29 april 2010

Hej! För information, se nedan. Hälsningar Gertrud Olsson

SEMINAR

COMMUNICATING ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH Seminar for phd students, supervisors and other researchers at Chalmers Arkitektur, Göteborg 2 June 10-17: communicating architecture research is arranged by arkitekturakademin.se -- as the second in a series of seminars about thematic directions and programme structures for collaborative research strategies, and the forming of a national research school, that will link architectural research to society and to disciplinary education in the 21st century. -- seminar theme: the communication of architecture research runs in many streams: amongst peers and collaborators, towards a broader and non-specialist academic field, through mass media and public events, and in relation to firms, industry and planning authorities. The ability to mediate and contextualise architecture research is a many faceted matter, the subject of architecture being itself transdisciplinary and eclectic by constitution. -- Through this one day seminar we would like gain a picture of ongoing phd research at the schools of architecture in Sweden, at the same time as providing an opportunity for phd students to make a condensed and clear cut presentation of their works. -- arkitekturakademin.se: Swedish architecture research network – established between the architecture schools of Chalmers Göteborg, KTH Stockholm, LTH Lund, and Umeå Universitet, and supported by FORMAS.

WORKSHOP

Workshop i skrivande för avancerade doktorander och unga forskare på ABE-skolan. Tycker du om att skriva men känner att det ibland kan vara motigt att producera text? Är du intresserad av att utveckla ditt skrivande? Ditt akademiska författande kan förbättras om din relation till text i allmänhet utvecklas. ABE-skolan anordnar en workshop i skrivande för unga forskare och doktorander som har kommit en bit på väg i sitt avhandlingsarbete. Det här är en workshop för dig som är verksam i ett ämne där språket är ett centralt verktyg och gärna vill utveckla din förmåga att hantera detta verktyg. Syftet är att få en klarare syn på texter och därigenom en mer reflekterad relation till skrivandet. -- Workshopen äger rum vid två koncentrerade tillfällen i början av höstterminen. I övningarna kommer du framför allt att utgå från det material som du arbetar och är förtrogen med. Arbetet med att analysera, kritisera och skriva om leds av redaktören till tidskriften Technology & Culture. Sista ansökningsdag är 31 maj. Ansvarig för planering och genomförande är Nina Wormbs och Jesper Meijling på Avd. för teknik- och vetenskapshistoria. Ansökan ska skickas till nina@kth.se, som också svarar på eventuella frågor. Ange i ett följebrev varför du vill delta i workshopen och vad du tror dig få ut av den. Uppgifter om ämne och institutionstillhörighet ska också anges. Workshopen finansieras med skolgemensamma medel.

KONFERENSER/CONFERENCES

You are invited to submit an abstract before April 29, for the 3rd INTERNATIONAL URBAN DESIGN CONFERENCE - DESIGNS ON OUR FUTURE. Being held at the National Convention Centre, Canberra the conference will examine how our new cities are conceived and our existing ones are adapted, re-designed and managed. The 2010 conference will provide an opportunity to examine what’s working well nationally and internationally in meeting the challenges which confront fast-changing communities. For more information about the conference or to submit an abstract please visit the conference website here: <http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/24fdv5v/1083130/003fbp52f.asp>

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SPACES OF HISTORY / HISTORIES OF SPACE: Emerging Approaches to the Study of the Built Environment. A Conference at the University of California at Berkeley on April 30, 2010. In the past three decades, a growing number of scholars in the humanities and social sciences have turned their attention to space and to the built environment as a means of understanding historical processes. The writings of Lefebvre, Foucault, Gregory, Harvey, Soja, Latour and others have significantly reshaped the intellectual landscape across academic fields. Meanwhile, the subject matter and research methods of the history of architecture, landscapes and planning have become increasingly open to reassessment. Looking to survey and assess new approaches and analytical tools for studying the history of built spaces across a variety of scales and geographies, this conference will explore a range of questions pertaining to theory, methodology and pedagogy. How has the "spatial turn" in the humanities and social sciences transformed the ways in which history of the built environment is theorized and researched? -- More information on the forthcoming conference website at <arch.ced.berkeley.edu/events/conf/spacesofhistory2010>.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference, COLOUR AND LIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE, Venice, Italy, 11-12 November 2010: Colour and light in architecture is an international two-day scientific conference for those interested in the history, human effects and design of colour and light (natural and artificial) on the built environment. It approaches the themes in their broadest sense, including aesthetics, psychology, history, design, physics, sustainability, emotions, performance and communication. Colour and light in architecture is the first international conference that has a major focus on the contemporary architectural processes related to the culture, design and perception and exposure to both natural and artificial lighting. The goal is to bring together a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary group of researchers and designers working in this domain so they can meet, share experiences, present research, and exchange ideas. -- The conference themes are focused on: History, Culture, Aesthetics and Representation of Colour&Light; Colour&Light Design between Theory and Praxis; and New Technologies for Colour&Light. Colour and/or light at architectural, urban and environmental scale will be examined in depth by these topics: 1. Historical and/or Contemporary Architecture: Historical or Contemporary design; Restauration, requalification, maintenance, etc...; Simulation and Virtualization of Architecture 2. Colour and/or Light Planning and Mapping: Urban and Human Environmental Palettes; Chromatic and/or Lighting Organization in Working Places and Schools; Signs/Signals (eg. Road signals, Work signals, etc...) 3. Chromatic and/or Lighting Information: Archives, Methods and Instruments for Historical and Cultural Memory; Urban Screens, Environmental Visuals etc.; New Tools for Information 4. Innovation for Architecture and/or the Environment: The actual Production and Application Techniques; Innovative Technologies and Peak Solutions; R&D for Sustainable Innovation of Colour&Light. The deadline for the call for papers is next 30 April 2010. More information: http://www.iuav.it/colour&light

