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 lectures schedule please see ECOWEEK 2012 Program
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Ulf
Meyer | 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
Ulf Meyer's
and Uli Molter's participation is made possible through the
cooperation and support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
Christoph Ingenhoven|
Ingenhoven Architects,
Germany
Christoph Ingenhoven studied architecture at the Rheinisch-Westfalische
Technische Hochschule Aachen with a year of study at the Academy
of Arts Dusseldorf under Prof. Hans Hollein. In 1985 he founded
the architectural firm Ingenhoven Architekten in Dusseldorf.
In addition to his work as a designer, he has been involved
in many competitions as a jury member, expert consultant and
judge, and has also held lectures in many cities around the
world. Ingenhoven is a member of the Architektenkammer Nordrhein-Westfalen,
the BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) and RIBA (Royal Institute
of British Architects). He also serves on the following boards:
Aedes Forum e.V., Berlin; Stiftung Lebendige Stadt, Hamburg,
International Architecture Biennial, Rotterdam; Initiative Baukultur
e.V., Berlin. More
www.ingenhovenarchitects.com
Christoph Ingenhoven has postponed his participation due to
unexpected professional commitments. The keynote lecture on
Ingenhoven Architects will be delivered by architect Ulf Meyer,
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Elena
Barthel, Architect | RURAL STUDIO, Alabama, USA
Elena Barthel comes to the Rural Studio
from the School of Architecture of the University of Florence
in Italy, where she graduated in 1999, and recently accomplished
her PHD with the thesis 'Design & Build at the Rural Studio:
the education of the Citizen Architect'. While she run her private
practice in the historical centre of Florence Santo Spirito,
a well-known craft district, she taught at the Department of
Urban Design of the University of Florence, at the Architectural
Association in London and lead Auburn University Study Abroad
in Florence for the academic year 2010. In 2008-2009 she taught
the Second Year Studio at the Rural Studio as Visiting Assistant
Professor. Her studio took the opportunity to design and build
Rose Lee's house, in Footwash, a small community near the Rural
Studio. The students explored the 'Expandable Courtyard House'
as the first of a new type in response to the transient nature
and demographic of the contemporary family. She is currently
Assistant Professor running the 3rd year design Studio and charged
to design the Rural Studio Farm. A project focused on the redesign
of the Rural Studio Campus and an opportunity to experiment
with the production of food, energy and building material. The
project is intended as a prototype to answer the important question:
What can the future of farming be in a contemporary rural setting?
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Daniel
Pearl, Architect |
L'OEUF Architects, Canada
Daniel Pearl
with co-founding partner Mark Poddubiuk started L'OEUF (l'Office
de l'Eclectisme Urbain et Fonctionnel) in 1992, where he concentrates
his work on sustainable architecture, urban housing, residential
and commercial renovation as well as in research, critic and
theory. For over 18 years L'OEUF developed its reputation particularly
in sustainable and environmental architecture. Daniel’s expertise
is known for the architectural quality of their projects, their
technical and professional skills as well as their active involvement
in the academic, professional and community context. This expertise
is always founded on a search for balance between the appropriate
technique, the economic feasibility, the architectural expression
et environmental impact of the project. L'OEUF members, as architects,
support the fact that they are stewards of a built environment
that is dignified, human, pleasant, functional, sustainable
and sensitive to the environment.
Daniel
Pearl will speak among others on the Canadian experience on
'green' housing projects and affordable housing.
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Suzanne
Deschamps, Real Estate Developer, Canada
Suzanne has a law degree as well as a MBA and has been involved
in real estate development in Montreal for more than 22 years.
She is Vice President, Real Estate Development & Legal Affairs
of Groupe Pacific, a private developer. Since February 2007
she has been working on the masterplan of a sustainable mixed
use community that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of the
entire community to that of one planet (www.petite-riviere.com),
in collaboration with the One Planet Community Program and BioRegional.
