OIKODOMOS CONFERENCE LIVE STREAMING

The Oikodomos team invites you to the live stream of our International Conference on "Innovating, Housing, Learning" that will start on October 27 14h (see program below).

OIKODOMOS IHL Conference:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sintlucas

The conference papers have been collected in this document.

Conference Program Thursday 27 October

(auditorium ground floor in the morning)

14.00 - 14.15
Welcome and Opening by Johan Verbeke, Leandro Madrazo and the Head of Department, Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Dag Boutsen

14.15 - 15.15
Chair Tomas Ooms. Presentations by

• Sedef Ozcelik, Cahide Aydın İpekçi, Tarhan Arıkan, Gebse Institute of Technology (GYTE), Faculty of Architecture, Kocaeli (Turkey): “Designing the Campus Settlement: A Studio Challenge”.
• Stefano Aragona, Department of Urban and Architectural Heritage, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (Italy): “Does innovation support a better quality life?”
  

15.15 - 15.45
Break

15.45 - 16.45
Chair Kris Scheerlinck. Presentations by

• Alberto Altés Arlandis, Umeå School of Architecture, UMU, (Umeå Sweden), Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès, UPC, Barcelona (Spain): “Living Together: On the Role of Architecture in the Production of Habitable Collective Spaces”
• Aaron Sprecher, McGill University School of Architecture (Canada): “Implementation of Mass Customization Strategies in Housing: Survey and Reflections”.
  

17.00
Keynote Lecture “A better life. Appropriation and Energetic Strategies on Housing” by arch. Claudi Aguiló, dataAE Architects/ETSAV Barcelona (Spain)

19.00
Conference dinner

Conference Program Friday 28 October

(room T20, second floor)

9.30 - 10.30
Chair Tomas Ooms. Presentations by

• Luis Carvão (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Technology and Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Portugal) Alexandra Paio (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Technology and Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, ADETTI-IUL) (Portugal): “Emergent design for humanized housing: towards a parametric-typological design tool”.
• Ivor Mečiar, Viera Joklová, Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovak Republic): “Reflection of the multimedial design in the innovative development of housing structures”
  

10.30 - 11.00
Break

11.00 - 12.00
Chair Beril Ozmen. Presentations by

• Elina Krasilnikova, Maria Prohorova, Yulia Ivanitskaya, Volgograd State Architectural and Civil Engineering University (Russia): “The design of residential complexes in the waterfront areas structure”
• Eva Morales Soler, lapanaderia studio, Faculty of Architecture, Málaga University (Spain): Web platform to promote “Housing as a Process”.
  

12.00 - 13.00
Conference Lunch

(auditorium ground floor in the afternoon)

13.00 - 14.15
OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus: Learning from Experience.

Chair Johan Verbeke. Presentations by some Partner Institutions
Leandro Madrazo, ETSA La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Spain)
Kris Scheerlinck, School of Architecture Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent (Belgium)
Beril Ozmen, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta (North Cyprus)

Chair Johan Verbeke. Presentations by some Associate Partners
Norbert Kling, BTU Cottbus, (Germany): “Getting Started. Issues Relating to the Introduction of the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus to Existing Modular Course Programmes.”
Mónica García, ETS Arquitectura Valencia (Spain)

student’s presentation
Michal Janak, Guillaume Dopchie, School of Architecture Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent (Belgium)

14.15 - 15.30
Brainstorm session on topics in current housing design and related pedagogic models, led by Paul Riddy (UK)

15.30 - 16.00
Break

16h00
Keynote Lecture “Virtual Learning Environments Supporting Creation of Architectural Knowledge”, by Prof. Dr. Mirjana Devetakovic, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Servia

17.00-17h30
Moving Forward: strategies to expand the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus.
Conference closure

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

As preparation for the International Conference in Brussels, we have created this FORUM to discuss some of the topics presented in the accepted papers. The topics cover the two areas of study included in the OIKODOMOS project: housing studies and pedagogy.

The purpose of the forum is to engage conference participants -as well as the interested public- in a debate which will continue during the conference and also after it. The discussions will help to identify some of the most relevant topics in today's contemporary housing design and planning which can then be later studied in the learning activities of the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus.

Please sign in the FORUM to participate in the discussion.
If you experience any difficulty to register, please send an email to support@oikodomos.org and we will create a login/password for you.

