Workshops: Professors and students will actively interact and collaborate on specific topics creating a final output by gathering information and ideas within the international groups that will be created. To provide the best interaction possible, the workshop will have a limited number of participants that will be decided by the organizer. We expect to hold at least 2 workshops for each area of interest, each one will be composed of a minimum of 3 sessions of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Conferences: Professionals and professors from different sectors will gather in Florence to talk about specific and interesting topics while they involve the participation of the audience. The first part will be structured as a normal lecture and the second and main part of the conference will be for questions and interventions. This setup will help to create a learning atmosphere. Each conference will last about one hour and a half.
Company presentations: Professionals and researchers coming from companies working in the different sectors of interest, will have the opportunity to update the international professionals, the studios, the universities and the students on their products, their company's philosophy, their working procedures, their experiences, their research and achievements. Duration will be approximatively of 15 minutes each.
See the list of all the company presentations
Case histories: Professionals coming from different sectors will share with the participants their successful account. They will talk about their work and their achievements. Furthermore, they will provide a closer look into the professional world and show the opportunities that are out there. The informality of this meeting will allow there to be a true understanding and the opportunity to ask for some advice. Duration will be of around one hour.
Performances: Performing Arts Schools will be asked to participate and perform live. Art schools will organize exhibitions and shows.
See the list of all the performances
Exhibition Hall
Company exhibition: Sponsor companies will be present in an open area all day to share with the participants their experience and to look for interesting young people.
Institution exhibition: Institutions will have an area open all day that will be dedicated to their program: courses, masters and opportunities that they offer to the students and graduates from all over the world.
Virtual Expo – Student exhibition: all projects published in the degree database at www.florence-expo.com and participating in the 2008 Edition will be shown continuously in an all day open area. This way the audience will have the opportunity to see the projects and later go online and vote.
Poster sessions: Graduates participating in the festival have the opportunity to explain their projects to a professional audience during specific sessions, while their work is exhibited in an open area all day. One of those students will be selected by the Scientific Committee to win the "Smart Presentation Award" which will be announced during the closing ceremony of the Festival.
This program is preliminary and may be subject to change. The day by day schedule will be available soon.
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning
Workshop 1
Title: Touches of Reinassance
Abstract: Within the Project, architecture students from different countries will meet and work together in Florence, Italy, the cradle of the Renaissance. The aim consists in studying Renaissance architecture in this authentic place. The Project is thought to be going on for four years and will cover the period from 1400 to 1600. Each year it is devoted to half a century of the Italian Renaissance, and it is therefore divided into four parts: A(1400-1450), B(1450-1500), C(1500-1550), D(1550-1600). In this year 2008 will run the period C(1500-1550).
The project starts with the presentation of each country, which will introduce the studied period in their country by describing the national architecture in the period 1500-1550 and the influences of the Florentine architecture in the 19th Century.
The name, Touches of the Renaissance, is meant both literally and metaphorically: the students will draw and measure architectural details related to the respective period of time, and thus through “touching”, students will be able to perfectly understand the material, the scale, the space, and also the genius loci.
In addition, through mutual work students will make friends and come together with colleagues from other schools.
Organized by: Bohumil Fanta, Professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Architecture, Czech Republic
Duration: 5 sessions of 2h30minutes, starting November 14th and ending November 18th
Participants requirements: students from the Master degree level, after the 3rd year of study. Field of studies: architecture, visual art, art history. Skills and previous experience: drawing, art history, basics of monument preservation
Number of participants: 50, 30 places still available
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Workshop 2
Title: An approach to the profession: Would you like to participate to an International Architectural Competition?
Abstract: Architectural competitions can be an important occasion to approach the professional world. Every day there are new competitions opened to architects from all over the world.
It is an interesting and fascinating world which gives place to the confrontation with the most famous architects of the world and also challenges the architects under different points of view.
The workshop wants, first of all, to introduce young architects to this professional practice also through the analysis of some projects with which Arch Piccini and his studio participated to international competitions, also obtaining important results. A second objective will be to choose an existing competition in which to take part as a group. During the second part of the workshop participants will work together on the preliminary ideas and the guide lines of the project. At the end of the Festival it will be possible for the teams to keep working from their country through internet. A third and overall objective is to facilitate the experimentation of team work. The planning work that will be done through the use of information technologies and internet will go beyond the wish to win the competition: it will be meaningful thanks to the possibility to work in an international team toward a common goal.
