The Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) offers young architectural and urban design professionals a two-year post-diploma course called "Architecture Des Milieux - ADM". This post-degree training is done in the ESA in Paris.
It leads to a recognized Master's Degree ("DES") and proposes a joint theoretical (thesis) and practical (project) approach on the City/Nature relationship. The training takes up to one week per month. Each student embodies his work in a mutating territorial situation of his/her choice.
If you are interested, you will find attached a presentation flyer explaining the content, method and framework of the ADM training.
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced today the list of 356 works competing for the 2017 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award.
Interview with João Santa-Rita, President of the Ordem dos Arquitectos (OA), Portugal. Read more
ACE NEWS
ACE reiterates its commitments with respect to climate change on the opening of COP22
To mark the opening of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) on 7 November in Marrakech, ACE reiterated that the buildings sector can contribute significantly to achieving climate goals and that Architecture is a powerful source of solutions in the medium term, at low-cost, both at buildings and city levels. Read more
ACE workshop at the Lisbon Triennale: Cities as Problem-Makers and Problem-Solvers
On Wednesday 16 November, ACE and the Portuguese Order of Architects (OA) co-organised a workshop titled "From Land to the Sea, from House to City: Cities as Problem-Makers and Problem-Solvers". The event, which took place ias part of the 2016 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, brought architects and local, national and EU experts together to discuss the challenges that EU cities face and the solutions that architecture can bring. Read more
ACE responds to the EU Commission’s consultation on indicators for the assessment of environmental performance of buildings
In its Communication of July 2014 on Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector, the EU Commission announced the development of a EU framework of indicators to assess the environmental performance of buildings in order to help building professionals and their clients to prioritise their action in the area of environmental improvements, as well as facilitate greater comparability of data. In early October, ACE submitted a response to a public consultation of the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on draft indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings. Read more
Working Party on Building Passport
On 27 September 2016, Judit Kimpian, Chair of the ESA Work Group, attended a meeting organised by DG GROW on an initiative aimed at developing a Building Passport. Similar to medical records or a car’s maintenance log book, a Building Passport would allow access to relevant data and information on buildings. DG GROW works from the premise that market participants in the construction sector routinely gather and discard information along the building value chain. Read more
Madrid Leaders’ Summit: Bringing the building sector together to deliver a renovation revolution
Am Mittwoch, 9. November 2016 um 19 Uhr wird die Ausstellung "Wiens unbekanntes Juwel. Fotografische Zeitreise in die 1970er-Jahre" im Architekturzentrum Wien eröffnet.
Begrüßung: Sonja Pisarik Az W
Gäste: Wojciech Czaja, Architekturjournalist / Marina Klobučar, Tochter der Bauherrn und Bewohnerin
The Architects’ Council of Europe responds to the EU Commission’s consultation on indicators for the assessment of environmental performance of buildings.
Last week, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) submitted a response to the public consultation of the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) on draft indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings. While welcoming this initiative, ACE calls for greater recognition of architecture in the project development.
In its Communication of July 2014 on Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector, the EU Commission announced the development of a EU framework of indicators to assess the environmental performance of buildings. These indicators shall help building professionals and their clients to prioritise their focus for making environmental improvements, as well as facilitate greater comparability of data and results from assessment and certification schemes.
ACE welcomes this initiative: transparent and harmonised metrics are needed to transform our built environment to require significantly less natural resources, to be healthy, comfortable and productive. Furthermore, these indicators may help to establish a new consensus on the definition of building quality.
Master of of Advanced Studies UPM / ETH in Collective Housing The Master of Architecture in Collective Housing, MCH, is a postgraduate full-time international professional program of advanced architecture design in cities and housing presented by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). After eight editions it is rated as one of the best architecture master’s programs by architects and experts. Next edition will start in January 2017, application period is already open.
Vom 18. bis 20.11.2016 versammelt sich im Architekturzentrum Wien die internationale ArchitektInnenschaft zu einem großen Wissensaustausch über das Damals, das Heute und das Morgen der Architektur. Wichtige WegbegleiterInnen der architektonischen Sozialisierung Dietmar Steiners diskutieren anlässlich seines Abschiedes die Rolle der Architekturgeschichte nach 1950 bis heute.
QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Are you more involved in renovations or new build? Answere here
Result of last question: Have you ever used BIM in any of your architectural projects? 70% replied negatively.
ACE INTERVIEW
Interview with Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann, President of the Bundesarchitektenkammer (BAK). Read more
Ausstellung: 06.10.2016 – 20.03.2017 Eröffnung: Mi, 05.10.2016., 19 Uhr 20. Wiener Architektur Kongress: 18. – 20.11.2016
Die rasante Entwicklung der letzten Jahrzehnte innerhalb einer globalisierten Welt mit sich ständig erneuernden technischen und digitalen Möglichkeiten hat die Architektur als künstlerisches und gesellschaftliches Phänomen in eine Krise gestürzt. Global agierende Großbüros, StararchitektInnen, Industrie 4.0, eine Normenflut und die rechtliche wie wirtschaftliche Schwächung des Berufsstandes verändern die Rolle der Architektur zunehmend. Inmitten der Krisendiskurse, die das Architekturgeschehen zu lähmen schienen, machten sich neue, anfänglich kaum sichtbare Strömungen bemerkbar sozial engagiert, historisch bewusst oder regional verankert , die der Disziplin wieder Leben einhauchten und der vermeintlichen Stagnation entgegenwirkten. Anfangs als Nischen- oder Modeerscheinungen belächelt, haben VertreterInnen dieser Strömungen längst die theoretische Debatte übernommen.