Innovating, Housing, Learning

OIKODOMOS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Brussels, 27-28 October 2011 at W&K Sint-Lucas School of Architecture
Paleizenstraat 65 1030 Brussels

This conference brings together professionals, academics and experts dealing with contemporary housing studies and with pedagogic innovation. It will provide a forum for discussing current approaches to housing design and planning and the latest developments in pedagogic innovation brought about by the integration of ICT technologies in architectural education. The latest state of development of the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus will be presented and discussed during the conference.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Conference Program Thursday 27 October

(auditorium ground floor in the morning)

13.00 informal meeting project partners and conference participants in entrance hall, ground floor

14.00 - 14.15
Welcome and Opening by Johan Verbeke, Leandro Madrazo and the Head of Department, Sint Lucas School of Architecture, Dag Boutsen

14.15 - 15.15
Chair Tomas Ooms. Presentations by

• Sedef Ozcelik, Cahide Aydın İpekçi, Tarhan Arıkan, Gebse Institute of Technology (GYTE), Faculty of Architecture, Kocaeli (Turkey): “Designing the Campus Settlement: A Studio Challenge”.

• Stefano Aragona, Department of Urban and Architectural Heritage, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria (Italy): “Does innovation support a better quality life?”

15.15 - 15.45
Break

15.45 - 16.45
Chair Kris Scheerlinck. Presentations by

• Alberto Altés Arlandis, Umeå School of Architecture, UMU, (Umeå Sweden), Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura del Vallès, UPC, Barcelona (Spain): “Living Together: On the Role of Architecture in the Production of Habitable Collective Spaces”
  

• Aaron Sprecher, McGill University School of Architecture (Canada): “Implementation of Mass Customization Strategies in Housing: Survey and Reflections”.
  

17.00

Keynote Lecture “A better life. Appropriation and Energetic Strategies on Housing”

• by arch. Claudi Aguiló, dataAE Architects/ETSAV Barcelona (Spain)

19.00
Conference dinner


Conference Program Friday 28 October

(room T20, second floor)

9.30 - 10.30
Chair Tomas Ooms. Presentations by

• Luis Carvão (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Technology and Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Portugal) Alexandra Paio (ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, School of Technology and Architecture, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, ADETTI-IUL) (Portugal): “Emergent design for humanized housing: towards a parametric-typological design tool”.

• Ivor Mečiar, Viera Joklová, Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovak Republic): “Reflection of the multimedial design in the innovative development of housing structures”

10.30 - 11.00
Break

11.00 - 12.00
Chair Beril Ozmen. Presentations by

• Elina Krasilnikova, Maria Prohorova, Yulia Ivanitskaya, Volgograd State Architectural and Civil Engineering University (Russia): “The design of residential complexes in the waterfront areas structure”

• Eva Morales Soler, lapanaderia studio, Faculty of Architecture, Málaga University (Spain): Web platform to promote “Housing as a Process”.

12.00 - 13.00
Conference Lunch

(auditorium ground floor in the afternoon)

13.00 - 14.15
OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus: Learning from Experience.

Chair Johan Verbeke. Presentations by some Partner Institutions

• Leandro Madrazo, ETSA La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Spain)

• Kris Scheerlinck, School of Architecture Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent (Belgium)

• Beril Ozmen, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta (North Cyprus)

Chair Johan Verbeke. Presentations by some Associate Partners

• Norbert Kling, BTU Cottbus, (Germany): “Getting Started. Issues Relating to the Introduction of the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus to Existing Modular Course Programmes.”

• Mónica García, ETS Arquitectura Valencia (Spain)

student’s presentation
Michal Janak, Guillaume Dopchie, School of Architecture Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent (Belgium)

14.15 - 15.30
Brainstorm session on topics in current housing design and related pedagogic models

15.30 - 16.00
Break

16h00
Keynote Lecture “Virtual Learning Environments Supporting Creation of Architectural Knowledge”,

• by Prof. Dr. Mirjana Devetakovic, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Servia

17.00-17h30
Moving Forward: strategies to expand the OIKODOMOS Virtual Campus.
Conference closure

An e-forum will introduce and accompany the main conference program.
A live streaming of all interventions will be available for external participants.
An exhibition related to the conference topics and to the previous OIKODOMOS activities will take place in the entrance hall of the Sint Lucas School of Architecture.


