I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E O N A R C H I T E C T U R E
B E T W E E N A U T O N O M Y A N D E N G A G E M E N T
Online Conference. CICA Comité International des Critiques d’Architecture
12–13, 19–20 October 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS NEW DEADLINE: 1st May 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS
Should a building be a world onto itself? Or should it relate to its context? Do the best buildings achieve both: create their own order and language while also addressing and even shaping their environment?
Following the International Conferences on Architectural Criticism (2021), on Architectural Quality (2022), and on Architecture as Built Criticism (2023), the 2024 conference seeks papers that show how realized buildings stand in the autonomy and engagement debate.
Abstracts (max. 500 words) should propose one case study that has been visited by the author. The pdf file should have no identification of the author(s).
CONFERENCE
The selection to the conference is in two stages: first, acceptance of abstracts; second, development of abstracts into draft papers. Based on these, authors will be invited to one of the four sessions together with the keynote lecturers of the online conference 12–13, 19–20 October 2024, chaired by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil, and Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
PUBLICATION
The proceedings will be published in 2025 by Park Books of Zurich.
KEYNOTE LECTURERS
Denise Scott Brown, Philadelphia
Nzinga Mboup, Dakar
Rossana Hu and Lyndon Neri, Shanghai
Álvaro Siza, Porto
ORGANIZATION
Carlos Eduardo Comas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Ruth Verde Zein, UPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
FUNDING
CICA, UPM, UFRGS.
CONFERENCE FORMAT
The online format of the four-session conference allows for active debate between the audience and lecturers. Presentations are succinct to allow for ample discussion time. Besides the four keynotes, there will be up to 16 short papers. The conference will be recorded and placed on YouTube. The conference’s language will be English. Attendance is open and free of charge.
DATES
Call for Abstracts: 15 December 2023
Deadline for Abstracts: 01 May 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 15 May 2024
Submission of Draft Papers: 15 July 2024
Return of Edited Papers: 01 September 2024
Conference Sessions: 12–13, 19–20 October 2024
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Elias Constantopoulos, Hellenic Institute of Architecture
Carlos Eduardo Comas, UFRGS, Porto Alegre
Manuel Cuadra, CICA Secretary General, Lima
Fernando Diez, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
Jasna Galjer, University of Zagreb
Berna Göl, Yeditepe University, Istanbul
Hélène Jannière, Université Rennes 2
Morten Birk Jørgensen, Royal Academy, Copenhagen
Li Xiangning, Tongji University, Shanghai
Robert McCarter, Washington University, St. Louis
Valerio Paolo Mosco, IUAV, Venice
Louise Noelle Gras, UNAM, Ciudad de Mexico
Şengül Öymen Gür, Beykent Üniversitesi, Istanbul
José Manuel Pozo Municio, ETSAUN, Pamplona
Paolo Scrivano, Politecnico di Milano
Jaime Solares, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo
Ana Tostões, CiTUA-Instituto Técnico, Lisbon
Ruth Verde Zein, U. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo
Wilfried Wang, CICA President, Tongji University
SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS
CICA International Committee of Architectural Critics
Beykent Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Athens
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Istituto Universitario Architettura Venezia
Tongji University, CAUP, Shanghai
Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo
IIEs, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , CdMx
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima
Washington University, St. Louis