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_qué: Festival “World Architecture Festival”
_cuándo: miércoles 22, jueves 23 y sábado 24 de octubre de 2008
_dónde: Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona. Rambla Prim, 1-17. 08019 Barcelona
_más: El festival proporciona la oportunidad de escuchar un avanico muy completo de arquitectos, tanto nacionales como internacionales, hablando de sus obras y sus retos presentes y futuros.
Programa
Miércoles 22 de octubre
09.30 – 10.15
China - an international perspective
Speaker: CJ Lim - Professor of Architecture, Bartlett School, UCL (UK)
Respondents: Professor Wang Lu - Editor-in-Chief, World Architecture (China); Kenneth Poon - Partner, Davis Langdon (Hong Kong); Michael Kwok - Director, Arup Hong Kong & Arup China (China)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
10.30 – 11.15
Height - the urban context
Speaker: Graham Stirk - Principal, Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners (UK)
Respondent: David Glover - Director, Arup (UK)
Chair: Jeremy Melvin - Royal Academy of Arts (UK)
11.30 – 12.15
Energy & sustainability - lessons learned 1
Speaker: : John Denton - Founding Director, Denton Corker Marshall (Australia)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
12.30 – 13.15
2008 and 2012 - the Olympics in context
Speakers:
Megan Ashfield, Associate Principal, HOK Sport Architecture (UK); Chris Bosse - Director, LAVA laboratory for visionary architecture, South Pacific (Australia)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
13.15 – 14.30
Break
14.30 – 15.15
Height - the global context
Speaker: Lee Polisano - Global President, Kohn Pedersen Fox (USA)
Respondent: Helen Gray - CBRE Research, CBRE (UK)
Chair: Jeremy Melvin - Royal Academy of Arts (UK)
15.30 – 17.00
Does global architecture exist?
An international panel debate
Panelists:
Michel Rojkind - Principal, Rojkind Arquitectos (Mexico); Massimiliano Fuksas, Principal, M Fuksas Architetto (Italy); Suha Ozkan - Architect (Turkey); Robert Adam - Principal, Robert Adam Architects (UK); Martin Gordon - Principal, Davis Langdon (USA)
Chair: Professor David Dunster - Liverpool University (UK)
17.30 – 18.30
Keynote address: 40 years in practice
Introduction: Akihito Hamada, Principal, Nikken Sekkei
Speaker: Wolf D.Prix - Principal, Coop Himmelb(l)au (Austria)
Chair:Sir Peter Cook - Architect (UK)
Jueves 23 de octubre
09.30 – 10.15
Local identity - the icon dilemma
Speaker: Stefan Behnisch - Partner, Behnisch Architekten (Germany)
Respondents: Sheila O'Donnell - Partner, O'Donnell and Tuomey Architects (Ireland); Margrét Harðardóttir - Principal, Studio Granda (Iceland); Richard Baldwin - Partner, Davis Langdon (UK);
Chair:
Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
10.30 – 11.15
Height - the engineering/public space context
Speaker: Christoph Ingenhoven - Principal, Ingenhoven Architekten (Germany)
Respondent: Tony McLaughlin - Principal, Buro Happold (UK)
Chair: Jeremy Melvin - Royal Academy of Arts (UK)
11.30 – 12.15
Are city peripheries a lost cause?
Speakers: Marcelo Ferraz - Principal, Brasil Arquitetura (Brazil)
Respondent: Clifford Pearson -Deputy Editor, Architectural Record (USA)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
12.30 – 13.15
Place is the client
Speaker: Sir Terry Farrell - Principal, Sir Terry Farrell and Partners (UK)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
13.15 – 14.30
Break
14.30 – 15.15
Height - the socio economic context
Speaker: Paul Monaghan - Principal, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (UK)
Respondent: Albert Taylor - Principal, Adams Kara Taylor (UK)
Chair: Jeremy Melvin - Royal Academy of Arts (UK)
15.30 – 16.15
Energy & sustainability - lessons learned 2
Speakers: Wong Mun Summ - Principal, Woha (Singapore);
Richard Hassell - Founding Director, Woha (Singapore)
Respondent: Eva Jiricna - Principal, Eva Jiricna Architects (UK); Mark Beattie - Partner, Davis Langdon (Australia)
Chair: Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
17.30 – 18.30
Keynote address: Architecture and the global condition (panel discussion)
Introduction: Akihito Hamada, Principal, Nikken Sekkei (Japan)
Panellists:
Lord (Norman) Foster - Principal, Foster + Partners (UK); Charles Jencks - Critic (USA); Paul Finch - Editor, The Architectural Review (UK)
Viernes 24 de octubre - Profesional
09.30 – 10.15
Architects and clients
Speaker: Roger Zogolovitch - Managing Director, Lake Estates (UK);
Respondent: Akihiko Hamada - Principal, Nikken Sekkei (Japan)
Chair: John Walsh, Editor, Architecture NZ (New Zealand)
10.30 – 11.15
Architects and communities
Speaker: Renato Benedetti - Principal, McDowell and Benedetti (UK);
Respondent: Deborah Saunt - Director, DSDHA (UK)
Chair: Peter Kudryavtsev - Editor, Building ARX (Russia)
11.30 – 12.15
Architects and context
Speaker: Will Alsop - Principal, SMC Alsop (UK)
Respondent: Tony Fretton - Principal, Tony Fretton Architects (UK)
Chair: Kieran Long - Editor, The Architects' Journal (UK)
12.30 – 13.15
Architects and landscape
Speaker: Jason Prior - President, EDAW (UK)
Respondent: Robert Schaefer - Editor, Topos (Germany)
Chair: Justine Clark - Editor, Architecture Australia (Australia)
13.15 – 14.30
Break
14.30 – 15.15
Energy & sustainability - lessons learned 3
Speaker: Meinhard von Gerkan - Senior Partner, GMP Architekten (Germany)
Respondents: Kim Neilsen - Principal, 3XN (Denmark);
Paul Hyett - Principal, HKS International (UK)
Chair: Martin Keiding - Editor-in-Chief, Arkitektur DK (Denmark)
15.30 – 16.15
Architects and education
Speaker: Simon Allford - Principal, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (UK);
Respondent: Mark Dytham - Principal, Klein Dytham (Japan)
Chair: Fatih Rifki, Professor and Dean, School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah (UAE)
17.15 – 18.15
Keynote address: Living with Le Corbusier
Introduction: Akihito Hamada, Principal, Nikken Sekkei (Japan)
Speaker: William J. R. Curtis, Critic (UK)
Respondent: Raj Rewal - Principal, Raj Rewal Associates (India)
Chair: Charles Knevitt - Director, RIBA Trust (UK)
Un evento destacado será el World Architecture Festival Awards, un concurso que tiene la intención de tener una periodicidad anual y que ya en la primera edición cuenta con 722 candidatos de 63 países.
