2016

Urban Agriculture and the European Agenda

Book presentation

02/23/2016, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm

COST Association
Avenue Louise 149
1050 Brussels
Belgium

In the last 4 years the COST Action has elaborated a European approach on the phenomenon of Urban Agriculture. The main findings and important policy recommendations are now published in the book Urban Agriculture Europe.

You are kindly invited to participate the Actions's final event. The book will be presented in detail with particular regard to European policies: How can Urban Agriculture support the Europe 2020 strategy? Which policies - from the CAP to Research and Innovation policies, from Environmental to Social and Territorial policies - can benefit from Urban Agriculture? How can these policies help to unfold the potentials of Urban Agriculture?

Beside presentations you are invited to take part in a World Cafe to jointly explore the potentials of Urban Agriculture for the different policies of the European Community.

The meeting is co-organized by the University of Gent and by ILVO (Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research).

For a detailed program please see:
www.urbanagricultureeurope.la.rwth-aachen.de

The meeting is especially dedicated to stakeholders acting on the European policy level and representatives of the European Commission. 

Please indicate your intention to participate by mailing to science.cost@la.rwth-aachen.de until 31/01/2016

COST Action Urban Agriculture Europe is holding its final event on the theme of Urban Agriculture and the European Agenda. The book, which details the fundings of the Action, will be presented with particular regard to European policies.

 
 

Dobrović in Dubrovnik – A Venture in Modern Architecture

Exhibition

02/23/2016 – 03/06/2016

ORIS - HOUSE OF ARCHITECTURE
headquarters
Prilaz Gjure Deželića 61
10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska

The exhibition will show original drawings, black-and-white photographs and contemporary color photographs by Wolfgang Thaler. There will also be an accompanying talk with authors of the book Dobrović in Dubrovnik – A Venture in Modern Architecture - Ljiljana Blagojević (Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade), Krunoslav Ivanišin (Faculty od Architecture in Zagreb) and Wolfgang Thaler, that will be moderated by Dubravko Bačić.

As part of the exhibition programme, on 3 March 2016 at 7 p.m. Krunoslav Ivanišin will deliver a lecture on the work of Nikola Dobrović in Dubrovnik.

www.oris.hr

The exhibition is related to the publication of the book Dobrović in Dubrovnik – A Venture in Modern Architecture, authored by Krunoslav Ivanišin, Wolfgang Thaler and Ljiljana Blagojević and presenting some of the most important works by Dobrović constructed in the 1930s in the Mediterranean landscape of the south Dalmatian coast.

 
 

Annett Zinsmeister: Virtual Interior

Exhibition

02/10/2016 – 02/20/2016

Galerie NMariño
8 rue des Coutures Saint Gervais
75003 Paris

In her work Annett Zinsmeister concentrates on the intersections between art and architecture, combining theoretical research with art. She creates grand installations—conceptual spaces—and works with various media such as photographies, drawings, films, and texts. Because of their immersive qualities her works have a special impact on the spectator, illuminating human perception and demystifying everyday habits. Zinsmeister poses questions about communication, social interactions and transformations of the urban space. One of her fundamental principles and a recurring element in her œuvre is the utilization and creation of modular systems and structures.

Her installation Virtual Interior MoMA white is currently also on display at MoMA NYC in the exhibition „Endless House. Intersections of Art and Architecture“.

Annett Zinsmeister, whose installation Virtual Interior MoMA white is currently on display at the exhibition “Endless House” at MoMA NYC, will exhibit her work on the virtual interior at Galerie Nery Marino in Paris.

 

 

 
 

Norihiko Dan - Chikei

Exhibition

01/21/2016 – 02/22/2016

Architektur Galerie Berlin, Karl-Marx-Allee 96, 10243 Berlin

On Chikei
Norihiko Dan / at Architektur Galelie Berlin, 19th of January 2016

The earth is made up of the sphere as it's main body and it's epidermis that is Chikei. The aspect to see the earth as a globe tends to provide us a particular vision of earth as a planet controlled by a single logic of dynamics similar to the early atomic physics.This leads to such global aspects as a topic of CO2 reduction plan, emphasis on the role of UN, and sygnificance to establish global standards for anti-terrorism and for stabilization of world economy. On the other hand, Chikei is the cradle for the diversity sometimes as an opposition as well as it's compensation to the globalism.
It is amazing that all kinds of various climate and environmental diversity are created in only a quarter of a Marathon course in height, that is 10km, from the top of Everest to the deepest bottom of the sea.
Chikei is composed of seas, mountains, deserts, wet lands existing unevenly and it becomes a body to give birth to multiple lives and diverse cultures of the universe. Chikei is an interface between lives and a sphere. Fingerprints of the earth is an analogy of Chikei which becomes a symbol of the diversity as an icon with no particular form.

A series of 4 artworks is made as my hommage to Chikei, seeking for it's various expressions, made of only paper and water. I believe that Chikei is formed by several powers such as water, wind,wave and sunlight in a volcanic activities or in a muddy current of the earth, with nobody's intentions. I think that it just came on earth.
I used water for the artworks because even after it has gone, it leaves profound expressions of it's engagement to the material.
In the process of these inprovisation, I challenged to have a dialogue to Chikei through such experiances and engagements which I took to the terrain transformed by an unpredictable force of others.

The opening of the exhibition will take place on January 21, 2016, 7:00 pm
Welcome: Ulrich Müller
Introduction:  Felix Claus

 

The exhibition presents the complex and fascinating work of the Japanese architect Norihiko Dan. The opening takes place on January 21, 7 pm.

 
 

Affordable Living

Exhibition

12/10/2015 – 01/28/2016

AIT – ArchitekturSalon
Bei den Mühren 70
20457 Hamburg

Exhibition opening: 10 December 2015 | 7:30 pm

With an introduction in the exhibition by the curators Klaus Dömer, Prof. Hans Drexler, and Prof. Joachim Schultz-Granberg

The exhibition is based on the publication Affordable Living - Housing for everyone. Using exemplary projects from international architects such as Gaupenraub +/-, Lacaton & Vassal or Urbanus, it shows the problems, potentials, and dependencies that different approaches bring with them and how these impact our reality of living.

The book will be available for sale during the opening hours of AIT – ArchitekturSalon.

Registration form AIT Hamburg

Architecture of Arrival – Living together instead of in emergency shelters: How can architecture and city planning contribute with regards to spatial, societal, and social aspects?

 

 
 

Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture

Exhibition

06/27/2015 – 03/06/2016

The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10091

Endless House considers the single-family home and archetypes of dwelling as a theme for the creative endeavors of architects and artists. Through drawings, photographs, video, installations, and architectural models drawn from MoMA’s collection, the exhibition highlights how artists have used the house as a means to explore universal topics, and how architects have tackled the design of residences to expand their discipline in new ways.

Work by architects and artists spanning more than seven decades are exhibited alongside materials from Kiesler’s Endless House design and images of its presentation in MoMA’s 1960 Visionary Architecture exhibition. Intriguing house designs—ranging from historical projects by Mies van der Rohe, Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, and Rem Koolhaas to new acquisitions from Smiljan Radic and Asymptote Architecture—are juxtaposed with visions from artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, Mario Merz, Rachel Whiteread, and a new acquisition from Annett Zinsmeister. Together these works demonstrate how the dwelling occupies a central place in a cultural exchange across generations and disciplines.

 

"Endless House" considers the single-family home and archetypes of dwelling as a theme for the creative endeavors of architects and artists. With drawings, photographs, video, installations, and architectural models from MoMA’s collection, among them a new acquisition from Annett Zinsmeister.