Intervening in the European City.The AR will hold a conference on Intervening in the European City on 16 March. Almost all European architects work in or among old buildings and our conference Intervening in the European City will examine some of the most creative contemporary interventions. Distinguished and innovative architects from all over Europe will explain how they have worked creatively with our inheritance from previous generations, adapting the legacy to present-day needs and aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl . How can new materials and methods of construction, and radical notions of form, space and light relate to existing city fabrics that were largely derived in scale and texture from the properties of masonry masonry: see brick; concrete; stonework; tile. masonry Craft of building in stone, brick, or block. By 4000 BC, Egypt had developed an elaborate cut-stone technique. and timber? The challenge is to generate cities that respond to the past and future as well as the needs of the immediate present. Creative possibilities are immense and the range of approaches is very diverse. Speakers will include Gunther Domenig (Austria), Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas is an Italian architect, born in Rome in 1944. He received his degree in Architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office. Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993). (Italy). Peter Gook (UK), Ole Wiig (Norway), Chris Wilkinson Chris Wilkinson (born January 5, 1970 in Southampton) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1989. He represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Morocco's Younes El Aynaoui. (UK) and Francine Houben (The Netherlands). Bookings can be made through the RIBA RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects at www.architecture.com. |
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