Epoka University in Tirana , Albania

They expect an international audience including academics, practicing architects, urban designers, and planners.

You are invited to submit an abstract and/or poster proposal to one of the conference tracks listed below:

    Architectural history and historic preservation
    Green building technologies and materials
    User-friendly public spaces
    Architecture & urban design education
    Cons tr uction management
    Information technology in architecture & urban design

Abstracts/Posters must be submitted for review by January 15, 2012.

Keynote speakers:

Prof. Dr. Ardeshir Mahdavi, Technical University of Vienna , Aus tr ia .
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Gianighian, University of Venice , Italy .
Prof. Dr. Ilknur Kolay, Istanbul Technical University , Turkey .
Prof. Dr. Aspa Gospodini, University of Thessaly , Athens , Greece .
Assist. Prof. Dr. Deike Peters, University of Southern California , Los Angeles , USA .
Assist. Prof. Dr. Martino Tattara, Berlage Institute, Rotterdam , Holland .
Dr. Paola Ardizzola, MuseoArchitetturaArte, Pescara , Italy .
Mirela Kamberi, United Nations Development Programme , Albania .
Christos Passas, Zaha Hadid Architects & Architectural Association, London , UK .

Over the past twenty years, Tirana, the capital of Albania , has evolved into a dense, compact, and vibrant city of almost one million people, full of shops, cafés, restaurants, music, colorful buildings, and s tr eet life. At the same time, it is choked with automobile tr affic, its older façades are crumbling down, and the tr aditional housing stock is being eroded to make room for condominium buildings.  Sustainable cons tr uction technologies are in their infancy. High-tech high-rise architecture is juxtaposed with small scale informal additions to communist-era housing units and pre-communist oriental and Western neoclassic homes. While there is much private wealth in the coun tr y, the public sector has limited resources. This set of circumstances makes Tirana a very interesting laboratory for architects and urban designers & planners, and an enjoyable place to visit.
 

Email us: icaud@epoka.edu.al

Epoka University
Address: Autos tr ada Tirane-Rinas, Km 12,
Tirana , Albania
Tel.: +355 42 232 086 / +355 42 222 077
Fax.: +355 42 222 117
Email: info@epoka.edu.al

Web: www.epoka.edu.al