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Title: International Conference; BioDigital architecture and genetics
Location: ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona
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Description: In the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, when some architects were disposed systematically to configure modern world, they did it stimulated for a cultural pressure, for a correct adaptation to new times, and fighting for minimum conditions of human existence. On the other hand, today the urgency is bigger. It is about the entire planetary subsistence. The question is not any more a simple caprice, neither an intellectual necessity, neither sensibility for losing less favoured people. Now, the necessity is global, without reservations of classes, races or religions. The whole planet is in front of danger of no-sustainability for all mankind.

By chance, now in this crucial moment, are offered new techniques of an enormous potential: biological techniques and digital techniques. And even fusion of both, in something that can be named biodigital architecture. One that has incorporated the advantages proportioned by the understanding of genetics in both ways, the biological and the digital way, that permit to face with hope some continuity also worthy, but this time a dignity for all The Earth.

Then, as the ones that made efforts to break with the ancient classical tradition to found the new modern tradition, we are in front of the challenge of creating the future tradition of biodigital and genetics. For this is necessary that people work on three key elements: research, teaching and profession. This is exactly what we have been doing in Barcelona from 2000, with the Genetic Architecture Research Group and Ph.D. Programme, with the Biodigital Architecture Master’s Degree and with the Genetic Architectures Office. There we learn & teach, we make research and we design: Knowing that there are sufficient differential parameters to predict a complete age’s change. Today, after the first decade of our new Century, it is time to explain, to check, to discuss, fascinations, inspirations, experiences, that the graduates of these Research Group, Master’s Degree and Architecture Office have done in the developing of this biodigital architecture and genetics, up to now.

Alberto T. Estévez
Conference Chair
Start Date: 2011-05-30
End Date: 2011-06-05

Title: IaaC open lecture: Michel Rojkind
Location: COAC , Plaza Nova 5, Barcelona
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Description: Michel Rojkind was born in Mexico city, where he studied Architecture and Urban Planning at the Universidad Iberoamericana (1989-1994). After working on his own for several years, he teamed up with Isaac Broid and Miquel Adria to establish Adria+Broid+Rojkind (1992-2002).

With the idea of exploring new challenges that address contemporary society, of designing compelling experiences that go beyond mere functionalyti, and of connecting at a deeper level with the inticacies of each project, in 2002 he establishes an independent firm: Rojkind Arquitectos, recognized by Architectural Record in 2005 as one of the then best “Design Vanguard” firms.
Date: 2011-02-25

Title: Cognitive Cities Conference
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Description: The Cognitive Cities Conference (#CoCities) aims to bring the vibrant global conversation about the future of cities to Germany. We believe that collaboration and diversity lead to the best results. By inviting bright minds with different perspectives, it is our ambition to enable not only an in-depth exchange about the current state of affairs, but also to foster new projects and contribute to the ongoing global discussion. We see CoCities as a platform for exchange and mutual inspiration. We invite urban planners, designers, technology geeks, environmental experts, public officials, urban gardening enthusiasts and cultural influencers to be part of the conversation. We can only make our cities more livable if we work together to improve them.
Start Date: 2011-02-26
End Date: 2011-02-27

Title: Bridging Continents – Online BIM Collaboration around the World
Location: Online Webinar
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Description: Building Information Modeling brings unique challenges to the design team: when implementing BIM on a larger scale, architects often run into bottlenecks in model accessibility and workflow management. ArchiCAD introduces the GRAPHISOFT BIM Server – a first-of-its-kind solution for model-based team collaboration. Industry-first Delta Server™ technology reduces network traffic to a minimum for instant and reliable data-exchange both within the office and over the Internet.

Come and see our live webinar about BIM collaboration:

• If you work in a design team as an architect, engineer or consultant
• If you need to coordinate your design with other disciplines
• If your operation is geographically spread or you need remote access to your BIM projects
• If you are simply interested to see the next evolution of BIM collaboration happening now

System Requirements

• PC-based attendees: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
• Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

Date: 2010-11-23

The World Architecture Festival took place in Barcelona, Spain last week. Part of the annual festival program is the announcement of the WAF Award Winners. This year the title of World Building of the Year went to the MAXXI Museun in Rome, Zaha Hadid, which also won the 2010 Stirling Prize this year. After the break all the 2010 award winners.

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Madrid Barjas Airport, Madrid by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Title: The City and The World: The Madid Symposium
Location: Madrid, España
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Description: The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design present a challenging program on the future of the City and The World.