Registration:
academics/professionals: 50 Euro (participation, digital proceedings, coffee/tea and lunch) or
100 Euro (participation, digital proceedings, coffee/tea, lunch and conference diner)
students: free attendance, maximum forum 20 students (without lunch nor conference dinner), to apply or to receive payment data, please send a mail to oikodomos@architectuur.sintlucas.wenk.be

Oikodomos International Conference: Call

Innovating, Housing, Learning
Oikodomos International Conference
Brussels, 27-28 October 2011, at W&K Sint-Lucas Architecture School

This conference aims at bringing together professionals, academics and experts dealing with these areas of knowledge and with their interaction: architects, urban planners, sociologists or anthropologists addressing contemporary housing issues, architectural educators concern with pedagogic innovation, educational technologists dealing with the development and integration of learning environments. The conference will provide a forum for discussion of the latest developments in architectural pedagogy, as well as contemporary housing problems in contemporary European societies.

The program of the conference will encompass four main types of activities:
key-note presentations;
paper and poster presentations;
discussion sessions (to facilitate interaction and future collaborations);
a hands-on session and practical information on the OIKODOMOS virtual campus.

Alongside a face-to-face programme, the conference will have a virtual strand which will be accessible in advance and during the conference. This will build on the discussions which will have been taking place via the Virtual Spaces discussion forum, focussing in on key issues which have been raised and which will be mapped to key conference themes. Each discussion theme will be moderated by a speaker at the conference who will bring summaries to face-to-face discussion groups, which they facilitate at this event.


Call for Contribution

The OIKODOMOS partnership calls for contributions on the development and applications of virtual campuses and/or the latest findings in the field of housing studies. It is anticipated that papers will fall into the topics below but other contributions are also welcomed:

Innovating and Housing:

Issues addressing multiples ways to foster innovation in housing, in different ways: at the process level, seeking the participation of the different actors involved in the design, including dwellers; at the construction level, applying open systems approaches; at the design level, proposing domestic spaces which suit to current social needs; etc.



Housing and Learning:
Subject-matters within the field of housing studies developed in different pedagogic contexts: design studios in architecture and urban planning, theoretical courses and seminars, formal and informal educational settings.

Learning and Innovating:
Issues dealing with pedagogic innovation particularly through the integration of ICT technologies in education, as for example: learning design, blended learning, constructivism, virtual campuses.

Papers which reflect the main conference themes will be given priority but all contributions will be considered on merit. Papers for the conference should be tailored to a 25-minute presentation timeframe. A proceedings will be published with all accepted and presented papers (one attendee necessary).

Abstracts should include the following:
The full title of the paper,
The full names, postal addresses and e-mail addresses of all authors,
A summary of the paper in no more than 500 words.

All sent documents should have pdf format and the total of the sent files should not exceed 2MB.
Conference language will be English.


Keynote speakers (to be confirmed):

Lucien Kroll, architect, Brussels, Belgium
Claudi Aguilò, architect, DATAE, Barcelona, Spain
Mirjana Devetakovic, Ph.D., University of Belgrade, Serbia


Scientific Committee

Viera Joklova, Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
Leandro Madrazo, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Angel Martin Cojo, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Hifsiye Pulhan, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus
Tomas Ooms, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Department Architectuur Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent, Belgium
Beril Ozmen Mayer, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus
Paul Riddy, University of Southhampton, United Kindgdom
Kris Scheerlinck, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Department Architectuur Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent, Belgium/ Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
Stefano Tardini, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
Jan Tucny, Institut d’Urbanisme IUG, Université Pierre Mendès-France, Grenoble, France
Johan Verbeke, Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst, Department Architectuur Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent, Belgium


Important dates:

10th June - First Call
20th June - Second Call
5 September - Deadline for submissions of abstracts.
15 September - Feedback of Reviewers with guidelines for final submission.
1 October - Final papers/posters
27/28 October 2011 - Conference

Please send your files for application to: oikodomos@architectuur.sintlucas.wenk.be


Conference Fee

50 Euro (participation, digital proceedings, coffee/tea and lunch)
100 Euro (participation, digital proceedings, coffee/tea, lunch and conference diner)


Local organizing committee

W&K, Sint-Lucas Architecture School, Brussels
Project website: www.oikodomos.org; Information about the project: project@oikodomos.org

