Lessons learned panel discussion
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 2. 17.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
LESSONS LEARNED PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderated by Małgorzata Jedrzejczyk Ph.D., Ben Buschfeld, Robert K. Huber
Impulse I: Maja BAbić, Ph.D., University of Groningen,
Contentious Spaces – Uncovering the Hidden Narratives of Socialist Bulit Heritage
Impulse II: Prof. Edward Denison, The Bartlett School of Architecture
Modern Heritage in teh Anthropocene and the need for the Cape Town Document on Modern Heritage
Prof. Dr. Franziska Bollerey, Technical University Delft
Maja Babic, Ph.D., University of Groningen
Kacper Kepinski, National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Warsaw
Keynote lecture: Tests of perspective – architectural histories of a vague country
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 2. 17.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
KEYNOTE LECTURE: TESTS OF PERSPECTIVE – ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIES OF A VAUGE COUNTRY
Prof. Dr. Henrieta Moravčíková, STU Bratislava, Slovak Academy of Science, Docomomo Slovakia
Moderated by Robert K. Huber, ETOM, TDM
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Session 5: New Communities, New Buildings, New People: the notion of the “new” in Central and Eastern European modern architecture
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 2. 17.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Session 5: NEW COMMUNITIES, NEW BUILDINGS, NEW PEOPLE: THE NOTION OF THE “NEW” IN CENTRAL AND EUROPEAN MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Moderator: Ben Buschfeld, buschfeld.com, ETOM, TDM-Berlin
Nadiia Antonenko, Ph.D., Department of Information Technologies in Architecture, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture: Large-scale housing estates in Ukrainian cities of the 1960s-1980s – A new look at value in the context of the war
Małgorzata Burkot, Independent researcher: 100 schools in the Vilnius region
Kateryna Didenko, Ph.D., Department of Architecture, Vilnius Technical University: Laboratory for the formation of a new soviet man. The case study early-modern architecture of residential complexes in the metropolitan Kharkiv
Piotr Woliński, Łódź University of Technology: Transfer of modernism and planning of post-war Warsaw and Singapore. Relationships and circumstances of building „new“ states, cities, societies.
Michal Wiśniewski, Ph.D., Institut of Architecture Foundation (FAI) and International Culture Center Krakow: Wehen the new is becoming old – the case of postwar housing in Poland
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Session 4: Shared heritage. Points of contact and best practices
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 2. 17.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Session 4: SHARED HERITAGE. POINTS OF CONTACT AND BEST PRACTICES
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Uta Pottgiesser, Docomomo International, TH-OWL, TU Delft Heritage & Technology
Alex Bykov, Architect and activist, Kyiv: SAVEKYIVACTIVISM
Prof. Marcin Lachowski, Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw: The history and utopia of modernism in the narratives of contemporary Polish artists
Louis Volkmann and Ben Kaden: Isn’t the new post office beautiful? Picture postcards as visual and textual testimonies of Eastern Modernism
Julia Bojaryn, Stiftung Haus Schminke, Löbau: TOPOMOMO – Experiments of modernism
Daniel Kovács, Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monuments Protection Documentation Center / The Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK), Budapest: Promoting Modernism, with Women’s Stories
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Keynote lecture: Shifting Grounds. Re-Mapping the Historiography of Architectural Modernism in Europe
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 1. 16.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
LECTURE: SHIFTING GROUNDS. RE-MAPPING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ARCHITECTURAL MODERNISM IN EUROPE
Prof. em. Dr. Ákos Moravánszky, Architectural Historian, ETH Zürich
Moderated by Robert K. Huber, ETOM, TDN Berlin
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Session 3: Built narratives. Multilayered identities of modern architecture
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 1. 16.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Session 3: BUILT NARRATIVES. MULTILAYERED IDENTITIES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE
Moderator: Aleksandra Janus, Ph.D., Pilecki-Institute Berlin, Exercising Modernity Program Curator
Marija Drėmaitė, Ph.D., Faculty of History, Vilnius University: Is there East Central European Modernism? The multifaceted case of Kaunas Modernism (1919-1939)
Prof. Dr. Jasna Galjer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb: Lost or found? Utopia and reality of modernism in the croatian architecture of the socialist and post-socialist period
Prof. Almantas Samalavičius, Department of Architectural Fundamentals, Theory and Art, Vilnius Giediminas Tech-nical University: Behind the Curtain – Reception and Integration of Modernism(s) in Lithuanian Architectural Discourse During the Later Soviet Era (1970-1990)
Prof. Dr. Svitlana Smolenska, Department of Construction, Architecture and Design, Kherson State Agrarian and Economic University, visiting researcher at TH OWL: International competition 1930 in Kharkiv, Ukraine – Modernism beyond the binary of East and West
Katarzyna Solińska, Voivodeship Monuments Protection Office in Krosno: Tracing papers. Lost archives and forgotten narratives – hidden and silenced microhistory of the “Deaf German” architect, his Trans-Olza opponent and Modernism beyond Subcarpathian Region
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Session 2: Iron curtain(s) of the 20th century. Modernism beyond the binary of East and West
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 1. 16.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Session 2: IRON CURTAIN(S) OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MODERNISM BEYOND THE BINARY OF EAST AND WEST.
