Klodeta is a spatial planner, with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture at the University of Prishtina, Kosovo and a master’s degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. She is a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria with the research topic on “Ethnicities in Space; Reshaping boundaries in Ex-Yugoslavian post-conflict countries”, which looks at crucial issues with regard to interethnic relations in the Balkan region from the spatial planning perspective.
Since 2012, she has been working in UN-Habitat Kosovo, in support of Kosovo municipalities for making better cities together with the community.
UN-Habitat Kosovo
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme with the mandate to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities.
In Kosovo, since 1999, UN-Habitat has been promoting good governance, security of tenure, sustainable human settlements development and inclusive spatial planning in Kosovo and the broader region.
During the last decade, through the Municipal Spatial Planning Programme (MuSPP) financed by the Swedish Development Cooperation, UN-Habitat has been providing support to Kosovo institutions and the civil society in the process of state-building, with regards to addressing emerging challenges associated to territorial and environmental planning and management alongside strengthening local democracy and legislative reforms.
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Klodeta është planere, e cila ka përfunduar studimet bachelor në Universitetin e Prishtinës, Kosovë dega arkitekture dhe studimet master në Politecnico di Milano, Itali në degën e planifikimit dhe disenjimit të politikave urbane. Aktualisht është kandidate për doktoratë në Universitetin Teknik t] Vienës, Austrisë në kërkim të ideve kreative për trajtim të çështjeve shumë aktuale në rajonin e Ballkanit me temën “Etnitë në hapësirë. Ridisenjimi i kufinjëve në shtetet post-konfliktuoze të ish Jugosllavise”. që nga viti 2012 është e angazhuar në UN-Habitat Kosovo në mbështetje të komunave të Kosovës për planifikim më të mirë të qyteteve bashku me qytetarët.
Programi i Kombeve të Bashkuara për Vendbanimet Njerëzore, UN-Habitat-i është program I Kombeve të Bashkuara e cila ka mandatin për promovimin e qëndrueshmërisë sociale dhe mjedisore në qytete dhe qyteza.
Në Kosovë, nga viti 1999, UN-Habitat-i ka promovuar qeverisjen e mirë, sigurinë e pronës, zhvillimin e qëndrueshëm të vendbanimeve njerëzore dhe planifikimin hapsinor me gjithëpërfshierje në Kosovë dhe më gjërë.
Gjatë kësaj decade, përmes Programit të mbështetjës së planifikimit hapësinor komunal (MuSPP) I financuar nga Swedish Development Cooperation, UN-Habitat-i ka mbështetur institucionet e Kosovës dhe shoqërinë civile në procese të shtet-ndërtimit, sa i përket sfidave të ndryshme në fushën e planifikimit dhe menaxhimit hapësinor dhe mjedisor por gjithëashtu fuqizimi i demokracisë lokale dhe reformës ligjore.
Born in Castelo Branco in 1963, has graduated in Architecture from the Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL) in 1986.Together with Nuno Mateus, founded in 1991 ARX Portugal Arquitectos.Currently President of the Director’s Board of Lisbon Architecture Triennale, was also Executive Director of the events Trienal 2007 and Trienal 2010.Currently a member of Babel’s Editorial Board.Was President of the Southern Regional Assembly of the Ordem Arquitectos, as well as Vice President of the Direction of the same Regional Section between 2005-2007.
Guest professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, he was teacher at the Escola Técnica Superior d’ Arquitectura of the Universitat Internacional da Catalunya (ESARQ-UIC), in Barcelona; at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) and at the Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas de Lisboa (ESAD). Author/coordinator of the magazine Linha (Architecture, Design and Landscape) of the weekly newspaper Expresso. He was also author/coordinator of the two television series Tempo & Traço for SIC Notícias channel. He was a regular participant on the radio program Na Ordem do Dia on TSF.
Lecturer in several different countries such as Portugal, Spain, USA, Hungary, England, Brazil, Belgium and Italy. He took part of the jury of the Architecture Prize of São Paulo Biennial in 2003, Europan Spain 2007 and ArchiFad 2011.
In 1993, the work of ARX was shown on the Exhibition Realidade Real at CCB and took part in many others, namely Percurso/Útvonal — ARX Portugal (Budapest, 2000), Influx 0.1 (Fundação de Serralves, 2002), Contaminantes/Comunicantes (Lisboa, 2000) and Nara Triennial (1994). Together with Centro Regional de Sangue do Porto, it took part of the exhibition Architectura e Design del Portogallo 1998-2004 of Milan Triennial.
