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EAAE News Sheet 77 Architecture, Design and Conservation Danish Portal for Artistic and Scientific Research Aarhus School of Architecture // Design School Kolding // Royal Danish Academy Editorial Toft, Anne Elisabeth Published in: EAAE Publication date: 2006 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for pulished version (APA): Toft, A. E. (2006). Editorial. EAAE, (77). 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Sep. 2021 European Association for Architectural Education Association Européenne pour l’Enseignement de l’Architecture 01 Editorial / Editorial 05 Announcements / Annonces The President’s Letter | EAAE President, Per Olaf Fjeld Writings in Architectural Education | EAAE Prize 2005-2007 EAAE / Lafarge Competition | 25 October 2006 EAAE / ENHSA Workshop | Venice, 23- 25 November 2006 EAAE Transactions on Architectural Education | No. 27 13 Interview / Interview Profile | College of Architecture, Xi’an University 19 Reports / Rapports EAAE Meeting with Italian Deans | Genoa, 5 May 2006 ARCC/EAAE 2006 Conference | Philadelphia, 22-25 May 2006 International Conference on Conservation | Leuven, 22-25 May 2006 9th Meeting of Heads | Chania, 2-6 September 2006 EAAE General Assembly | Chania, 4 September 2006 EAAE-ENHSA sub-network workshop | Hasselt, 21-24 September 2006 Light of Tomorrow | International Velux Award 2006 50 Varia / Divers 77 57 EAAE Council / Conseil AEEA EAAE News Sheet 58 Calendar / Calendrier Bulletin | 2006 | Oct. / Oct EAAE News Sheet Aarhus School of Architecture Noerreport 20 DK-8000 Aarhus C. Tel ++ 45 89360310 Fax ++ 45 86130645 Editor Anne Elisabeth Toft, Architect, Ph.D. The Aarhus School of Architecture [email protected] Dtp Jacob Ingvartsen, Architect [email protected] Proofreading Ecole d'Architecture de Marseille-Luminy, France Jette Jansen, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark Contributions to EAAE News Sheet Contributions to the News Sheet are always welcome, and should be sent to the editor, who reserves the right to select material for publication. Contributions might include conference reports, notice of future events, job announcements and other relevant items of news or content. The text should be available in French and English, unformatted, on either disk or as an e-mail enclosure. Contribution AEEA News Sheet Les contributions au News Sheet sont toujours bienvenues. Elles doivent etre envoyées á l’editeur, qui décidera de leur publication. Contributions d’interet: rapports de conférences, évenements á venir, postes mis au concours, et d’autres nouvelles en bref sur la formation architecturale. Les critéres á suivre sont: Les textes doivent etre en Francais et en Anglais, en forme d’un document de texte non formaté, qui peut etre attaché á un e-mail ou etre envoé en forme d’une disquette. News Sheet deadlines No. 78 Jan. / Jan. 2007 – 01.01 No. 79 May / Mai 2007 – 01.05 Cover photo International VELUX Award. Jury Members Photo Credit: VELUX Editorial / Editorial Editorial News Sheet Editor - Anne Elisabeth Toft Dear Reader Cher lecteur The cover photo of the magazine shows the jury La photo de couverture montre les membres du Jury members of the International VELUX Award 2006 du Prix VELUX international d'architecture 2006 for Students of Architecture: Róisin Heneghan, réservé aux Etudiants d'Architecture: Róisin Kengo Kuma, Omar Rabie, Per Olaf Fjeld (EAAE), Heneghan, Kengo Kuma, Omar Rabie, Per Olaf Massimo Buccilli (VELUX) and Douglas Steidl Fjeld (AEEA), Massimo Buccilli (VELUX) et (UIA). The photo was taken in Madrid, Spain, Douglas Steidl (UIA/Union internationale des where the jury met in June to evaluate all award Architectes). La photo a été prise à Madrid, en entries on the criteria of conceptual idea, experi- Espagne, où le Jury s'est réuni en juin pour évaluer mental thinking and critical discussion before they toutes les contributions selon des critères prenant en settled on the winners. compte l'idée conceptuelle, la pensée expérimentale et In total, VELUX received 557 award entries from le débat critique, avant de désigner les gagnants. 