Organized by: Michele Piccini, Architectural Studio Archiplan, Florence, and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Florence - Italy
Duration: 3 sessions of 2h30minutes
Number of participants: 50
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Workshop 3
Title: Design of urban environment and architectural heritage reuse: the role of the "genius loci" within the "Life Beyond Tourism" agenda.
Abstract: Cultural field: Urban space analysis on visions of transmission of knowledge, conservation and creativity, branding the city, etc. with a topic "Identity of our City, Region" and “Genius Loci” phenomenon within the electronic communication era and the issues of educational/cultural tourism, destination selection and trail choice.
The issue of “Identity” and “branding” in the light of the phenomenon of ARCHITOURISM, (tourism attracted by architecture and architectural heritage)". The experience of the “BRAND” of historic city (as created as “Myth of Florence” the fashions in 18th and 19th century and raised interest in art and civilization of Renaissance Florence). At the present time of globalization and transition in East Europe the question about the fashions change to accord to the issues of knowledge transmission by meditation of education and media, today’s influence of education – formal, informal and permanent, to the choice of tourist destinations.
Organized by: Milan Prodanovic, Professor at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Duration: 5 sessions of 2h30minutes
Number of participants: 50, 30 places still available
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Professional Workshop 4 - Call for paper!
Title: The Tourist City
Abstract: The Tourist City is a series of presentations and roundtables that explores the study of tourism across disciplines – economics, history, sociology - and interdisciplinary fields – cultural studies, tourist studies, urban studies. Presentations will be organized around important themes in the study of tourism, including fast tourism, history of tourism, sustainable tourism, tourism encounters. The program connects with the Del Bianco Foundation initiative Life Beyond Tourism.
Call for Paper: Submit detailed abstract of your paper to Dr. Ray Hutchison, Urban and Regional Studies, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay WI via email with subject heading “tourism” to: hutchr@uwgb.edu If you are a student, take the challange and participate too together with the professionals!
Organized by: Ray Hutchison, Green Bay University, Wisconsin, USA
Duration: 2-3 sessions of 2h30minutes (the sessions will be decided based on the number of papers submitted)
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Conservation and Restoration
Workshop 5
Title: Advanced techniques for strengthening of Monumental Buildings Safely
Abstract: “Conservation of timber architecture”: referring to the world patrimony of timber construction, the workshop will analyze the mechanical failures of the timber construction, will study the biotic decay of the wood and will arrive to focus on the criteria and techniques for strengthening timber structures.
Organized by: Prof. Gennaro Tampone lecturer at the University of Florence, Faculty of Architectural Restoration and President of “Collegio degli Ingegneri della Toscana” Florence - Italy
Duration: 3 sessions of 2h30 minutes
Number of participants: 50
Design and Visual and Performing Arts
Workshop 6
Title: Revealing the spirit of Florence
Abstract: Watercolour workshop
Organized by: Prof. Mieczyslaw Ziomek, University Nicolas Copernicus, Faculty of fine arts, Torun, Poland
uration: 3 sessions of 2h30 minutes
Number of participants: 50, 30 places still available
Symposium Workshop 7
Title: Cultural evolution of arts and design in the globalize age
The symposium workshop will be composed of two session for the presentation of the conference papers related to the theme, by oral or poster. The second part will be represented by 2 lectures:
"The Chinese ink-painting skill for graphic design" by Prof. Boulin Hu
"Sustaining Socially-Responsible Design in Our Emerging Society: Designing for a Majority World" by Prof. Ricardo Gomes Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of Design for Social Responsibility, in respect to its history, development in the 20th Century and its evolution in the 21st Century. The study acknowledges the well known/recognized design professionals and movements in this genre. This study illustrates ways in which design can contribute to the development of a prosperous, more inclusive and sustainable future. The study also aims to document and highlight diverse applications of responsible and resourceful design approaches by the less known, or recognized design educators, professionals, organizations, institutions and movements that have create inspired, innovative responses to a range of challenges and issues in our emerging society and majority world today
Organized by: Ricardo Gomes, Professor at the San Francisco State University, Design & Industry Department, San Francisco - California and Prof. Boulin Hu, Professor at the College of Design, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li - Taiwan
Submission of papers: the conference papers submitted must be original works which has not been published elsewhere. Two copies must be sent to info@florence-expo.com
Articles are written in EnglishResearch Article should include abstracts and keywords. The formats are:
- Oral proceeding: Invited Articles or Research Articles with 5,000-20,000 words including footnotes
- Poster proceeding: Format A1, article with 5,000-10,000 words including footnotes
Research Article should follow the following format:
a. Title, Author’s occupation, position, institution and contact information.