Bardhyl Rama, Int’l Assoc AIA (1976), graduated from Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Prishtina. Has been working for International organizations for over 15 years. In his studio, he has done a lot of designs to include: individual residential buildings, multistory apartment buildings, sport centers/swimming pools, war memorials, restaurants, small commercial buildings etc. He is member of several professional organizations: AIA-American Institute of Architects & AIA Europe Chapter, ASCE, NIBS, IAPMO, APWA, CIBSE YEPG (Steering Committee member – Eastern Europe Regional Officer). Participated in several AIA Conferences such as: Hamburg, Lyon, London, Paris, and Milan.
Currently serving as Eastern Europe Section Director for AIA Europe Chapter Board of Directors – coordinating events and activities promoting AIA and AIA Europe in Eastern section.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) was founded in 1857. It is based in Washington, D.C. There are more than 85,000 members (licensed architects and associates). The AIA is governed by a Board of Directors. The AIA influences government practices that affect the practice of the profession. Sets the industry standard in forms and contracts used in the design and construction industry. Hosts the annual AIA National Convention. There are over 300 local and state Chapters.
AIA Continental Europe –The Chapter’s administrative HQs are in Paris. It was chartered by the Institute on 8 Feb 94. There are AIA, Int’l Assoc. AIA, and Assoc. AIA members. Sections of the Chapter: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Licht., Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe. AIA Europe usually holds two annual conferences (holds: lectures, presentations, and site visits of the well-known architects’ projects)
Sir Peter Cook RA is one of the most renowned architects of our time. He was a founder of Archigram and was knighted in 2007 by the Queen for his services to architecture and teaching. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. His achievements with Archigram were recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2004, when the group was awarded the Royal Gold Medal. Sir Peter Cook studied at the renowned AA School of Architecture where he lectured for many years he later headed the Bartlett School of Architecture. Currently Sir Peter is a professor and a visiting lecturer at many prestigious architecture schools around the world.
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Sir Peter Cook RA është një nga arkitektët më të njohur të kohës sonë. Ka qenë themelues i Archigram-it dhe në vitin 2007 u nderua nga Mbretëresha për kontributet e tij në fushën e arkitekturës dhe mësimdhënies. Ai është Akademik Mbretëror dhe Komandant i Urdhërit të Arteve dhe Letrave të Republikës Franceze. Arritjet e tij me Archigram-in janë njohur nga Instituti Mbretëror i Arkitektëve Britanikë në vitin 2004, kur grupi u nderua me Medaljen e Artë Mbretërore. Sir Peter Cook ka studiuar në shkollën e njohur “AA School of Architecture” ku edhe ishte ligjërues për shumë vite e më vone edhe drejtues i “Bartlett School of Architecture”. Aktualisht Sir Peter Cook është profesor dhe si ligjerues viziton shumë shkolla presigjioze te arkitekturës në mbarë botën.
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Është drejtor i çmimit prestigjioz “Aga Khan Award for Architecture”.
Ai ka qenë i lidhur me këtë çmim që nga viti 1982, kur puna e tij e kishte sjellë në kontakte me arkitektë, ndërtimtarë dhe planifikues hapsinor në mbarë botën. Udhëton gjerësisht në vendet myslimane dhe ka organizuar e marrë pjesë në një numër të madh të seminareve dhe kollokuiumeve ndërkombëtare që kanë të bëjnë me ndërtimin e mjediseve bashkëkohore. Ka bashkëpunuar në një numër të madh të botimeve dhe ekspozitave në arkitekturë dhe ka qenë i përfshire në organizimin e punëtorive profesionale dhe konkurseve ndërkombëtare të arkitekturës. Është ligjerues në shumë vende dhe shpesh i ka rastisur te jetë anëtare jurie i shumë shkollave të arkitekturës në Evropë, Afrikë dhe Azi. Fusha kryesore e specializimit të Darakhshanit është arkitektura bashkëkohore e shoqërive myslimane ku puna e tij profesionale ka përfshirë projektimin dhe menaxhimin e ndërtimit të projekteve të mëdha publike dhe të projekteve infrastrukturore në Iran, si dhe projekte arkitektonike në Paris dhe Gjenevë.
