The department of architecture, building and planning invites abstracts
of about 400 words to be submitted by 15 MAY 2007
Board of recommendation:
Prof. Ir. Jan Westra, Dean of the Department, Ir. Mels Crouwel, Chief
government architect, Prof. Dr. Bernard Colenbrander, Prof. Ir. Frans
van Herwijnen, Prof. Ir. Bas Molenaar, Prof. Ir. Jouke Post, Prof. Ir.
Wim Zeiler, Prof. Ir. René van Zuuk, Prof. Dr. Ir. Bauke de Vries.
Conference Convenors:
Ir. Ralph Brodrück, Dr. Jacob Voorthuis, Ir. Maarten Willems, The
Eindhoven Students Association CHEOPS.
TECTONICS - making meaning
The tectonic describes the symphonic play of material, structure and
spatial experience. The way a building is crafted has always determined
much of its image, its mood and has even suggested its possible uses.
Its role in the built environment of today is subject to radical change.
Modern building techniques, changing cultural values, environmental,
economic and global issues all have their own demands on the way
buildings are shaped and used. These concerns challenge classic concepts
of tectonic purity or honesty and have created an unstable context of
continuous development in which architectural and urban design, the
physics of the built environment, property development, and structural
innovation must operate.
What do and can these developments mean for tectonic culture?
Towards a synthesis of disciplines
The explicit purpose of this conference is to explore the relationships
between the various disciplines of the building industry in the context
of an evolving tectonic culture.
Apart from reassessing the role of the tectonic in design within the
everchanging context of technological and cultural change, this
conference seeks to look at how different sorts of designers work
together with other disciplines in the building industry to arrive at a
tectonic concept.
It aims to widen the debate by specifically inviting submissions about
partnerships between designers, engineers, planners, government,
property- and product developers. Such partnerships have produced among
the most successful buildings because of an enlightened cooperation
between the vision of the developer, the talent of the designers, the
technical ability of the engineers and the openness of all these to
experimentation.
It addresses the relationship between the making of buildings and
property development, that is, between the tectonic image, branding and
iconicity.
It explores the tectonic potential in architectural product development
and design in the fields of comfort technology, sustainability and
adaptability.
It intends to monitor the changes in interior, architectural, urban and
landscape design practice as these shift from an orientation around the
object to a more integrated approach through issues such as the
choreography of space, morphology and behaviour, process, mood and
atmosphere.
Finally it investigates the tectonic potential of new developments in
technology and paradigm shifts in facture.
Conference themes
Tectonics, the poetics of technology.
Virtual tectonics, digital technology.
Tectonic strategies in ecological and sustainable design.
Kinetic tectonics, movement and adaptability.
Embodied tectonics.
Tectonics, globalisation and localisation.
Tectonics as metaphor.
Tectonics and philosophy: Architectonics.
Tectonics, image and branding.
Tectonics in urban design.
Details
The conference will last three days.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is May 15th 2007.
Abstracts and full papers will be peer reviewed.
Full papers approved by the review board will be published after the
conference.
In order to fully involve students, an international competition with a
prize will be launched in April.
Keynote speakers will also be asked to supervise a workshop with students.
A number of projects in the faculty during the 1st semester of next year
will have the tectonic as their main theme.
Submission of Abstracts on this website, starting april 2007.
http://www.tectonics2007.com/