ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

What Makes a Better City @ LFA '08

Romanian architects Teodor Frolu and Dorin Stefan from TransCentral Urban Bucharest and Oana Nituica and Claudiu Barsan-Pipu from the Bucharest University of Architecture are coming to the London Festival of Architecture to debate strategies of architectural, urban and social action for a better future of the cities we live in, with a focus on Bucharest. Special guest Peter Bishop, Director Design for London.

The cities of the global world are developing faster and faster. Bucharest is one of them, as are London, Berlin and many others. 'What makes a better city?' is a question we all should answer to. How do we deal with this? Who decides what is the best option for the future of the city? What are the tools we need to put in place to manage this process? When do we stop dreaming and start transform visions in interventions plan?

The debate will bring together architects, developers, journalists and theorists from Bucharest and London in a visionary discussion about urban life and environment.

Programme

7 - 7.50 pm: What Makes a Better City?
Panel: Teodor Frolu, Peter Bishop, Di Hague, Fred Manson, Ken Dytor, Steve McAdam, Marc Dorfman, Chris Horne, Dorin Stefan.
The discussions will be recorded for the TUB archive.

7.50 - 8.15 pm: Break

8.15 - 9 pm: Flocking over Bucharest
Presentations by architects Dorin Stefan, Oana Nituica & Claudiu Barsan-Pipu.

1st step
The [Metaphoric] Interface - a mythical/actual view of the 'past-future' of Bucharest's contextual history;
2nd step
The [Contextual] Interval - Bucharest could be understood by looking at flocking pigeons and listening jazz;
3rd step
The [Architectural Flocking] Case Study - the relationship between the individual and the group leads to an overall optimization of the process, allowing for dramatic changes of the global vs. local vision.

Speakers' biographies (Microsoft Word document)

The event is part of the New Bucharest Market project presented by the Romanian Cultural Institute, with the support of the Embassy of Romania, at the London Festival of Architecture 2008.

When: Tuesday 24 June 2008, 7 - 9 pm;
Where: Romanian Cultural Institute London.
Admission: is free but places are limited.
Please reserve your seats at T: 020 7752 0134
E: office@icr-london.co.uk.