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Reflecting challenges of today, inspiring growth of tomorrow

The Tirana Architecture Weeks 2014 (TAW) is organized for the purpose of : promoting the exchange of knowledge between professionals at a national and international level in order to increase the public’s interest in architecture and art design as disciplines which are closely connected to the contemporary development of cities; and to raise the interaction level between the professionals and the general public with the city as well as increase participation in decision-making and development processes.

Tirana Architecture Week 2014 (TAW) Objectives: 1. To strengthen the role of Architecture, Art, Design, and Culture as key elements in the development and integration processes of the Albanian cities and those of the region.

2. To promote the Albanian architectural culture and Art Design practices in the network of regional and international partners.

3. To exchange national/international experiences in the fields of Architecture, Urban planning, Art design, and conceptual theories of contemporary cities, focusing on dynamic contexts (the case of the Balkan context).

4. To cultivate the culture of citizen participation in citymaking processes by increasing the interaction level between citizens and the city through urban activation, public art, and the more complex and long-term interventions in the city.

The types of activities based on each specific discipline, for instance, artistic production, education, audience growth and

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TIRANA ARCHITECTURE WEEK development, capacity building, cultural activities, research and development, etc. and a more detailed description of the activities planned in each area Tirana Architecture Weeks 2014 is conceptualized to include 4 main activity groups: Architecture events, Art Design events, Workshops, and Public Events. Each of these consists of different kinds of activities like: conferences, exhibitions, competitions, workshops, open forums, etc.

Through its activities Tirana Architecture Weeks aims at achieving: (primary group) the community of architects, urban planners, and related professions, national/international artists in Art design; academics in the fields/ disciplines covered in the scheduled conferences; community; students.

The impact and contribution on the fields of architecture and design in the Albanian cities’ development processes transpire through the activities of Tirana Architecture Weeks 2014, build on the previous experiences and impact of TAW 2012, Design Weeks in Tirane 2013, on the POLIS University’s experience portofolio, and are further amplified by the contribution of its partner organizations. This event is organized twice annualy.

TAW – Tirana Architecture Weeks and all the activities which comprise this event are original creations and are developed in full compliance with copyright laws. The invitees include authors of scientific and artistic research work, etc., along with the entire body of lecturers, curators, moderators, and leaders of workshops which will be organized according to the relevant themes.

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Saimir Kristo/TAW 2014 Curator Saimir Kristo [1987] is an architect and an urban designer and currently lecturer and curricula manager of POLIS University in Tirana, Albania.

In his professional experience he also collaborated in urban participatory processes, as a coordinator in urban planning projects for various cities in Albania. His scientific research is based on the paradigm of information technology in architecture and at the same time he is editor at Forum A+P, Scientific Journal for Architecture and Urban Planning and member of the editorial board of MAD Magazine.

Currently he is curator of TAW – Tirana Architecture Week – [En]Visioning Future Cities.

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Gjergji Dushniku is an architect and an urban designer. In 2012, he graduated from Polis University in Tirana, Albania, with a second Master in Applied Design in the field of parametric design. He Reflecting challenges of is a member of the Albanian Union of today, inspiring growth Architects (AUA) and the chairman of of tomorrow the Polis Alumni Association. He has participated in many international conferences and workshops like the Tirana Architecture Week in Tirana, the Polis University - Projecting through participating in Balkan Cities , in Bauhaus, Dessau, the Mikser Festival, in Belgrade, Serbia, the Keisserschnitte at the TU Wien in Austria, the Tirana River at the TU Karlsruhe in Germany, the Sicily Lab in Sicili, Itali and so on. He was also nominated for the Archiprix 2013 in Moscow. Currently he works at the Polis University as an Assistant Professor at the Sustainability Laboratory and Innovation Department. He is interested in interactive architecture, paramentric design and flexible context. Currently he is curator of TAW – Tirana Architecture Week – [En]Visioning Future Cities.

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Dear reader interested on Tirana Welcome to the city of energy surprise and initiative… Welcome to Tirana… Welcome to Tirana Architecture Week!

