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Jonathan Hermann, Stereo Architektur
Time and Place: 8PM, 6th of July 2023, Kino Armata
Jonathan is the Co-founder of Stereo Architektur based in Basel and Zürich.
Born on November 9, 1985, in Basel, Jonathan embarked on his architectural journey in 2005 when he enrolled at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). After completing his studies in 2011, he gained experience during his two-year tenure at Buchner Bründler Architekten in Basel.
In 2014, Jonathan, along with Claudio Meletta and Martin Risch, established Stereo Architektur.
Recognizing the importance of addressing the pressing challenges of housing affordability and sustainability, Jonathan became a board member of the Mietshäuser Syndikat cooperative in 2018. This role allowed him to actively contribute to the development of non-profit and affordable housing options.
Passionate about the intersection of architecture and environmental responsibility, Jonathan co-founded the association Countdown 2030 in 2019. Through this initiative, he works alongside like-minded individuals to highlight the role of architecture in combating the climate crisis and promoting sustainable building practices.
Jonathan’s expertise and dedication have been recognized by the architectural community, as he was invited to join the Bund Schweizer Architekinnen und Architekten (BSA) in 2022.
Stereo Architektur was established in 2014 by Jonathan Hermann, Claudio Meletta and Martin Risch. The architectural office operates both in Basel and Zurich. The firm is engaged in planning and executing projects of various scales and actively participates in architectural competitions.
Stereo Architecture places a strong emphasis on non-profit housing and the pursuit of environmentally friendly architectural solutions. The climate crisis is not only seen as a major contemporary problem but as an incentive to develop a true architecture of our time.
In 2021, the Abakus cooperative building in Basel was completed. The project offered the opportunity to combine the two main interests of Stereo Architecture and translate them into a built manifesto. The following year, the Abakus cooperative building won the Arc Award 2022 in the sustainability category. The project was formative for the firm’s current work, particularly in terms of the expanded understanding of the role of architects.
In 2023, the office won the competition for cooperative housing on Walkenweg in Basel and is now planning a housing development with 140 apartments as well as shared and public spaces. Today, Stereo Architektur has grown into a team of around 10 architects.
About the Lecture:
Community Building
Cooperative housing in times of real estate speculation and climate crisis.
How do we develop sustainable housing projects for a future-proof city for all. How must the various actors work together to develop consistent solutions. These questions will be explored using examples from our practice at Stereo Architektur.
Architecture is the translation process of content-related convictions into a built form. The starting point is the use and thus not least its political dimension. The task is to find answers to the pressing questions of the present.
In order to meet these demands, our understanding of our role as architects must be expanded: The project begins with the formulation of the fundamental questions. From the necessity to overcome conventions, freedom for novelty emerges. The goal is to create vibrant and accessible places with added social value.
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Jonathan Hermann, Stereo Architektur
Koha dhe Vendi: 6 Korrik 2023, nga ora 20:00 ne Kino Armata
Jonathan është bashkëthemelues i Stereo Architektur me bazë në Bazel dhe Cyrih.
I lindur më 9 nëntor 1985, në Bazel, Jonathan filloi udhëtimin e tij arkitektonik në 2005 kur u regjistrua në Institutin Federal të Teknologjisë në Lozanë (EPFL). Pas përfundimit të studimeve në vitin 2011, ai fitoi përvojë gjatë qëndrimit të tij dyvjeçar në Buchner Bründler Architekten në Bazel. Në vitin 2014, Jonathan, së bashku me Claudio Meletta dhe Martin Risch, themeluan Stereo Architektur.
Duke njohur rëndësinë e adresimit të sfidave urgjente të përballueshmërisë dhe qëndrueshmërisë së banimit, Jonathan u bë anëtar bordi i kooperativës Mietshäuser Syndikat në 2018. Ky rol e lejoi atë të kontribonte në mënyrë aktive në zhvillimin e opsioneve të strehimit jofitimprurës dhe të përballueshëm.