Director of the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Farrokh Derakhshani is Director of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He has been associated with the Award since 1982, where his work has brought him into contact with architects, builders, and planners throughout the world. He travels extensively in Muslim countries, and has organised and participated in numerous international seminars and colloquia dealing with contemporary built environments. He has collaborated on a large variety of publications and exhibitions on architecture, and has been involved in organising professional workshops and international architectural competitions. He lectures widely and has served as a jury member at schools of architecture in Europe, Africa and Asia. Mr. Derakhshani’s main field of specialisation is the contemporary architecture of Muslim societies, and his professional work has included the design and construction management of large-scale public works and infrastructure projects in Iran, as well as architectural design in Paris and Geneva. He is trained as an architect at the National University of Iran and later continued his studies at the School of Architecture in Paris (UP1).
Born in 1964 in Kosovo, Gezim studied architecture in Prishtina and Geneva University where he graduated in 1993. Gezim is one of the few architects of the post war Kosovo that have managed to overcome the difficult situation of the Kosovo environment. The cornerstone of his aesthetic include simplicity of form, thoughtful space planning and a desire to reveal the nature of the material, all of which contrast with an environment that often defaults to chaos and banality.
Gezim currently heads his architecture studio based in Geneva PHARC and is the Curator to the Kosovo’s Pavilion at this years Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
Architect, critic, full professor of design and theory at the School of Architecture of Ascoli Piceno, University of Camerino.
Coordinator of the “Villard d’Honnecourt” international PHD program. Member of CICA (Committee of International Critics of Architecture); advicer for the MVDR prize and for the “Medaglia dell’architettura italiana” (Medal of Italian Architecture).
Since 1981 contributor to the cultural pages of “Il Manifesto” and other national newspapers and radio stations. Member of the editorial board of “Casabella”, “Gomorra”, “Parametro”.
Author of a number of books, text, publications on architects, museums, urban issues: among them Ludovico Quaroni, Peter Eisenman, (per Electa) Young Italian Architects (Birkhauser), Nuova architettura italiana, (Skirà), La metropoli dopo, (Meltemi).
He curated and designed important exhibitions and installations in Italy and abroad. Among others we mention the Biennale in Venice, the MAXXI museum and Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, the Casa dell’architettura in Rome, the Mole Vanvitelliana and Palazzo degli Anziani in Ancona.
Curator of the show and catalogue: Next Generation_ Il futuro dei musei (Electa 2006). Most recently, curator and designer of the show Atlante Italiano 008 on landscape and urban photographers. Among his projects and buildings the Laboratories of the Department of Molecular Biology of University of Camerino, the addition to the Archeologic Museum of Ascoli Piceno and a number of residental and office buildings in Italy.
Among other projects PC is currently working as the senior curator of MAXXI Architettura – the first national museum of architecture in Rome.
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Arkitekt, kritik dhe profesor i rregullt i projektimit dhe teorisë në “School of Architecture of Ascoli Piceno” – University of Camerino. Koordinator i programit ndërkombëtar PHD “Villard d’Honnecourt”. Anëtar i CICA “(Committee of International Critics of Architecture)”. Këshilltar për çmimet “MVDR” dhe “Medaglia dell’architettura italiana”. Që nga viti 1981 kontribuon në faqet kulturore të “Il Manifesto” dhe në gazeta dhe radio stacione të tjera kombëtare. Është edhe anëtar i bordit editorial në “Casabella”, “Gomorra”, “Parametro”.
Autor i një numri të madh të librave, teksteve, publikimeve mbi arkitektët, muzetë, çështjet urbane, si: Ludovico Quaroni, Peter Eisenman, (per Electa) Young Italian Architects (Birkhauser), Nuova architettura italiana, (Skirà), La metropoli dopo, (Meltemi).
Ka qenë kurator dhe projektues i ekspozitave dhe instalacioneve të ndryshme në Itali dhe më gjerë. Ndër të tjera veçojmë “Biennale in Venice”, “MAXXI museum and Palazzo delle Esposizioni” në Romë, “Casa dell’architettura” në Romë, “Mole Vanvitelliana and Palazzo degli Anziani” në Ankona.
Kurator i shfaqjes dhe katalogut: Next Generation – Il futuro dei musei (Electa 2006). Kohëve të fundit ka qenë kurator dhe projektues i shfaqjes “Atlante Italiano 008” mbi peisazhin dhe fotografët urban.
