Keynote speakers include: Sjoerd
Soeters, Piers Gough, Theodor Winters and Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Soeters, Piers Gough, Theodor Winters and Kathleen James-Chakraborty
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Details of the Back to the City,
conference have been released by the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The
Glasgow School of Art. The conference, which brings together international
speakers from academia and practice, will take place in the Reid Building at
the GSA on 5 & 6 May 2016.
conference have been released by the Mackintosh School of Architecture at The
Glasgow School of Art. The conference, which brings together international
speakers from academia and practice, will take place in the Reid Building at
the GSA on 5 & 6 May 2016.
On 12 May 1976, Secretary of State for
Scotland, Bruce Millan, announced the cancellation of the plans to expand the village
of Stonehouse outside Glasgow into a new town with 40,000 inhabitants, and the
redirection of the corresponding funds to the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal
(GEAR). After three decades, the era of new towns outside British cities was
finally drawing to an end, and policy was increasingly focusing on the inner
cities as a place of residence.
Scotland, Bruce Millan, announced the cancellation of the plans to expand the village
of Stonehouse outside Glasgow into a new town with 40,000 inhabitants, and the
redirection of the corresponding funds to the Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal
(GEAR). After three decades, the era of new towns outside British cities was
finally drawing to an end, and policy was increasingly focusing on the inner
cities as a place of residence.
The Glasgow experience was by no means
unique. Although suburbanization was continuing, from the 1970s onwards
national and municipal policies in many European countries increasingly
promoted living in the inner city. The International Building Exhibition, or
IBA, in West Berlin (1979-1987), the regeneration of Rotterdam’s
nineteenth-century neighbourhoods (begun 1973), the redevelopments of the
London Docklands (begun 1981), Amsterdam Eastern Harbour (begun 1988) and
Copenhagen South Harbour (begun 1995) as well as numerous infills and
industrial redevelopments in the inner cities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Vienna or
Gothenburg evidence the increasing emphasis on housing in the inner cities.
unique. Although suburbanization was continuing, from the 1970s onwards
national and municipal policies in many European countries increasingly
promoted living in the inner city. The International Building Exhibition, or
IBA, in West Berlin (1979-1987), the regeneration of Rotterdam’s
nineteenth-century neighbourhoods (begun 1973), the redevelopments of the
London Docklands (begun 1981), Amsterdam Eastern Harbour (begun 1988) and
Copenhagen South Harbour (begun 1995) as well as numerous infills and
industrial redevelopments in the inner cities of Barcelona, Hamburg, Vienna or
Gothenburg evidence the increasing emphasis on housing in the inner cities.
“On the one hand, the conference will,
examine the architectural outcomes of the ‘return to the inner city’ –the
numerous variations of dense, multi-storey ‘New Tenement’ architecture,” says
Florian Urban of the Mackintosh School of Architecture. “On the other hand, it
will look at the conditions that generated this architecture – the political
and socio-economic background, as well as the different ways in which living in
the inner city was conceptualized.”
examine the architectural outcomes of the ‘return to the inner city’ –the
numerous variations of dense, multi-storey ‘New Tenement’ architecture,” says
Florian Urban of the Mackintosh School of Architecture. “On the other hand, it
will look at the conditions that generated this architecture – the political
and socio-economic background, as well as the different ways in which living in
the inner city was conceptualized.”
The Back to the City conference, spread
over two days and featuring international speakers from academia and practice,
will reflect on this shift, and the strategies of renewal undertaken.
over two days and featuring international speakers from academia and practice,
will reflect on this shift, and the strategies of renewal undertaken.
Sjoerd Soeters, the designer of the
famous Java Island/Eastern Harbour development in Amsterdam (1991-2000) and
Sluseholmen development in Copenhagen (2005-9), will give the keynote address on
5 May.
famous Java Island/Eastern Harbour development in Amsterdam (1991-2000) and
Sluseholmen development in Copenhagen (2005-9), will give the keynote address on
5 May.
He will also be joined by Piers Gough of
CZWG, the master planner of Glasgow’s New Gorbals (1992-2000), Theodor Wintersof STERN Berlin, an important actor in the International Building Exhibit (IBA)
1987, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, an architectural historian at the University
College Dublin, and many other international speakers (for full programme see Notes for Editors).
