual exhibition is an immaterial version of an exhibition and a book. The exhibition was presented in May 2010 by the Pera Museum in Istanbul (Suna and İnan Kiraç Foundation) curated by Pierre Pinon - author of numerous books on architecture and urban fabric of European cities, and especially Paris and Istanbul - and Cana Bilsel, architectural historian and urban planner. The bilingual catalog (Turkish / English), very precise and very informative, was published by the Istanbul Research Institute.
This was the first exhibition on the work and projects done by Henri Prost (1874-1959) for the planning of Istanbul since the planner had left the town in 1951, and the first comprehensive work on the subject. It is the result of a study conducted in 2004 by Pierre Pinon and Cana Bilsel with Stephane Yerasimos İpek Akpinar on the planning of Istanbul by Henri Prost. Still today the urban planning of Istanbul done by Prost during 15 years, from 1936 to 1951, is a turning point in Turkish history, subject of debate. This period of maturity of the career of Henry Prost, despite the importance it had in the planning of the twentieth century, is still unknown.
The exhibition featured a large selection of graphics, photographs and writings contained in the archives of the planner Henri Prost (belonging to the Academy of Architecture and kept in Paris at the Centre d’archives d’architecture du xxe siècle, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine) or in the archives of the Greater Istanbul Municipality stored at the Istanbul Atatürk Library. The catalog brings together, under the direction of the commissioners, the texts of several specialists in architecture and urbanism in the twentieth century (Jean-Louis Cohen) or of Modern Turkish architecture (CANA Bilsel, İpek Akpinar), and presentations of the archive of Henri Prost by archivists who are responsible of it today (David Peyceré, Vlada and Holy Filhon Raveloarisoa). All these texts are available here in French, in their original or new translations, with the exception of a long interview with the architect and urban planner Aron Angel by Mathilde Pinon-Demirçivi not repeated here.
The development of a virtual version of these rich materials was done where they are conserved, the Centre d’archives d’architecture du xxe siècle, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, where Alexander Ragois had already posted several other virtual exhibitions since 2009. It has been possible through the kind permission of the Pera Museum - and especially its director Tanman Baha, who is warmly thanked here - Suna and İnan Kiraç Foundation, the Istanbul Research Institute, the Academy of Architecture and last of all authors, who have left to use all text and illustrations of all the choices of the book. Pierre Pinon Bilsel Cana and have worked very effectively in the preparation of this version.
The length of texts, unusual in a virtual exhibition, is assumed: leading experts have properly located the documents that - in addition to their sometimes impressive graphic qualities - are also witnesses of the most accurate thoughts on the city, its particular topography, changes that could be assigned to the historic city in the twentieth century. The texts are organized around the life of Henri Prost, the urban history of Istanbul, and finally projects and recommendations of the planners regarding each neighborhood and each of the major problems that they face.
David Peyceré
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CitéLa Cité du Lignon 1963-1971
Étude architeecturale et stratégies d´intervention
DATE: 22/2/2012
Presentation of the book
La Cité du Lignon 1963-1971. Étude architeecturale et stratégies d´intervention conceived by Franz Graf and Giulia Marino.
Place: Librairie Archigraphy, Place de l´île 1, Geneva
Date: February 22 2012
Time: 18:00h
Réalisée entre 1963 et 1971, la cité-satellite du Lignon à Genève (Georges Addor, Dominique Julliard, Louis Payot, Jacques Bolliger architectes) est considérée comme la plus spectaculaire opération de logements de l’après-guerre en Suisse. Son caractère pionnier, l’originalité du principe d’implantation, l’innovation des choix constructifs et techniques ainsi que son indéniable valeur sociale lui valent d’être reconnue comme objet exceptionnel, bien au-delà des frontières nationales. L’adoption d’un plan de site, en mai 2009, établit clairement, par une mesure de protection bien adaptée à la dimension du projet, sa valeur patrimoniale, voire son statut de Monument. Face aux nouveaux impératifs de réduction des consommations énergétiques, une stratégie de sauvegarde s’impose, un outil de conservation préventive capable de mettre dans le juste équilibre les aspects patrimoniaux, les contraintes économiques et les enjeux énergétiques. Le projet pilote de « sauvegarde et amélioration thermique » des 125´000 mètres carrées d’enveloppes
curtain-wall du Lignon conduit par le laboratoire des Techniques et de la Sauvegarde de l’Architecture Moderne de l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) entre 2008 et 2011 répond à cet objectif.
Coédité par l’EPFL et l’Office du patrimoine et des sites du canton de Genève, ce cahier, réalisé sous la direction de Franz Graf, présente de manière détaillée cette démarche exceptionnelle, non seulement en termes de résultats – la conservation des enveloppes d’origine dans le respect des normes en vigueur -, mais aussi de ses présupposés théoriques. En termes de méthode, mais également par rapport aux résultats obtenus, cette expérience pilote pourrait constituer en effet un précieux précèdent, à appliquer à un
corpus d’objets similaires, y compris sur le patrimoine contemporain diffus, traité aujourd’hui avec la plus grande négligence, pour ne pas dire maltraité…
Comme le montrent les clichés issus de la campagne photographique de Claudio Merlini en 2010-2011 qui rythment ce cahier, le Lignon garde aujourd’hui toutes les qualités de sa forme forte. L’étude sur les enveloppes a été également l’occasion de rassembler une documentation exhaustive portant sur l’ensemble du Lignon, et qui va bien au-delà des aspects constructifs. En retraçant la genèse du projet – du montage de l’opération à la définition des choix architecturaux et constructifs, jusqu’à sa réception –, le travail historique et d’analyse critique ainsi réalisé établit une base de connaissance originale et ouvre des nouvelles voies d’interprétation sur cet objet majeur de la production suisse du XX
e siècle. Ce numéro hors série de la revue
Patrimoine et architecture se propose d’offrir une lecture historico-critique de la cité du Lignon, soutenue par une riche iconographie d’archives et nourrie par les témoignages des acteurs du projet d’origine.
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