What
41st international conference Piran Days of Architecture and 35th Piranesi Award
Theme
Ethics and Responsibility
Where and when
Avditorij Portorož, 22.–23. 11. 2024
Honorary patron
Anna Ramos, director od Fundació Mies van der Rohe
Organiser
DESSA Architectural Center, DESSA gaallery
Coorganiser
Obalne galerije Piran
President of the PDA organising committee
Maja Ivanič
On Saturday, 23 November, the 41st international conference Piran Days of Architecture will take place in the Portorož Auditorium under the honorary patronage of Anna Ramos, Director of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation. This architectural event with one of the longest traditions in the world has been held since 1983 on the initiative and in the organisation of Slovenian architects. More information about the PDA conference and the Piranesi Award is available at www.pida.si/about-pda-and-piranesi-award.
The theme of the 41st PDA conference is Ethics and Responsibility.
This year's PDA speaker, architect Prof. Dr. Aleš Vodopivec, wrote: »A constant presence in our lives, crises serve as a reminder that there are limits to our living environment. Changes in space, both as natural processes and as human interventions, carry long-term consequences impacting the quality of people's lives. The ideology of neoliberalism, founded on individualism and selfishness while promoting competition and greed, is the mark of our time. As much is also reflected in space, seen by many as an opportunity for extraordinary financial gain first and foremost. The architects of Modernism strove for a different, more just world that would ensure decent living conditions for everyone, not just for the privileged elite. As a result, their architecture was a synonym for optimism, solidarity, and universal progress, while contemporary architecture is shaping to be a material expression of the increasing inequality. The drastic loss of respect suffered by the architectural profession in recent decades is therefore understandable. Art and architecture are more important today than they have ever been before. But only when they adopt an ethical stance to challenge the mentality which puts profit before people.«
International conference PDA 2024 will feature:
6 lectures by architects from different continents
Zsolt Gunther • 3h Architects • Hungary
András Pálffy • Jabornegg & Pálffy Architects • Austria
Marta Peris, José Toral • Peris + Toral Architects • Spain
Marina Tabassum • Marina Tabassum Architects • Bangladesh
Anja Vidic, Jure Grohar • Vidic Grohar arhitekti • Slovenia
Aleš Vodopivec • Slovenia
3 student presentations from the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana
Blaž Parežnik • design studio Glažar
Miha Jereb, Matic Barlovič • design studio Perović
Maja Suhorepec • design studio Zorec
The PDA conference will conclude with the 35th ceremony of the international Piranesi Award, which will be presented by Matevž Čelik Vidmar, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. The award ceremony will be given a festive touch with a performance by the outstanding guitarists Matej Berlot from Slovenia and Hana Zielińska from Poland. The projects competing for the prize and awards were nominated by national and student Piranesi selectors and selected by an international jury, composed of PDA lecturers.
After the award ceremony, the 2024 Piranesi Award exhibition will open at the Monfort Exhibition Hall at 8 pm, and will be on display from 23 November to 30 December 2024.
We traditionally organise PIRAN DAYS FOR PIRAN events.
The day before the PDA conference, on Friday, 22 November, we will open 2 architectural exhibitions:
_ at 6:30 pm in Herman Pečarič Gallery: Bogdan Bogdanović: Necropolis, curated by Jelica Jovanović, produced by DESSA gallery.
_ at 7:30 pm in St. Donat Concept Shop and Gallery: Robert Potokar: Piran Landscapes, photographic exhibition
Two days earlier, on Thursday, 21 November, at 6 pm, a children's workshop Self-sufficient Home will take place at the Piran City Library, organised by the Centre of Architecture of Slovenia for the PDA.
We kindly invite you to join us at 41st Piran Days of Architecture.
More information, program, tickets and photos are at www.pida.si.
PDA organising committee