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel, ICOMOS, former State Conservator of Berlin
Błażej Ciarkowski, Ph.D., University of Łódź: Looking through “a nylon curtain”. How do architects describe their international experiences in the times of socialism
Dr. des. Helena Huber-Doudová, National Gallery Prague: The Typology of Architecture Practice between the East and the West in the 20th century
Vaidas Petrulis, Ph.D., Institute of Architecture and Constructon. Kaunas University of Technology: National Narrative without Borders: Architecture of the Lithuanian Diaspora in the USA after World War II
Denada Veizaj, Ph.D. / Georgij Islami, Ph.D., Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Department of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Tirana: Modernity without modernism. The particular path of architecture in Albania from 1975 to 1990
Miłosz Gortyński, Łódź University of Technology: Open Form and Open Society in the Architecture Ana Ivanovska, Continuo, Faculty of Architecture, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje: Building the City of Solidarity, the case of Skopje
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Session 1: Contested architectural heritage across Central and Eastern Europe
CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES. MODERNISM BEYOND EAST AND WEST
DAY 1. 16.11.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Session 1: CONTESTED ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Moderator: Ingrid Ruudi, Ph.D. Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn Dr.
Christoph Rauhut Berlin Monument Authority, State Conservator Karl-Marx-Allee and lnterbau 1957. Architecture and Urbanism in Postwar Modernism
Marii Laanemets, Ph.D. Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn “The tangled history of Unna hall. Reflections on modernity in light of Ta11inn’s iconic city hall”
Dr. hab. Andrzej Leśniak Polish Academy of Sciences “The Parade Square between modernisation and globalization: the controversies and entangled histories on the site of the Future Museum of Modem Art in Warsaw”
lryna Matsevko, Ph.D. Kharkiv School of Architecture “ls the Soviet Built Heritage Ukrainian? Challenges and Perspectives of the Legacy of Modernism in Shaping Postwar Ukrainian ldentity”
Aleksandra Sumorok, Ph.D. Academy of Fine Arts W. Strzemiński in Łódz Socialist Realist Monuments in Poland. A „difficult” heritage?
The international conference with partners and speakers from different parts of Europe critically rethinks and analyzes the history of European modern architecture with reference to Central and Eastern Europe. It has been organized by the Pilecki-Institute in cooperation with the initiative for a “European Triennial of Modernism (ETOM)“ and was co-financed by the the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.
Kyiv Architectural Guide – book presentation & talk
The talk is a fourth event in the Exercising [Eastern] Modernity lecture series.
During the event Semen Shyrochyn gave an insight into his latest book: a bilingual architectural guide (English/Ukrainian), which presents 100 striking buildings from the past 100 years – from avant-garde residential complexes to imposing Stalin-era palaces and iconic designs of Soviet modernism to the most significant building projects that have been built since Ukraine gained independence in 1991.
27.04.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
PhD Semen Shyrochyn
Prof. h.c. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Meuser
Panel discussion “Eastern European Modernism – Contribution of Jewish Architects”
The starting point for the second event in Exercising [Eastern] Modernity lecture series is the book ”Osteuropäische Moderne – Beiträge jüdischer Architekten und Architektinnen“
27.04.2023, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Panelists
Dr hab. Zuzana Güllendi-Cimprichová
Dr Romuald Loegler
Dr Günter Schlusche
Moderation: Dr Tomasz Kurianowicz
Discussion held in German.
Lecture by Prof. Dr Giedrė Jankevičiūtė. “Vilnius, Wilno, Vilne 1918–1948: one city – many stories”
Lecture is part of the new lecture series which will continue to “reflect on the concepts of East and West, have a closer look at the incoherencies between political, geographical, and cultural borders of Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries and examine the issue of the role of culture and architecture in shaping the societies, cities and states in this region of the world”.