CZWG, the master planner of Glasgow’s New Gorbals (1992-2000), Theodor Wintersof STERN Berlin, an important actor in the International Building Exhibit (IBA)
1987, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, an architectural historian at the University
College Dublin, and many other international speakers (for full programme see Notes for Editors).
The conference is free. To attend email: Ambrose Gillick (a.gillick@gsa.ac.uk).
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Notes for Editors
The conference was organised by Florian Urban, Ambrose Gillick, and Miles Glendinning (University of Edinburgh) and part of Leverhulme-funded two-year research project “The New Tenement” led by Florian Urban.
Full Programme
THURSDAY 5 MAY
9.00
Greetings Christopher Platt, Florian Urban and Miles Glendinning
Greetings Christopher Platt, Florian Urban and Miles Glendinning
9.10-10.30 – Back to the City – Theoretical Frameworks:
Ola Uduku (moderator) – University
of Edinburgh, Wolfgang Sonne – TU Dortmund , Ruxandra Stoica – University
of Edinburgh, John
Pendlebury – University of Newcastle
of Edinburgh, Wolfgang Sonne – TU Dortmund , Ruxandra Stoica – University
of Edinburgh, John
Pendlebury – University of Newcastle
10.30-11.00
Coffee break
Coffee break
11.00-13.00
The European Context :
The European Context :
Florian Urban (moderator) – Glasgow School of Art
, Ambrose Gillick – Glasgow School of Art, Paul van de Laar – Erasmus
University Rotterdam and Museum of
the City of Rotterdam, Jens Kvorning – Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen , Theodor Winters – S.T.E.R.N., Berlin
University Rotterdam and Museum of
the City of Rotterdam, Jens Kvorning – Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen , Theodor Winters – S.T.E.R.N., Berlin
13.00-15.00
Lunch Bus Tour of the New Gorbals led by Florian Urban
Lunch Bus Tour of the New Gorbals led by Florian Urban
15.00-16.45
The Retreat of the State : Robert Proctor (moderator) – University of Bath , Susanne Schindler – ETH Zurich/ Columbia University, New York , Evandro Florin – São Paulo State University, Alicja Gzowska – University of Warsaw
The Retreat of the State : Robert Proctor (moderator) – University of Bath , Susanne Schindler – ETH Zurich/ Columbia University, New York , Evandro Florin – São Paulo State University, Alicja Gzowska – University of Warsaw
16.45-17.00
Coffee break
Coffee break
17.00-18.00
Keynote Address :
Keynote Address :
Sjoerd Soeters – Soeters van Eldonk Architects, Amsterdam
FRIDAY 6 MAY
Programme
9.00-11.00
Politics and the Return to the City – The Case of Glasgow:
Politics and the Return to the City – The Case of Glasgow:
Keith
Kintrea (moderator) – University of Glasgow • David Adam – University
of Glasgow
Kintrea (moderator) – University of Glasgow • David Adam – University
of Glasgow
Johnny Rodger – Glasgow School of Art
• Sarah Mass – University
of Michigan
of Michigan
11.00-11.30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11.30-13.30
New Residences in the Inner City :
New Residences in the Inner City :
Brian Evans (moderator) – Glasgow School
of Art • Peter McGurn – McGurn Logan Duncan & Opfer, Glasgow , Piers Gough – CZWG, London , Jakob
Dunkl – Querkraft Architekten, Vienna , Søren Nielsen – Vandkunsten
Architects, Copenhagen
of Art • Peter McGurn – McGurn Logan Duncan & Opfer, Glasgow , Piers Gough – CZWG, London , Jakob
Dunkl – Querkraft Architekten, Vienna , Søren Nielsen – Vandkunsten
Architects, Copenhagen
13.30
Lunch
Lunch
15.00-15.30
Closing Address :
Closing Address :
Kathleen James-Chakraborty – University College Dublin