I pasionuar pas ndërthurjes së arkitekturës dhe përgjegjësisë mjedisore, Jonathan bashkëthemeloi shoqatën Countdown 2030 në 2019. Nëpërmjet kësaj nisme, ai punon së bashku me individë që ndajnë të njejtin mendim për të nxjerrë në pah rolin e arkitekturës në luftimin e krizës klimatike dhe promovimin e praktikave të qëndrueshme të ndërtimit.
Ekspertiza dhe përkushtimi i Jonathanit janë njohur nga komuniteti arkitektonik, pasi ai u ftua të bashkohej me Bund Schweizer Architekinnen und Architekten (BSA) në 2022.
Stereo Architektur u krijua në 2014 nga Jonathan Hermann, Claudio Meletta dhe Martin Risch. Zyra arkitekturore operon si në Bazel ashtu edhe në Cyrih. Firma është e angazhuar në planifikimin dhe ekzekutimin e projekteve të përpjesave të ndryshme dhe merr pjesë aktive në konkurset arkitekturore.
Stereo Architektur i kushton një theks të fortë banimit social dhe ndjekjes së zgjidhjeve arkitekturore miqësore me mjedisin. Kriza klimatike nuk shihet vetëm si një problem i madh bashkëkohor, por si nxitje për të zhvilluar një arkitekturë autentike të kohës sonë.
Në vitin 2021 përfundoi ndërtesa e kooperativës Abakus në Bazel. Projekti ofroi mundësinë për të kombinuar dy interesat kryesore të Stereo Architektur dhe për t’i përkthyer ato në një manifesto të ndërtuar. Një vit më pas, ndërtesa e kooperativës Abakus fitoi çmimin Arc Award 2022 në kategorinë e qëndrueshmërisë. Projekti ishte formues për punën aktuale të firmës, veçanërisht për sa i përket kuptimit të zgjeruar të rolit të arkitektëve.
Në vitin 2023, zyra fitoi konkursin për banim kooperativë në Walkenweg në Bazel dhe tani po planifikon një zhvillim banimi me 140 apartamente si dhe hapësira të përbashkëta dhe publike. Sot, Stereo Architektur është rritur në një ekip prej rreth 10 arkitektësh.
Rreth Ligjëratës
Ndërtesë e Komunitetit
Banimi kooperativ në kohë spekulimesh me pasuri të paluajtshme dhe krizë klimatike.
Si të zhvillojmë projekte banimi të qëndrueshme për të gjithë, për një qytet të së ardhmës. Si duhet të punojnë së bashku vepruesit e ndryshëm për të zhvilluar zgjidhje të qëndrueshme. Këto pyetje do të eksplorohen duke përdorur shembuj nga praktika jonë në Stereo Architektur.
Arkitektura është procesi i përkthimit të bindjeve të lidhura me përmbajtjen në një formë të ndërtuar. Pika e fillimit është përdorimi dhe rrjedhimisht dimensioni i tij politik. Detyra është të gjesh përgjigje për pyetjet urgjente të së tashmes.
Për të përmbushur këto kërkesa, kuptimi ynë për rolin tonë si arkitektë duhet të zgjerohet: Projekti fillon me formulimin e pyetjeve themelore. Nga nevoja për të anashkaluar rregullat, lind liria për risi. Qëllimi është të krijohen vende energjike dhe të aksesueshme me vlerë të shtuar sociale.
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Nicola Regusci & Xavier Bustos
Time & Date: 7PM, July 6th 2023, Kino Armata
Cities Connection Project (CCP), founded by architects Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos, aims to establish connections between European cities or regions with an important architectural tradition. The aim is to reciprocally present works that reflect the best avant-garde architecture of each place, highlighting works by young architects, built in recent years, with the will to create a network of cultural connections between cities to affirm the value of contemporary architecture and urbanism.
Nicola Regusci: Architect EAUG, architect FAS_BSA, architect OTIA, founder and co-director of Cities Connection Project and curator of the exhibition BWA+BSL+BCN shared living spaces (with Xavier Bustos), founder of xnf arquitectes 1998-2015 (with Xavier Bustos and Ferran Grau) and author of articles of architectural criticism for the magazine werk, bauen+wohnen.
