HEAD – Geneva
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In recent history and in the public mind, a certain notion of heritage has become prevalent and pervasive, centred on a set of ideas that crystallised with modernity. These ideas originate in a Euro-Western way of thinking, which fully flourished in architectural thought over the second half of the 20th century.
“From the page to the screen: Entanglements between heritage and media”, organised by the new Master in Interior Architecture at HEAD-Genève, seeks to critically engage with crystallised notions of heritage. To this end, the conference proposes using the lenses of different media that have been used throughout history to shape our notions of heritage, tradition and preservation.
The seminar traces a path from drawing to photography, and from augmented reality to digital surveys, using the media that have enshrined current notions of heritage to question those same concepts. Additionally, the conference opens up to engage with discourses on heritage, preservation and conservation that originate from outside the Western canon. Over the course of three sessions, the conference will generate productive frictions and offer opportunities to expand our understanding of what heritage is and can be.
To participate in the conferences register directly via the links in the conference program.
Scientific Deputies : Javier Fernandez Contreras, Kai Reaver, Vera Sacchetti & Roberto Zancan
Conferences are in English.
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Conference by Noura Al-Sayeh
An example of heritage intervention in non-Western contexts, the project highlights the town’s history and re-balance its demographic makeup.
Conference by Amandine Kastler and Erlend Skjeseth
The practice of these Norwegian Architects presents how critical analysis of history and tradition can guide future interventions in built heritage
Conference by Maria Elisa Navarro Morales
The purpose of the presentation is to examine unconventional ways of interpreting the past that nevertheless make it meaningful for us today
Conference by Luis Rojo De Castro
Today we think of nature as a memory, the incomplete image of the lost origins that we try to rebuild in order to re-identify with it
Conference by Paola Scaramuzza
Cleaning and maintenance are not just management actions with regard to existing buildings but new ways of envisioning architectural projects
A conference by Javier Fernandez Contreras
An extensive research on how the execution of multiple drawings in Miralles' design process was a mechanism for disposing of heritage constraints
Making real, making proud: From media to mediation in the conservation of historic interiors in America
Conference by Melissa Mars
The renewed use of media demonstrates the fundamental need to change our paradigms regarding conservation of heritage interiors in America
Conference by Phi Nguyen
Huế and its surrounding villages as an on-going bottom-up collective project and process of inhabitation and non-deliberate preservation
Conference by David Ripoll
A reflection on the notion of “local” through models and actors that contributed to the genesis and modification of Geneva’s buildings
Conference in French