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Special Awards presented to Rachel Armstrong, Liam Young and Dejan Grba

Special Awards

ON ARCHITECTURE 2021

FACING THE FUTURE – NEW CHALLENGES

9th International Conference and Exhibition
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology
Belgrade, Serbia

Special AwardS

The Special Awards were presented ahead of the ON ARCHITECTURE 10-year anniversary on behalf of STRAND by Professor Ružica Bogdanović, chairperson of the ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 and the Exhibition Jury Members Nora Lefa (Greece), Aleksandra Stupar (Serbia) and Stahl Stenslie (Norway).

The Awards were given to Professor Rachel Armstrong, Liam Young and Dejan Grba for their continuous contribution  and participation through Keynote Lectures and Exhibits showcasing visionary projects in the field of architecture, technology and art.

Special Award TO Rachel Armstrong

Rachel was awarded the Special Award to Outstanding Individuals for continuous contribution to experimental architecture, particularly through the visionary projects of Vibrant Architecture and Living Architecture.

The occasion is participation in the ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 Conference with Lecture by invitation. Browse Lecture Abstract and Biography at www.strand.rs/rachel-armstrong-keynoter/

Rachel Armstrong is tenured Professor of Experimental Architecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, Visiting Professor at KU Leuven, a Senior TED Fellow and a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Rising Waters II confab Fellow.

Rachel’s contribution through the years presented at the ON ARCHITECTURE series by STRAND:

MICROBIAL CITIES, WICKED HOMES AND IMMUNOLOGICAL URBANISM
Lecture as Invited Speaker at Conference On Architecture 2021

WITCH BOTTLES
MOON WRITING
VENUS WRITING
Presented as Invited Author at Exhibition On Architecture 2016

HANGING GARDENS OF MEDUSA:
FIRST STRATOSPHERIC SKY GARDEN WITH PROTO LIFE
Presented at Exhibition On Architecture 2015

AN ARCHITECTURAL ECOLOGY OF SPACE: ECOPOIESIS AND THE EARTHBOUND
Lecture as Invited Speaker at Conference On Architecture 2014

VIBRANT ARCHITECTURE
Lecture at Conference On Architecture 2013

PROTOCELL
Installation presented at Exhibition On Architecture 2013

Special Award TO LIAM YOUNG

Liam was awarded the Special Award to Outstanding Individuals for continuous contribution to experimental architecture, particularly through the visionary projects in the field of speculative architecture and urbanism.

The occasion is participation in the ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 Conference with Lecture by invitation and presenting the project at the Exhibition. Browse Lecture Abstract and Biography at www.strand.rs/liam-young-keynoter/

Liam Young is a speculative architect and director who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is cofounder of Tomorrows Thoughts Today, an urban futures think tank and Unknown Fields, a nomadic research. Currently runs the ground breaking Masters in Fiction and Entertainment at SCI Arc in Los Angles. He has published several books including the recent Machine Landscapes: Architectures of the Post Anthropocene and Planet City, a story of a fictional city for the entire population of the earth.

Liam’s contribution through the years presented at the ON ARCHITECTURE and GOING DIGITAL series by STRAND:

PLANET CITY AND THE RETURN OF GLOBAL WILDERNESS
Lecture as Invited Speaker at Conference On Architecture 2021

PLANET CITY
Film presented at Exhibition On Architecture 2021

CITY EVERYWHERE: KIM KARDASHIAN AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE SCREEN
Lecture at Conference Going Digital 2015

BRAVE NEW NOW
Lecture at Conference On Architecture 2014

UNDER TOMORROW’S SKY (with Daniel Dociu)
SUPERCITY SKYLINES
Multimedia projects presented at Exhibition On Architecture 2014

Special Award TO DEJAN GRBA

Dejan was awarded the Special Award to Exceptional Individuals for continuous contribution to new media art, particularly through the projects in the field of artificial intelligence  and digital art.

The occasion is participation in the ON ARCHITECTURE 2021 Conference with Lecture by invitation and presenting the project at the Exhibition.

