POLITBYRO (Paçarizi Architecture Studio)
Focuses on urban renewal through establishment of new regional identity. They develop an critical approach to the urbanism and architecture of Kosovo, with social and human responses. New density and diversity are proposed through micro interventions in Kosovar complex urban situations. Swiss touch and low-tech regional reinterpretations could be the definition of Politbyro’s, high quality, local production.
Gezim Pacarizi – born in Prizren, Kosovo, lives in Switzerland since 1989. He graduated architecture in Geneva University in 1993. He is a partner of PHARC architects in Geneva and POLITBYRO (Paçarizi Architecture Studio) in Prishtina. Generosity of thought space, simplicity of form, developed with materials in a way that reveal the nature of architecture are the principles of his work.
Open Studio
An inside look into small Politbyro office hidden in Vellusha, Prishtina oldest neighbourhood. The recently finished office building is in itself an example of micro-urban renewal.
Skrei began its practice in 2009 with an inquiry into the qualities of Portuguese raw materials. By experimenting with mortars and construction tools, Skrei was able to develop specific materials and started administrating its own works. It has become a workshop of architects of experimental constructions where construction techniques and craftsmanship have combined with sophisticated engineering for refined clients. Skrei’s architectural practice is based on a close relationship between design, construction, and cultural production. It’s an approach that shows how materials can incorporate knowledge and how this knowledge can be instrumental in defining the praxis of architecture.
Skrei was founded by Pedro Jervell and Francisco Adão da Fonseca. The two Portuguese architects, graduates of the Architectural Association and Delft University respectively, were initially attracted to the built environment because of ‘the plain physiognomy of things’ and the ‘naïve appeal of form’. Rapidly, they realized that it is all the ‘invisible dynamics’ shaping forms that are much more fascinating – politics and economics, technology and the environment, education and power. They traded things for processes.
Francisco Adão da Fonseca is an Architect and MSc from the Technical University of Delft, Faculty of Architecture. Member of the Dutch Architects Association and the Order of Architects in Portugal. He collaborated with Leembouw Nederland in the study of low-energy building techniques (2004-09). In 2010 he started Skrei Lda, which is today a leading collective in the field of sustainable architecture in Portugal.
Francisco will be speaking about the “Integrative Architecture – a working model for contemporary architecture”.
Current architecture seems unable to tackle grand questions of our time, from the scarcity of resources to energy and water security, questions of identity and privacy. Skrei’s integrative practice is a working model that extends the architect domain into areas such as sourcing of materials, building construction, engineering, and applied research so that architecture may effectively take a role in answering these questions.
#HAPËZEROSPACE represent Albania at #BiennaleArchitettura2018. The theme Freespace is interpreted as the metamorphosis in liberating of the space on Tirana’s ground floor, in a total freedom of acting as an entirety of personal individual performances of the citizen, creating a city-scale plaza where everyone serves something to the fellow citizen. AlbanianPavillion2018 is conceived as a multisensory experience through an installation of spatial, visual and acoustic stimuli where the visitor is invited to perceive the free space and true essence of the city.
Commissioner: Mirela Kumbaro, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Albania.
Exhibitors: Dorian Tytymçe, Florian Pollo, VARKA Arkitekturë – Jurtin Hajro, commonsense.studio – Enri Leka, Fablab Tirana.
Curator: Elton Koritari, EJAlbum.
Elton Koritari – Curator
Elton is the co-founder of EJAlbum, an important communication hub in Albania. Moreover, he is a project manager and curator of art events, lecturer of photography in different universities, schools and cultural associations, author of art projects collaborating with almost all the galleries, museums and art institutes in Albania. He works for years in marketing & communications representing in Albania some of the most important international brands in that sector. He is the co-author of the book “Knots – 163 Contemporary Artists from Albania” and the Project Manager and Curator of Imago Mundi in Albania.
Jurtin Hajro – Architect
Jurtin is an architect, founder of commonsense.studio, an international office based in Tirana. Graduated in 2006 in the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, since 2009 he has been a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Epoka University. In 2013, he established CoRDA – Center of Research and Design in Architecture in Tirana, becoming the first director of the design office within the university. He is also the architect of Epoka Social Center, a building that has received international attention in awards, nominations and academic publications. Jurtin has been awarded in many international competition and is the creator and curator of Modeling the Idea, Pavilion Days, an event calling for interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and architects.