We live in a city that is passing at present day an essential moment of its own history. A moment of hope, growth, action, but also a moment of reflection and envisioning the future…

Meantime we need to jump to catch up the lost time of the past.., but we need as well a constructive confrontation of thinking, ideas, and projects to built a healthy and sustainable future! We need to learn from success as well as reflect on certain present and future concerns…

That is why together with the excellent international team of the POLIS University and Co-PLAN Institute for Habitat Development we generated such provocation toward the city, the professionals and partner institutions inviting them to speak up and respond such

dilemmas posed by the intellectual temptation called TAW Tirana Architecture Week! It is going to be two intensive months of full public events and performances, open debates and forums, conferences and workshops, exhibitions and international competitions, etc…

The city will be in the hands of citizens and professionals, so this sound exiting and inspiring to me and my staff at the Municipality of Tirana.

I really look forward to be part of such fantastic unique atmosphere!

I look forward to the new great ideas. Don’t hesitate to join us! We have a great context here and a nice story to be shared.

You can be part of it and give your own contributions on such challenging moments we experience nowadays, as well as the future we built everyday…

Sincerely yours, Lulzim BASHA Mayor of Tirana,Albania

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ALBANIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE

SUPPORTS TAW

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action, but also in moment to consider the future with optimism, the time of revolutionary yet realistic ideas has come. The time of undertakings and initiatives which will lead our country to realize its ambitions.

Tirana Architecture Weeks (TAW) is an excellent initiative of the dynamic international team of POLIS University and Co-PLAN, Institute for Habitat Development. Considering all the professionals and partner institutions who are invited to speak and respond in such dilemmas posed by the intellectual provocation of TAW, it is going to be one intensive month full of public events and performances, open debates and

forums, conferences and workshops, exhibitions and international competitions.

The Ministry of Culture encourages such events and supports fully the initiative of Tirana Architecture Weeks. I really look forward to be part of such unique atmosphere. Don’t hesitate to join Tirana Architecture Weeks and be part of the ambitious effort to change the way we look our cities. Reflecting the part and envisioning the future of our cities !

Sincerely yours, Mirela KUMBARO Minister of Culture, ALBANIA

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Tirana Architecture Week and the Albanian Ministry of Culture invite architects and architecture students up to 40 years old in an open ideas competition for the Pyramid Square of Tirana. Positioned in an emblematic location, formally a symbol of Communist Heritage in Albania this space in the present day has no future and identity, placed where most of the significant historical periods of the city overlap the organic origin from the autoritarian regime through 20 years of transition. A solution for a harmonious coexistence is yet to be found.

This document describes the objectives, the terms and conditions of the competition, and describes the characteristics of the site.

All submitted projects shall be reviewed by an international jury, composed by representatives of the Ministry of Culture and experienced professionals.The jury shall select five finalist projects.

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2014 PROJECT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 26 SEPTEMBER 2014

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In the framework of Tirana Architecture Week – [En]Visioning Future Cities, Albanian Netherlands Alumni Association, POLIS University and Co-Plan financed by the Netherlands Embassy in Tirana, Albania are organizing a product design competition.The purpose of this Product Design Competition is to create a small, smart, and functional product designed and inspired by renowned Dutch Design.

The winner will be chosen out in early October 2014. The winning design will be exhibited together with the 10 best finalist designs during Tirana Architecture Week – [En]Visioning Future Cities.

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WORKSHOP • TIRANA INTERRUPTED _ 15-22 SEPT • TIRANA WAYFINDING_ 15-26 SEPT • BOX IN A CLOUD_ 21SEPT • PLAY THE CITY_ 15-20 SEPT • COMPLEXITY AS A SELF REGULATION SYSTEM_ 22-29 SEPT • DEEP AS THE SKIN _15-19 SEPT • URBAN CAPSULE _ 22-27 SEPT • ALBANIA 2030 _ 15-26 SEPT • URBAN PROVOACTIONS _ 22-27 SEPT • SKIN_ 22-27 SEPT • SMALL BUILDING / BIG CHANGE _ 30 SEPT-05 OCT • INCLUSIVE DESIGN _06-11OCT • URBAN GARDERING _ 29 SEPT-11OCT • HYPERSPACE I NSTALATION _ 29 SEPT-11OCT • TIRANA FOOTNOTES _ 6-11OCT • SMART DESIGN_ 01-08 OCT

