ADVISORY COUNCIL EVENTS 
 
Advisory Council Meeting 2009

            

The first Advisory Council Meeting of BIArch, took place on June 26 & 27, 2009 at  "La Pedrera", the Institutional facility of the Barcelona Institute of Architecture.

SESSION 1. June 26

INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION:

  • Josep Lluís Mateo, President of the BIA Board of Directors, Professor at ETH Zürich and Principal of MAP Architects
  • Andreu Mas-Colell, Secretary General of the ERC (European Research Council) from July 1st, 2009, and Chairman of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  • Narcís Serra, President of the BIA Trust and President of Caixa de Catalunya

PANEL 1. SCIENCE AND PROJECT FRAMEWORK:

  • Iñaki Ábalos, BIA Board of Directors, Professor at UPM, Madrid, Kenzo Tange Professor at Harvard University and Principal of Ábalos+Stenkiewicz Arquitectos
  • Enrique Alarcón, Professor at UPM, Madrid
  • Agustí Obiol, BIA Board of Directors, and Professor at UPC, Barcelona

PANEL 2. KNOWLEDGE AND MEDIA FRAMEWORK:

  • Erwin Viray, Assistant Professor at NUS, Singapore, and Editorial Associate of a+u, Tokyo
  • Mónica Gili, Director of the publishing house Gustavo Gili, Barcelona
  • Dominique Alba, General Director of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris
  • Ramon Prat, Director of the DHUB Museum and the publishing house Actar, Barcelona

 

SESSION 2. June 27

PANEL 3. TERRITORIAL AND URBAN FRAMEWORK:

  • Edward Soja, Distinguished Professor at UCLA, Los Angeles
  • Irina Korobina, Director of the Center of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow
  • Manuel Castells, Professor at USC, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus at UC, Berkley, and Professor at UOC, Barcelona

PANEL 4. ARCHITECTURAL FRAMEWORK:

  • David Adjaye, Principal of Adjaye/Associates
  • Riken Yamamoto, Professor at Y-GSA, Yokohama, and Principal of Riken Yamamoto & Associates Architects
  • Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Professor at UPM, Madrid, and Principal of Juan Navarro Baldeweg

 

SESSION 3. June 27:

PANEL 5. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK:

  • Stan Allen, Dean and Professor at Princeton SOA, Princeton, and Principal of Stan Allen Architect
  • Yung Ho Chang, Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture, MIT, Cambridge, and Principal of Atelier FCJZ
  • Marcel Meili, Professor at ETH Zürich, and Principal of Meili, Peter Architekten AG

PRESENTATION OF THE BIA MArch PROGRAM:

  • Jorge García de la Cámara, BIA Academic Director

ADVISORY COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS