INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
TRADITIONAL BUILDING, ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

Presentation

This International Conference has been held annually since 2020 in Spain or Portugal. The on-site programme includes debates, lectures by architects and other national and international professionals, and demonstrations by masters of various traditional building trades. Additionally, it is possible to follow the event online, as the interventions are recorded and published on the Conference website in the weeks following the event.
The online programme is complemented each edition by a series of pre-recorded lectures which will be available on the Conference website. These lectures are based on the articles, essays and works submitted to the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, which is also published yearly on the same dates
Between 2012 and 2019, a corresponding seminar was held annually at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, coinciding with the presentation of the Rafael Manzano Prize.
Current edition
Previous editions

Topics

URBAN COMPOSITION AND PLACE MAKING

  • Urban designs based on traditional patterns.
  • Town landscape and contextual architecture.
  • Vernacular urban patterns.
  • Civic art and public spaces.
  • Social and environmental sustainability in urban design.
  • Cultural landscapes related to traditional building patterns.

TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND LOCAL IDENTITY

  • New traditional and vernacular designs.
  • History and theory of new traditional and vernacular architecture.
  • Studies on traditional and vernacular architecture of particular places or regions.
  • Preservation and transformation of local identity in architecture.
  • Social aspects of traditional architecture, its preservation and its contemporary continuity.
  • Practice of conservation and restoration of traditional and vernacular architecture.
  • Architectural tradition, environment and sustainability.

BUILDING ARTS

  • Traditional building crafts.
    Traditional building techniques and materials.
  • Regional and local building patterns.
    Historic structures.
  • Social, environmental and economic impact of traditional building.
  • Intangible heritage studies related to traditional building practice.
  • Continuation and preservation of traditional building crafts.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THESE FIELDS

Scientific Committee

Direction
Alejandro García Hermida, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation, and INTBAU Spain
Guillermo Gil Fernández, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and INTBAU Spain
Rebeca Gómez-Gordo Villa, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and INTBAU Spain

Advisory Board
Robert Adam, INTBAU UK
Ahmed Alaidarous, The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts
José Baganha, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and INTBAU Portugal
Mieke Bosse, INTBAU Nederland
Christina Butler, American College of the Building Arts
Javier Cenicacelaya, Universidad del País Vasco and INTBAU Spain
Maurice Culot, ARCAS
Melissa DelVecchio, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation USA
Abdel Wahed El Wakil, Qatar Foundation Faculty of Islamic Studies
Leopoldo Gil Cornet, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation and INTBAU Spain
Mohamad Hamaouie, INTBAU Levante
Steve Hartley, University of Notre Dame
Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Juan de Dios de la Hoz Martínez, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation
Jaime de Hoz Onrubia, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio and CIAT-UPM
Yasmeen Lari, INTBAU Pakistan & Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
Frank Martínez, University of Miami
Elizabeth Moule, Traditional Building Cultures Foundation USA
Ángel Panero Pardo, Consorcio de Santiago de Compostela
Stefanos Polyzoides, University of Notre Dame
Deependra Prashad, INTBAU India
Eduardo Prieto, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Luis Prieto Prieto, Fundación Culturas Constructivas Tradicionales
David Rivera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Anna Santolaria Tura, Maestra vitralista
Fernando Vela Cossío, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y CIAT-UPM
Harriet Wennberg, INTBAU

Scientifc Comittee
Elena Agromayor Navarrete, Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural de España
Monica Alcindor, Universidade Portucalense
Giuseppe Amoruso, Politecnico di Milano e INTBAU Italia
Selena Anders, University of Notre Dame
Andrea Bocco, Politecnico di Torino
Alessandro Camiz, Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara
Francisco Javier Castilla Pascual, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Anuradha Chaturvedi, Delhi School of Planning and Architecture
Íñigo Cobeta, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Louise Cooke, University of York
Aniceto Delgado Méndez, Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico
Aritz Díez Oronoz, Universidad del País Vasco
Richard Economakis, University of Notre Dame
Rino Fernández, University of Santo Tomas, Manila
Estefanía Fernández-Cid, INTBAU Spain
Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Rui Florentino, Universidade Portucalense
Manuel Fortea, Universidad de Extremadura
Julián García Muñoz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Miguel Ángel García Valero, Comunidad de Madrid
Ignacio González-Varas Ibáñez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Shirish Gupte, INTBAU India
Martin Horácek, Brno University of Technology & INTBAU Czechia
Jaime de Hoz Onrubia, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio and CIAT-UPM
Ming Hu, University of Notre Dame
Marjorie Hunt, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Imanol Iparraguirre Barbero, Universidad del País Vasco
Tomasz Jelenski, Cracow University of Technology and INTBAU Polska
Akel Kahera, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Emre Kishali, Kocaeli University
Vincenzina La Spina, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
Jean-François Lejeune, University of Miami
Ricardo López, University of Miami
José Manuel López Osorio, Universidad de Málaga
Francisco Javier López Martínez, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Nikiforos Meimaroglou, ETH Zurich
Tim Michiels, University of Columbia
Camilla Mileto, Universitat Politècnica de València
Aliki Milioti, Utah Valley University
Christopher Miller, University of Notre Dame
Javier de Mingo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Branko Mitrovic, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Carmen Moreno Adán, Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
Alfonso Muñoz Cosme, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Daniel V. Oliveira, Universidade do Minho
Isabel Ordieres, Universidad de Alcalá
Pedro Paulo Palazzo, Universidade de Brasília
Luz Paz Agras, Universidad de A Coruña
Attilio Petruccioli, Università di Roma, La Sapienza
Giamila Quattrone, University of Liverpool
Fernando Quiles García, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Enrique Rabasa Díaz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
David Rivera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
José Luis Sáinz Guerra, Universidad de Valladolid
Manuel Sánchez García, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Steven Semes, University of Notre Dame
Sanjeev Singh, Bhopal School of Planning and Architecture
Timothy Smith, Kingston University
Miguel Sobrino, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Jonathan Taylor, Kingston University
Lander Uncilla, Universidad del País Vasco
Francisco Uviña-Contreras, University of New Mexico
Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares, Universitat Politècnica de València
Fernando Vela Cossío, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and CIAT-UPM
Paolo Vitti, University of Notre Dame
Heather Veneziano, Tulane University
Nathaniel R. Walker, Catholic University of America
Samir Younés, University of Notre Dame

Key dates

06/09/2024

Submission deadline

12/11/2024

Publication of the 5th issue of the Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism.

15-17/11/2024

Conference in Úbeda, Spain

In-person program

15/11/2024 (evening)

Introductory guided visit to Úbeda

16/11/2024 (morning)

Institutional welcome, lectures by international architects and debates

16/11/2024 (afternoon)

Demonstrations by traditional building trades masters

17/11/2024 (morning)

Demonstrations by traditional building trades masters and closing visit

Key dates

PRESENTATIONS OF SELECTED PAPERS

Previously recorded

These presentations will be virtual and will be recorded and made available on the website prior to the Conference.

Instructions for the selected authors to prepare presentations will be provided once the selection is notified.

LECTURES BY GUEST SPEAKERS

In person. Recorded and publised later

Guest speakers will lecture on the topics of the conference. These talks will be recorded and uploaded to the website conference several weeks after the event.

Organizing Institutions

The International Conference on Traditional Building Architecture and Urbanism is organized thanks to Richard H. Driehaus by the Traditional Building Cultures Foundation

With the collaboration of:

With the collaboration of INTBAU, the Escuela de Arquitectura of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM), Kalam, the Fundação Serra Henriques and the Ordem dos Arquitetos.

Secret Link