b. 500 words abstracts and maximum of 5 keywords.
c. Footnotes according to the style stated in Footnote Format (please refrain from revealing author’s identity in the article; when citing author’s own work please refrain from using first person pronoun).
d. A bibliography of works cited should be included at the end of the article.
Duration: 3 sessions of 2h30 minutes
Number of participants: 50, 30 places still available
This program is preliminary and may be subject to change. The day by day schedule will be available soon.
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning
Title: The Japanese spatial architectural characterization through the ancient and modern architecture
Speaker: Arch. Yasuo Watanabe, Architectural Studio Interstudio, Pesaro - Italy and Tokyo Japan
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Title: Work In Progress
Speaker: Arch. Adolfo Natalini, Architectural Studio Natalini Associates
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Title: Florence and the Tramway: two hostages of the same problem
Speakers: Alessandro Dini and Delfo Del Bino, Florence - Italy. Authors of the book: "Firenze-Tramvia - Ieri una città nelle mani dei santi. E oggi? - Piccolo manuale dei grandi errori di un progetto sbagliato"
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Title: New Moscow 4: New Urban Venues in the Emergent World
Abstract: This intervention, which is connected to an exposition that will be organized in a parallel venue during the days of the Festival, will deal about the transformations that Moscow is experiencing following the renunciation of socialism; to help identify the character of the city’s regeneration as its switches to a capitalist economy; and to outline prospects for the city further development.
Speaker: Irina Korobina, Director of the Center of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, Russia
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Title: Two Russian Capitals: looking for the modernity
Abstract: The contemporary searches of the landmarks, new images and environment in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Reviewing the competitions and the nwe buildings.
Speaker: Alexander Kudryavtsev, President of the Russian Academy of Architectural and Construction Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Conservation and Restoration
Title: Conserving the Medici Burial Clothes
Abstract: This presentation will describe and illustrate the immense conservation project of the burial clothes in which Grand Duke Cosimo I, his wife Eleonora di Toledo and one of their sons, Don Garzia, were buried in. This task lasted 10 years and involved an international team of experts. There were different types of work, from identifying piles of crumpled up disintegrated fabric, to their sorting out and subsequent conservation and display, will be summarized and illustrated by an array of images that were taken during the course of conservation.
Speaker: Mary Westerman Bulgarella, Indipendent textile and costume conservator, Florence - Italy
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Title: Destruction and Reconstruction in Historical Cities in preparation of 2009 World Conference
Abstract:The purpouse of table is to open the questions of relations between receptions of heritage and its destruction ass well as its reconstruction, social aspects of destruction and reconstruction in different situations, times and spaces, to review theoretical approaches to reconstruction through studying the most relevant texts; to explore methods applied during reconstruction of the case-monuments, as well as to explore development of the reconstruction idea through legal documents at the international level. The key motto questions of the discussion will be (1) the one posed by Dario Gambont's. What makes a monument powerfull that people want to destroy it? As well as its paraphrase. (2) What makes a monument so powerfull that people want to reconstruct it? The round table is a preparatory meeting for an international conference that will take place during Florence International Exchange Festival 2008.
Speaker: Amra Hadzimuhamedovic, Commision to Preserve National Monuments, Sarajevo, Bosnia Hercegovina
Title: Caring to Preserve
Speakers: Francesco Civita, (in the photo), Curator of the Japanese Section at the Stibbert Museum, Florence and Dr. Marco Quadri restorer, student of the Maestro Mishina Kenji Mukansha of NBTHK Tokyo
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Title: What can neutrons do for you?