21.03.2023, 19:00, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Prof. Dr Giedrė Jankevičiūtė
Lecture “Creatures of the Future” by Urszula Prokop
28.10.2022, 18.00, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Lecture by Urszula Prokop, scholarship holder of the Exercising Modernity Scholarship Porgramme 2021/2022
Panel discussion “Contested memories – dissonant heritage. Material totalitarian legacy in Eastern Europe”
Panel discussion “Contested memories – dissonant heritage. Material totalitarian legacy in Eastern Europe” was an open part of the Exercising Modernity Academy 2022 programme.
22.10.2022, 18.00, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Panelists:
Prof. Jan C. Behrends
Karoline Gil
Dr Kateryna Kobchenko
Dr Margaret Tali
Moderation: Dr Aleksandra Janus, Dr Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk
Artist talk: Agnieszka Pindera and Nikita Kadan
21.10.2022, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Agnieszka Pindera’s talk with Nikita Kadan took place as part of the opening session of the Exercising Modernity Academy 2022.
Panel discussion “Shifting concepts, shifting perceptions. The East and the West in 2022: an outdated dichotomy?”
Shifting concepts, shifting perceptions. The East and the West in 2022: an outdated dichotomy?
This panel discussion is part of an event series accompanying the exhibition “Solidarity. Aid. Freedom” and an open part of the Exercecisng Modernity Academy 2022 Programme.
20.10.2022, 18.00, Pilecki-Institut Berlin
Panelists:
Przemysław Czapliński
Justyna Gotkowska
Richard Herzinger
Moderation: Patryk Szostak
Exercising Modernity Academy – ‘We were/are the Future’
The third edition of the Exercising Modernity Academy was focusing on the ways in which modernising trends around the world envisage and design the future, including the concept of the new man, including the new man and the new woman, the new society, the new lifestyle or the new everyday order. ‘We were/are the Future‘ was the motto of last year’s Academy, directing the attention of its participants to issues related to 20th century ideas and visions of building a ‘new’ society, free from deep divisions, where the gap between the private life of an individual and the consequences resulting from industrialisation and technological development was to be bridged.
One of the study sessions took place in September 2021 in Gdynia.
Greetings from the Muranów and Miasteczko Wilanów housing estates. New settlement activism – Michalina Musielak
As part of the exhibition Greetings from the Muranów and Miasteczko Wilanów housing estates. New settlement activism, Michalina Musielak juxtaposes archival photographs depicting the stages of construction of the Muranów estate and Miasteczko Wilanów. The artist looks at what remains of their original concepts and to what extent both estates have changed under the influence of the activity and involvement of their inhabitants.
Daily choreographies – Daphna Noy
Daily Choreographies is an art project by Israeli visual artist and dancer Daphna Noy, for which a starting point is the relationship between humans and architecture. The photographic collages and video work created within the project address the question of how the material structure of everyday life sets rhythms and directions for collective and individual life.
General Aspects of a European History of the Future
Exercising modernity 2021 – open lectures
„General Aspects of a European History of the Future”
Lucian Hölscher
Sitting out the apocalypse
Exercising modernity 2021 – open lectures
„Sitting out the apocalypse”
Michał Łuczewski
Urban Planning of the Future. Designing Cities in Times of Uncertainty
Exercising modernity 2021 – open lectures
“Urban Planning of the Future. Designing Cities in Times of Uncertainty”
discussion with: Wojciech Kotecki, Dorota Leśniak-Rychlak, Łukasz Pancewicz, Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, moderated by Anna Cymer
The Israel Project
Exercising Modernity 2021 – open lectures
“The Israel Project”
Zvi Efrat
A short history of post-truth
Exercising Modernity 2021 – open lectures
“A short history of post-truth, or the uses and disadvantages of replacing God”
Marci Shore
Architecture of Perdition
Exercising Modernity 2021 – open lectures
“Architecture of Perdition”
Robert Jan van Pelt
New Metabolism of the Modernist City
Exercising Modernity 2021 – open lectures
“New Metabolism of the Modernist City”
Shira Levy-Benyemini & Sharon Golan-Yaron (The Liebling Haus – The White City Center)
Europa and “new city” – this does not fit together
Sabrina Cegla
Liebling House – The White City Centre
What could we learn from modernism?
Iza Mrzygłód, historian and editor of the “Kultura Liberalna” magazine.
Excercising Modernity