The Architecture in the Age of Austerity Seminar 2013

Results

Presentation

A wide variety of proposals were presented that, using traditional construction, architecture and urbanism as a reference, seek to improve the contemporary practice in these fields, making it more responsible, more sustainable and more committed to the preservation of our heritage in its broadest sense.

Lectures

The record and digital edition of these conferences, which can be visited through the links, has been made by the audiovisual services team of the School of Architecture of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

First Day

Presentacion del Seminario Rafael Manzano Martos

The Architectural Tuning of Settlements Leon Krier

Teaching Traditional Architecture and Urbanism in Notre Dame University Michael Lykoudis

The Intellectual History of Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Samir Younés

Presentación de INTBAU España Javier Cenicacelaya y Pablo Álvarez Funes

Presentación del Libro La Arquitectura de la Comunidad Leon Krier

Presentación de The Imperfect City y Architects & Mimetic Rivalry Samir Younés

New Traditional Architecture Projects in Central America Ricardo Arosemena

Urban Regeneration of the Slums: The Corviale in Rome and the Zen in Palermo Ettore Mazzola

La Preservación de la Arquitectura Tradicional en España José Luis Garcia Grinda

Debate

Second Day

Reclaiming Urbanism through the Street and the Block Stefanos Polyzoides

A Phenomenology of New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism Lucien Steil

Talleres de Terrachidia en M’Hamid (Marruecos) Oriol Domínguez y Alejandro García Hermida

From Town to Suburb: The Loss of Urban Form in the American Suburb Selena Anders

El Centro de Investigación de Arquitectura Tradicional (CIAT) de Boceguillas Fernando Vela Cossío

Presentación del Libro Contemporary Classical Architects Lucien Steil

Presentación de la revista Teatro Marittimo (Arquitectura + Cine) David Rivera Gámez

Cayalá (Guatemala), la Ciudad Moderna María Sánchez y Pedro Godoy

Trabajando por la continuidad de la tradición arquitectónica portuguesa Jose Cornelio da Silva

Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse Projects in Florida Frank Martínez

Trabajos de Restauración en la Real Colegiata de Roncesvalles (Navarra) Leopoldo Gil Cornet

Publication

In this publication Architecture in the Age of Austerity, an abstract of each lecture, as well as information on the initiatives developed by Richard H. Driehaus in Spain and Portugal, have been gathered, as every year. It can be downloaded for free here.