Restoring vernacular architecture showcased the work done in recent years by the Cultural Heritage without Borders NGO who is one of the leading conservation practices in Kosovo. The exhibition was held at the Kosovo Academy of Science and Arts, and was open for two weeks of the Week.
June.2013
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Kjo ekspozite per 2 jave shfaqi punen e organizates joqeveritare Trashegimia Kulturore pa Kufi, njera nga organizatat me eminente ne konservimin dhe mbrojtjen e trashegimise kulturore ne Kosove. Ekspozita u mbajt ne hapesirat e Akademise se Shkencave dhe Artit.
Qershor. 2013
Head of MVRDV Asia and sustainable architecture expert Marta Pozo Gil held a 4 day workshop on sustainable architecture with the local architecture students. The workshops aim was to retrofit an old house in the historic center of Prishtina belonging to an economically underprivileged family. The students used the principles set out by MVRDV in their projects.
June.2013
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Partnerja dhe Drejtoresha e MVRDV per Azi Marta Pozo Gil udhehoqi puntori 4 ditore me studentet lokal te arkitektures me fokus ne Arkitekturen e Qendrueshme. Puntoria si baze perdori metodologjite qe perdor studioja me fame boterore MVRDV ne projektet e veta. Qellimi i puntorise ishte qe te renovohet nje shtepi ne qendren e vjeter te Prishtines me principet e arkitektures se qendrueshme.
Korrik.2013
During the second week of June, the Kosovo Architecture Foundation held and a Lego workshop with the kids of the “Dielli” Kindergarten in Prishtina. The workshop was made possible by the generous donation of the Lego Foundation.
The kinds produced some inspiring designs and got certificates from KAF as future architects.
June.2013
Co-founded Ron Arad Architects Ltd., a daughter company of long-established Ron Arad Associates, in May 2008.
The growing practice has in recent years completed the Mediacite retail centre in Liege, and the Design Museum Holon in Israel, as well as a number of public art commissions including the Curtain Call at the Roundhouse (London), the Vortext sculpture in Seoul, and the 720 Degrees at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The practice is currently engaged in cultural, commercial and residential projects in Europe, the USA, and the Middle East, with 3 new projects going on site in coming months.
The practice is known for its unconventional and edgy design and material research and applications, and has shown works extensively at the ‘No Discipline’ exhibitions at the Pompidou Centre in Paris (2008) and the Museum of Modern Art in NY (2009), and at the ‘Restless’ exhibition in the Barbican Centre in London (2010). Further exhibitions are scheduled for the Stedelijk in Amsterdam, and the DMH in Israel.
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website: ronarad.co.uk
Figueres, 1968. Architect for the ETSA of Barcelona. Visiting Visual Artist at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, with a scholarship from Krtu, Generalitat de Catalunya. Associate Set Designer for Bob Wilson: “Danton’s Tod”, Salzburger Festspiele and “Time Rocker”, Thalia Theater, Hamburg, 1995-2000. Director of Cloud 9 studio since 1997. Co-Director of Metapolis 2000-2003. Art Media Consultant for the Mercat de les Flors 2002. Curator of the Spanish Pavilion of the V Biennal of Architecture in Sao Paulo, 2003. Co-Chairman of the 3rd Industrial Revolution Architects Roundtable committee with Jeremy Rifkin , since 2007. President of the Jury of Prix Luxembourgeois d’Architecture 2007. Luxembourg 2007 Founder of Energy Attack with Jon Idiakez, 2007. Tutor Master in Architectural Design Unit at Barlett School of Architecture, London, since 2010 Unit Master of Diploma Unit 18 at Architectura Assosiation, London, since 2010 Co-Chairman of the Figueres Creative City, 2010 His works belongs to the collections of MoMa (New York), FRAC Centre Collection (Orleans) and Centre Pompidou (Paris). Enric Ruiz-Geli performs lectures and mantain colaboration with a map of Labs as Angewandte, Architectural Association School, UCLA, Passadena Art Center, CITA, RMIT, MIT, Bartlett, Buckminster Fuller Institute, ETHZ, IE School of Architecture, entre otros. Cloud 9 agenda is to look at Pilot Projects in Global Warming Scenarios. Enric Ruiz-Geli has created patents as master pieces of Digital Fabrication. His building Media-ICT has been awarded as Best Building of the World by WAF 2011. It is a Net Zero Building built at very competitive construction cost. Cloud 9 has signed Media-ICT Knowledge Transfer Contracts in Taipei, OECS, Qatar, Kuwait and Moscow. Co-Chairman of Science Advisory Comitee of Tecnalia, 2011. Co-Chairman International Committee of Experts at Iakov Chernikhov Prize, Moscow, 2012.
