Building Europe – Conference in Graz

One Conference in two cities! Austria and Slovenia have joint forces to present you a three-day event on the current state and future of Architectural Policies and Baukultur in the European Union.

Record Conference Day 1 in Graz
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Article about the first conference day at gat.st (in german)

The international conference took place in Graz and Maribor from 6th to 8th October 2021
>> click here for the overview of the full 3 days program

In Graz, the focus of the conference is to present the results of the OMC Working Group on high-quality Architecture and Built Environment for everyone. On behalf of the European Commission, this Working Group has drawn up recommendations for European policies on different levels of action.
Within the framework of the conference, these activities also are connected with the initiative of the New European Bauhaus.

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM IN GRAZ

6 October 2021

Moderators: Matevž Čelik and Elisabeth Leitner

09:00 am
Registration

09:30 am
Welcome and Opening

• Andrea Mayer, Austrian Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
• Martin Selmayr, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Austria
• Tomaž Krištof, President of the Chamber of Architecture and Spatial Planning of Slovenia
• Christian Kühn, Chairman of the Austrian Federal Advisory Board on Baukultur

10:00 am 
Panel 1: Architecture, Baukultur and the Future of Europe

• Reinier de Graaf (NL), Partner in the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA): Architecture and the Future of Europe
• Ruth Reichstein (D): The New European Bauhaus
• Johan de Walsche (BE), Coordinator of EAAE (European Association for Architectural Education) and founding member of the international ARENA research network, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Design Sciences: Architecture: a matter of care and performance
• Responses by: Maroje Mrduljaš (HR), Oris Magazin; Charles Landry (UK), City researcher and publicist

12:00 pm
Lunch

01:30 pm
Panel 2: Quality Concepts

• Veronika Valk (EST), Advisor on architecture and design at the Ministry of Culture of Estonia and Chairwoman of the OMC group: The process and results of the EU Member States’ expert group on high-quality architecture and built environment for everyone
• Nina Mekacher (CH), Deputy Head of section Baukultur, Federal Office of Culture Switzerland: The Davos Baukultur Quality System

Presentation of case studies:

• Nicola Matthews, Freek Ingen Housz, Member of the OMC Subgroup “Case studies”: Overview to the Case studies
• Giulia Vallone (IE), Senior Architect, Cork County Council: Clonakilty 400 project
• Estanislau Vidal-Folch (E), Government of Catalonia: Law of Architecture of Catalonia

03.30 pm
Coffee Break

04.00 pm
Panel 3: Future Policies

• Robert Temel (A), Speaker of Austrian platform Baukulturpolitik: Austrian initiatives in Baukultur
• Hughes Becquart, DG Education and Culture, European Commission and Jan Schultheiss (D), Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community: Wrap up and outlook
  

05.00 pm           
End of the Conference

After the conference you can choose one of the offered activites before dinner:

• Graz City Tour
• Visit House of Architecture in Graz

07.00 pm           
Dinner in Hotel Weitzer

The Austrian part of the conference is organized by the Austrian Architectural Foundation on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport in collaboration with the Province of Styria, with the involvement of the Chamber of Architects and Consultants Engineers, Haus der Architektur, LandLuft, Plattform Baukulturpolitik.

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FIELD TRIPS BETWEEN GRAZ AND MARIBOR

7 October 2021

On October 7th, a trip from Graz to Maribor provides the opportunity to visit selected buildings and the opportunity to network. Three bus tours, each dealing with another topic (Housing | Health | Eduction), are offered, all accompanied by Landluft as well as by the Baukultur team of the Province of Styria. This trip also serves as a transfer between Graz and Maribor.
Please register if you want to join one of the tours >> click here for detailed information.

The tours start in Graz at 9 am, after a joint lunch at the House Denk the trip continues to Maribor where the second part of the conference will start in the afternoon.
>> click here to see the program in Maribor in detail

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ACCOMMODATION

For accommodation in Graz or Maribor, please check the following website.

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COVID 19 Information

For the current information on COVID 19, please visit the following website.

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CONTACT
Barbara Feller
info@buildingeurope.org
+43 676 300 17 79

PRESS INFORMATION
Susanne Haider, art:phalanx – Kultur und Urbanität
presse@artphalanx.at
+43 (0) 1 524 98 03 – 11 / +43 (0) 6991 205 1700

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