ISTANBUL WORKSHOP

Workshop participants. Photography by Aminreza Iranmanesh (still running from the camera to the stage), EMU

A Joint Workshop dedicated to the theme "Proximity" took place in the Istanbul from May 2th to 6th. The workshop was organized by the HERA Center from the Faculty of Architecture in Eastern Mediterranean University with the cooperation of the HREC in the Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul Technical University (ITU). 45 students and 14 teachers from the partner institutions, associated partners and students coming from other Schools in Europe participated in the workshop. The workshop provided the opportunity to apply knowledge previously acquired in the preparatory activities to a specific site: the Göksu area, former Ottoman suburbs, located between the Great Bosphorus Canal on the Asian side of Istanbul.

This joint workshop is part of the learning activities designed around the theme "Proximity". Preparatory tasks were carried out first at the participating institutions and in the learning space OIKODOMOS Workspaces. The outcomes were presented by students at the beginning of the workshop.



Structure of the learning activities carried out during before, during and after the Workshop.

During the workshop, students working in international teams carried out two tasks:

1. A visual analysis to identify signs of proximity in the Göksu area

2. Mapping the concept of proximity to the site in order to trigger a transformation process. Further development of the workshop outcomes will continue in the partner institutions and will be evaluated by external reviewers within the OIKODOMOS Workspaces environment.

After the workshop, the work continues in the courses and seminars at the partners institutions, and in the OIKODOMOS Workspaces, according to the following structure:

Post-Workshop: Task 19. Göksu Quarter Revisited.

Reference to the previous task

The previous task (Mapping Proximity: Görku) tried to understand and disentangle the present mechanisms of growth and use of the selected site and propose some possible transformation by adding or reconfiguring housing program.
Using the concept of proximity, all participants read and mapped the site and its direct environment and proposed a sustainable housing project. Developing this task during the workshop week, and based on the visit and all provided information, many of the following questions were answered:

-Can we frame the historical growth of the site, taking into account as well cultural and social factors?
-What accessibility does the site have? On which model of mobility do the inhabitants/visitors rely?
-Which are the morphological characteristics of the site? What does the figure/ground scheme look like?
-Which functions are located on the site and by whom and when are they used?
-Which type of barriers can be detected on different levels and where do they manifest themselves?
-Can we detect conflicts of use(rs)? Are there any underused or unused spaces?
-Which set of (relative)distances can de recognized on different scales?
- Do we recognize patterns of social cohesion on the site?
-What is the level of compactness of the site? Where do we recognize low dense and high dense conditions?
-What is the structure of the site? How does the existing housing program relate to its environment?
-Related to all previous questions and taking into account a given addition of housing program, which solutions/transformations do we propose?


New Task: the proposals revisited

The outcomes of this task were most interesting and proved a critical and coherent attitude related to the site and its potentials. However, the short available time for presentation and its the format did not always allow to frame the urban proposals. The following questions, aiming at a broader reflection about proximity, remain:

How can we relate the proposals at different levels to the concept of proximity, what is the (social) model behind the proposed interventions?
Can we define the proposal as a unique strategy or were reference projects used? If yes, how were they used?
How can we relate the proposals to a broader discourse on low or high dense landscapes and its possible (re)densification? Did we base our interventions on tactics of densification or did we only reconfigure the existing urban fabric and do we know why?
When did we use systematic approaches? When a structural approach? (see feedback and evaluations)
What is the vision behind the proposal and which strategies can be used to implement them?

This task of Revisiting the proposed Urban Projects provides some distance of the work done and will try to frame the proposals. A coherent and critical description of the proposal is to be elaborated by each mixed group with the following objective:

-frame the proposed intervention conceptually (see remaining questions above)
-describe the proposal in a way external students or teachers could understand the proposal


Outputs / Deadline

Please use the available ppt template to develop this task.

Each of the 10 (mixed) groups will upload one document (ppt A4, max 7 MB)
The documents should all be uploaded by June 20, 2011.

TALK TO US!

In order to learn from and further build on our unique Oikodomos experience, we would like to invite all participants to give feedback and talk about the Proximity Workspace experience. We invite all students to describe what they have experienced, learned etc.

A short video of max. 2 minutes per student (please talk to your laptop screen, record and send it) can be sent to: oikodomos@architectuur.sintlucas.wenk.be
Thanks for your support!