ARCHITECTURAL POLICIES CONFERENCE & EFAP GENERAL ASSEMBLY - The New In The Old - Contemporary Architecture in a Historic Context.
23rd-25th March 2017 Valletta, Malta.
ARCHITECTURAL POLICIES CONFERENCE & EFAP GENERAL ASSEMBLY - The New In The Old - Contemporary Architecture in a Historic Context.
23RD- 25th MARCH 2017 UNIVERSITY OF MALTA – VALLETTA CAMPUS, ST. PAUL’S STREET VALLETTA
THURSDAY 23RD MARCH 2017 –CONFERENCE DAY 1
08.30 : 09.00 Registration and Coffee
Opening of Conference Chair: Raymond Farrugia
09.00 : 09.10 Hon. Joe Mizzi Minister for Transport and Infrastructure 09.10 : 09.25 Chantal Dassonville (Belgium) – ‘EFAP Objectives’ 09.25 : 09.40 Borka Bobovec (Croatia) – ‘Implementing Architectural Policies- The Croatian Experience’
Session No. 1 Chair: Alex Torpiano
09.40 : 10.05 Robert Kaltenbrunner(Germany) – ‘City, Architecture, Sustainability - Searching for a new Baukultur’ 10.05 : 10.30 Vincent Cassar (Malta) – ‘A leap in Quality of Architecture’ 10.30 : 11.00 Ian Ritchie (UK) – ‘Revitalising with Respect’ 11.00 : 11.30 Coffee Break
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Session No. 2 Chair: Anthony Fenech Vella
11.30 : 12.00 Sara Van Rompaey (Belgium) – ‘How Innovative Architecture Can Regenerate Urban Areas - Belgian Case Studies’ 12.00 : 12.30 Krzystof Ingarden (Poland) – ‘Modernity and Contextual Dialogue in Krakow’ 12.30 : 13.00 Veronika Valk (Estonia) – ‘Notes on Conversion and Scale in Contemporary Estonian Architecture’ 13.00 : 14.00 LUNCH
Session No. 3 Chair:Vincent Cassar 14.00 : 14.30 Silvia Demeter (Romania) – ‘The Knowledge Continuum - When Modern Becomes Tradition’ 14.30 : 15.00 Veronica Bonavia (Malta) – ‘A living Symbiosis - 2 Case Studies’
15.00 : 15.30 Norbert Gatt (Malta) – ‘Past Forward’ 15.30 : 16.30 Panel discussion and closing of procedures for day 1 chaired by Vincent Cassar (Malta) with the participation of Alex Torpiano (Malta), Chantal Dassonville (Belgium), Lars-Christian Uhlig (Germany), and Krzystof Ingarden (Poland).
20.00 : 22.00 Conference Dinner Venue: Maritime Museum, Vittoriosa.
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FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017 –CONFERENCE DAY 2
Session No. 4 Chair: Tabitha Dreyfuss
09.00 : 09.30 David Felice (Malta) – ‘Urban Tension - Valletta, a Laboratory for New Ideas’
Antonio Belvedere (Italy) – ‘The Valletta City Gate – A Threshold 09.30 : 10.00 Between History and Contemporary‘
Antonio Borghi (Italy) – ‘The importance of being earnest – about 10.00 : 10.30 contemporary architecture’.
Coffee Break 10.30 : 11.00
Session No. 5
Chair: Chris Mintoff
Indira Van’t Klooster (Netherlands) – ‘Tetris in Malta – Young 11.00 : 11.30 Architects In An Ancient Context’
Chris Briffa (Malta) - ‘Valletta Files’ 11.30 : 11.50 Simon Grech (Malta) – ‘Making Sense of the Scribble’ 11.50 : 12.10 Anthea Huber (Malta) – ‘Blurred Boundaries’ 12.10 : 12.30
Closing of Conference
12.30 : 13.00 EFAP Conference Estonia 2017 – Veronika Valk(Estonia)
13.00 : 14.00 Free time
SITE VISITS
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14.00 : 15.15 City Gate and the New Parliament Building Valletta 15.15 : 16.30 St. John’s Co-Cathedral Valletta
FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017 –CONFERENCE DAY 2 SATURDAY 25th March 2017 - DAY 3
10.00 : 13.00 Venue: Fortifications Interpretation Centre, Biaggio Steps, Valletta. EFAP General Assembly.
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