Xavier Bustos: Architect by the ETSAB, founder and co-director of Cities Connection Project and curator of the exhibition BWA+BSL+BCN espacios de vida compartida (with Nicola Regusci), founder of xnf arquitectes 1998-2015 (with Nicola Regusci and Ferran Grau), associate professor of Architectural Projects at the UdG and author of articles on architectural criticism for the magazine werk, bauen+wohnen.
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Cities Connection Project, Nicola Regusci & Xavier Bustos
Koha dhe Vendi: 19:00, 6 Korrik 2023 ne Kino Armata
Cities Connection Project (CCP), themeluar nga arkitektët Nicola Regusci dhe Xavier Bustos, synon të vendosë lidhje midis qyteteve apo rajoneve evropiane me një traditë arkitekturore të rëndësishme. Synimi është të prezantohen reciprokisht veprat që reflektojnë arkitekturën më të avancuar të çdo vendi, duke theksuar veprat e arkitektëve të rinj, të ndërtuara në vitet e fundit, me synimin për të krijuar një rrjet lidhjesh kulturore midis qyteteve, për të afirmuar vlerën e arkitekturës dhe urbanizmit bashkëkohor.
Nicola Regusci: Arkitekt EAUG, arkitekt FAS_BSA, arkitekt OTIA, themelues dhe bashkëdrejtues i Cities Connection Project dhe kurator i ekspozitës BWA+BSL+BCN_hapësira të përbashkëta për jetesë (bashkë me Xavier Bustos), themelues i xnf arquitectes 1998-2015 (bashkë me Xavier Bustos dhe Ferran Grau) dhe autor i artikujve mbi kriticizmin arkitektonik për revistën werk, bauen+wohnen.
Xavier Bustos: Arkitekt nga ETSAB, themelues dhe bashkudhëtar i Cities Connection Project dhe kurator i ekspozitës BWA+BSL+BCN espacios de vida compartida (bashkë me Nicola Regusci), themelues i xnf arquitectes 1998-2015 (bashkë me Nicola Regusci dhe Ferran Grau), Profesor i Asociuar i projekteve arkitektonike tek UdG dhe autor i artikujve mbi kriticizmin arkitektonik për revistën werk, bauen+wohnen.
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Ekspozita e CCP-së do jetë e hapur nga 5 Korriku deri me 13 Korriku në hapësirat e Lapidariumit te Muzeut të Kosovës, nga ora 11 deri ne 16:00. Hapja e ekspozitës dhe e festivalit te sivjetëm do bëhet me 4 Korrik nga ora 18.00.
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The CCP exhibition will stay open from the 5th till the 13th of July at Museum of Kosovo Lapidarium, daily from 11am to 4pm. the opening of the exhibition and the festival will be on the 4th of July starting from 6PM.
Winning projects show promise for communities, innovation and care for the environment
Geneva, Switzerland, 22 September 2022 – The winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) were announced today. The six Award winners, who will share the $1 million award, one of the largest in architecture, show promise for communities, innovation and care for the environment.
