Lectures
ECOWEEK has initiated, invited and hosted
lectures by a number of internationally acclaimed speakers,
specialists and leaders in their field. Among the ECOWEEK
distinguished speakers are Nobel Laureate and former US Vice
President Al Gore, speaker at ECOWEEK 2007 on Global
Warming, at the Athens Concert Hall in June 2007 (in cooperation
with Megaron Plus); UK explorer and leadership expert Robert
Swan, OBE ECOWEEK 2007 opening keynote speaker, at the
Benaki Museum in Athens (in collaboration with the British
Council).
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ECOWEEK 2012: Public Lectures
Admission free
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Keynote & Distinguished Speakers
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For schedule see ECOWEEK 2012 Program
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Marta
Pozo Gil, Architect |
MVRDV, Holland
Marta Pozo Gil is an architect and licensed BREEAM assessor.
She has been working with MVRDV since 2007 where, in addition
to her role as a Project Leader, Marta leads MVRDV's Sustainability
Department. By forming environmental strategies and energy-efficiency
guidelines for each design process, Marta ensures a high standard
is maintained for all of MVRDV's projects.
Marta has been involved in the conceptualizing and execution
of projects of various scales. She is currently leading the
design team for Montecorvo Eco City in Logrono, Spain. MVRDV's
award-winning competition design (2008) envisions the construction
of a sustainable neighbourhood of 3000 units of social housing,
a school and public facilities. To achieve a CO2-neutral footprint,
100% of the required energy will be generated on-site by means
of wind and solar power, complemented by a bioclimatic layout,
recycling facilities, reuse of greywater, etc. The first phase
of the project is scheduled to break ground in 2013.
Marta is also working on a dense urban masterplan in Bordeaux,
France - an ambitious "eco-quartier" where all energy consumed
by the masterplan will be produced on-site. The 35ha site, which
will redevelop former military grounds, extends Bordeaux's city
center across the Garonne river and provide 3200 homes, offices
and urban amenities. MVRDV's masterplan carefully respects the
existing urban fabric and creates an intimate character for
the new neighbourhood. It is referred to as a 'capillary city';
a contemporary update of the historic European city - combining
history, human scale and individualism with density and sustainability.
The masterplan's buildings have high energy performance ratings,
and ensure natural sunlight, even in the winter. Other sustainability
considerations include: the masterplan's water cycle, waste
management and material selection.
When realised, Zac Bastide Niel will be one of the largest zero-energy
neighbourhoods in the world, and is an excellent example of
how new sustainable districts can improve the quality of life
in our cities. The project is regarded as the most significant
contemporary urban intervention in Bordeaux. Construction is
to start in 2014.
Marta has received degrees from Universidad Politecnica de Valencia,
Spain (2001) and TU Berlin, Germany (2004). She regularly lectures
and has won several awards.
www.mvrdv.nl
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Nicola
Delon, Architect |
ENCORE HEUREUX, France
Born in Constantine (Algeria), Nicola Delon grew up in South
West of France. He studied architecture in Toulouse, University
of Montreal / Mc Gill University, Canada, and Paris la Villette.
Nicola established ENCORE HEUREUX with Julien Choppin in 2001.
Nicola has lectured and has exhibited his work in France and
abroad (USA, Canada, Mongolia, Brazil, Romania). Nicola has
taught at the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture (Paris).
ENCORE HEUREUX was founded in 2001 by Nicola Delon and Julien
Choppin. From 2002 to 2005, they realized ephemeral installations,
with tight budgets and numerous restraints. In parallel they
developed graphic works (summary images, websites, graphic design)
aimed at architects. Since 2005 they participated in architectural
competitions and worked on studies in association with Patrick
Bouchain. Their work has been published and was the subject
of several publications and has been presented in works, exhibitions
and conferences in France and abroad. In 2006 ENCORE HEUREUX
won the "Nouveaux Albums de la Jeune Architecture" awarded
by the French Ministry of Culture for young architects. In 2009,
ENCORE HEUREUX won the competition for the construction of the
municipal museum for the town of Suresnes; participated in the
Ordos 100 project for experimental housing estates in Inner
Mogolia (China) - organized by Herzog et De Meuron, and were
invited by the National Art Museum of China, to design a prototype
of emmergency shelters. Recently they completed a floating building
for a cultural organisation in Paris, a research and innovation
center for Saint -Gobain company and a cinema complex in south
of France.