The Symposium presents the challenges of contemporary architecture in building, urban planning, and design in general in this New World Era of a Renewed Environmental and Economic Order and with a new parallel Vision for the Design of World Cities.

Organized by:
THE EUROPEAN CENTRE
Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

THE CHICAGO ATHENAEUM
Museum of Architecture and Design

For More Information
info@europeanarch.eu

Start Date: 2010-11-04
End Date: 2010-11-07

Tune in to http://youtube.com/play at 8pm ET (New York) for the full live streamed event! Music, collaborations, art and incredible video. This video is just a taster of the exterior projections, on the facade of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

YouTube Play: Live from the Guggenheim will celebrate the 25 videos selected by the jury for YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative video.

• 8pm ET (New York)
• 1am (Oct 22) London
• 2am CET – Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, Rome
• 4am Moscow
• 9am Tokyo
• 11am Sydney

The LighLine of Gotham is a working collaboration with Vimeo to conclude the Vimeo Festival Award. The Frank Gehry IAC HQ provided the perfect canvas for the transformation of sight and sound with the projection of mapping 3D content.

Title: Stephen H. Kanner, FAIA | A Retrospective Exhibition A+D
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Description: A retrospective exhibition honoring Stephen H. Kanner FAIA, Founder and President of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum > Los Angeles and the work of Kanner Architects. A third generation architect and principal of Kanner Architects, Stephen was a native Angeleno known for his reinterpretation of Southern California modernism and for his unique imprint on LA’s urban landscape. His contributions to the Los Angeles built environment reach from Santa Monica to East Los Angeles, as his firm completed more than 150 projects throughout the city under his leadership. In addition, Kanner earned national and international recognition with residential projects around the world and, most notably, PUMA retail stores worldwide.

           
Credit: Kanner Architects

Stephen Kanner’s passion for architecture extended beyond his practice. In 2005, Kanner served as president of AIA Los Angeles, as well as serving six years on the Westwood Design Review Board. One of Stephen’s proudest community accomplishments was co-founding the Architecture and Design Museum > Los Angeles. He envisioned a museum dedicated to progressive architecture and design, celebrating not only the design breakthroughs of the city but also the accomplishments of the national and international design scenes.

The official public memorial service for Stephen H. Kanner, FAIA, will be held on November 4, 2010 at a location near the A+D Museum. The exhibit opening reception will follow. Location of memorial service and event times to be announced. The show continues until Jan 16, 2011.

If you wish to attend the memorial service and/or the restrospective opening reception please RSVP by October 28th to rsvp@aplusd.org.
Start Date: 2010-11-04
End Date: 2011-01-16

Title: FORMULA_X: PLASMA STUDIO Nodal Landscapes – Exhibition
Location: Deutsches Architektur Zentrum
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Description:
In physics the term ‘plasma’ describes a particular state of matter in which energy is readily conducted through a material – the fluid spaces of Plasma Studio’s architecture work by the same principle. Folding space into space, the architects draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforeseen relationships that challenge conventional topographies and spatial codes.

For the last 10 years the office, currently based in London, Southern Tyrol and Beijing, has been widely recognized as one of the leading international architecture and design practices of the emerging generation. From small scale installations to large scale master planning, Plasma Studio`s projects bear strongly the mark of a digital design process. Propelled by the partners’ academic research and teaching at the Architectural Association in London. Plasma Studio develops architectural solutions by mediating between the scales of topography & context on the one hand, and sensory & physical relationships on the other. Their holistic design process enables an elastic response to completely varied contextual conditions and assignments. The exhibition at the DAZ presents their characteristic approach within a jump in scale; from built projects in Europe to recent work-in-progress planning in China.

Plasma Studio
Plasma Studio was founded by Eva Castro and Holger Kehne in London in 1999. They are cofounders of GroundLab, an emerging international practice of Landscape Urbanism and since 2002 both teach at the Architectural Association. Eva Castro is the director of the MA Landscape Urbanism programme. Holger Kehne is the Unit Master of the Diploma Unit 12. Currently the two hold positions as Honorary Professors at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology in China. Eva Castro studied architecture and urbanism at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and subsequently completed the Graduate Design programme under Jeff Kipnis at the AA. Holger Kehne graduated in architecture at the Münster School of Architecture in Germany and at the University of East London. Since 2003 the architect Ulla Hell is Associated Partner of Plasma Studio and represents the second office location in Sesto near Bolzano, Italy. She studied at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and the TU Delft and TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
Start Time: 2010-11-14
Date: 2010-10-02

The International Jury of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition composed by Beatriz Colomina (Spain) President of the Jury, Francesco Dal Co (Italy), Joseph Grima (Italy), Arata Isozaki (Japan), Moritz Küng (Switzerland) and Trinh T. Minh-ha (Vietnam) has decided to confer the official awards of the Architecture Biennale 2010 as follows:

• Golden Lion for the best National Participation to the Kingdom of Bahrain
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• Golden Lion of the best project of the Exhibition People meet in architecture
   junya.ishigami+associates
• Silver Lion for a promising young participant of the Exhibition People meet in architecture
  to OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen + Bas Princen

More info after the break.