CONFERENCE • PETER EISENMAN_ 27 SEPT • JESSE REISER_ 29 SEPT • HITOSHI ABE_ 29 SEPT • JASON PAYNE_ 29 SEPT • LORIS ROSSI_ 29 SEPT • EMILIO TUÑON_ 01OC • CASANOVA+ HERNANDEZ _01 OCT

• LAURA PEDATA_01 OCT • IVAN MIRKOVSKI_ 01 OCT • BOSTJAN BUGARIÇ_ 01 OCT • MATTHIAS BAUER_ 02 OCT • FAREstudio_03 OCT • MARCO CLAUSEN _ 02 OCT • LEDIAN BREGASI_ 02 OCT • IVANA BOROVJAK_ 03 OCT • GEZIM PAÇARIZI_ 03 OCT • ARTAN RAÇA_03 OCT • BEKIM RAMKU & NOL BINAKAJ__03 OCT • ELVAN DAJKO_03 OCT • JOHN ALLEN _ 06 OCT • ANTONINO SAGGIO_ 06 OCT • ANTONINO DI RAIMO_ 06 OCT • ENDRIT MARKU_ 06 OCT

EXHIBITIONS • PROJECTING ALBANIA _ 15 SEPT -12 OCT • BULGARIAN ARCHITECTURE_ 23 SEPT-12 OCT • INSPIRED BY DUTCH _ 29 SEPT-12 SEPT • LOST ARCHITECTURE _ 30 SEPT-12 OCT • YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS_ 30 SEPT-12 OCT • UNFINISHED ALBANIA _ 01-12 OCT

PUBLIC EVENTS • U_FORUM: ROB MELNICK_ 17SEPT • ENVIRONMENTAL FILM _ • DUTCH FILM_ 22 SEP • DUTCH FILM_ 24SEP • TIRANA WAYFINDING SYSTEM • /WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT_ 06OCT • U_FORUM: ARCHIEDU_ 08OCT • ARCHI-TALKS_ 08-10 OCT • AGORAPHOBIA_08OCT • DUTCH DESIGN DOC_10 OCT • PUBLIC PERFORMANCE _ 11OCT

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o, Dritan Shutina. GENERAL COORDINATION/CURATION: Saimir Kristo, Gjergji Dushniku . ARCHITECTURE EVENTS: Lorris Rossi, Dorina Papa, Etlena Dobjani ana Dhiamandi, Endrit Marku, Lorin Çerkrezi, Rezart Struga, Eranda Janku, Ermal Bezhani. PUBLIC EVENTS: Elvan Dajko, Silvi Jano, Nevila Zaimi, Roland Lleshi ha, Kejt Dhrami, Fiona Imani, Malvina Disha. WORKSHOPS: Antonino Di Raimo, Ledian Bregasi, Laura Pedata, Renis Batali, Erdi Myftaraga, Egla Luca, Dea Buza TECHNICAL ORGANISATION: Floreta Aliaj, Alma Sustarova

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CONFERENCE 27 September 10:00- 10:30 welcoming_ Prof. Dr. Besnik Aliaj 10:30- 11:00 mayor speech_ Mr. Lulzim Basha 11:00- 12:00 Peter Eisenman 29 September 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

Jesse Reiser Hitoshi Abe Jason Payne Loris Rossi/Metro_POLIS

30 September 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

MAYOR’S FORUM

1 October 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

Emilio Tunon Casanova+Hernandez Laura Pedata/Metro_POLIS Ivan Mikrovski Bostjan Bugariç UNFINISHED ALBANIA

2 October 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

MBAS/S Marco Clausen FAREstudio Ledian Bregasi/A.U.A.