Las categorías son las siguientes:
Civic
Dogan Hasol, Editor, Yapi, Turkey
Clifford Pearson, Assistant Editor, Architectural Record, USA
Gert Wingardh, Architect, Wingårdhs, Sweden
Culture
Peter Cook, Architect, UK
Christoph Ingenhoven, Architect, Ingenhoven Architekten GmbH, Germany
John Walsh, Editor, Architecture NZ, New Zealand
Energy, Waste and Recycling
Martin Keiding, Editor, Arkitektur DK, Denmark
Luis Mansilla, Architect, Mansilla + Tuñon, Spain
Suha Ozkan, Architect, World Architecture Community, Turkey
Health
Claes Caldenby, Editor, Arkitektur, Sweden
Marcelo Ferraz, Architect, Brasil Arquitetura, Brazil
Francine Houben, Architect, Mecanoo Architecten b.v., The Netherlands
Holiday
Francoise Helena Jourda, Architect, Jourda Architects, France
Rob Gregory, Assistant Editor, The Architectural Review
Sheila Shahnai, Editor, Inside-Outside, India
Housing
Nabil Gholam, Architect, Nabil Gholam Architecture & Planning, Lebanon
Eva Jiricna, Architect, Eva Jirinca Architects, UK
Peter Kudryavtsev, Editor, Building ARX,
Bill Menking, Editor, Architects Newspaper, USA
Private House
Will Alsop, Architect, SMC Alsop, UK
Justine Clark, Editor, Architecture Australia, Australia
Hanif Kara, Architect, Adams Kara Taylor, UK
Michel Rojkind, Architect, Rojkind Arquitectos, Mexico
Learning
Stefan Behnisch, Architect, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Germany
Raj Rewal, Architect, Raj Rewal Associates, India
Catherine Slessor, Managing Editor, The Architectural Review, UK
Nature
Margret Harðardóttir, Architect, Studio Granda, Iceland
Robert Schaefer, Editor, Topos, Germany
Horacio Torrent, Architect, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, Chile
New and Old
Massimiliano Fuksas, Architect, M Fuksas Architetto, Italy
Pekka Helin, Architect, Helin & Co Architects, Finland
Ewa Porebska, Editor, Architektura Murator, Poland
Sunand Prasad, Architect, RIBA, UK
Office
Kieran Long, Editor, The Architects’ Journalist, UK
Fatih Rifki, Architect, School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Niels Torp, Architect, NT A/S,
Ken Yeang, Architect, Llewellyn Davies Yeang, Singapore
Pleasure
Neil Denari, Architect, NMDA-Inc, USA
Kim Herforth Nielsen, Architect, 3XN, Denmark
Luis O'Grady, Editor, Summa+, Argentina
Production
Miquel Adria, Editor, Arquine, Mexico
Vladimir Plotkin, Architect, Reserve, Russia
Dennis Sharp, Architect, Dennis Sharp Architects, UK
Religion
Christopher Kelly, Architect, Architecture Workshop, New Zealand
Philippe Maters, Editor, Abstract Magazine, Belgium
Shane O'Toole, Architect, Ireland
Sport
Christopher Kelly, Architect, Architecture Workshop, New Zealand
Philippe Maters, Editor, Abstract Magazine, Belgium
Shane O'Toole, Architect, Ireland
Shopping
Mark Dytham, Architect, Klein Dytham Architects, Japan
Frederic Lenne, Editor, AMC Le Moniteur, France
Wang Lu Editor, Editor, World Architecture, China
Transport
John Denton, Architect, Denton Corker Marshall, Australia
Lee Polisano, Architect, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, USA
Fernando Serapiao, Editor, Projeto Design, Brazil
Super-jury*
Lord (Norman) Foster, Architect, Foster + Partners, UK
Richard Burdett, Architect, University College of London, UK
Cecil Balmond, Engineer, Arup, UK
Suha Ozkan, Architect, World Architecture Communitiy, Turkey
Robert A. M. Stern, Architect, Robert A. M. Stern Architects, USA
Charles Jencks, Architect/ Critic, UK
Ref.
World Architecture Festival [www.worldarchitecturefestival.com]
Fuente: Centro de Enlace AE, BCN
