FRI, 20.11.2009, 7PM: Opening Event
Dietmar Steiner, Director Az W
Kai Vöckler, Curator of the exhibition
Christine Böhler, Director of the ERSTE Stiftung culture programme
Edi Rama, mayor of Tirana, opening lecture (requested) 'Talks on Balkan‘, round table
SAT, 21.11.2009
11:00 Dietmar Steiner, Director Az W, introduction
Kai Vöckler, Curator and program director Archis Interventions/SEE, introductory lecture on the theme
of Balkanology (D): 'Turbo Urbanism in South Eastern Europe‘
11:45 Maroje Mrduljaš, architectural critic and editor of Oris magazine (HR): 'Architecture in the Age of Transition‘
12:30 lunch break
14:00 Lectures on Tirana
Besnik Aliaj, Rector of Polis University International School of Architecture and Urban Development Policies (AL): 'Planning between Vacume and Chaos! The case of Co-PLAN, Tirana-Albania‘
Winy Maas, architect (NL): 'I love Tirana‘
15:30 break
16:00 Lecture on Bucharest
Stefan Ghenciulescu, editor-in-chief, 'Arhitectura‘
magazine (RO): 'Scenarios for the collective housing from the socialist period in Bucharest‘
Discussion
'High Potentials in Real Estate Development in South East Europe‘ with Austrian developers: Alexander Petritz, CEO of ISRED Institute for Real Estate Development, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Zagreb
Georgine Rumpler-Heindl, Shareholder and deputy supervisory board chairman of HABAU Group and CEO of Heindl Holding and Heindl Leasing Corporation
Jochen W. Seibert, Managing director of Redserve GmbH Real Estate Development services
Moderator of the discussion: Dietmar Steiner, Director Az W
SUN, 22.11.2009
11:00 Lecture on Belgrade
Ivan Kucina, Assistant professor University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture (SRB): 'Balkanization as Development Strategy‘
12:00 lunch break
13:30 Lectures on Istanbul
Orhan Esen, Social and economic historian and urban activist (TR): 'On informal backgrounds: Istanbul‘
Murat Tabanlioglu, architect (TR): 'Life of a complex city, Istanbul‘
15:00 break
15:30 Lectures on Sofia
Ephgenia Hodkevitch and Boris Enev, architects, co-founders of fordewind architecture ltd. (BG): 'Sofia 2019 - a norm-alternative pathology‘
Dominique Perrault, architect (F): 'Urban Substance‘
17:00 Concluding discussion
The congress will be held in English.
Congress moderated by: Kai Vöckler
Tickets: 1 day: EUR 12,- (EUR 9,-) 2 days: EUR 20,- (EUR 16,-) Friday: Admission free