[Re] appropriation of the city

Architecture as a tool for the re-appropriation of the contemporary city

Scientific conference
October 9th-11th - conference [Polis University, Tirana, Albania]

Keynote speakers:

MASSIMILIANO FUKSAS, FUKSAS /IT/
WINY MAAS, MVRDV /NL/
FRANCINE HOUBEN, MECANOO /NL/
RUURD GIETEMA, KCAP /NL/
SRDJAN JOVANOVIĆ WEISS, NAO /USA/
JASON PAYNE, HIRSUTA /USA/
ANTONINO SAGGIO, LA SAPIENZA ROME /IT/
MINAS BAKALČEV, ARCHITECTURE FACULTY-SKOPJE /MK/
BOŠTJAN VUGA, SADAR + VUGA /SL/
PENEZIĆ & ROGINA - PENEZIĆ & ROGINA ARCHITECTS /HR/
STEPHAN PINKAU, ANHALT UNIVERSITY /DE/
DIMITRIS PHILIPPIDIS & IRENE FILIPPIDOU, NTUA /GR/
BESNIK ALIJAJ & SOTIR DHAMO, POLIS UNIVERSITY /AL/
KENGO KUMA /JP/ open lecture at 13th October
WOLF PRIX, COOP HIMELBALU /AU/ open lecture at 18th October

POLIS University launches the 1^st international conference of architecture TAW_{C_01}, as one of the key events of the Tirana Architecture Week. TAW_{C_01} shall take place in Tirana, from October 09 to 12, at the premises of the POLIS University. The theme of the TAW_{C_01} is “Re-appropriating the city: Architecture as a tool for the re-appropriation of the contemporary city”. Balkan cities are at the focus of the conference’s theme, looking forward to identify their position in the international platform of city performances.

Conference proceedings