International Conference on Architecture | Between Autonomy and Engagement , Porto Alegre / Brasilien

 

Online Conference. CICA Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture 

12–13, 19–20 October 2024

 

Should a building be a world onto itself? Or should it relate to its context? Do the best buildings achieve both: create their own order and language while also addressing and even shaping their environment? 

Following the International Conferences on Architectural Criticism (2021), on Architectural Quality (2022), and on Architecture as Built Criticism (2023), the 2024 conference seeks papers that show how realized buildings stand in the autonomy and engagement debate. 

 

Abstracts (max. 500 words) should propose one case study that has been visited by the author and should be submitted via cicarchitecture.org/conference2024

 

The selection to the conference is in two stages: first, acceptance of abstracts; second, development of abstracts into draft papers. Based on these, authors will be invited to one of the four sessions together with the keynote lecturers of the online conference 12–13, 19–20 October 2024, chaired by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM), São Paulo, Brazil. 

 

The proceedings will be published in 2025 by Park Books of Zurich. 

 

Denise Scott Brown, Philadelphia 

Nzinga Mboup, Dakar 

Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, Shanghai 

Álvaro Siza, Porto 

 

Carlos Eduardo Comas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil 

Ruth Verde Zein, UPM, São Paulo, Brazil 

 

Funding 

CICA, UPM, UFRGS 

 

The online format of the four-session conference allows for active debate between the audience and lecturers. Presentations are succinct to allow for ample discussion time. Besides the four keynotes, there will be up to 16 short papers. The conference will be recorded and placed on YouTube. The conference language will be English. Attendance is open and free of charge. 

 

Call for Abstracts 15 December 2023 

Deadline for Abstracts 1 April 2024 

Notification of Acceptance 15 May 2024 

Submission of Draft Papers 15 July 2024 

Return of Edited Papers 01 September 2024 

Conference Sessions 12–13, 19–20 October 2024 

 

Elias Constantopoulos, Hellenic Institute of Architecture 

Carlos Eduardo Comas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre 

Manuel Cuadra, CICA Secretary General, Lima 

Fernando Diez, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires 

Jasna Galjer, University of Zagreb 

Berna Göl, Yeditepe University, Istanbul 

Hélène Jannière, Université Rennes 2 

Morten Birk Jørgensen, Royal Academy, Copenhagen 

Li Xiangning, Tongji University, Shanghai 

Robert McCarter, Washington University, St. Louis 

Valerio Paolo Mosco, IUAV, Venice 

Louise Noelle Gras, UNAM, Ciudad de Mexico 

ŞeülÖyürÜn, Istanbul 

José Manuel Pozo Municio, ETSAUN, Pamplona 

Paolo Scrivano, Politecnico di Milano 

Jaime Solares, Yale University, New Haven 

Ana Tostões, CiTUA-Instituto Técnico, Lisbon 

Ruth Verde Zein, U. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo 

Wilfried Wang, CICA President, Tongji University 

 

CICA International Committee of Architectural Critics 

Beykent Üniversitesi, Istanbul

Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Athens 

Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa 

Istituto Universitario Architettura Venezia 

Tongji University, CAUP, Shanghai 

Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona 

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo 

IIEs, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , CdMx 

Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima 

Washington University, St. Louis