Në mesin e projekteve të tij veçojmë ndërtesën e Laboratoreve të Departamentit të Biologjisë Molekulare në Universitetin e Camerinos, krahas tij veçojmë Muzeun Arkeologjik të Acoli Picenos dhe një numër të madh të ndërtesave rezindenciale dhe zyreve punuese në Itali. Ndër shumë projekte tjera, Ciorra aktualisht është i angazhuar si kurator i lartë i “MAXXI Architectura” – muzeu i parë kombëtar i arkitekturës në Romë.
After graduating in 1986 from the MSU Faculty of Architecture in Istanbul; he worked with Metcalf & Associates in Washington D.C. between 1986-87. From there, between 1987-2004 he worked as an associate designer with Şaziment and Neşet Arolat and later founded Emre Arolat Architects (EAA) with Gonca Paşolar in 2004. His projects with EAA have won many national and international awards, including the 2005 Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (Highly Commended), in 2006 the AR Awards for Emerging Architecture (Highly Commended), in 2010 the Cityscape Dubai Awards, in 2011 the MIPIM AR Future Projects Awards, in 2011 the Green Good Design Awards and the WAF (World Architecture Festival) Awards: in 2012 for Future Projects-Education Category with AGU City Campus and in 2013 the Completed Buildings-Religion Buildings Category with the Sancaklar Mosque. He also received the National Architecture Awards, in the category of “Design” and “Building” in 1992, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2014, the “Award of New Prospects in Architecture” in 2000. He has also won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the Ipekyol Textile Factory Building.
He has lectured and taught at many architectural schools and has been a jury member for several architectural design competitions both in Turkey and internationally. He has participated at various professional national and international conferences and seminars. His articles have been widely published in professional design medias. “Nazaran…/With regard to…”, “An/Moment” and ”Fabrika/The Factory” exhibitions curated by EAA has provided a widely spread audience about the work of the office. He has contributed to the EAA’s books, Dalaman Airport, Emre Arolat: Buildings / Projects 1998-2005, and ” …with regard to”. In 2013 the monograph ‘’EAA Emre Eolat Architects-Context & Plurality’’ was published by Rizzoli NY. In 2012, Arolat was one of the two curators of the I. İstanbul Design Biennial.
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Pas diplomimit në Fakultetin e Arkitekturës në MSU – Stamboll në vitin 1986, filloi punën në Metcalf & Associates në Washington D.C. mes viteve 1986-87. Prej vitit 1987 e deri më 2004 punoi si bashkë-dizajner me Saziment dhe Neset Arolat ku edhe e themeloi Emre Arolat Architects (EAA) bashkë me Gonca Pasolar. Projektet e tij me EAA kanë fituar shumë çmime kombëtare dhe ndërkombëtare, përfshirë edhe çmimin “Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture” në vitin 2005, në vitin 2006 fitoi çmimin “AR Awards for Emerging Architecture”, në vitin 2010 “Cityscape Dubai Awards”, në 2011 “MIPIM AR Future Projects Awards” dhe “Green Good Design Awards”, në 2012 “Future Projects-Education Category with AGU City Campus” dhe në 2013 “Completed Buildings-Religion Buildings Category with the Sancaklar Mosque”. Ai poashtu ka marrë çmime kombëtare për arkitekturë në kategorine “Dizajn” dhe “Ndërtim” në vitet 1992, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012 dhe 2014, çmimin “New Prospects in Architecture” në vitin 2000. Emre ka fituar edhe çmimin prestigjioz “Aga Khan Award for Architecture” në vitin 2010 me projektin “Ipekyol Textile Factory Building”.
Ka qenë ligjërues në shumë shkolla të arkitekturës si dhe anëtarë jurie i shumë konkurseve të arkitekturës dhe dizajnit si në Turqi poashtu edhe me gjerë. Ka qenë edhe pjesëmarrës i shumë konferencave dhe seminareve profesionale kombëtare dhe ndërkombëtare. Artikujt e tij kanë një publikim të gjerë në mediat profesionale të dizajnit. Ekspozitat “Nazaran…/With regard to…”, “An/Moment” and ”Fabrika/The Factory” të kuruara nga EAA kanë siguruar një audinencë të përhapur gjerësisht për punën e zyrës. Ka dhënë një kontribut të madh në librat e EEA-së, siç janë: Dalaman Airport, Emre Arolat: Buildings / Projects 1998-2005, dhe ” …with regard to”. Në vitin 2013 u publikua monografia ‘’EAA Emre Eolat Architects-Context & Plurality’’ nga Rizzoli NY. Më 2012, Arolat ishte njëri nga dy kuratorët e Bienales së Dizajnit në Stamboll.