3 October 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

Gezim Paçarizi Artan Raça Bekim Ramku & Nol Binakaj Elvan Dajko/Metro_POLIS

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Ivana Borovnjak Lost Architecture Winner Announcement

6 October 10:00- 11:00 11:15- 12:00 12:15- 13:00 13:15- 14:00

John Allen/ Biosphere Antonino Saggio Antonino Di Raimo Endrit Marku/Metro_POLIS event_ Tirana Wayfinding System Winner Announcement

EXHIBITIONS PROJECTING TIRANA Monday at 12:00 am, September 22nd- October 12th 2014 place: Polis University curators : Ardit Lila[U_Polis]; Nevila Zaimi [U_Polis] POSTERS ABOUT NEW BULGARIAN ARCHITECTURE Tuesday at 4:00pm, September 23th-October 12nd 2014 place: Hall of Polis University curators: Anna Simeonova, “Plakat Kombinat" [BLG] BOX IN A CLOUD Monday at 12.00 am, September 22nd-October 12 th 2014 place: MAD Center curator: AWARE [BG] INSPIRED BY DUTCH__COMPETITION EXHIBITON Monday at 4.00pm, Seprember 29th-12th October 2014 place: Polis University; curator: Joana Dhiamandi[U_Polis];Lorin Cekrezi [U_Polis] LOST ARCHITECTURE_COMPETITION EXHIBITON Tuesday day at 12.00am, September 30th-October 12th 2014 place: Pyramid of Tirana curators:Nevila Zaimi[U_Polis]; Renis Batalli [U_Polis] YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS_EXPO Tuesday at 4.00pm, September 30th-October 07th 2014 place: Polis University curators:Aleksander Velinovski [MK] -Saimir Kristo [U_Polis] ALBANIA UNFINISHED Wednesday at 5.00pm, October 1st-12th October 2014 place: TEN Center, Tirana; curators: Dorina Papa [U_Polis]; Etleva Dobjani [U_Polis]

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PUBLIC EVENTS TAW LAUNCHING Monday at 11.00am, September 22nd 2014 place: Hotel Tirana International speaker: Besnik Aliaj [U_Polis]; Lulzim Basha [Mayor of Tirana]; Eno Bozdo[Municipality of Tirana];Laura Pedata [U_Polis];Loris Rossi [U_Polis] URBAN FORUM Global Urbanization and Sustainability and Considerations for Albania Wednesday at 4.00pm, September 17th 2014 place: Polis University speaker: Rob Melnick ENVIROMENTAL FILM place: Polis University URBAN CAPSULA _ EVENT Friday at 5.00pm, September 20th 2014 place: Polis University curators: Antonino Di Raimo[U_Polis]; Ledian Bregasi [U_Polis] BOX IN A CLOUD_EVENT Sunday at 5.00pm, September 21 2014 place: Polis University Leaders: Ljubo Georgjev[BL]; AWARE [BL]; TIRANA INTERUPTED_EVENT Monday at 5.00pm, September 22nd 2014 place: Polis University Leaders: Loris Rossi[U_Polis]; Lorin Cekrezi[U_Polis] DUTCH FILM#1/COOL KIDS DON’T CRY / Dennis Bots Monday at 4.00pm, September 22nd 2014 place: Polis Aula A3 URBAN FORUM, “RIVER ECOSYSTEMS” Wednesday at 12.00pm, September 24th 2014 place: Polis University speaker:Sherif Lushaj [U_Polis] DUTCH FILM#2/ THE MARATHON / DiederickKoopal Wednesday at 4.00pm, September 24th 2014 place: Polis Aula A3

