Architectural conference: THE NEXT STEP: PROJECT ARCHITECTURE

The Architecture Museum of Ljubljana, in co-operation with Zavod ARK – the Institute for Architecture and Culture, and the Faculty of Architecture University of Ljubljana have organised a full-day international architectural conference, The Next Step: Project Architecture, to be held 7 May 2009 at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana. The central question of the conference is, whether today, in the time of globalised capitalism, it’s still possible to practice architecture as a project; that is, as a practice of architectural transformation of reality. We have invited six renowned experts from home and abroad, from the fields of architecture and philosophy, to explore the significance of this question for the moment; to offer an approach to the question: Prof. Kenneth Frampton, Great Britain (Columbia University, New York) Prof. Dr. Luis Fernádez-Galiano, Spain (School of Architecture, Madrid University, editor of AV/Arquitectura Viva, Madrid) Prof. Dr. Rado Riha, Slovenia (Institute of Philosophy, Centre for Scientific Research at the Slovenian Academy of Science and Art, Ljubljana) Dr. Pier Vittorio Aureli, Italy (Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, visiting professor at the Architectural Association, London) Doc. Dr. Petra ÄŒeferin, Slovenia (Zavod ARK, visiting professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana) and Dr. William S. Saunders, USA (Harvard University, editor of Harvard Design Magazine, Boston). Attendance at the conference is free of charge; advance applications available at www.aml.si. Registration conditional on availability. Completed application forms should be sent to: infobio(at)aml.si; or by fax, to: 00386 1 540 03 44. More information at http://www.aml.si/fr/current-events/ or at e-mail: [email protected]