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Nils-Peter Fischer, Dipl.-Ing.
Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
Nils joined Zaha Hadid Architects in 2004 and has developed a large design portfolio spanning Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with a focus on cultural facilities such as Performing Arts Facilities and Museums as well as projects involving novelty design, engineering and construction solutions. In recent years, he has been working on complex high-rise structures.
Nils co-leads Cluster 1, a business unit within Zaha Hadid Architects focusing on large cultural, infrastructure and transportation projects.
Nils has an academic background in experimental computational geometry. He studied in Germany and Italy and graduated from the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany with a degree in architecture in 2002.
At Zaha Hadid Architects, he co-founded the computational design research group CODE, developing next-generation technologies for contextual design, form finding and rationalization, and exploring the potential of computational design from object to urban scale environments. Beyond in-house research, the CODE group engages in academic workshops and research partnerships with universities around the world.
Nils has worked on a range of projects for ZHA, including the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan/ USA, the Dubai Opera House and Cultural Centre in Dubai, the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre and the Nanjing Youth international center, a mixed-use development featuring a 315m twin tower. He is also responsible for the Grand Theatre de Rabat currently under construction in the Kingdom of Morocco. A recent research focus are “post-automotive cities“, exploring walkable high density urban environments both inexisting and future metropolises.
The keynote lecture closed the July Event session at the 2018 Festival.
image credits: Jacopo Spilimbergo
www.zaha-hadid.com/people/nils-fischer/
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Nils-Peter Fischer, Dipl.-Ing.
Associate Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
Nils ju bashkua Zaha Hadid Architects në 2004 dhe ka zhvilluar një portofol të gjërë të dizajnit që përfshin Evropën, Lindjen e Mesme dhe Azinë, me një fokus në objektet kulturore si Objekte për Artet performative, Muze, si dhe projekte që përfshijnë dizajn të ri, inxhinieri dhe zgjidhje ndërtimi inovative. Në vitet e fundit, ai ka punuar në strukturat komplekse të ndërtesave të larta. Nils bashkë-drejton Cluster 1, një njësi biznesi brenda Zaha Hadid Architects duke u fokusuar në projekte të mëdha kulturore, infrastrukturore dhe transportuese.
Nils ka një sfond akademik në gjeometri eksperimentale kompjuterike. Ka studiuar në Gjermani dhe Itali dhe në vitin 2002, ka diplomuar në degën e arkitekturës nga Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Gjermani. Në Zaha Hadid Architects, ai bashkë-themeloi grupin kërkimor të dizajnit kompjuterik CODE, duke zhvilluar teknologjitë e gjeneratës së ardhshme për dizajnin kontekstual, gjetjen e formës dhe racionalizimin, dhe duke eksploruar potencialin e dizajnit kompjuterik nga objektet në mjediset në shkallë urbane. Përtej hulumtimeve brenda vendit, grupi CODE angazhohet në punëtori akademike dhe partneritete kërkimore me universitetet në mbarë botën.
Nils ka punuar në një sërë projektesh për ZHA, duke filluar me Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum në Michigan/ USA, the Dubai Opera House and Cultural Centre në Dubai, the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre dhe the Nanjing Youth international center. Ai është gjithashtu përgjegjës për Grand Theatre de Rabat aktualisht në ndërtim e sipër në Mbretërinë e Marokut. Një fokus i hulumtimit të kohëve të fundit janë “qytetet pas veturave”, duke eksploruar mjediset urbane me fokus në këmbësor me dendësi të madhe në metropolet e së ardhmës.
Ligjerata e Nils-it përmbylli sesionin e aktiviteteve të muajit Korrik në Festivalin e 2018-tës.
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Our September event activities will begin with the lecture by David Basulto the founder and CEO of the most visited architecture website in the world “ArchDaily”.
Architect David Basulto graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2006. He is Founder & CEO of ArchDaily, “the world’s most visited architecture website;” published globally in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. ArchDaily’s mission is “to improve the quality of life of the 3 billion people who live in cities in the next 40 years, by providing inspiration, knowledge, and tools to the architects who fill face this challenge.” He has served on juries for several awards, and design competitions in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. He is a member of the Mies Crown Hall America Prize International Advisory Council, housed in Chicago. He is recognized as an Endeavor Entrepreneur from the Endeavor Foundation in New York, and received the National Award of Innovation from the Chilean Government in 2012. Basulto served as curator of the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale.