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Title: modeLab | Material Parametrics Workshop
Location: New York, USA
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Description: Material Parametrics is a two-day intensive design and prototyping workshop (with an optional third day) to be held in New York City during the weekend of September 25.

Over the course of two(+) days participants will examine the cultural as well as technological domains of associative practices within architecture and its related fields. Participants will iteratively develop parametric assemblies with an emphasis placed on material prototyping as a vehicle for design innovation.

The format of the workshop includes daily instructional, design, and fabrication sessions and will be conducted in a fast-paced and hands-on studio environment. Participants will have direct access to digital fabrication equipment, including an industrial CNC 3-axis Mill and CNC High-Force Cutter. An optional third workshop day is offered to those participants desiring further time to develop and prototype individual projects.

As part of a larger online infrastructure, modeLab, this workshop provides participants with continued support and knowledge to draw upon for future learning.

Attendance will be limited to provide each participant maximum dedicated time with instructors.

More info:
http://modelab.nu/?p=3536
Start Date: 2010-09-25
End Date: 2010-09-26

Title: Waterfront Synopsis
Location: Stavanger, Norway
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Description: Nordic Urban Design Association (NUDA) and Project for Public Spaces (PPS), i n partnership with City of Stavanger, Cities of the Future (Framtidens Byer), Urban Sjøfront and network collaboration with STAS, Grønn By, Amiando, greenspace scotland, and Stavanger Architects Association, are organizing the first international “Waterfront Synopsis” conference in Stavanger, Norway on the 14th – 17th September 2010.

“Waterfront Synopsis” will focus on the topic of Placemaking and Sustainability, bringing the forces of environmentalism, climate change, and sustainability together with the ideas of community, livability, health and Placemaking. Many people around the world are realizing the impacts of “Place” and “Placemaking” as a transformative agenda for creating change in cities.

The goal of the conference is for participants to learn about waterfront developments that create a sense of place, strategies to incorporate local entrepreneurs into projects, and how developers and city agencies can work together more effectively to implement a common vision. The intent is to provide practical ideas for people who want to “do” and not just “talk.”

Start Date: 2010-09-14
End Date: 2010-09-17

Title: 361 Degree – Design & Informal Cities
Location: Rangsharda, Bandra, Mumbai
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Description: 361 Degree – Design & Informal Cities

The Conference offers dialogue opportunities satisfying the information needs of all segments of the design and construction fraternity from business to academic scopes, from the professional to the enterpreneur. It has completed 3 cycles since its launch in 2005 [More info after the break]

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Title: AA Berlin Laboratory 2010 / EXPERIMENTS IN DWELLING
Location: Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB)
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Description: Post-wall Berlin has emerged as a major player in contemporary cultural production. As a laboratory of lifestyles and modes of production, it attracts an influential community of highly creative people from around the globe. The AA Berlin Laboratory continues to explores the role of experimentation and interdisciplinary ways of working, harvesting this exceptional energy. Now in its second year, this intense workshop explores tools and systems of experimentation, focusing on the idea of dwelling.

No other city has been as enthusiastic as Berlin in experimenting with modes of living. From mass housing to highly individualistic visions of living and extreme communal regimes, Berlin has long pushed the boundaries of what it means to live together. New organisational forms of dwelling, combined with alternative implementation methods, are currently challenging the roles of both architect and local authority in the process of delivering dwellings for the city.

During this intense nine-day workshop participants will work both in the laboratory/studio and the field/city, revisiting existing experiments in dwelling and the social ideals that shape them. In search of new logics of living, students will use emerging computational and rule-based design systems to develop prototypical forms of dwelling relevant to the city of Berlin. The workshop will be led by AA and Berlin-based tutors and hosted by Aedes Network Campus Berlin (ANCB). In addition, a public programme of visits, lectures and seminars with speakers from different disciplines will provide a stage for debate.

The laboratory is open to anyone interested in experimental design in the context of this vibrant city and will take place between September 3-12, for more info click here.
Start Date: 2010-09-03
End Date: 2010-09-12