Saturday, 31 December 2011
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
The Domestic Architectural Consequences of the Raj
The New Year sees the publication of the latest volume in the Ashgate Studies in Architecture series edited by Eamonn Canniffe
The Bungalow in Twentieth - Century India
by Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai and Jon Lang
The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own physical and photographic documentation, and building on previous work by Anthony King and the Desais, the authors show the evolution of the bungalow's architecture from a one storey building with a verandah to the assortment of house-forms and their regional variants that are derived from the bungalow. Moreover, the study correlates changes in society with architectural consequences in the plans and aesthetics of the bungalow. It also examines more generally what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved.
The Bungalow in Twentieth - Century India
by Madhavi Desai, Miki Desai and Jon Lang
The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own physical and photographic documentation, and building on previous work by Anthony King and the Desais, the authors show the evolution of the bungalow's architecture from a one storey building with a verandah to the assortment of house-forms and their regional variants that are derived from the bungalow. Moreover, the study correlates changes in society with architectural consequences in the plans and aesthetics of the bungalow. It also examines more generally what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved.
Sunday, 25 December 2011
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Public Space: The square in the contemporary city
International Symposium, 13 and 14 January 2012 UAL Lisbon
Public Space:
The square in the contemporary city
From its origins to the present time, the square has maintained its role as a public space of excellence in citizens' lives, a place where the streams intersect, influencing the more relevant social transformations. Given the awareness that the square is now consolidated as a city's heritage, what are the current trends and the different approaches for the redesign of squares? How do architects and designers respond to this challenge?
The symposium, consisting of one and a half days (Friday and Saturday morning), intends to open a debate on the role of the square in the contemporary city, taking case studies in Portugal, Spain and Italy. We will explore other areas of thought and research, such as history and philosophy.
The conversation model focuses on the exposure of several speakers per panel, followed by debate.
January 13, Friday
Opening of the Symposium
Flavio Barbini (UAL)
Filipa Ramalhete (CEACT UAL)
Paulo Tormenta Pinto (ISCTE IUL)
Panel 1
09h00 to 13h30
The Agora and the Roman Forum
Flavio Barbini (UAL, PT)
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Middle Ages and Renaissance, the place of the square
Rogério Vieira de Almeida (ISCTE IUL, PT)
Coffee Break
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The Enlightenment square
Miguel Faria (UAL PT)
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Squares of the Empire during the Estado Novo
Ana Vaz Milheiro (ISCTE IUL, UAL, U.S.)
Panel 2
15:00 to 18:00
The "anti square"
José Manuel Fernandes (FAUTL, PT)
Public space, Banyoles, Girona
Silvia Brandi (MIAS Josep Mias Architects, Barcelona, ES)
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The Repugnant Stage
Eamonn Canniffe (Manchester School of Architecture, UK)
Piazza Ugo Dalló and S. Luigi Casiglione delle Stiviere, Mantova
Alberto Ferlenga (Naomi Architetti, IUAV, IT)
Debate moderated by Paulo Tormenta Pinto (ISCTE IUL, PT)
January 14, Saturday
Panel 3
10h00 to 13h00
Public Space
Nuno Crespo (UAL, PT)
The square of the Abbey of Santa Maria de Alcobaça Alcobaça
Gonçalo Sousa Byrne (FCTUC, PT)
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The Ambivalence of the Public Square
Malcolm Miles (School of Architecture, Design & Environment)
University of Plymouth, UK)
Intervention in the neighborhood and Contumil Pius XII, Porto
Cristina Guedes (FAULP, PT) and Francisco Vieira de Campos (FAUP, PT)
Debate moderated by Ricardo Carvalho (Department of Architecture UAL PT)
Organised DA-UAL - CEACT ISCTE-IUL - CIAAM and dynamic CET
Monday, 19 December 2011
Friday, 16 December 2011
Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo Polignac, Venice
ascribed variously to Pietro Lombardo, Mauro Codussi or Giovanni Buora
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
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