She has been active in social housing, industrial and commercial
projects in the city of Montreal as both Legal counsel and executive
director of Montreal's development authority. She was involved
in all aspects of major redevelopment projects in the city in
the IT sector. Her responsibilities, as Director and team leader,
also included the historical borough of Old Montreal and coordination
of all activities taking place within its limits while promoting
Old Montreal as a place to live, work and play. She is an accredited
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Alessio Battistella, Architect & Alberto Alcalde, Architect
| ARCo Group Architects & Engineers, Italy
ARCo is a young group of engineers and architects, based in
Milan since 2009. ARCo uses low cost materials and sustainable
techniques to develop projects of Architecture for international
cooperation, particularly educational projects, till the moment
in Palestine and Mozambic. Each project tries to develop sustainability
in different aspects: techniques, methodologies, environmental,
economic, and social aspects. The tyres school in Al Khan Al
Ahmar has been shown at FMG (Spazio per l'architettura) in Milan
in 2011 and the bamboo school in Abu Hindi has won the second
price ex aequo at "Premio Fondazione Renzo Piano for a young
talent 2011", and the Silver Award of the Holcim Foundation
2011 - Africa and Middle East. Both have been presented at the
Padiglione Italia XII Biennale di Venezia - Dialoghi AILATI
Progettare etico e solidale - and have been awarded also with
the Eme3 Cities Awards of the International Festival of Architecture
of Barcelona. ARCo has just completed the construction of a
Child Center in the village of Um Al Nasser, Gaza Strip, designed
with Mario Cucinella.
Alessio Battistella and Alberto Alcalde will speak about their
experience applying those principles in the three school buildings
in Palestine.
www.ar-co.org/
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Thomas Doxiadis,
Architect, Landscape Architect | doxiadis+, Greece
Thomas Doxiadis, ASLA. Born in Athens. Architect Harvard University
M. Arch (1998), Landscape Architect Harvard University MLA (1998),
BA Harvard University (1992). former Associate Professor, University
of Patras. former Associate Professor, University of Thessaly.
Assistant Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Manager, Organizing Committee of Olympic Games Athens 2004 (1999-2003).
Agency Director of Planning and Environmental Protection of
Athens (1999-2001). Head of consulting offices doxiadis + which
negotiates the architecture and landscape architecture on the
basis of environmental planning and landscape ecology.
www.doxiadisplus.com |
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Braha
Kunda | Head of the Department of Interior Design, Holon Institute
of Technology (HIT)
Braha Kunda is an Architecture and Environmental Design Senior
Lecturer and Head of Interior Design Department at the Design
Faculty HIT - Israel. She received her B. Design from Bezalel
Academy and M. Arch from Rice University, Houston USA. Braha
has professional and academic experience in total architectural
and environmental design of housing, commercial and public projects
in a wide range of scales. Major interest in contextual design
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Carmela Jacoby-Volk | Head
of the Department of Interior Design, College of Management
Carmella Jacoby-Volk is the of the Department of Interior
Design, College of Management, environmental designer and
cultural researcher. A member of the establishing committee
of the undergraduate program in Interior Design for the Department
of Interior Design, College of Management; Initiates, creates
and establishes curricula, and the Department of Interior
Design's Designers' Clinic, the first of its kind in Israel;
leads and initiates collaborations with design schools abroad
- visiting workshops, lectures, and student exchanges. Carmela
is the founder and chief editor of "Block magazine" - City
/ Media / Theory / Architecture". She curates, initiates,
produces and participates in international exhibitions and
conferences in architecture, interior design and art. Her
work is published in Israel and abroad. Carmela lectures and
participates on panels and symposia, reviews and judging teams,
and is the recepient of research grants and prizes. in her
practice, Carmela designs residential buildings, offices,
and public institutions.
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Prof.
Hillel Schocken |
Schocken Architects Ltd, Israel
Prof. Hillel Schocken has been Principal at Schocken Architects
since its establishment in 1978 leading projects in a large
variety of building types and programs including Urban Planning,
Museums, Educational facilities, Offices, Housing, Industry
and Conservation. Under his Direction, Schocken Architects won
high esteem among professional peers for the high quality of
work produced. Schocken is held in high regard with officials
in local authorities throughout the country and was invited
to serve as member of numerous Juries for prizes and competitions.