The Value of Architecture in the Internet Age
ArchDaily is an evolving project of the Internet – an experiment in archiving, disseminating discourse and sharing content related to architecture and urbanism on a scale that was not possible as little as two decades ago. Since its founding in 2008, it has operated based a single mission: to bring knowledge, inspiration and tools to the people who are, and will be, designing the urban centers, which will accommodate our planet’s (exponentially rising) population. Most importantly, ArchDaily is continually connecting people from around the developed and developing world by building a platform to ensure that important discussions are available to the widest possible global audience.
In this context of the global hyper-urbanization, ArchDaily operates as a start-up, applying a scalable mind-set to its mission. in his presentation, founder and director, David Basulto will talk about how to build an architecture start-up, the meaning of globalization, identity, consciousness, and the necessary redefinition of the architect’s role.
The lecture will be held on the 12th of July at the Kosovo National Library starting from 8.00 PM.
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Aktivitetet e muajit Shtator do fillojnë me ligjeratën e David Basulto, themeluesit dhe CEO’s së webfaqës më të klikur të arkitekturës në botë “ArchDaily”.
David Basulto diplomoi në Universiteti Católica de Chile në vitin 2006. Është themeluesi dhe CEO i ArchDaily, “faqja më e vizituar e arkitekturës në botë”, botuar në mbarë botën në gjuhen angleze, spanjolle, portugeze dhe kineze. Misioni i ArchDaily është “të përmirësojë cilësinë e jetës së 3 miliardë njerëzve që do jetojnë në qytete në 40 vitet e ardhshme, duke u dhënë inspirim, njohuri dhe mjete arkitektëve që plotësojnë këtë sfidë.” David ka qenë pjesë e jurisë së disa çmimeve, dhe konkurseve të projektimit në Amerikën Latine, Amerikën e Veriut, Evropë dhe Azi dhe është anëtar i këshillit ndërkombëtar për Çmimin Amerikan “Mies Crown Hall”, në Çikago. David njihet si “Endevor Entrepreneur” nga Fondacioni Endeavour në Nju Jork dhe mori Çmimin Kombëtar të Inovacionit nga Qeveria Kiliane në vitin 2012. David Bazulto shërbeu si kurator i Pavijonit të shteteve Nordike në Bienalen e Arkitekturës së Venedikut të 2016-ës.
Vlera e Arkitekturës në Epokën e Internetit
ArchDaily është një projekt online në zhvillim- një eksperiment mbi arkivimin, shpërndarjen e diskursit dhe lajmeve që lidhen me arkitekturë dhe urbanizëm në një shkallë që nuk ishte e mundur dy dekada më parë. Që nga themelimi i faqës në vitin 2008, ka vepruar bazuar në një mision të vetëm: të sjellë njohuri, frymëzim dhe vegla për njerëzit që krijojnë dhe do krijojnë qendrat urbane, të cilat do të akomodojnë popullsinë e planetit tonë që vazhdimisht po rritet. Më e rëndësishmja, ArchDaily vazhdimisht lidh njerëz nga bota e zhvilluar dhe në zhvillim duke ndërtuar një platformë për të siguruar që diskutimet e rëndësishme janë në dispozicion të publikut më të gjerë të mundshëm botëror.
Në këtë kontekst të hiper-urbanizimit global, ArchDaily vepron si start-up, duke aplikuar një mendje të shkallëzuar në misionin e saj. Në ligjeratën e tij, themeluesi dhe drejtori, David Basulto do të flasë për mënyrën e ndërtimit të një start-up në arkitekturë, kuptimin e globalizimit, identitetin, vetëdijen dhe ridefinimin e nevojshëm të rolit të arkitektit.
Ligjerata do mbahet me 12 Shtator në hapësirat e Bibliotekës Kombëtare të Kosovës duke filluar nga ora 20:00.
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Elisa Brusegan & Massimo Triches
Babau Bureau
Babau Bureau is a project bureau strongly connected with academic research, based in Venice and led by architects and PhD in Architectural Composition at University Iuav of Venice.
Babau Bureau focus on an holistic approach, refuses the idea of unique style and believe in the necessity of theories based on different contexts and degrees of human dimensions. Among others, the main research issue concern the relation and the limit of private / public spaces, the possibility of a new contextualism for the contemporary city. All works affects different scales as custom furniture design, exhibitions, publishing, restorations, interior design, urban design through private commissions and competitions.
