The idea of welcoming : studies from architecture in translation and open architecture

• Professor Roemer van Toorn is hosting a series of discussions about the Power of Gentleness in November 2022. Starting with two research seminars at Umeå School of Architecture, and concluding with a workshop at the Vetenskapsrådet Swedish artistic research conference in Luleå on 17 November.10 November 10.00 – 12.30: Esra Ackan, Professor in Architecture Theory at Cornell University, will give a lecture on ‘The Idea of Welcoming: Studies from Architecture in Translation and Open Architecture’, followed by a roundtable conversation hosted by Roemer van Toorn on gentleness, migration, and open architecture.15 November 14.30 – 17.00: Lars Lerup, Professor, and former Dean of Rice University Houston, will give a lecture entitled ‘There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in’. Followed by a roundtable conversation on gentleness and the role of architecture in breaking stereotypes and creating new assemblages of possibility.17 November 15.00-16.30: The Power of Gentleness in Architecture: Towards an Aesthetics of Hospitality workshop led by Roemer van Toorn, as part of the Vetenskapsrådet conference Transformations ‘22: artistic research in times of change, Luleå, Sweden.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Arkitektur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Architecture (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Power of Gentleness

Open Architecture

CosmoPolitics

theory of architecture

arkitekturteori

aesthetics

estetik

arkitektur

architecture

urban planning

stadsplanering

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