In parallel to his professional activity, Schocken has been
teaching in Architecture schools throughout the country as well
as abroad. Until recently, he served as director of the Azrieli
School of Architecture at the Tel Aviv University. In 2000 Schocken
was nominated Curator of the Israeli pavilion exhibition at
the Venice Biennale of Architecture where he exhibited his original
Urban Theory - "Intimate Anonymity". Schocken is among the founders
of MIU - Movement for Israeli Urbanism as well as acting Chairman
of the Board of directors of the "Israel Stage Orchestra" and
publishes periodically articles in the national press covering
both general and professional subjects.
schocken-architects.com |
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More
lectures will be posted shortly. |
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For lectures schedule please see
ECOWEEK 2012 Program
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ECOWEEK 2012: Workshop Lectures
With Registration Only | NET Members Only
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Training Session
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Michelle Farrell,
Architect | IES
Michelle Farrell is the Head of the European Division for
Integrated Environmental Solutions, Ltd. She attended Boston
Architectural College, where she received both a Bachelors of
Design Studies and Masters of Architecture. Michelle was named
to the Consulting Specifying Engineer 2011 "40 under 40" list,
is a LEED Accredited Professional, and has taught various courses
in BIM and integrated analysis. After working for over 6 years
in various architecture firms in the USA as an architectural
designer, she began to analyze the 3D building models using
performance analysis tools. Michelle has experience as a consultant
in the USA and in Europe, including LEED consulting, and working
directly with some of the top engineering and architecture firms
in the USA and Europe to develop solutions that can be part
of their normal design process, through the use of BIM models.
IES, Ltd. is a world leader in precision, intelligent sustainability
solutions for every factor in making new and existing buildings
more energy efficient, dramatically reducing operating overheads,
and lowering CO2 emissions. Their consultative input is so innovative
and analytical software so accurate that they're significantly
reducing the carbon emissions of the built environment through
the work of their architecture and engineering clients, as well
as their own consulting services. www.iesve.com
Building Performance Analysis using Google SKETCHUP &
IES: BIM and Early Stage Analysis: These sessions provide
an overview on how architects and designers can bring analysis
for sustainable strategies to the earliest stages of the building
design process using an Integrated Building Performance Model
approach. Through the direct connectivity and import capabilities
offered by IES software to other CAD/BIM systems, such as SketchUp
and Revit, participants will experience how analysis can be
integrated into their workflow, keeping sustainable design on-track.
Attendees will be introduced to the process of analysing various
building parameters, like energy consumption, daylighting and
LEED assessments.
DOWNLOAD and install the software prior to the training
session: click here
NOTICE: In the NOTE write 'ECOWEEK' to receive a one-year
free student license to use the software. |
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For lectures schedule please see ECOWEEK 2012 PROGRAM |
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ECOWEEK 2012: Lectures & Events
Admission free
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Exhibition Opening
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Shai
Zakai | ECO-ART, Israel
ECOWEEK 2012 hosts eco-artist Shai Zakai who will open her exhibition
titled "Farewell from the Cement Dress" in February
26, at 17.30.
The exhibition also marks Shai's launching of her new book about
her 'library of leaves' multimedia installation, and along with
it, shows a photography based installation, which proposes a
visual debate on the values of sustainability and is based upon
the dialogue between feminine identity and the oppression of
nature.
Forces of destruction and growth, industrial and organic materials,
memory and detachment, are the materials of this installation.
On a table made of cement and wooden slabs, about three meters
long, is a photograph of the cement dress ( a metaphor for over
construction verses preservation) previously a three-dimensional
Work (2002), alongside photos of leaves, seeds, and texts printed
on cement slabs (from the project "Forest Tunes - The Library"
1995-2012). The exhibition includes also photographs, an armor
made of cactus water accumulation tissue and video-art.
The work is on display during the month of February as part
of the ECOWEEK 2012 in Israel. Feb. 26-March 15. www.eco-art.co.il
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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, and
Daniel Wicke of the Rural Studio, award-winning architect
George Hargreaves, environmentalist and 'green' design
expert Prof. David W. Orr (Oberlin College), 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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