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ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS - International Conference, Center for Management Studies of the Building Process, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 5-7, 2010. Keynote speakers: Professor Richard Boland Jr., Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University and Professor Jan Mouritsen, Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School. For registration please visit the home page: <http://www.clibyg.org/en/for_researc...ctions_matter/>

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CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE – BEYOND THE CRISIS. Symposium 19-20 May, Auditorium F2, Lindstedtsvägen 28, KTH, Stockholm. Contemporary Practice. Beyond the Crisis invites designers, clients, developers, and educators to discuss interdisciplinary challenges affecting the built environment. Regional and international speakers with multi-disciplinary backgrounds will initiate discussions about: political vision and the built environment (Leadership); specialisation, scale and region (Construction); process, fabrication, education (Design). The initiative supports the Research Cluster Design and Technology for a Sustainable Built Environment launched by the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, KTH, in January 2010. The symposium is organised by Architectural Technologies Research at the School of Architecture, KTH through Tim Anstey, Hanif Kara, Lina Martinsson and Erik Törnkvist. The event is organised in association with the cross-department Forum for Industrial Building Practices (KTH FIND) and in collaboration with Stockholms Arkitektförening. -- Tickets: 350 sek www.ticnet.se, tel. 077-170 70 70. All information for the symposium is found on the website. Telephone enquiries should be addressed to Agneta Lundberg, School of Architecture, KTH-A, +46 8 790 8542.
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CREATE – Colour Research for European Advanced Technology Employment – conference Gjøvik 2010: COLOUR IN ART, SCIENCE, DESIGN, CONSERVATION, RESEARCH, PRINTMAKING, DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, TEXTILES, Gjovik University College, Gjovik, Norway, 8th-11th June 2010. The conference is open to all working in colour: postgraduate students from arts and sciences, artists, industry & the commercial sector and researchers. The conference will take place on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday will be a cultural day with a guided trip to Oslo. The conference will consist of oral and poster presentations by the conference attendees. Delegates will also hear key lectures from leading industry professionals, artists, scientists and technologists. -- Contact: Carinna Parraman, <Carinna.Parraman@uwe.ac.uk>, <www.create.uwe.ac.uk>

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PROTOTYPE–CRAFT IN THE FUTURE TENSE: will be co-convened by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design at the University of Dundee, and will explore the radical and multiple ways that creative people are experimenting with ideas. The symposium looks to excite the mind and nurture unusual conversations by presenting a diverse range of perspectives concerned with innovation and ingenuity. Prototyping is done in many industries - from cars to ceramics, medical equipment to publishing, architects to chefs - but the process, development and understanding for each is different. What can one discipline teach another about prototyping? What place does prototyping hold for scientists, artists, politicians, athletes or business managers? How can prototyping lead these and other disciplines to imagine and re-imagine the future? This event aims to reduce barriers by generating trans-disciplinary conversations, thus setting the scene for the forging of new partnerships and fresh understandings for contemporary and future craftspeople. We hope to bring together representatives from academia, public and corporate sectors to discuss the history, theory and practice of prototyping, thereby creating a sustainable network of like-minded individuals and organisations that will continue to develop prototyping as a tool for change. -- We hope you will be able to join us for Prototype – Craft in the Future Tense, and Crafts Festival Scotland, in Dundee 10-11 June 2010. Online registration is now open, and more information may be found on the event website, http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/prototyping.

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World in Denmark 2010: AS FOUND, Copenhagen, 17th and 18th June 2010. In landscape architecture and urbanism, architecture and heritage studies the concept site is gaining increasing attention. What is found on the site, the uses and the interpretations of it have become determining aspects for the theoretical investigation as well as the design, preservation and transformation of the post-industrial urban landscape. The notion As Found contains a verb and hence opens up the possibility for addressing the situatedness of reading and operating within sites. As a design approach As Found stresses the qualities of what is already there as a positive starting point for interaction between past, present and future states, between the act of preserving and that of transforming. AS FOUND is the optic through which the conference in Copenhagen, 17th and 18th June 2010 will revisit and reflect upon the everyday urban landscape. -- For more information: please visit <www.windk2010.dk>

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9th Spanish Congress of Color to be held in Alicante, Spain, 29 June-2 July 2010. Theme: INTER- AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLOUR. Please, download the details of the Congress: <http://www.sri.ua.es/congresos/color10/> Organization: GVC-UA (Color & Vision Group, University of Alicante, Spain) & Spanish Committee of Color (Spanish Society of Optics)

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Third International Symposium on ARCHITECTURE OF 21ST CENTURY: IN SEARCH OF NEW PARADIGMS, which will be held August 3, 2010 within the setting of INTERSYMP 2010. 22nd International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics, August 2-6, 2010 at Markgraf-Ludwig Gymnasium, Hardstrasse 2, Baden-Baden, Germany. More information: <greg_andonian@carleton.ca>

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Second International Workshop on BROADENING THE SCOPE OF ARCHITECTURAL CREATIVITY – BSAC 2010, which will be held August 5, 2010 within the setting of ISSEI Section 5: Language, Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology, Religion as part of 12th Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, August 2-6, 2010 at Cankala University, Ankara, Turkey. Abstracts may be submitted by 30 Mars to <greg_andonian@carleton.ca>

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Gertrud Olsson, rum E303
KTH Arkitekturskolan
100 44 Stockholm
gertrud.olsson@arch.kth.se
08-790 85 44