Abstract: This conference will present a new proposed technique for using sub-nuclear particles, the neutrons, for non-destructive characterization of metal historical artefacts.
This is based on a long established cooperation agreement between the National Council of Research (CNR, Italy) and the Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC, United Kingdom).
The first part of the Conference will be devoted to:
1-outline the scientific involvement of CNR, in particular with the Florence Research Area, in the field of diagnostics, characterization and conservation of Cultural Heritage artefacts.
2-givea short description of the properties of neutrons, and their importance in the scientific investigation of materials.
3-briefly describe the history and the intentions of the agreement between CNR and STFC, its scientific background, the opportunities offered to the Italian scientific community.
4-outline the possibilities for international scientific cooperation based on neutron techniques.
In the second part, the main characteristics of the Italian Neutron Experimental Station (INES) will be presented, as well as its properties and potentials for quantitative microscopic investigation of cultural heritage artefacts.
In particular, it will be shown how, with this instrument, it is possible to shed some light on how the artefacts were produced and what is their current status below the surface.
The results of these investigations are that they are totally non-destructive, add up to the traditional investigation methods to furnish invaluable help in any planned conservation work. Some examples will be discussed to show the main characteristics and to outline the potentialities of the method.
At the end of the conference, a sufficient amount of time will be devoted to a discussion. In particular, we plan to discuss the access possibilities for this technique and possible future cooperation activities that are expected to emerge from the audience.
Speakers: Marco ZOPPI and PDr. Francesco GRAZZI, CNR-ISC, Florence, Italy
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Title: Digital image processing with application to cultural heritage
Abstract: Presentation of digital image processing methods, regarding high quality digital acquisition, efficient storage systems, image quality improvement, copyright protection and distribution – through telematic networks – to the users.
Applications to Culture Heritage are described with particular reference to Cooperation Projects with Polo Museale Fiorentino
Speaker: Vito Cappellini, University of Florence, Member of Directive Board of Media Communication and Integration Centre
Design and Visual and Performing Arts
Title: Design of contemporary city environment. problems of contemporary city environment, connected with more city defects.
Abstract: The main idea: Thriving urbanization, functional and space structure in cities tends to create problems for people and their orientation with their location. A high level of depreciation restrains the development of an urban structure.It’s necessary to change urban structure before one tries to accommodate it to a modern lifestyle.Since industrial construction methods were based on the standard planning and these techniques were widely spread, it caused a massive destruction This mentality destroyed the unique sights and original landscapes of cities.The XX century has changed our conception of the environment and space. The new notion of the discrete space system appeared. «Virtual reality» has great potential. The development of human engineering and nano-technologies has created the necessary prerequisites for highly comfortable urban design- which is space. Some new ideas on landscape design, not traditional landscape gardening.
Speaker: Yuri Nazarov, President of the Association of Designers of Russia
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Title: The Portrait as Fine Art: Lecture and Discussion
Abstract:A lecture and discussion on the portrait as fine art using techniques employed by Nelson Shanks largerly inspired by Italian technique from the 17th century.
Speakers: Maestro Nelson Shanks, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, USA
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Title: Art and Design: Conservation and Maintenance
Abstract: When aesthetics can contribute to the creation of awareness, educational methods, fair exchanges and sustainable services
Speaker: Edoardo Malagigi, Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
This programme is preliminary and may be subject to change. The day by day schedule will be available soon.
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning
Title: Case Studies of work with American Indian cultures.
Abstract: Explore design projects that involve and interpret American Indian cultures. Audience participation and dialogue will be emphasized during the session.
Mr. Wyss will speak about his career as an award winning landscape architect leading multi-disciplinary design teams throughout the USA. These case studies will reveal how cultural appreciation can yield surprising design solutions. Case Studies of actor Kevin Costner’s Tatanka: Story of the Bison, restoration planning for the Wounded Knee Massacre site and other projects will be discussed.