Dejan Grba is an artist, researcher and scholar who explores the cognitive, technical, poetic, and relational aspects of generative systems. He has exhibited in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia, and published papers in journals, conference proceedings, and books worldwide. He has served as a Co-founding Associate Professor with Digital Art Program at Interdisciplinary Graduate Center, University of the Arts in Belgrade since 2005, and as a Founding Chair and Associate Professor at New Media Department, Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade from 1998 to 2020. In 2019/2020, Dejan was a Visiting Associate Professor at the ADM/NTU in Singapore.

Dejan’s contribution through the years presented at the ON ARCHITECTURE and GOING DIGITAL series by STRAND:

BRITTLE OPACITY: AMBIGUITIES OF THE CREATIVE AI
Lecture as Invited Speaker at Conference On Architecture 2021

STUDY 7/0 (with Philippe Kocher)
ERROR-GENERATED SPATIO TEMPORAL ANIMATION
Project presented at Exhibition On Architecture 2021

GOING POST-DIGITAL
PRESENTING AND PROMOTING DIGITAL ART WITHIN CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL CULTURE
Lecture at Conference Going Digital 2018

AVOID SETUP: INSIGHTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF GENERATIVE CINEMA
Lecture at Conference Going Digital 2016

GET LUCKY: COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF GENERATIVE ART
Lecture at Conference On Architecture 2015

ANTICIPATIONS
Installation presented at ExhibitionOn Architecture 2015

TRANSSAMPLER
Project presented at ExhibitionOn Architecture 2015

I CITE (VERY) ART: (RE)CREATIVITY IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Lecture at Conference Going Digital 2015

Browse Lecture Abstract and Biography at www.strand.rs/going-post-digital/

LEARNING ARCHITECTURE (OA2020) in the media

8th International Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE was presented at the Gallery of Science and Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2-12 December 2020,  in Belgrade, Serbia.|

Watch a feature of the Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE on national broadcast.

Gallery opening hours 11 am – 5 pm on working days, 11 am – 3 pm on Saturday, closed on Sunday.

Online Exhibition with E-Posters is available permanently after the duration of the Exhibition.

Presenting The Skopje Project!

Browse Call for participation for The Skopje Project shared by Mitesh Dixit of the DOMAIN OFFICE.

The Skopje Project is organized by Professor Ognen Marina and Mitesh Dixit as a 3-day event 21-24 October, 2020 in Skopje, North Macedonia.

The conference will be held on the occasion of 70-year anniversary of founding of the Faculty of Architecture, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje and 55 years from the adoption of the Kenzo Tange’s plan for reconstruction of Skopje city center.

Confirmed speakers are Reiner de Graff (OMA), Sou Fujimoto, Charles Waldheim, Keller Easterling, Professor Dirk van den Heuvel, Professor Deborah Hauptmann.

Learn more at skopjeproject.com

Presenting CORP Newsletter 2020

Browse Newsletter by our partner Association CORP – Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning for 2020.

REAL CORP 2020:
  • Next VIRTUAL CORP: State-of-the-art Technologies in Urban and Spatial Planning, Architecture and Construction – 9 June 2020, 15:00 UTC+2
    • How will it continue until September? REAL CORP Special Call for Papers
    • Partner Event: Learning Architecture – 8th International Conference, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 4-5 Dec 2020
    • Partner Event: 56th ISOCARP World Congress: Post-Oil City – Planning for Urban Green Deals, 8-12 Nov 2020, Doha, Qatar

After the success of the first edition of VIRTUAL CORP and lots of positive response we are glad to announce VIRTUAL CORP 2020, Episode #2, which will take place on 9 June 2020 from 15:00 to 17:00 CEST (UTC+2).

State-of-the-art Technologies in Urban and Spatial Planning, Architecture and Construction

Contents

Welcome by Prof. Christa REICHER and Manfred SCHRENK

Statements, Presentations

• Roland VAN DER HEIJDEN, Programme Manager of Digital City Rotterdem, The Netherlands: Digital City Rotterdam and the Concept of Digital Twin
• Prof. Sigrid BRELL-COKCAN, RWTH Aachen, Chair for Individualised Building Production: The Construction Site of the Future

Q & A

• Prof. Beniamino MURGANTE, University of Basilicata (Potenza, Italy), Urban and Regional Planning: Why Italy First? Health, Geographical and Planning Aspects of the Covid-19 Outbreak

Q & A, Open Discussion

Moderation, contributions, interventions: Manfred SCHRENK

VIRTUAL CORP: further dates

All contents of VIRTUAL CORP of 15 April (presentation slides of the speakers and a summary of the parallel running chat protocol) can be found on https://virtual.corp.at. The next dates for VIRTUAL CORP events are Tuesday, 9 June 2020, and Tuesday, 14 July 2020, both at 15.00 CEST (UTC+2). Content, speakers and registration will be published in due time on https://virtual.corp.at and of course announced by e-mail.