LOST ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION WINNER ANOUNCEMENT Friday 12.00am, October 3rd 2014 place: Pyramid Square, Tirana speakers: Gezim Paçarizi, Mirela Kumbaro [Minister of Culture]; Besnik Aliaj[U_Polis]; Ledian Bregasi [AUA]  SMALL BUILDING /BIG CHANGES Saturday at 4.00pm, October 4th 2014 place: Polis University; Leaders:FARE sTUDIO; Etleva Dobjani[U_Polis]; Ardit Lila [U_Polis] TIRANA FOOTNOTES_ Saturday 5.00pm, October 4th 2014 place: Tirana City leader:Ivana Borovnjak [CR] TIRANA WAYFINDING WINNER ANOUNCEMENT Tuesday 12.00am, October 06th 2014 place: Polis University URBAN FORUM, “ArchiEDU” Friday at 4.00pm, October 08th 2014 place: Polis University ARCHI-TALKS October 8th-10th 2014 at 5.00pm place: Destil; Leaders: Gjergji Dushniku[U_Polis]; Saimir Kristo[U_Polis] INSPIRED BY DUTCH COMPETITION WINNER ANOUNCEMENT Friday 12.00am, October 10th 2014 place: Polis University DUTCH FILM#4/ AGORAPHOBIA / Chris Luth Wednesday 5.00pm, October 8th 2014 place: Polis Aula A3 DUTCH DESIGN#3/LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL / Jeroen Berkvens & Mark de Cloe Friday 4.00pm, October 10th 2014 place: Polis Aula A3 URBAN GARDENING Saturday at 4.00pm, October 11th 2014 place: Tirana City leaders: Marco Clausen [GER]; Silvi Jano [Co_Plan];Nevila Zaimi [U_Polis];Roland Lleshi[U_Polis]

COMPLEXITY AS A SELF-REGULATION _EVENT Friday at 5.00pm, September 26th 2014 place: Polis University leader: Ledian Bregasi[U_Polis], Renis Batalli [U_Polis]

HYPERSPACE INSTALLATION Saturday 5.00pm, October 11th 2014 place: Tirana City leaders: Antonino Di Raimo[U_Polis]; Ledian Bregasi[U_Polis]; Dea Buza[U_Polis]

SKIN_EVENT Satuday at 4.00pm, September 27th 2014 place: Polis University Leaders: Laura Pedata[U_Polis];Letizia Martinelli [IT],Erdi Myftaraga [U_Polis]

SMART DESIGN Wednesday, 5pm October 8th 2014 place: Tirana City leaders: Giuseppe Mincolelli [IT] ; Joana Dhiamandi [U_Polis] ; Rezart Struga [U_Polis]

DEEP IN THE SKIN_EVENT Saturday at 5.pm,September 27th 2014 place:Polis University leaders:Antonino Di Raimo [U_Polis];Ledian Bregasi[U_Polis]

URBAN PERFORMANCES_INTERACTIVE PUBLIC SPACE Saturday, October 11th 2012 place: Tirana City Center leaders:Gjergji Dushniku[U_Polis]; Lorin Cekrezi [U_Polis]

ALBANIA UNFINISHED_Public Discussion Wednesday at 5.00pm, October 1st October 2014 place: TEN Center, Tirana; Speaker: Bostjan Bugaric

PLAY TIRANA Saturday at 5.00pm, October 11th 2014 place: Polis University leaders: Kejt Dhrami [Co_Plan]; Fiona Imami [U_Polis]; Malvina Disha [Polis Alumni];

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peter eisenman Eisenman is an internationally recognized architect and educator. The principal of Eisenman Architects, he has designed large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and a series of inventive private houses. He has taught at Cambridge University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Ohio State University, and The Cooper Union. From 1967 to 1982 he was the founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in NYC.

september 27th | polis university

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jason payne UCLA/ HIRSUTA (USA) Jason Payne has worked as project designer for Reiser + Umemoto Architects and Daniel Libeskind Studio, and co-partners the award winning office Gnuform. With the launch of his new office, Hirsuta, Payne continues to promote a new materialism with a distinctly sensate bias. His work engages material dynamics in the production of form to create a direct appeal to the senses.

september 29th | polis university

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jesse reiser Jesse Reiser received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Cooper Union in New York and completed his Masters of Architecture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome in 1985 and he worked for the offices of John Hejduk and Aldo Rossi prior to forming Reiser + Umemoto with partner, Nanako Umemoto. Jesse is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University and has previously taught and lectured at various educational and cultural institutions throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

september 29th | polis university

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hitoshi abe Hitoshi Abe studied at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and acquired, in 1989, the Master of Architecture. During his studies he worked from 1988 to 1992 in the office of Coop Himmelb(l)au. In 1992 he founded the Atelier Hitoshi Abe. In 1993 he earned his doctorate at Tohoku University, in 1998 became associate professor at the Institute and in 2002 full professor.