Bangladesh
Through consistent community participation and appropriation, extensive involvement of women and marginalised groups, and a local workforce, the seemingly simple undertaking of cleaning up the access to the Nabaganga river in Jhenaidah led to a thoughtful and minimal landscaping project with local materials and construction techniques, thus transforming a derelict informal dump site into an attractive and accessible multifunctional space that is valued by Jhenaidah’s diverse communities. As such, the project managed to reverse the ecological degradation and health hazards of the river and its banks, and induce effective ecological improvement of the river, in one of the most riverine countries on earth. [Extract, Jury Citation]
The six temporary community spaces of the Rohingya Refugee Response programme provide a dignified, sensitive and ingenious response to emergency needs related to the major influx of Rohingya refugees into Bangladeshi host communities, with particular attention to the safety of women and girls. The concept and design of the six spaces are the result of appropriate planning, solid partnerships and inclusive processes involving the diverse refugee and host communities, such as defining spatial and functional needs. [Extract, Jury Citation]
Indonesia
Arising from a sea of a paddy fields, the building extends the language of the landscape into a concentrated event that coalesces architecture, functionality and setting in a seamless yet discernible disposition. Modern and efficient in all aspects, but at home in its place, Banyuwangi International Airport may be a game-changer in airport architecture, especially considering that the Indonesian government is set to build some 300 airports in the near future. [Extract, Jury Citation]
Iran
In the dense urban neighbourhood that is Tehran’s historical centre, this untypical reuse and conservation project has transformed the Argo Factory – a former brewery whose activities were moved 10 years before the Iranian Revolution, for pollution reasons, to a site outside the city – into a private museum for contemporary art. From the ruins of the original building, the existing brewery was renovated and new surfaces built with a subtle approach and design. A variety of spaces for exhibitions, talks and films were developed over four levels, and a new artist residence was built adjacent to the museum. [Extract, Jury Citation]
Lebanon
The renovation of the Niemeyer Guest House is an inspiring tale of architecture’s capacity for repair, at a time of dizzying, entangled crisis around the world, and in Lebanon in particular, as the country faces unprecedented political, socio-economic and environmental collapse. Located on the outskirts of Tripoli – one of the oldest and most beautiful port cities, once renowned for its craft but today ravaged by extreme poverty, migration and lack of public space – the rehabilitation of the Guest House is part of the Rachid Karami International Fair (RKIF), the unfinished masterpiece of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. [Extract, Jury Citation]
Senegal
A campus replete with infrastructure, buildings, landscapes and furnishings, the Kamanar Secondary School is unique in that it addresses the multiple scales of urbanism, landscape, architecture and building technologies with equal commitment and virtuosity. The site’s topography and flora are the key founding conditions of this project, prompting the introduction of a grid of classroom pods organised around pre-existing tree canopies, adopting their shade as social spaces that serve the students and teachers alike. [Extract, Jury Citation]
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 by His Highness the Aga Khan, 49thhereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence. The Award’s selection process emphasises architecture that not only provides for people’s physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural aspirations.
This year marks AKAA’s 45th anniversary. In a meeting in February 2022, an independent Master Jury shortlisted 20 projects from a pool of 463 projects nominated for the 15th Award Cycle (2020-2022). Subsequently, after on-site reviews of the shortlist by a team of experts, the jury awarded six projects amongst them.
The venue for the Award ceremony
Ceremonies to honour the winning projects and mark the close of each triennial cycle are held in settings selected for their architectural and cultural importance to the muslim world. In 2022, the ceremony will be held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, in conjunction with the Aga Khan Music Awards ceremony.
Previous venues encompass many of the most illustrious architectural achievements in the Muslim world, including Shalimar Gardens in Lahore (1980), Topkapi Palace in Istanbul (1983), the Alhambra in Granada (1998) and Emperor Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi (2004).
For a full online press kit, which includes briefs on each of the winning projects, high-resolution images and other information, please see: https://the.akdn/2022AwardWinners
The 2022 Award Master Jury
The nine members of the independent Master Jury who selected the 20 shortlisted projects are: Nada Al Hassan, an architect specialising in the conservation of architectural and urban heritage; Amale Andraos, Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Kader Attia, an artist who explores the wide-ranging effects of western cultural hegemony and colonialism; Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, director-general of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Sibel Bozdoğan, a Visiting Professor of Modern Architecture and Urbanism at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Boston University; Lina Ghotmeh, a French-Lebanese architect who leads a practice where every project learns from a vernacular past to build a new “déjà-là”; Francis Kéré, an AKAA laureate and internationally renowned Burkinabè architect who received the Award in 2004 for his first project, an elementary school in Gando, Burkina Faso; Anne Lacaton, founder of Lacaton & Vassal in Bordeaux in 1989, who focuses on the generosity of space and economy of means; Nader Tehrani, founding principal of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to design innovation, collaboration and a dialogue with the construction industry.
The 2022 Award Steering Committee
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The other members of the Steering Committee are Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President, Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Center for Culture and Research, Manama; Emre Arolat, Founder, EAA – Emre Arolat Architecture, Istanbul; Meisa Batayneh, Principal Architect, Founder, maisam architects and engineers, Amman; Sir David Chipperfield, Principal, David Chipperfield Architects, London; Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Director, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, New York; Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Marina Tabassum, Principal, Marina Tabassum Architects, Dhaka; and Sarah M. Whiting, Dean, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge. Farrokh Derakhshani is the Director of the Award.