Babau Bureau has been selected for the 2016 Biennale of Venice, won in 2017 the Innovative Schools international competition, premio Ance Catania 2012 and other honorable mentions.
Babau Bureau, as academic research hub, develops investigation projects about production landscapes, heritage and archaeology, theory of composition, representation and reception in architecture.
www.babaubureau.com
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Elisa Brusegan & Massimo Triches
Babau Bureau
Babau Bureau është një zyrë projektimi me seli në Venecia e lidhur ngushtë me hulumtime akademike. Kjo zyrë udhëheqet nga arkitektë dhe dega e PhD e Kompozimit Arkitektonik të University LUAV, Venicia.
Babau Bureau fokusohet në një qasje të përgjithashme, ku refuzon idenë e stilit unik dhe beson në domosdoshmërinë e teorive të bazuara në kontekste të ndryshme dhe shkallë të dimensioneve njerëzore. Ndër të tjera, tema kryesore e hulumtimit ka të bëjë me lidhjen dhe kufirin në mes hapësirave private/publike dhe mundësinë e një kontekstualizmi të ri për qytetin bashkëkohor. Të gjitha punimet ndikojnë në shkallë të ndryshme si në dizajnin e mobiljeve me porosi, ekspozita, botime, restaurime, dizajn të brendshëm, dizajn urban përmes komisioneve dhe garave private.
Babau Bureau është përzgjedhur si pjesëmarrës në Bienalen e vitit 2016 të Venedikut, në 2017 fituan konkursin ndërkombëtar të shkollave inovative, premio Ance Catania 2012 e shumë shpërblime tjera.
Babau Bureau, si qendër hulumtimi akademike, zhvillon projekte rreth peisazheve të prodhimit, trashëgimisë dhe arkeologjisë, teorisë së kompozimit, ekspozimit dhe ripërdorimit në arkitekturë.
Përgjat festivalit Elisa dhe Massimo përpos ligjeratës do udhëheqin edhe një puntori.
www.babaubureau.com
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Liam Young
Tomorrow Thoughts Today
Sci-Arc Fiction & Entertainment
Liam Young is a speculative architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is cofounder of Tomorrows Thoughts Today, an urban futures think tank, exploring the local and global implications of new technologies and Unknown Fields, a nomadic research studio that travels on expeditions to chronicle these emerging conditions as they occur on the ground. He has been acclaimed in both mainstream and architectural media, including the BBC, NBC, Wired, Guardian, Time, and Dazed and Confused, is a BAFTA nominated producer and his work has been collected by institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum and MAAS in Sydney. He has taught internationally at the Architectural Association, Princeton University and now runs the ground breaking MA in Fiction and Entertainment at Sci Arc in Los Angles. Liam’s narrative approach sits between documentary and fiction as he focuses on projects that aim to reveal the invisible connections and systems that make the modern world work. Liam now manages his time between exploring distant landscapes and prototyping the future worlds he extrapolates from them.
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Liam Young
Tomorrow Thoughts Today
Sci-Arc Fiction & Entertainment
Liam Young është një arkitekt spekulativ i cili vepron në hapësira si dizajni, trillimi dhe e ardhmja. Ai është bashkëthemelues i Tomorrows Thoughts Today, një think tank urbanistik i së ardhmes, duke eksploruar implikimet lokale dhe globale të teknologjive të reja , gjithashtu themelues i Unknown Fields, një studiu nomad për hulumtime që udhëton në ekspedita për të kronikuar kushtet e zhvillimit ashtu siç ndodhin në terren. Young ka qenë i mirënjohur në media arkitektonike duke përfshirë BBC, NBC, Wired, Guardian, Time, Dazed and Confused, është një producent i nominuar nga BAFTA dhe puna e tij është koleksionuar nga institucione të mëdha si the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum dhe MAAS në Sydney. Ka ligjeruar ndërkombëtarisht në the Architectural Association, Princeton University dhe tani drejton degën MA në Fiction and Entertainment at Sci Arc në Los Angles. Qasja narrative e Liamit qëndron midis dokumentarit dhe trillimit, ndërsa përqendrohet në projekte që synojnë të zbulojnë lidhjet e padukshme dhe sistemet që e bëjnë botën moderne. Liam tani e menaxhon kohën e tij duke eksploruar peizazhe të largëta dhe duke krijuar prototipe të botëve të ardhshme.