Since 2007 he has worked at the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urbanism of the School of Arts and Architecture in Los Angeles.

september 29th| polis university

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loris rossi METROPOLIS (AL) Graduated in architecture at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Master degree in Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni”. He was awarded a PhD scholarship in Architectural Composition and Theory at “La Sapienza” and he developed part of his PhD dissertation research at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of UCLA, in LA. From 2005 – 2011 he was co-founder of the ungroup Architecture office based in Rome, and since October 2011 he is a full time professor at POLIS University and technical director of Metropolis office l.t.d. His research is focused in urban design, in the specific on the relationship between informal settlements and new urban intermodality.

september 29th | polis university

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casanova + hernandez In 2001 ‘Casanova + Hernandez Architects’ was established in Rotterdam in order to experiment and build the new urban habitat of the XXI Century.The office activities are focused on the three linked fields that make possible a sustainable urban development: urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture.This global understanding of the design is explored in every product from the large scale associated to the territory and the city till the small one related to the design of the architectural space and technical details.

october 1st | polis university

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emilio tuñón TUÑÓN (ESP)

Emilio Tuñón is a Spanish architect.

He graduated from the ETSAM School of Architecture in 1981 and was with the Fine Arts Cultural Department (1982) and the Architecture Public Works and Urban Planning Department (1983). In 1992, Tuñón and Luis Mansilla established the architecture firm Mansilla + Tuñón Architects. The office is focused on cultural projects and is devoted to a confrontation between theory and teaching, and design and construction practice.

october 1st | polis university

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boštjan bugarič KUD C3 (SI)

The work of Boštjan Bugarič is concerned with experiential implementation of different socio-spatial concept situated in the site-specificity of the new urbanity of the city. He has been the founding member and the leader of the KUD C3, which presents a platform for his spatial research, studies of modern urban trends in public areas, and as an applicative model for theoretic researches of public areas.

october 1st | polis university

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laura pedata POLIS UNIVERSITY (AL) Graduated at the University of Rome “Sapienza”, faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni”. After her degree she founded the architecture office ungroup. In 2007 she won a Fulbright Scholarship and attended a Master in Architecture Program at UCLA where she graduated on 2008. Experienced in Environmental Design and Sustainability. Since 2009 she’s an Adjunct Professor at University of Rome “Sapienza”, faculty of Architecture and teaches Architectural Design in the Final Synthesis Studio in Environmental Design. In 2012 she was employed by SOM in San Francisco as Architectural Professional. Currently employed at POLIS University in Tirana as Master Programs Coordinator and lecturer.

october 1st | polis university

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FARE studio

RICCARDO VANNUCCI (IT) FAREstudio is the result of over 25 years of experience in architectural design, technology, management and organization, an attempt to balance ethical commitment and professional sustainability pursued combining commercial/conventional commissions and more experimental opportunities.FAREstudio attempts to balance ethical commitment and professional sustainability by focusing on integrating design solutions with technical innovations appropriate to specific social and climatic environments, particularly within developing countries.

october 2nd | polis university

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marco clausen Marco Clausen’s works focuses on developing and fostering sustainable and resilient urban communities. As the co-initiator of Berlin’s urban garden, Prinzessinnengarten at Moritzplatz in Berlin-Kreuzberg he runs various agricultural, environmental and participatory urban projects and programs. His work focuses on how we co-create sustainable city features.

Workshop: 23 sept.-3 oct.

october 2nd | polis university

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matthias bauer MBA/S (GER)

Matthias Bauer Associates, based in Stuttgart, Germany, is a multidisciplinary team of architects, engineers, interior designers and project managers. With more than 15 years of professional experience MBA/S is consulting, designing and master planning a wide spectrum of project typologies and programs for private and public clients worldwide. Based on research and creative investigations they address the core issues around which MBA/S projects evolve from alternative scenarios to synergetic projects.

october 2nd| polis university

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ledian bregasi AUA/Union of Albanian Architects & Urban Planners Ledian Bregasi is an Albanian architect who graduated in Architecture at “La Sapienza� University of Rome, where he is currently developing his PhD studies in Architecture Theory and Design. At the moment he is lecturing in the Design Studio II and Information Architecture course at POLIS University in Tirana. The emergence of behavioral patterns and the role of self-regulation in complex systems are the main focus of his research interests.