The 2022 Award book
A monograph that includes essays on issues raised by the Master Jury’s selections of the shortlist and the winners for the 2022 Award will be published by Architangle in October 2022. Printed on paper that is FSC® and Blue Angel certified, 100% recycled and climate neutral, Inclusive Architecture, edited by Sarah M. Whiting, presents descriptions and illustrations of the 20 shortlisted projects, including the six Award recipients, with contributions by Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, Sibel Bozdoğan, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Farrokh Derakhshani, Nasser Rabbat, Nader Teherani and Sarah M. Whiting.
More information is available here
Press contact:
Semin Abdulla
E-mail: semin.abdulla@akdn.org
Website: https://the.akdn/architecture
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture recognises examples of architectural excellence in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, historic preservation, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
Particular attention is given to building schemes that use local resources and appropriate technology in innovative ways and to projects likely to inspire similar efforts elsewhere. It should be noted that the Award not only rewards architects, but also identifies municipalities, builders, clients, master artisans and engineers who have played important roles in the project. In the past 15 triennial cycles of the Award, 128 projects have been awarded and nearly 10,000 building projects have been documented.
To be eligible for consideration in the 2022 Award cycle, projects had to be completed between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2020, and should have been in use for at least one year. Projects commissioned by His Highness the Aga Khan or any of the institutions of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) are ineligible for the Award.
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is part of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Founded and guided by His Highness the Aga Khan, the AKDN works in 30 countries to improve the quality of life and to create opportunity for people of all faiths and origins. Its agencies operate over 1,000 programmes and institutions – some more than a century old. The Network’s approach to development spans a range of cultural, social, economic and environmental endeavours. The mandates of its agencies include education and health, agriculture and food security, micro-finance, human habitat, crisis response and disaster reduction, protection of the environment, art, music, architecture, urban planning and conservation, and cultural heritage and preservation. AKDN employs approximately 96,000 people, the overwhelming majority of whom are based in developing countries. AKDN’s annual expenditures for non-profit development activities is approximately $1 billion.
Please join us next Tuesday for The Future of Pristina, with presentations from Liburn Aliu, Kosovo’s Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure and Përparim Rama, Mayor of Pristina, and introductions from Bekim Ramku, Director of Kosovo Architecture Foundation, 2016 SPURS Fellow.
Tuesday, 27-September, 12:30pmCity Arena, 9-255 and webcast [Register here for webcast]Liburn Aliu is a trained architect with a background in built heritage conservation and construction. From 2014 to 2018 he served as the head of the Pristina City Planning Department where he was praised for introducing transparent planning procedures and halting all illegal constructions in the city. In March 2021 he was named Kosovo’s Minister of Environment, Spatial Planning, and Infrastructure. In Kosovo: Planning the Unplanned? he will be speaking about his territorial approach to forging sustainable development in Kosovo.
An architect by profession Përparim Rama was elected as the Pristina Mayor in December 2021. He ran on a campaign to make Pristina a more pedestrian, green, sustainable as well as a fun city. In his presentation, Unlocking Pristina’s Potential, Mayor Rama will be speaking about the challenges Pristina faces but also the opportunities that the capital city of the country with the youngest population in Europe offers.
This presentation is part of the “Urban Data Kosovo” project implemented jointly by the Kosovo Architecture Foundation and the Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism. The project is supported through the US Embassy “University Grant” administered by KUSAlumni.
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Workshop with MVRDV.Next
12th – 16th of September, Prishtina
Instructors: Kristina Knauf, Leo Stuckardt
The collection and interpretation of geospatial data impacts decision-making processes on all scales and across disciplines – from open, multimillion-user initiatives such as Open Street Maps to private, multimillion-dollar tech platforms.
For planners, urbanists, and architects in particular, these new forms of intelligence offer opportunities to understand the complexities of a site, to identify urgencies, and to prioritise design responses accordingly. However, localised data scarcities (the lack of information collected about certain places) and a lack of data literacy (the ability to interpret and manipulate information) risk unbalancing data-driven urban planning and decision making. The workshop Prishtina DataScapes addresses these two challenges.
