Programme
Saturday 27 August, 2011
| Meeting venue: The main auditorium of the University of Jyväskylä (designed by Alvar Aalto 1954-55) | |
| 8.15 | Registration begins 8.30 Café Aallokko at the seminar venue opens |
| Chair: Antti Ahlava | |
| 9.00 | Welcome: Esa Laaksonen |
| 9.05 | Welcome: Opening and introduction: Antti Ahlava |
| 9.15 | Lecture | Panu Lehtovuori Signs of centrality, symptoms of dispersion |
| 10.00 | Lecture panel |
| 10.15 | Pecha Kucha* Towers Session chair: Tommi Mäkynen Hunker, Kurt The Spectacle Of The Technical - The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered … Critical Events since 9/11 Lopez-Perez, Daniel From Isotropic to Isomorphic Organicism: Myron Goldsmith’s “Architechnology” for Tall Building Structures and Some Parallels in Contemporary Practice Roberts, John Instead Of Apocalypse: Aalto And Utzon, And A Gentler Structure For High-Rise Living Hartoonian, Gevork The CCTV Tower Artistically Reconsidered! Fok, Wendy W Forming Plaza Through Residential Towers Nasri-Basmaji, Marwani Tower Park Cemetery For The Three Monotheistic Religions In Jerusalem |
| 12.00 | Lunch break |
| 13.30 | Lecture | Ulla Hell elastic realities |
| 14.15 | Lecture panel |
| 14.30 | Pecha Kucha R&D Session chair: Gareth Griffiths Beslioglu, Bahar Experimental Programs in the Design of High-Rise Buildings Heikkinen, Tero; Niemi, Renita; Suominen, Jarmo; Karinki, Juha-Pekka Redefining The Apartment - The Facilitation Of Industry Collaboration As A Tool For Change Fleming, Patrick; Ramage, Michael; Smith, Simon Super-Tall Timber Armstrong, Claude E; Cohen, Donna L.; Ettegu Laura Rare Earth: Mid-Rise Mud Rocha, Joao From Molecular Gastronomy to Molecular Architecture: Reflections towards a new architectural praxis Frith, Ed; Salem, Caroline Dancing Tower – Choreography Meets Architecture On A Vertical Line |
| 16.30 | Break |
| 17.00 | Studia generalia | Jeanne Gang Fish, Sticks, Birds and Bricks |
| 17.45 | Lecture panel |
| 18.00 | End of day one |
| 19.30-20.30 | Reception at the Alvar Aalto Museum
(designed by Alvar Aalto 1971-73, address Alvar Aallon katu 7). 19.45 Welcome: director Susanna Pettersson, Alvar Aalto Museum / Foundation |
| 21.00-23.00 | Reception of the City of Jyväskylä, at the Jyväskylä Workers' Club
(designed by Alvar Aalto 1924-25, address Väinönkatu 7). 21.00 Welcome: representatives of the City of Jyväskylä Welcome drinks and buffet dinner 23.00 Ending of the reception |
Sunday 28 August, 2011
| Meeting venue: The main auditorium of the University of Jyväskylä |
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| Chair: Esa Laaksonen | |
| 9.00 | Opening of day two |
| 9.05 | Lecture | Anne Stenros HighriseXperience |
| 10.00 | Lecture panel |
| 10.15-11.45 | Pecha Kucha Shuffle Session Chair: Anssi Joutsiniemi Komossa, Susanne; Marzot, Nicola; Cavallo, Roberto Groot – Great European And Dutch Hybrid Buildings; Vitalizing The Tradition Of The Urban Low-Rise, Mixed Hybrid Building Kiris, Irem Maro; Soygenis, Sema The Skyscraper In Istanbul’s Urban Context Patt, Trevor Taipei 2.0.2: Computation And The Urban Generic Rocha, Patricia; Calejo Rodrigues, Rui Considering Building Maintenance During the Design Process Vela Castillo, José; del Santo Mora, Maria de la O The Void In The City; The Graft, The Tower, And The (Not Exactly) New Public Space |
| 12.00 | Lunch break |
| Chair: Anne Stenros | |
| 13.30 | Lecture | Steffen Lehmann tall + green. Developing a global typology in local contexts |
| 14.15 | Lecture panel |
| 14.30 | Break |
| 15.00 | Studia generalia | Zhiqiang Wu untitled |
| 15.45 | Lecture panel |
| 16.00 | Conclusion: Antti Ahlava |
| 16.15 | Ending of the Meeting: Esa Laaksonen |
*Pecha Kucha will have 10 minutes and 20 slides.
Organisers reserve the right to alter the programme.