His professional experience includes collaborations with the local administrations in Tirana and with architecture firms in Italy and Albania. From 2012 he is head of AUA, Albanian Union of Architects and Urban Planners

october 2nd | polis university

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elvan dajko METROPOLIS (AL) Graduated at Sapienza University of Rome - Faculty of Architecture. His research areas cover mainly urban morphology, architecture and specific housing, issues examined also during the Postgraduate Program at ETH Zurich. Currently, he continues to develop this topic in his doctoral studies in Architecture and Construction - Space and Society at the Faculty of Architecture of the Sapienza University of Rome. He holds the position of Deputy Director of RDI POLIS and Director of METRO_POLIS Studio and his professional activities include participation in numerous research projects, workshops, lectures and project design in a national and international context.

october 2nd | polis university

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ivana borovnjak INDEPENDENT DESIGNER (CR) Ivana received her Master's degree in conceptual design at the Design Academy Eindhoven, while Roberta received her Master's degree in performance design at the Central Saint Martins College in London. After returning to Croatia they started working together on self initiative projects in product design and visual communications. Independently they work on projects in the fields of culture, art, the theatre and nonprofit organizations from Amsterdam, London and Zagreb. In 2011 their first table project for1or2 has been selected by Konstantin Grcic and exhibited at Salone Satellite, Milan within the Young Balkan Designers collective.

october 3rd | polis university

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endrit marku METROPOLIS (AL)

Endrit Marku is an architect graduated from Sapienza University of Rome Faculty of Architecture. In his doctoral studies he is developing a research related to the topic of“ Space and Authority� in the Albanian context.

Holds the position of Project Leader at METRO_POLIS office and Lecturer of Architecture and Interior Studios at POLIS University. His professional activities include the direction of several projects on both territorial and architectonic scale. He has been also involved in other projects regarding research, workshops and lectures, competitions with national and international partners.

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artan raça Artan Raça graduated from Civil Engineering Faculty of Tirana in 1987. He has worked until 1993 as an architect near the Institute of Construction of Urban Design Studies, Tirana. After that, he established the studio “raça arkitektura” and began his career as freelance in the field of architecture and architectural design. He takes active part in the architecture life and debate with several articles published in newspapers and periodicals on architecture.

october 3rd | polis university

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gÍzim paçarizi GÍzim Pacarizi has graduated architecture at Geneva University, Switzerland on 1993. After extensive studies and visits on Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn he has developed a theory of his own, which has been translated into many buildings.

On 2002 he opened GPAA practice in Kosovo. Until 2007 he has been the main contributor to the renewal of contemporary architecture in Kosovo. In this period he has build exceptional buildings and designed some of the most interesting projects in after war Kosovo.

october 3rd | polis university

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nol binakaj

Noli graduated in architecture at the University of Prishtina and specialized in historic building conservation and management at Lund University in Sweden. He is the cofounder of the Kosovo Architecture Foundation and the Prishtina Office for Urban Regeneration. He is currently the deputy director of thePrishtina Architecture Week, the Cultural Heritage without Borders office in Kosovo and an architect at the Office of Urban Drafters +Architects, a research based multidisciplinary practice with a focus on architecture and urban design.Noli was also part of the Kosovo Pavilion team at the Venice Biennale in 2012.

october 3rd | polis university

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bekim ramku Bekim was educated in architecture at the University of Prishtina and in Housing and Urbanism at the AA School of Architecture in London. He is the founder and heads the Kosovo Architecture Foundation, the Prishtina Architecture Week and the Prishtina Office for Urban Regeneration. Bekim also serves as a judge and an external critic at numerous institutions and events in the region.