What are datascapes, how can they be found, and how can they be explored?
What data is missing?
How can we understand our built environment by combining different datasets?
What types of data visualisation are needed?
What insights can help to generate new visions for Pristina?
What stories can be told?
Throughout the four-day workshop ‘Prishtina DataScapes’, participants will explore different means of urban data collection and learn fundamental techniques for data management and processing in qGIS (Geospatial Information Systems). Following the framework proposed by the director of MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab Sarah Williams – ‘Build it! Hack it! Share it!’ – the workshop aims to build a comprehensive stack of urban data for Pristina, cross-reference select data to gain new insights into the city, and explore visualisation techniques to communicate results to the public.
All interested should send their cv’s & contacts to workshops.kaf@gmail.com by 4PM, 10th of September 2022.
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Prishtina DataScapes
Puntori me MVRDV.Next
12 – 16 shtator, Prishtinë
Instruktorë: Kristina Knauf, Leo Stuckardt
Mbledhja dhe interpretimi i të dhënave gjeo-hapësinore ndikon në proceset e vendimmarrjes në të gjitha shkallët dhe në të gjitha disiplinat – nga iniciativat e hapura me shumë milionë përdorues, si Open Street Maps, deri te platformat e teknologjisë private, shumëmilionëshe.
Për planifikuesit, urbanistët dhe arkitektët në veçanti, këto forma të reja të informatave ofrojnë mundësi për të kuptuar kompleksitetin e një vendi, për të identifikuar urgjencat dhe për të prioritizuar përgjigjet e projektimit në përputhje me rrethanat. Megjithatë, mungesat e të dhënave të lokalizuara (mungesa e informacionit të mbledhur për vende të caktuara) dhe mungesa e njohurisë në përpunimin e tyre (aftësia për të interpretuar dhe manipuluar informacionin) rrezikojnë të çekuilibrojnë planifikimin urban dhe vendimmarrjen e drejtuar nga të dhënat. Punëtoria Prishtina DataScapes trajton këto dy sfida.
Çfarë janë datascapes, si mund të gjenden dhe si mund të hulumtohën?
Çfarë të dhënash mungojnë?
Si mund ta kuptojmë mjedisin tonë të ndërtuar duke kombinuar grupe të ndryshme të dhënash?
Cilat lloje të vizualizimit të të dhënave nevojiten?
Cilat njohuri mund të ndihmojnë në gjenerimin e vizioneve të reja për Prishtinën?
Çfarë historish mund të tregohen?
Përgjatë punëtorisë katërditore ‘Prishtina DataScapes’, pjesëmarrësit do të eksplorojnë mjete të ndryshme të mbledhjes së të dhënave urbane dhe do të mësojnë teknikat themelore për menaxhimin dhe përpunimin e të dhënave në qGIS (Sistemet e Informacionit Gjeohapësinor). Duke përcjellë metodologjinë e propozuar nga drejtoresha e Civic Data Design Lab pran MIT, Sarah Williams – ‘Build it! Hack it! Share it!’ – punëtoria synon të ndërtojë një bazë gjithëpërfshirëse të të dhënave urbane për Prishtinën, të krijoj reference tërthore të të dhënave të përzgjedhura për të shfaqur njohuri të reja mbi qytetin dhe të eksplorojë teknikat e vizualizimit për të komunikuar rezultatet me publikun.
Të gjithë të interesuarit duhet të dërgojnë CV-të dhe kontaktet e tyre në workshops.kaf@gmail.com deri më 10 shtator 2022, ora 16:00.
The World Around Young Climate Prize is a project that will provide mentorship and support for the self-started projects of 25 under-25s whose practice is deeply invested in addressing climate change in their communities. We are open to applicants from a range of fields including architecture, engineering, agriculture, activism, digital design as well as other creative industries.
The idea of the prize is to support the generation born into the climate crisis in the most impactful way we can. After a global open call, The World Around will provide a bespoke academy and mentorship program led by some of the best designers. and thinkers of our time (our “Design Champions”) for a cohort of 25. Ultimately three finalists will be selected to present their work and ideas at our next major event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2023.
