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Ekistics and the global context of post - World War II
urbanization and architecture
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International Workshop on the work and ideas of the architect and urban planner
Constantinos A. Doxiadis
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Athens, December 1 - 2, 2006 |
The workshop will take place in the new premises of the Benaki Museum.
Workshop language: English (with simultaneous translation into Greek) |
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The Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation is organizing a two-day international workshop on Constantinos Doxiadis and the world in which he worked as an architect, urban planner and thinker. The workshop will address the post-WWII era of reconstruction, modernization and emergence of new nation states. The contributors will focus on various facets of the impact of the politics and ideologies of modernization on urban planning and architecture. Main themes: The origins and foundations of Doxiadis's Ekistics; Urban planning in the era of post-WWII reconstruction and decolonization; Urban planning and architectural design 1945-1975; Modern urban planning and Greek antiquity; Community renewal and spatial planning in comparative perspective; Urban housing and planning in developing countries; Urban planning between war and peace; Ekistics and the politics of urban planning in the US; Intellectual networks, urban planning and architecture.
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| If you wish to attend,
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please apply by sending an e-mail to the Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis Foundation
at the earliest possible date, due to limited space. There is no fee. Materials and other information will be
published on the Foundation's web site: www.doxiadis.org
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| Click here for organizing committee, invited speakers, abstracts and program
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