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Fifth Vienna Architecture Congress HEARTS OF EUROPE - Bypasses, Implants and Magnets for the Cities Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Podium Congress: 07 November 1997 - 09 November 1997 The Fifth Vienna Architecture Congress does not only intend to uncover the strategy behind the creation of a new city structure, but also to increase the awareness for and to rethink the socio-political changes taking place in Europe by initiating an interdisciplinary debate. On the one hand, this strategy serves as an essential medium for a new political construction of meaning, on the other hand, it finally replaces old ideas and concepts and creates new identities and models. Experts, scientists, architects, and city planners shall investigate and analyze the new hearts of Europe. Venue: Postsparkasse, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, A-1018 Vienna 6.30 p.m. Inauguration: Dietmar Steiner, Director of the Architekturzentrum Wien Bernhard Görg, Vice mayor of Vienna and present councillor for planning and future 7.00 p.m. "What ever happened to Urbanism?" Rem Koolhaas, architect and urbanist (OMA), Rotterdam/Netherlands Day 2 - Saturday, November 8th, 1997 11:00 a.m. BARCELONA Johannes Kaiser Wortmann, Architect, Barcelona / Spain The Barcelona Experiment - Radical Restructuration of a City Coffee break 12:00 noon BILBAO Joseba Zulaika, Anthropologist and writer, professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA "The Architect as Hero: From Industrial Ruination to Postmodern Salvation in Bilbao" Lunch break 3:00 p.m. LISBON Manuel Salgado, Urbanist and chief architect of EXPO 98, Lisbon/Portugal The EXPO as a Motor to Transform Lisbon Coffee break 4:00 p.m. LYON François Chaslin, Architecture theorist, Paris/France Grand Lyon in the Age of Municipal Marketing Coffee break 5:00 p.m. LILLE Peter Newman, Sociologist and professor at the University of Westminster, School of Urban Development and Planning, London/GB "Euralille - A Piece of Japan Set Down in Lille" Discussion Day 3 - Sunday, November 9th, 1997 12:00 noon PARIS Claude Fourteau, Educational scientist and specialist in literature, public relations/Musée du Louvre, Paris/France The Louvre and its Paris or the City within the City? Coffee break 1:00 p.m. LONDON Richard Burdett, Architect and professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science/Great Britain "Urban Interventions in Britain - a Lottery?" Lunch break 4:00 p.m. BERLIN Dieter Hoffmann-Axthelm, Philosopher and journalist, Berlin/Germany Periphery as the Centre Coffee break 5:00 p.m. MOSCOW Karl Schlögel, Historian and specialist in slavonic studies, Berlin/Germany Moscow - From the "communist city paradigm" to the European Metropolis Coffee break 6:00 p.m. NAPLES Renato Nicolini, Architect and municipal councilor for culture in Naples/Italy Neapolis’ or the Strategy of Cultural Events Coffee break 7:00 p.m. Panel discussion In line with the congress theme, the discussion on current local city planning will focus on the example of the "Donaucity" and the changes this entails in the way the city of Vienna is perceived. Vienna as the site of the Trans-European traffic system and its future standing within the evolving city hierarchy and the competition between cities within the EU. The Panel: speakers and guests Arnold Klotz, Planning director of the Vienna municipality Edward M. Bergman, Institute of Development Planning and Regional Development at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration Moderated by: Dietmar Steiner Conference languages: Interpretation into English and German Admission: Free Organization and information: Architekturzentrum Wien Birgit Seissl Klara Obereder Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1 A-1070 Vienna Tel. (43)-1-522 31 15 Ext. 13 Fax (43)-1-522 31 17 e-mail: seissl@t0.or.at |
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