Awards
Winner WAN 21 for 21 Award, 2012 WAF Award, World’s Best Building of the Year with Media-ICT, 2011 Special mention at FAD Awards with Media-ICT, 2011 Investigation Prize at XI Spanish Biennal of Architecture and Urbanism with Media-ICT, 2011 First prize, Pavilion in Ecole Especiale de Paris, 2011 Nominee to the Brit Awards Design Museum in London to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the City of Barcelona Award to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award to Media-ICT, 2011 Nominee to the Iakov Chernikhov Prize with Media-ICT, Moscu 2011
Steel Design Awards ECCS, European Convention For Constructional Steelwork, to Media-ICT, 2009. Finalist 10th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial, to Villa Nurbs, 2009 Prize Sustanable Enviroment Proyects from the Generalitat de Catalunya, to Cloud 9’s ETFE technology, 2009
Honor Mention at the VII Premios Cerámica de Arquitectura y Interiorismo ASCER to Villa Nurbs, 2009 Subvention of the Entitat Autònoma de Difusió Cultural (Generalitat de Catalunya) to the project “From physical to digital realms through Cad Cam Processes” to Villa Nurbs, 2008 Prize Corian Dupont to Villa Nurbs, 2008
R+D Award ARCHITECT at SciArc Los Angeles, to “artificial leaf” Prestige Forest Hotel, 2008 Finalist Premios Saloni, to Evru Cave, 2008 First Prize, International Contest for the New York Aquarium at Coney Island, Wild Life.
Conservation Society, 2007 Prize Quatrium best Architect by Grupo Via, 2007 Prize Chicago Ateneum, 2007 Prize Emergente Tendencias, El Mundo, 2007 FirstPrize International Contest Media-ICT, el Consorci de la Zona Franca and 22@, 2006 Finalist to Villa Bio at the VI edition of the “Saloni” Architecture Prize, 2006 Finalist to Morphorest at the FAD Architecture and Design Prize, 2005 Prize of the Association of Catalan Art Critics (ACCA) to the Galería Joan Prats for best exhibition Evru 2003 First Prize, International Contest for the Aviary Marine Zoo of Barcelona, 2000 First Prize, Ephemeral Architecture Aguirre Newman IAZ, 1998 First Prize, International 2G Contest, for the New Mies van der Rohe Foundation, 1998
website: ruiz-geli.com
Aaron Levy is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Slought, an organization that works with artists, communities, and institutions worldwide to develop cultural projects that encourage inclusiveness, advocacy, and the sharing of knowledge. In Philadelphia, current projects include Mixplace Studio (2012-), an urban education model that responds to the crisis in community participation and political representation with PennDesign, People’s Emergency Center (PEC) and neighborhood youth researchers. Recent projects in the world include Into the Open, the official U.S. representation at La Biennale di Venezia (2008-2009), which highlighted the work of architects working collaboratively to invigorate community activism and environmental policy, and the Perpetual Peace Project (2010-), which explores prospects for reducing geopolitical conflict in partnership with the European Union National Institutes of Culture, the International Peace Institute, and other institutions. Activities in the cloud include Fairytale Project (2011-), a global translation initiative that revisits Ai Weiwei’s 2007 project with 1001 participants from mainland China. Levy is a Senior Lecturer in the Departments of English and the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, and received his PhD from the School of Fine Art, History of Art, and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. His research encompasses the cultural politics of memory and display, and non-governmental politics both nationally and internationally. He has authored or edited over 20 books and multimedia publications, including Cities Without Citizens (2002); Helene Cixous’ Ex-cities (2007); Evasions of Power (2011); On the Living History of the Venice Architecture Biennale (2010); Braco Dimitrijevic’s Tractatus Post-Historicus (2009); John Cage’s How to Get Started (2010); and Utterly Precarious: A master class with Carolee Schneemann (2013).
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Aaron Levy është Drejtor Ekzekutiv dhe Kuratori kryesor i Slought, një organizatë që punon me artistë, komunitete dhe institucione në mbarë botën për të zhvilluar projekte kulturore që nxisin gjithëpërfshirjen, advokimin, si dhe shkëmbimin e njohurive. Në Filadelfia, projektet aktuale përfshijnë Mixplace Studio (2012 -), një model arsimimi urban që i përgjigjet krizës në pjesëmarrjen e komunitetit dhe përfaqësimit politik me PennDesign, Qendrën Popullore të Emergjencave (PEC) dhe studiues rinore të lagjeve. Projektet e fundit në botë përfshijnë Into the Open, përfaqësimi zyrtar amerikan në La Bienales di Venezia (2008-2009), i cili theksoi punën e arkitektëve që punojnë bashkërisht për ta frymëzuar aktivizmin e komunitetit dhe politikat mjedisore, si dhe projekti Perpetual Peace Project (2010 -), i cili shqyrton mundësitë për reduktimin e konflikteve gjeopolitike në partneritet me Institutin Kombëtare Kulturor të Bashkimit Evropian, Institutin Ndërkombëtar për Paqe, dhe institucioneve tjera. Aktivitetet në re përfshijnë Projektin Fairytale (2011 -), një nismë globale që riviziton projektin e 2007-tës të Ai Weiwei me 1001 pjesëmarrës nga Kina kontinentale. Levy është një Ligjërues i lartë në departamentet e gjuhës angleze dhe Historisë së Artit në Universitetin e Pensilvanisë, dhe ka marrë doktoraturën e tij në Shkollën e Arteve të Bukura, historinë e artit, dhe studime kulturore në Universitetin e Leeds. Hulumtimi i tij përfshin politikën kulturore të memories dhe shfaqjes, dhe politikat jo-qeveritare kombëtare dhe ndërkombëtare. Ai është autor ose redaktues i mbi 20 libra dhe publikime multimediale, duke përfshirë Cities Without Citizens (2002); Helene Cixous’ Ex-cities (2007); Evasions of Power (2011); On the living history of the Venice Architecture Biennale (2010); Braco Dmitrijevic’s Tractatus Post-Historicus (2009); John Cage’s how to get started (2010); and Utterly Precarious: A master class with Carolee Schneemann (2013).