Speaker: Patrick H. Wyss, Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects, South Dakota, USA
Conservation and Restoration
Title: New researches for the attribution and the restoration of the frescos in the Studiolo of Johannes Vìtéz inside the Esztergom castle
Abstract: The presentation will deal about the royal palace of Esztergom which is considered an historic monument containing the most important Hungarian mural paintings of the Middle Age and of the Renaissance period. Here there are many excellent paintings of Italians masters of the 14th Century collected in the Cappella Palatina of the Royal Palace of Hungary and the only important renaissance mural paintings that remained intact, those of the allegoric cycle of the “Virtues”, located in the Studiolo of the archbishop Johannes Vitéz, Primate of Hungary (1465-72), maestro and later on Chancellor for the King Mattia Corvino.
Speaker: Zsuzsanna Wierdl, Director of the ICOMOS Committee for Mural Paintings, Hungary
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Title: Architectural conservation: between research and education. Research and educational issues in heritage education and heritage conservation.
Abstract: This interacive session provides a brief view of the interrelationship between research and education in architectural conservation, as based on the author's research, teaching and in-situ experience in this field. It suggests, explains and illustrates the structure and selected directions of dual-beneficial interaction between students/young graduates and experienced scientists in conservation of architectural heritage. The issues under discussion are addressed and illustrated against the background of contemporary Cultural Heritage conservation reality, which combines sciences with arts, and advanced technologies with traditional techniques.
The presentation is illustrated with relevant examples of the author's research, educational and in-situ conservation experience.
The educational methods proposed by the author are applicable not only for conservational students, but also for students in archiecture with a limited extent of conservation studies.
The way is shown of achieving a real contribution by architectural students to conservation of architectural heritage, which is in line with modern conservation principles.
Speaker: Anna Lobovikov-Katz, Arch., PhD Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa - Israel
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Design and Visual and Performing Arts
Title: Florentine goldsmithing: from tradition to innovation
Speaker: Paolo Penko, Penko Goldsmith’s Workshop, Florence
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Title: Real and Virtual – Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Abstract: Abstract: The risk of the third dimension is to remain an interesting and effective spectacle and an immediate historical lecture. Because of this, frequently the virtual reality is only viewed as a means of representation and it is easy to forget the fundamental contribuition which is to offer awareness and publication to the cultural and historical research.
Speaker: Vincenzo Capalbo, Art Media Studio, Florence, Italy
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Title: Paper Fashion
Abstract: The charm of paper: with a simple piece of paper one can think, fold it, cut it, crease it, one can project, one can create, apply, assemble, glue, one can give it a new life, a new meaning, one can construct, one can sculpt, one can do wonders.
Paper has a creative strength of paper and an immortal soul that changes continuously, it recycles and revives always with a new form.
Paper is fragile and hard: paper comes from nature, paper is nature, but it can become robust like plastic (papier-mâché), layers can be overlapped and become an bearing structure, it can be folded with art and become a structure (pleating, origami, even become paper and cardboard made furniture)
And at the same time it’s fragility is fascinating: like chrysalis with insects, first with robust armor and after, fragile in regards to their form.
Expressing love for this material and for its natural origin… papyrus sheets as the first writing means in ancient Egypt. Other than this basic function of being used for writing and design and moreover by the press, paper, like the bark of a tree or the chrysalis of an insect, it also has the power to cover and therefore protect (even just by sight) the objects that it contents.
Giving attention to the small and humble things, “scruffs” from our ordinary life, also means to try to restore the soul of things, re-find “their identity”, redefine their sense and their value and to give a new identity to the little things from everyday (for example by using normal paper to give life to opulent and precious clothes for the night!)
And then considering the dress as the vessel of the body. A Sculptural Paper Dress like the chrysalis of an insect conserves the memory of the body. As a holder anticipates and suggests the form of its content and therefore intrigues, similarly also the dress is a holder.
And also clothing is a place where the body lives and expresses itself. Clothing as a precious hiding where identity and emotions can be hidden or, contrarily, clothing as a glorification of the body, underlining the same, and explicitly declaring its content: the body.
Importance of details: sometimes they are remembered more clearly then my art work all together, that’s why in my work there is a maniacal attention for the details.
Speaker: Caterina Crepax, artist and designer in Milan, Italy
