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First International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design
Event Dates: April 19, 2012 (All day) - April 21, 2012 (All day)
Epoka University and the Polytechnic University of Tirana, invite academics, practicing architects, urban designers, and planners to attend the First International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, which will be held at Epoka University in Tirana, Albania on April 19-21, 2012.
Location:
- Opening Session: Sheraton Hotel in the center of Tirana
- Conference: Epoka University Campus, which includes state of the art conference and meeting facilities.
Conference tracks:
- Architectural history and historic preservation
- Green building technologies and materials
- User-friendly public spaces
- Architecture & urban design education
- Construction management
- Information technology in architecture & urban design
Keynote speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Ardeshir Mahdavi, Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
- Prof. Dr. Giorgio Gianighian, University IUAV of Venice, Italy.
- Prof. Dr. Ilknur Kolay, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
- Prof. Dr. Aspa Gospodini, University of Thessaly, Athens, Greece.
- Adj. Assist. Prof. Dr. Deike Peters, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Martino Tattara, Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, Holland.
- Dr. Paola Ardizzola, MuseoArchitetturaArte, Pescara, Italy.
- Mirela Kamberi, United Nations Development Programme, Albania.
- Christos Passas, Zaha Hadid Architects & Architectural Association, London, UK.
Over the past twenty years, Tirana, the capital of Albania, has evolved into a dense, compact, and vibrant city of almost one million people, full of shops, cafes, restaurants, music, colorful buildings, and street life. At the same time, it is choked with automobile traffic, its older façades are crumbling down, and the traditional housing stock is being eroded to make room for condominium buildings. Sustainable construction technologies are in their infancy. High-tech high-rise architecture is juxtaposed with small scale informal additions to communist-era housing units and pre-communist oriental and Western neoclassic homes. While there is much private wealth in the country, the public sector has limited resources. This set of circumstances makes Tirana a very interesting laboratory for architects and urban designers & planners, and an enjoyable place to visit.
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