Reconciling Poetics and Ethics in Architecture Conference
The History of Theory of Architecture Program,
McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec
September 13 - 15, 2007
The program for this conference begins with three challenging questions:
How can architects reconcile their wish to design a beautiful world and the imperative to create a better place for society? Is there a responsible place for the architect's personal imagination in a world of opposing views, cultures and political agendas? For whom should architect's design?
Just a few of the many topics and presentations to be featured:
- Empathy of the Other. Spaces of Empathy and Ethics
- Historical Studies and Imagination
- Narratives of Utopia
- The Spiritual Exercise of Architecture
- Ambulating Through Choreographed Landscapes
- Messy Urbanisms
- An Experiential Tale of Two Buildings
Reconciling Poetics and Ethics in Architecture will be held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture and McGill University. Among the highlights are: keynote address by Juhani Pallasmaa to be followed by a reception co-hosted by the Embassy of Finland; the exhibition “70 Architects” at the Centre de design at UQAM; tour of the CCA; plenary presentations by Alberto Pérez-Gómez, Lily Chi, Marco Frascari, and David Leatherbarrow; and the 20th Anniversary of History and Theory of Architecture Banquet. See conference website for more information.
http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/theory/conference/index.html