225 schools in 53 countries. The 20 winners repre- VELUX a reçu un total de 557 propositions en prove- sent Europe, Oceania, Asia as well as the Americas. nance de 225 Ecoles de 53 pays. Les 20 gagnants The winners were celebrated at a big festivity at the représentent l'Europe, l'Océanie, l'Asie et aussi Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, on 23 l'Amérique. Une fête fut organisée le 23 octobre en October. l'honneur des gagnants dans le Musée Guggenheim The International VELUX Award for Students of de Bilbao, en Espagne. Architecture takes place every second year. La Prix international VELUX offert aux Etudiants According to VELUX – the Danish manufacturer d'Architecture est attribué tous les deux ans. Le of roof windows – the award is an important fabricant danois de fenêtres pour les toits estime que element in the company’s continuous dialogue cette récompense est un élément important du with the architectural profession. On page 43 you dialogue que VELUX entretient en continu avec les can read more about the International VELUX architectes. Vous trouverez en page 43 plus de détails Award 2006 for Students of Architecture, which is sur ce Prix VELUX 2006, organisé en coopération organized in co-operation with the EAAE and the avec l'AEEA et l'UIA. Les contributions des gagnants UIA. On page 45 you will find a presentation of vous sont présentées en page 45. the winning entries. VELUX ne sponsorise pas seulement le Prix interna- VELUX not only sponsors the International tional pour les Etudiants d'Architecture - VELUX VELUX Award for Students of Architecture, it also sponsorise également le Prix de l'AEEA: Ecrits sur sponsors the EAAE Prize ‘Writings in l'Enseignement de l'Architecture. Celui-ci existe Architectural Education’. The EAAE Prize, which depuis 1991, il est organisé par le Chef de Projets de was first awarded in 1991, is organized by EAAE l'AEEA, Ebbe Harder (Danemark). Au nom de Project Leader Ebbe Harder (Denmark). On behalf l'AEEA, Ebbe Harder invite tous les intéressés à of the EAAE he invites authors to submit papers soumettre leurs textes avant le 8 mars 2007.Le before 8 March 2007. Papers should address the thème à traiter est le suivant: Representation in theme: Representation in Architecture. Architecture (La Représentation dans Communication – Meaning – Visions. All accepted l'Architecture). Communication - Meaning - papers will be presented at a conference in Visions (Communication - Signification - Visions). Copenhagen in May 2007, after which the jury will Tous les écrits acceptés seront présentés à l'occasion point out the winners. The jury consists of Hilde d'une Conférence à Copenhague en mai 2007, après Heynen (Chair, EAAE), Leen Van Duin (EAAE), quoi le Jury désignera les lauréats. La composition du Allen Cunningham, Ole Bouman and Paola Jury est la suivante: Hilde Heynen (Présidence, Vigano. On page 7 you can read more about the AEEA), Leen Van Duin (AEEA), Allen EAAE Prize. Cunningham, Ole Bouman et Paola Vigano. Consultez la page 7 pour en savoir plus sur le Prix de On page 8 EAAE Project Leader Emil Popescu l'AEEA. (Romania) gives us the latest news on the EAAE- Lafarge International Competition for Students of Emil Popescu (Roumanie), Chef de Projets de Architecture. He informs us that more than 160 l'AEEA, nous tient informés en page 8 du Concours 1 News Sheet 77 October/Octobre 2006 Editorial / Editorial students have entered the competition, which deals international Lafarge - AEEA ouvert aux Etudiants with the recovering of the architecture of forgot- d'Architecture. Il nous informe qu'il y a plus de 160 ten urban spaces. An international jury consisting inscrits au Concours Recovering of the architecture of Alvaro Siza (Portugal); Luigi Snozzi of forgotten urban spaces (Retrouver l'Architecture (Switzerland); Constantin Spiridonidis (Greece); des Espaces urbains oubliés). Un Jury international Emil Barbu Popescu (Romania); James Horan composé de Alvaro Siza (Portugal), Luigi Snozzi (Ireland); Per Olaf Fjeld (Norway); and a Lafarge (Suisse), Constantin Spiridonidis (Grèce), Emil representative will meet in Bucharest, Romania, in Barbu Popescu (Roumanie), James Horan (Irlande), the beginning of November 2006. Approximately Per Olaf Fjeld (Norvège) et d'un représentant de la one month later in December 2006 the jury will société Lafarge s'est réuni à Bucarest, Roumanie, au announce the winner(s) of the competition at an début du mois de novembre 2006. Un mois plus tard, exhibition of the competition entries. en décembre 2006, le Jury annoncera le nom du ou des gagnant(s) du Concours lors de l'exposition des Also taking place in November 2006 is the Fifth projets récompensés. EAAE-ENHSA Construction Teachers’ Sub- network Workshop. The workshop is hosted by the Au cours du mois de novembre 2006 s'est tenu aussi School of Architecture, University IUAV in Venice, le cinquième Atelier du sous-réseau des Enseignants Italy, and is organised by EAAE Council Member de la Construction au sein de l'AEEA-ENHSA. Maria Voyatzaki (Greece) who announces it on L'Ecole d'Architecture de l'Université IUAV à Venise, page 10. en Italie, accueillera cet Atelier organisé par Maria Voyatzaki (Grèce), Membre du Conseil de l'AEEA, EAAE Council Member Herman Neuckermans is qui vous l'annonce en page 10.
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