Urban-Think Tank – D-ARCH, ETH Zurich
is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design on a variety of subjects, concerned with contemporary architecture and urbanism. The philosophy of U-TT is to deliver innovative yet practical solutions through the combined skills of architects, civil engineers, environmental planners, landscape architects, and communication specialists. In 1993, Alfredo Brillembourg founded U-TT in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 1998, Hubert Klumpner joined as co-director. Since 2007, Brillembourg and Klumpner have taught at Columbia University, where they founded the Sustainable Living Urban Model Laboratory (S.L.U.M. Lab), and since 2010, they hold the Chair for Architecture and Urban Design at the Swiss Institute of Technology, ETH in Zurich. The work concerns both theoretical and practical applications within architecture and urban planning. Working in global contexts by creating bridges between first world industry and third world, informal urban areas, they focus on the education and development of a new generation of professionals, who will transform cities in the 21st century. They have been awarded the 2010 “Ralph Erskine Award” from the Swedish Association of Architects for their innovation in architecture and urban design with regard to social, ecological and aesthetic aspects, the 2011“Global Silver Holcim Award” for Sustainable Construction and the 2012 “Golden Lion” at the 13th Venice Biennial.
Haris Piplas, Dipl. Eng. M.Sc. Urban Design
Born in Sarajevo in 1984, he has studied and graduated at the University of Sarajevo receiving the Best student Award and University Charter followed by a M.Sc. in Urban Design at the Technical University of Berlin. His memberships and activities, among others, include the Editor position of the Journal of the “International Federation for Landscape Architecture – Europe”, Young Leaders Committee position at the “Urban Land Institute” Germany, the Steering Committee position in Network “MediverCities” initiated by the UN SCBD. He has collected practical experience in Denmark, Germany and Bosnia as well as conducted academic research at ETH Zurich and Politecnico di Milano. He has been guest speaker and visitor at several institutions and events including Harvard, Prince of Wales Foundation for Building Community, MIT, TU Wien, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, UNECE, European Forum Alpbach and at academic platforms including AESOP (Association of European Schools for Planning), ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools) etc. Since 2011 he is affiliated with the Brillembourg&Klumpner Urban-Think-Tank Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich’s D-ARCH where he figures as a Researcher and coordinates of the “Urban Design I/II: Urban Stories” Lecture Series.
Daniel Schwartz
Daniel Schwartz (b. 1987, Nairobi) is a filmmaker, photographer, and researcher. He studied Urban Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and Radio Journalism at the University of Botswana. His photography and writing have appeared in numerous publications such as The Guardian and New York Times, and his films have screened and been broadcasted internationally. He currently works as associate director of Urban-Think Tank Films, the media arm of the international design firm Urban-Think Tank, and their Chair at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
Saimir Kristo
Saimir Kristo [1987] is an architect and an urban designer and currently lecturer and curricula manager of POLIS University in Tirana, Albania. In his professional experience he also collaborated in urban participatory processes, as a coordinator in urban planning projects for various cities in Albania. His scientific research is based on the paradigm of information technology in architecture and at the same time he is editor at Forum A+P, Scientific Journal for Architecture and Urban Planning and member of the editorial board of MAD Magazine. Currently he is curator of TAW – Tirana Architecture Week – [En]Visioning Future Cities.
Arch Ledian Bregasi
Ledian Bregasi is an Albanian architect who graduated in Architecture at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, where he is currently developing his PhD studies in Architecture Theory and Design. At the moment he is lecturing in the Design Studio II and Information Architecture course at POLIS University in Tirana. The emergence of behavioral patterns and the role of self-regulation in complex systems, are the main focus of his research interests.
His professional experience includes collaborations with the local administrations in Tirana and with architecture firms in Italy and Albania. At present he works as an architect at Metropolis Architecture and Planning studio in Tirana. From 2012 he is head of AUA, Albanian Union of Architects and Urban Planners.