Issued by CEAA | Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo [Arnaldo Araújo Research Center] of Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
In 1954, S. Giedion argued that even in the most international component of Modern architecture never lost the mark of its regional origin. He believed that "regional contributions may lead to an universal architectural concept" and give as examples Tony Garnier and Auguste Perret works that, from his point of view, are directly rooted in the French building tradition or Mondrian's "neutral forms" and abstract plan surfaces of Theo van Doesburg's and C. van Eesteren that can be explained by abstract forms of the colored horizontal plans of Dutch landscapes and the vertical plans of its traditional buildings' plain façades.
Similarly, M. Sabatino draws attention to the way in which the Italian architects in the 1930s resumed the courtyard house of both classical and vernacular tradition in clearly modern designs, and in a text of 1961, concerning the work of F. Távora, N. Portas argues that after the survey to regional architecture, made by Architects Union in the 50s, a "third way" comes up in Portuguese architecture, which uses tradition in the construction of modernity.
However, the intersection between the local cultural tradition and modern architecture does not always take this path. On the contrary, the acceptance of the Modern Movement is full of ambiguities, dualities and regionalist derives which are often associated with the construction of national identities.
In association with the ongoing research in the framework of the axis Architecture, Territory, Landscape of the Architectural Studies research group of CEAA, this conference aims to discuss the background, conditions, particularities, consequences and significance of local reception of and contribution to Modern Movement.
We welcome proposals for 20-minute presentations in English, which should include:
Title of the proposal Applicant’s identification (name, institution, country, position and email) Abstract (up to 300 words) Short curriculum vitae (up to 300 words) Proposals must be sent in Word (.doc format) by email to [email protected]
Important dates:
Deadline for abstract submission – June 25th Notification of acceptance of abstract – July 19th Deadline for full paper submission – August 24th Papers review – September 24th Final full paper submission - October 15th Deadline for Registration – October 15th Conference – October 25-27th, 2018
Conference Registration Fees: Early registration - until August 24th - 170 euros Late registration - until October 15th - 220 euros The conference fees will include 2 lunches, 1 cocktail dinner, coffee breaks and seminar package with a book of abstracts and on line publication of proceedings.
Publication of the Proceedings:
Conference proceedings (with ISBN) will be published on line, with ISBN, in RCAAP - Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal [Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal] - Creative Commons 4.0 Internacional licence (CC-BY) - with link to CEAA webpage.
The guidelines for full paper are available in the conference site. To make it easier for authors the document for author guidelines may be used as a template. It is crucially important to know that only papers formatted according to the guidelines can be accepted for publication. The other condition for publication is that at least one author of the paper is registered for the conference. Selected papers can be later invited to publish in a book.
Additionally, a signed “copyright license agreement” form must be sent at the same time of the full paper submission.