ENCORE HEUREUX work is centered around creating comfort, inventing
new uses and inspiring wonder. Seizing opportunities, making
excuses and observing situations are some of the strategies
to conceptualize projects in architecture, art and design. For
them, ENCORE HEUREUX rhymes with demand and lucidity, optimism
and commitment. www.encoreheureux.org
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Ulf
Meyer, Architect |
Ingenhoven Architects, Germany
Ulf Meyer is an architect, partner in the architecture office
of Ingenhoven Architects in German. Graduated from the Technical
University (TU) of Berlin as Master of Architecture, and studied-abroad
at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Ill.
with the international IIT Fellowship and the Academic Scholarship
of the Federal Republic of Germany. He is Distinguished Hyde
Chair of Excellence for sustainable urban design at the University
of Nebraska/Lincoln. Ulf is a member of the FuturArc Forum for
Green Building in Southeast-Asia and Australia, correspondent
for Central Europe for "World Architecture" magazine, London,
UK, and Editor at "archplus" architectural magazine in Berlin.
Ulf has lectured at universities all over Europe, the USA and
Canada as well as Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia,
the Philippines and Taiwan. He has taught at the Bauhaus Graduate
School of Design in Dessau/Germany and at summer schools with
the Middle Eastern Technical University of Ankara/Turkey, the
Georgia Institute of Technology of Atlanta/Georgia, the Rice
Design Alliance of Houston/Texas and the University of Kansas
Lawrence/Kansas (USA). Ulf has published over 1,000 articles
in newspapers and magazines in Germany and abroad. He appeared
on Radio, TV and Internet broadcast. Some of his texts have
been translated into Spanish, Italian, Russian, Dutch and English.
Ulf was the keynote speaker at the Green Build Conference in
Phoenix/AZ 2009 and at the BCA in Singapore 2011. www.ingenhovenarchitects.com
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Bartosz
Haduch, Architect | NArchitekTURA, Poland
Bartosz Haduch is an architect, academic
teacher, journalist, finalist in a number of architectural competitions.
Graduated from Faculty of Architecture at the Silesian Univesity
of Technology in Gliwice, and from the Faculty of Architecture
and Fine Arts at the University in Sewilla. After studying and
practicing in Holland, Spain and Austria he opened his own practice
in Krakow. Since 2007 he is heading the research and design
group "NArchitekTURA", working in the field of urban planning,
architecture, landscape design, interior design, furniture design,
graphics and architectural criticism. In 2010 "NArchitektURA"
was recognized by international magazine "Wallpaper" as one
of thirty most interesting young architecture studios in the
world. Bartosz Haduch is teaching at the Faculty of Architrcture
and Fine Arts of Krakow Academy of Frycz Modrzewski. In 2011
he received his Ph.D. at the Architecture Faculty in Wroclaw
University of Technology. He writes in international and polish
magazines about architecture, art and design.
www.narchitektura.pl |
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Lukasz
Zagala & Przemo Lukasik Architects | medusagroup,
Poland
MEDUSA GROUP was established in 1997 by architects: Przemo Lukasik
and Lukasz Zagala. We are multidisciplinary studio involved
in architecture, urban planning, graphic and industrial design
projects. The studio cooperates with professional engineering
companies and takes active part in realization of investments
as author's superviser and substiture investor. We realize our
projects as a general design studio. Our office is in Bytom's
city center at Jozefczaka 35 street located within our own development
- an abandoned warehouse (1400 sqm) which we renovated and adapted
for office purposes. The office occupies the attic floor of
the building which, thanks to the absence of partitions and
the white-painted walls and ceilings, provides a very roomy
office space for over 20 people who work there, along with many
possibilities for formal and informal meetings. We have partner
offices in major Polish cities, i.e. in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz,
Krakow and Gdansk. This enables us to efficiently realize projects
on the whole territory of our country.
www.medusagroup.pl
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Grzegorz
Piatek | Centrum
Architektury, Poland
Grzegorz Piatek is an Architecture critic and curator, graduate
of the Faculty of Architecture Warsaw University of Technology
(2006), working since 2011 with the Foundation Center of Architecture
in Warsaw. Curator of exhibitions and art projects related
to Architecture, including the Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife
of Buildings, awarded the Golden Lion for best national exposure
on the XI Biennale, Venice (with J. Trybus, 2008); Open: Poland.
Architecture and Identity, Royal Institute of British Architects,
London (as part of Poland! Year, with Rob Wilson, 2009); Modernizacion
/ Modernitzacio, Cuenca / Barcelona (with J. Trybus, 2010);
Mountain for Warsaw, Foundation Bec Zmiana, Warsaw (2009).
Currently he leads Le CorbusYear - artistic education program
on the occasion of 125th anniversary of Le Corbusier. Author
of articles on Architecture, Design, and city, in the years
2005-11 - member of the editorial board of the monthly "Architecture-murator".
Grzegorz is the recepient of the annual award of the Minister
of Culture and National Heritage and Diploma of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs for the promotion of Polish in the world
(2009).
www.centrumarchitektury.org
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Vasilis Maroulas |
ARUP, UK
Senior Consultant Engineer received his Diploma in Mechanical
Engineering at NTUA, and M.Sc. in Advanced Mechanical Engineering
at Imperial College.
ARUP (UK) Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners,
engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a
broad range of professional services. Arup brings together broad-minded
individuals from a wide range of disciplines and encourages
them to look beyond the constraints of their own specialisms.
Arup influences many people's lives through its projects. Shaping
a sustainable future will be one of the greatest challenges
in the 21st century. Arup is rising to the challenge: investing
in research, innovating and creating better solutions for its
clients and the wider world. The firm is owned in trust on behalf
of its staff. The result is an independence of spirit that is
reflected in the firm's work, and in its dedicated pursuit of
technical excellence.
www.arup.com
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Maciej Siuda, Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez , Architects | Devebere,
Krakow, Poland
Devebere is a project that came out of a collaboration of two
architects Maciej Siuda and Rodrigo Garcia in 2011. Their last
design, an experimental pavilion made of garbage and air by
people, awarded by the French institute of architecture, is
going to be presented during the Biennale of Architecture in
Venice 2012.
Maciej Siuda graduated with honors from the Faculty of Architecture
at Wroclaw University of Technology in 2008. His diploma, XYZ
Structure, was awarded in a number of international and national
competitions. From 2005 to 2007 he studied at the Faculty of
Architecture at University of Technology in Valencia and made
an internship at the SQArquitectos office (Valencia), and later
in other offices in Madrid, Tokyo and Alicante. Since 2011 he
has been developing his independent work, collaborating with
various architects and designers form Spain, Poland and Japan.
Co- creator of the international workshop of architecture and
urbanism: IWAU. Since 2011 he teaches design at the Swietokrzyska
University of Technology and developing videogames graphic design
for the Foundation of Neurorehabilitaion in Valencia.
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez is a Spanish architect and designer.
He has studied in Canada, India, Chile and Spain. He received
his architectural degree with honors from the ETSAM, Technical
University of Madrid. In 2008 he developed a fractal deployable
system patent that has been awarded with several international
recognitions. www.zipizip.com.
His works have been shown in different artistic centres such
as the Cite de l'Architecture of Paris and the Venice Biennale
of Architecture. As a teacher he has collaborated with different
universities and institutions in Colombia, Turkey, Ahmedabad,
etc. He also worked as an improvisation actor, and awarded with
the Gold Medal in the II Improvisation World Championship celebrated
in 2009 Santiago de Chile. He is a postgraduate student at Umea
Institute of Design.
www.devebere.com
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Bartlomiej Kisielewski, Architect, Partner | Horizone Studio,
Poland
Graduated from the Krakow University of Technology. Since 1996
he has been working as an architect on public, office and residential
projects both in Poland and Germany. Between 2002-2009 he worked
in Berlin. After returning to Poland in 2009 he co-founded Horizone
Studio in Krakow. He is a co-designer of the Polish Aviation
Museum building, nominated in 2011 for the Mies van den Rohe
Award. Since 2009 he is Chairman of the Membership and Partnership
Development Committee of the PLGBC Polish Green Building Council.
www.horizone.com.pl
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For lectures schedule see ECOWEEK
2012 Program
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ECOWEEK speakers
ECOWEEK has initiated, invited and hosted
lectures by a number of internationally acclaimed speakers,
specialists and leaders in their field. Among the ECOWEEK
distinguished speakers are Nobel Laureate and former US Vice
President Al Gore, speaker at ECOWEEK 2007 on Global
Warming, at the Athens Concert Hall in June 2007 (in cooperation
with Megaron Plus); UK explorer and leadership expert Robert
Swan, OBE ECOWEEK 2007 opening keynote speaker, at the
Benaki Museum in Athens (in cooperation with the British Council).
Since ECOWEEK 2010 ECOWEEK keynote speakers included award-winning
architects Diebedo Francis Kere, Bjarke Ingels of BIG,
award-winning architect Francoise-Helene Jourda, architect
Daniel Pearl (L'OEUF, Canada), architects Elena
Barthel and Daniel Wicke of the Rural Studio,
award-winning architect George Hargreaves, environmentalist
and 'green' design expert Prof. David W. Orr (Oberlin
College), German architect Ulf Meyer of Ingenhoven
Architects, and Danish architect Louis Becker of
Henning Larsen Architects.
'ECOWEEK 2009: Empowering Youth: Ecology + Leadership + Architecture'
International Conference in Athens, hosted keynote lectures
by award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, and UK award-winning
architect Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners).
'ECOWEEK 2008: Ecology + Environment + Architecture' International
Conference in collaboration with AIAContinental Europe, keynote
speakers were 'green' skyscraper and author architect Ken
Yeang, and Landscape Designer Julie Bargmann, at
the Cotsen Hall of the American School of Classical Studies
in Athens. In 2008 ECOWEEK also hosted the director of the
architectural documentary Last Call for Planet Earth
Jacques Allard, award-winning Greek architect
Alexandros Tombazis and others.
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