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Valentin Kunik & Guillaume de Morsier Office
Valentin Kunik & Guillaume de Morsier office is founded in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2010 by Valentin Kunik and Guillaume de Morsier. Gathered around their common interest for a critical and committed architecture. They work at the scale of the territory as well as the scale of the installation. Currently their projects are dealing with the future of living and working, new manufacturing spaces and the design of multifunctional landscape infrastructures. They are developing an architecture that connects people together, and also to physical elements and living organisms. They work primary with soil, water, climate, meteorology and materials that are renewable and bio-sourced. Valentin & Guillaume will also be part of the Parallel Sprawl workshop.
www.kunikdemorsier.ch
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Antoine (Ton) Wilmering
Keeping it Modern, Getty Foundation
Antoine Wilmering is a senior program officer at the Getty Foundation and oversees grant initiatives related to the conservation of cultural heritage around the world. He manages Keeping It Modern, an international grant initiative that continues the Getty Foundation’s deep commitment to architectural conservation with a focus on significant buildings of the twentieth century. Wilmering was trained as a conservator of wooden objects in the Netherlands and in the UK, and prior to joining the Getty in 2004, he taught conservation at the Graduate Institute of Conservation of Cultural Relics at the Tainan National University of the Arts in Taiwan (2000–2004) and was a conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1987–2000). His publications include Italian Renaissance Intarsia and the Conservation of the Gubbio Studiolo (1999), and he was awarded a Getty Conservation Institute guest scholarship in 2003.
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Antoine (Ton) Wilmering
Keeping it Modern, Getty Foundation
Antoine Wilmering është zyrtar i lartë në Fondacionin Getty dhe mbikëqyrës i iniciativave të granteve në lidhje me ruajtjen e trashëgimisë kulturore anembanë botës. Wilmering menaxhon Keeping It Modern, një iniciativë e granteve ndërkombëtare që vazhdon angazhimin e thellë të Fondacionit Getty për ruajtjen arkitektonike me një fokus në ndërtesat e rëndësishme të shekullit të njëzetë. U trajnua si konservator i objekteve prej druri në Holandë dhe në Mbretërinë e Bashkuar dhe para se të bashkohej me Getty në vitin 2004, ai ligjeronte konservimin në Graduate Institute of Conservation of Cultural Relics në the Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2000–2004) dhe ishte një konservator në the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1987–2000). Botimet e tij përfshijnë Italian Renaissance Intarsia and the Conservation of the Gubbio Studiolo (1999), dhe ai u nderua me një bursë të Getty Conservation Institute në vitin 2003.
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Ivan Kucinais a professor at Dessau International School of Architecture, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. He worked at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade from 1996 to 2014.. He was a guest professor at the Parsons New School for Design, New York, Polis University, Tirana, KTH Stockholm, GUTech, Muscat, Oman.
His academic research focuses on sustainable architecture and urban development concepts based on informal building strategies and collaborative practices. He is a practicing architect and used to run an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice in Belgrade with projects that range from urban design and buildings to exhibition design and furniture.
In 2006, he co-founded the Belgrade International Architecture Week. From 2012 to 2015 he was program director of the Urban Transformations program at Mikser Festival, Belgrade. In 2012 he founded School of Urban Practices.
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Ivan Kucina është profesor në Dessau International School of Architecture, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Ai punoi në Fakultetin e Arkitekturës në Universitetin e Beogradit nga viti 1996 deri në vitin 2014 si dhe profesor vizitues në the Parsons New School for Design – New York, Polis University – Tiranë, KTH – Stockholm, GUTech – Muscat, Oman.
Hulumtimi i tij akademik fokusohet në arkitekturën e qëndrueshme dhe konceptet e zhvillimit urban të bazuar në strategjitë informale të ndërtimit dhe praktikat bashkëpunuese. Ivan Kucuna është një arkitekt që udhëhiqte një studio ndërdisiplinore të arkitekturës dhe dizajnit në Beograd me projekte që variojnë nga projektimi urban dhe ndërtesat në dizajn të ekspozitave dhe mobiljeve.
Në vitin 2006, bashkë-themeloi Javën e Arkitekturës Ndërkombëtare të Beogradit. Nga viti 2012 deri në vitin 2015 ai ishte drejtor i programit Urban Transformations në festivalin Mikser, Beograd. Në vitin 2012 themeloi School of Urban Practices.