How will it continue until September?

We postponed REAL CORP to September 2020:

REAL CORP 2020

25th International Conference on Urban Planning
and Regional Development in the Information Society
GeoMultimedia 2020
1st Aachen Urban Design Conference
15-18 September 2020

SHAPING URBAN CHANGE
LIVABLE CITY REGIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

The conference programme planned for April will serve as a starting point for September: https://conference.corp.at/Download/CORP2020/realcorp2020programme.pdf! (Also all later changes and additions are always available at the same link).

Special Call for Papers
Our special call for papers on Emergencies, Disasters, Epidemics and the Role of Urban Planning is open until 15 July 2020. Click here to learn more about the topics of the call and how to submit your contributions.

Partner Event: Learning Architecture

8th International Conference
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology
Belgrade, Serbia
4-5 December 2020

STRAND – Sustainable Urban Society Association is delighted to publish the call for papers and contributions for annual Conference ON ARCHITECTURE 2020 at the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology.

The theme of the 8th International Conference and Exhibition ON ARCHITECTURE, entitled LEARNING ARCHITECTURE follows the basic concept realized and developed at previous conferences of a multidisciplinary approach to the topic of architecture. Whilst extending research and the importance of understanding architecture the Conference theme is exploring UNESCO Learning City platform. Starting from the seventeen sustainable development goals, in particular making cities and human settlements inclusive, secure, resilient and sustainable, the role of architecture is considered as the basic artifact of urban structure. In all important aspects to understand the contemporary city and the processes that determine it, to consider the position and role of architecture and urban design, as well as the contribution of art and science, through the analysis of best practice that advance the life of the city.

Papers: We welcome papers on research, theoretical approach, and example of project realisation.

Poster sessions: The option of presenting material in a poster session is also available. Authors can choose the poster session for the presentation of material that would benefit from one-to-one discussion.

Exhibition: The Conference topics are also the Exhibition topics. The Exhibition will be held parallel to Conference at Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gallery of Science and Technology, Belgrade, Serbia, 2-11 December 2020.

Partner Event: 56th ISOCARP World Planning Congress in Doha, Qatar

Post-Oil City: Planning for Urban Green Deals
Doha, Qatar
8-12 November 2020

Abstract Submission

Co-operation partners

REAL CORP 2020 is a co-operation of

• CORP – Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning, https://www.corp.at

• RWTH Aachen – Chair and Institute for Urban Design, http://www.staedtebau.rwth-aachen.de

• Ministry for Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Gender Equality of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, https://www.mhkbg.nrw/

• ISOCARP – International Society of City and Regional Planners, https://isocarp.org/

With best regards from Germany and Austria,

Prof. Christa Reicher, Canan Çelik and the team of RWTH Aachen
Manfred Schrenk, Clemens Beyer and the REAL CORP team, Vienna

www.corp.at

Presenting European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2020 Open Call

The XIIIth European Urban and Regional Planning Awards: call is OPEN

The European Urban and Regional Planning Awards, organized every two years by the ECTP-CEU since 1990, provide a common framework for planning practice and rewards examples of good planning all over Europe and allow the European Council of Spatial Planners to promote the concrete implementation of the Charter of European Planning approved in April 2013 in Barcelona.

Since 2010, these awards have been supported by and have been in collaboration with the Committee of the Regions of the European Union where the Awarded projects have been presented to the COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget) assembly of local and regional elected members.

The categories of the Awards are the following:
• Regional Planning
• Local Spatial Plan
• Urban project
• Urban Design

Go online for the Info Brochure and the submission form!

Deadline of reception of all entries 1 June 2020.