In the past he initiated and served as the Commissioner to Kosovo’s first ever participation at theArchitecture exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2012 and is currently the assistant Commissioner to the 2014 entry.

october 3rd | polis university

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john allen

BIOSPHERE (USA) John Polk Allen is a systems ecologist and engineer, metallurgist, adventurer and writer.He is best known as the inventor and Director of Research of Biosphere 2, the world's largest laboratory of global ecology, and was the founder of Synergia Ranch. Allen is a proponent of the science of biospherics. He currently serves as Chairman of Global Ecotechnics Corporation, and a director of Biospheric Design and of Institute of Ecotechnics.

october 6th | polis university

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antonino saggio LA SAPIENZA (IT) Antonino Saggio is an Italian architect. He teaches Architectural and Urban Design at the Faculty of Architecture of Rome La Sapienza.

He founded in 1998 the International necklace "IT Revolution in Architecture / The Revolution in Architecture" that has contributed to the spread of the relationship between information technology and architectural design.

october 6th | polis university

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TAW WORKSHOP TIRANA INTERRUPTED “Urban vision to inspire the future” Loris Rossi | Lorin Çekrezi

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URBAN CAPSULA Antonino Di Raimo| Egla Luca | Dea Buza

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“Legible Tirana” Sonja Jojiç |Rezart Struga | Ermal Bezhani

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TAW WORKSHOP FIGURE-PLAYGROUND RELATIONSHIP

Exploring architectural design methodologies for the engagement of non-experts, users and inhabitants, by developing a digital playground that lives on the Internet, yet bares a link to a physical location as a spatial design for it.

AWARE [Anton Savov ; Diana Hadzhitseneva; Ljubo Georgiev]

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DEEP IN THE SKIN Antonino Di Raimo| Ledian Bregasi

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TAW WORKSHOP URBAN GARDERING Marco Clausen | Silvi Jano|Roland Lleshi | Nevila Zaimi

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TAW WORKSHOP ALBANIA 2030

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TAW WORKSHOP COMPLEXITY AS SELF-REGULATION “Defining rules and behaving characteristics, in order to control the future development of a system, which will simulate the process of informality�

Ledian Bregasi | Renis Batalli

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TAW WORKSHOP TIRANA FOOTNOTES “Alternative paths within the city” Ivana Borovnjak

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TAW WORKSHOP HYPERSPACE INSTALLATION Antonino Di Raimo| Ledian Bregasi | Dea Buza|

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TAW WORKSHOP [SKIN] Transparent & Translucent Grazing as a Selective & Multipurpose Filtering System Laura Pedata | Letizia Martinelli | Erdi Myftaraga

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TAW WORKSHOP SMALL building| BIG changes FAREstudio [Riccardo Vanucci] U_Polis[ Etleva Dobjani |Ardit Lila ]

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TAW WORKSHOP [SMART DESIGN] smart solutions smArt Design

Giuseppe Mincolelli| Joana Dhiamandi

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URBAN FORUM [GLOBAL URBANIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY & CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALBANIA]

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TAW PUBLIC EVENT

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TAW PUBLIC EVENT DUTCH FILM # DE MARATHON [ DiederickKoopal ]

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[CHRIS LUTH] Investigating Turkey’s Urban Transformation

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TAW PUBLIC EVENT 07 |ARCHI-TALKS| Gjergji Dushniku | Saimir Kristo

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TAW PUBLIC EVENT DUTCH SHORT FILM #

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL [ Jeroen Berkvens & Mark de Cloe ] 1: The child is father of the man 2: Love comes by looking 3: You were afraid where no fear was

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TAW EXHIBITIONS #1 [PROJECTING ALBANIA] @ Polis University Ardit Lila|Nevila Zaimi

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[POSTERS FOR NEW BULGARIAN ARCHITECTURE] @ Hall of Polis University AWARE|Samir Kristo|Gjergji Dushniku

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TAW EXHIBITIONS [ALBANIA UNFINISHED] @ Ten Cultural Center, Tirana Etleva Dobjani|Dorina Papa

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