Summer school Between Intellectual and Sensory Reason: Towards an Epistemology of Architecture Dubrovnik, September 11-15 th September 2017
Technical details: The venue of our course is the building of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik IUC Ulica don Frana Bulica 4, 20000, Dubrovnik https://goo.gl/maps/k5hjugc8lkm2 Our course will take place in a room 5, located on the second floor. On the first floor of the same building is a computer room with printers and a copy machine, where you can print your handouts or any other material. All other technical equipment necessary for ppt presentations is also available in the room and in our classroom. There is a coffee bar in the atrium of the IUC building and near the IUC restaurants for short lunch-breaks. IUC is planning a welcome reception for all participants of the courses organised this same week. Usually, this reception takes part during the lunchtime on either Tuesday or Wednesday in the same atrium. We hope that you will be able to join us. The IUC course fee (50 euros per student) can be paid at the IUC office during the course. As we have stated in the call, ECTS points are available for all students who meet the following two conditions: (i) participate in at least 80% of the lectures, (ii) present an original paper on the topic of the course. The participants who have not applied for presentations will also get a certificate of attendance, but no ECTS credits. Program of the course will soon be available publicly on our web site http://cas.uniri.hr If any of the participants haven't managed to organise their accommodation, they can contact iuc@iuc.hr for guidance in making further reservations. In case you need transport from the airport, you can contact participants.transportation@gmail.com - you can arrange personal transport by a driver carrying your nametag for a price of 200 kn (26,67 euros) as opposed to the standard taxi fare of 260 kn (34,67 euros). Please, let us know before your arrival to Dubrovnik if you would be interested to participate in a guided tour on Dubrovnik city walls and Lovrijenac fortress so that we could book a guide who would be willing to spend some time with us. We could plan the tour on Wednesday morning. 2
Between Intellectual and Sensory Reason: Towards an Epistemology of Architecture PROGRAM Co-directors: Snjezana Prijic Samarzija, University of Rijeka Jörg H. Gleiter, Technical University Berlin Petar Bojanic, University of Belgrade / CAS SEE University of Rijeka Vladan Djokic, University of Belgrade Focal Theme: Throughout the history of philosophy, architecture has been widely referred to as a metaphor for conscious action and logical construction. For Aristotle the work of the master builder served as a metaphor for his philosophy of action, while Nietzsche used the metaphor of a shaking tower of concepts to visualize and make more comprehensible the precarious state of metaphysics. Yet architecture means much more to philosophy and critical thought than what the explanatory use of architectural imagery evokes. It was Kant who went beyond metaphor by claiming architectonics is the art of systems. As such, architecture is not only a cultural practice based on knowledge but moreover a cultural practice that serves the production of philosophical knowledge. This course focuses on the double bind of architecture as a material practice and an agent of knowledge production. We will discuss the importance of architecture in the formation of thought. It will draw attention to architecture as a cultural practice between intellectual reason and sensual reason. It was Nietzsche who already emphasized the close interrelation between philosophy and architecture and insisted on the philosopher s need for appropriate spaces for thinking. He held that after the death of God we need some recognition of what above all is lacking in our big cities: quiet and wide, expansive places for reflection. Places with long, high-ceilinged cloisters for bad or all too sunny weather. Participants: Prof. Joerg Gleiter, Prof. Snjezana Prijic Samarzija, Prof. Petar Bojanic, Prof. Vladan Djokic, Prof. Zoran Lazovic, Prof. Ludger Schwarte, Prof. Carla Danani, Prof. Giusi Struimmello, Prof. Katharina Borsi, Dr. Sanja Bojanic, Dr. Luka Skansi, Dr. Mateja Kurir Borovicic Kasper Lægring, Roberto Bonturi, Fabiana Sforza, Jelena Radosavljević, Miloš Kostić, Madeleine Jessica Kennedy, Jovana Timotijević, Jovana Stojković, Hana Samaržija, Juan Almarza Anwandter, Stefana Dilova, Mirza Vranjakovic, Julian Franke, Andrea Weigt, Theresa Rauch, Adria Daraban Seminars will start at 10 am in the morning with open end in the evening. In order to leave enough time for the intellectual exchange presentations shall be limited to 20 minutes (students MA/BA) and 30 minutes all others. The presentations will be followed by 30 minutes respectively 40 minutes of discussion. An individually assigned moderator/commentator will help to guide through the discussions. 3
Timetable Monday, 11 th September 2017 10.00- Welcome and registrations IUC - Ul. don Frana Bulica 4, 20000, Dubrovnik https://goo.gl/maps/k5hjugc8lkm2 - Welcome address of Directors of the Course Presentation of all participants; setting the daily schedule Opening session: Introduction to the course Prof. Joerg Gleiter Lunch Spaces of Reflection - where does philosophy take place? Pages for thinking. From Corviale to "sensible wisdom"... in a too short step. Epistemic Implications of Neuroarchitecture Prof. Ludger Schwarte Comments: Prof. Snjezana Prijic Samarzija Prof. Carla Danani Comments: Prof. Giusi Struimmello Hana Samarzija Comments: Prof. Carla Danani Tuesday, 12 th September 2017 10.00 The Acts of Project(ion) Prof. Petar Bojanic 15.00 A new rational aesthetic: notes on the culture of space Architecture, Space and Alienation: between Adorno and Lefebvre Lunch Dr. Luka Skansi Comments: Prof. Ludger Schwarte Dr. Mateja Kurir Borovicic Comments: Dr. Luka Skansi 4
15.00 16.15 16.15 17.15 17.15 18.15 Drawing the Knowledge of Urbanism Knowledge Fields: Between Scientific and Design-Based Knowledge Representations of the fragmentary in architecture Prof. Katharina Borsi Prof. Vladan Djokic Comments: Prof. Ludger Schwarte Adria Daraban Comments: Sandra Meireis Wednesday, 13 th September 2017 14.00 Reading Laboratory Between Being and Becoming: towards a metaphysical reading of architectural signs Juan Almarza Anwandter 17.30 17.30 19.00 Nietzsche s thoughts about Architecture Diagrams in Architecture: Agents of knowledge production? Mirza Vranjakovic Comments: Prof. Giusi Struimmello Julian Franke Thursday, 14 th September 2017 10.00 10.45 Mythologisations of Contemporary Belgradian Architecture Prof. Zoran Lazovic Comments: Milos Kostic 10.45 11.30 11.30 Self-Managing Socialism and Urban Planning The Case Study of General Plan of Belgrade 1972 Jelena Radosavljevic Comments: Prof. Vladan Djokic 5
Exhibitions as Philosophy? Lunch Exploring Ideas in your Senses. The capacity of imagination after Immanuel Kant explored in Oswald M. Ungers City Metaphors Semiotics of Architectural: Detail between Rationalization and Representation of Architecture The Perception of Space on the Base of Atmospheres Madeleine Kennedy Comments: Hana Samarzija Andrea Weigt Comments: Prof. Carla Danani Milos Kostic Comments: Prof. Giusi Struimmello Theresa Rauch Friday, 15 th September 2017 10.00 Nelson Goodman, Exemplification and Critiques of Modernist Architecture Kasper Laegring Comments: Sandra Meireis 12.30 12.30 13.30 Abandoning Home - aporia of displacement The Presence in Public Space Jovana Timotijevic Stefana Dilova Comments: Madeleine Kennedy 13.30 14.00 Closing remarks, distribution of certificates 6