Presenting REAL CORP 2019 Conference

IS THIS THE REAL WORLD?
Perfect Smart Cities vs. Real Emotional Cities

24th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society


GeoMultimedia 2019
2-4 April 2019
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
www.corp.at

Welcome and Ice Breaking Event on pre-conference evening: Monday, 1 April 2019

Post Congress Excursion on Friday morning, 5 April 2019

Detailed conference programme and schedule of REAL CORP 2019 with some 120 presentations, workshops and special focus blocks.

Take a look at conference.corp.at

Presenting Young Planners Workshop

Planning on the Edge

The Young Planners Workshop 2019 will be concluded at the “13th Biennial of European Towns and Town Planners” (13è Biennale Européene des Villes et des Urbanistes) to be held 11-13 September 2019 in Plymouth (United Kingdom) under the general title “Planning on the Edge”.

In the frame of the Biennial, the ECTP Young Planners Workshop is scheduled as a preliminary event of the Biennial in order to encourage debate amongst and with young planners.

The ECTP-CEU/XIII Biennial organization encourages young planners throughout Europe to exchange experiences and ideas about European urban and regional challenges. To encourage their participation, the Biennial organization offers free admission for the Young Planners Workshop participants and the ECTP-CEU contributes to their travel expenses.

The workshop is spread over April-September 2019 in an “online” format; giving the opportunity to discuss in depth the projects in order to enrich final presentations in Plymouth at the Biennial. The final papers will be published in the post-Biennial e-book.

Submissions (including abstracts) must be sent before 10 March 2019 at secretariat@ectp-ceu.eu

Download PROGRAM

Presenting WEAR Sustain – A Two Year Innovation Action Study

WEAR Sustain project

WEAR (Wearable technologists Engage with Artists for Responsible Innovation) Sustain is a 2 year project, funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation initiative to engage art, design and creative industries to work more closely with technology and engineering industries, to shift the development of the wearables and e-textile landscape towards a more sustainable and ethical approach.

STRAND is pleased to announce that our own Ruzica Bogdanovic is taking participation as expert in reviewing second and final open call for entries that invites artists, designers, technologists and engineers to co-create next generation wearables or e-textiles.

The aim of this competition is to support creative and technology collaboration for the evolution of critical, ethical, sustainable and aesthetic wearable technologies. The scope includes wearables and e-textiles worn on the body that may generate body data and/or data about your environment. WEAR Sustain will support strong, well developed project ideas and take prototypes to the next level.

Presenting Dicle University International Architecture Symposium

Ružica Bogdanović Invited Speaker at Dicle University 1st International Architecture Symposium

STRAND founding member Ružica Bogdanović will take participation as an Invited Speaker and member of Scientific Board at Dicle University International Architecture Symposium.

The Symposium will be held 4-6 October at Dicle University Faculty of Architecture, Turkey .

The Symposium aims to discuss the values which are placed in the social memory and ​​that give life to the architectural culture and are enriched through the theme “FROM ENVIRONMENT TO SPACE…”

In this first symposium where competent scientists, researchers and representatives are brought together, the aim is to broadly question research and experiences in relation with architecture through the main theme of “FROM ENVIRONMENT TO SPACE” and evaluate problems that arise on an international level.

Hosting in Diyarbakir as a city listed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 2015.

More detailed information about the program please browse on the website www.dumis.org.tr

Presenting Analogio Festival: Libraries as Gardens

Nora Lefa exhibiting at Analogio Festival 2018

Our own member, artist and architect Nora Lefa exhibits at Analogio Festival 2018 in the group show Libraries of Walks, curated by Geert Vermeire.

‘Walking is becoming plants’. According to curator Geert Vermeire, in an etymological path it can be followed back to the planta – the sole of one’s foot. Henry David Thoreau, in his essay, “Walking,” says that half of one’s walk is but a retracing of earlier steps, so that even if we do not know where we are (ultimately) going, at least we might know where we have been.

Exhibit opens on 21 September and runs until 29 September 2018 at the T.A.F. / the art foundation. Parallel to the exhibition, performances, workshops and talks will be hosted as part of the program Libraries as Gardens taking place in various venues and public spaces of Athens, Greece.

T.A.F. / the art foundation, one of the most active and creative organizations in the city, opened its doors to the public in May 2009. A team of collaborators discovered an abandoned building in the center of Athens – a unique example of folk architecture – and started an independent cultural project focusing on participatory culture, experimentation and exploration.

More detailed information about the program please browse on the website analogiofestival.org