I’m excited to share that the prize is now open for applications and you can also nominate someone directly. We have already received some inspiring submissions from all over the world, and I would love your help in connecting us to your networks to drive further nominations, applications and visibility for the project before the deadline on October 31st 2022.
Past unfortunate events have left Prishtina with an absence of critical urban data, which has hampered any attempts at urban analysis. This has left Kosovo with the challenge of making informed decisions around urban development. While the process of data collection has traditionally been the responsibility of central government authority, new technology and workflows have created the opportunity for architects, urbanists, and end-users to circumvent a central authority and collect their own data; creating the necessary foundations to better understand the built environment and Decode the City.
This workshop will introduce three novel approaches to urban data collection across several scales, ranging from high-resolution photogrammetry modeling, 3D mapping, and GIS data collection. All of these workflows can be accessed through a standard smartphone and laptop. The participants will go through several exercises to collect urban data, followed by manipulating the collected urban data, and eventually combining them as a single collective virtual environment that will be shared and explored on the web.
This workshop is part of the “Urban Data Kosovo” project supported by the University Grand of the US Embassy in Kosovo, administered by KUSA. The workshop will be tutored by the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism researcher Niko McGlashan.
20 projects in 16 countries, from Indonesia to Cape Verde
Geneva, Switzerland, 2 June 2022 – The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) today announced 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Award cycle. The projects will compete for a share of the US$ 1 million prize, one of the largest in architecture.
The 20 shortlisted projects were selected by an independent Master Jury from a pool of 463 projects nominated for the 15th Award Cycle (2020-2022).
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of communities in which Muslims have a significant presence. Since it was launched 45 years ago, 121 projects have received the award and nearly 10,000 building projects have been documented. The AKAA’s selection process emphasises architecture that not only provides for people’s physical, social and economic needs, but that also stimulates and responds to their cultural aspirations.
Photographic representations of the 20 shortlisted entries will go on display in an exhibition in King’s Cross, London from 2 June to 30 June, as part of the King’s Cross Outdoor Art Project, coinciding with the London Architecture Festival.
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Cape Verde
India
Indonesia
Iran
Lebanon
Kuwait
Morocco
Niger
Palestine
Senegal
Sri Lanka
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
The shortlisted projects have undergone rigorous reviews, at the site of each project, by independent experts, including architects, conservation specialists, planners and structural engineers. The Master Jury meets again this summer to examine the on-site reviews and determine the final recipients of the Award.
The nine members of the independent Master Jury who selected the 20 shortlisted projects are: Nada Al Hassan, an architect specialising in the conservation of architectural and urban heritage; Amale Andraos,Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Kader Attia, an artist who explores the wide-ranging effects of western cultural hegemony and colonialism; Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, director-general of Bengal Institute for Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements, in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Sibel Bozdoğan, a Visiting Professor of Modern Architecture and Urbanism at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Boston University; Lina Ghotmeh, a French-Lebanese architect who leads a practice where every project learns from a vernacular past to build a new “déjà-là”; Francis Kéré, an AKAA laureate and internationally renowned Burkinabè architect who received the Award in 2004 for his first project, an elementary school in Gando, Burkina Faso; Anne Lacaton, founder of Lacaton & Vassal in Bordeaux in 1989, who focuses on the generosity of space and economy of means;Nader Tehrani, founding principal of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to design innovation, collaboration and a dialogue with the construction industry. For more information, please see the biographies of the Master Jury.
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is governed by a Steering Committee chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The other members of the Steering Committee are Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa,President, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, Manama; Emre Arolat, Founder, EAA – Emre Arolat Architecture, Istanbul; Meisa Batayneh, Principal Architect, Founder, maisam architects and engineers, Amman; Sir David Chipperfield, Principal, David Chipperfield Architects, London; Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Director, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, New York; Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Marina Tabassum, Principal, Marina Tabassum Architects, Dhaka; and Sarah M. Whiting, Dean, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge. Farrokh Derakhshani is the Director of the Award.
For the full AKAA press announcement & links to all the project go to the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Link.