Exchanging knowledge

To improve the skills of the professionals by organising workshops, trainings on various topics (also on topics like New Green Deal and Renovation Wave) with differnt partners (NO’s, universities, other organisations).

The working group has been established with 6 members of different universities. The discussion concentrated on the idea of knowledge, what it might be in this context, how it might be constituted and ultimately what forms of exchange it may take.

The ECIA-ATLAS

The team is working on building an ATLAS. This is an archive and repository of knowledge of numerous aspects of the discipline of Interior Architecture and Design. It is a dynamic entity that not only captures thinking in numerous aspects of the profession, practice, education and research, it will also act as a library for the other subprojects work. In effect we feel that it can hold the work of all of the subgroups, including sub-group 5’s proposed conference, whilst being a source and a place to capture the definitive (and ever-growing) body of knowledge of the subject of interior architecture/design. In effect ATLAS will be a space to exchange, research, extract, learn and explore the building of knowledge.

EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE - LECTURES

ATLAS Exchanging Knowledge is a free lecture series run by Prof. Graeme Brooker (HoP Interior Design, Royal College of Art) and Miriam Dreyer as Subproject 3 at the European Council of Interior Architects. It presents six events to share knowledge within the interior architecture discipline to strengthen our profession and support lifelong learning. The lectures are co-funded by the European Union and for everyone involved with interior architecture and design: from students, academics, practitioners, or other professionals in the construction industry.

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Friday 13th of December 2024, 10am – 11pm CET
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Lecture number four welcomes Dr. Bie Plevoets and Dr. Inge Somers presenting their perspectives on "As Found. Experiments in Preservation".
Architecture in Flanders and Brussels reflects a unique position in dealing with the existing built environment. Although the experimental approaches vary with different design methodologies, the audacity of the interventions remains, whether it is a medieval structure or a twentieth-century building. The project 'As Found' (2023-2024) focused on seven experimental approaches in preservation today: ensemble, void, reconfiguration, inside out, traces, mirror, and nuance. Having co-curated the exhibition “As Found” (VAi & De Singel, 2023)

Dr. Bie Plevoets is Assistant Professor at Hasselt University where she obtained a PhD on adaptive reuse. Her research focuses on adaptive reuse theory and various conceptual strategies to intervene in the existing fabric.

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Friday 15th of November 2024, 11.00–12.00 h. CET
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Lecture number three speculates on "The City of Proximity" by Prof. Ezio Manzini. In conversation with Dr. Albert Fuster, this talk invites us to imagine the so-called 15-minutes city, where functional and relational proximities enable citizens to feel closeness with each other.

For over three decades Ezio Manzini (has been working in the field of design for sustainability, for which he has recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Interested in social innovation for sustainable changes, he started DESIS, an international network of schools of design for social innovation.

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Friday 18th of October 2024, 10:00-11:00 am CET
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Discussing the value of practice research PhD for interior architects and designers and showing examples of reflective industry practice PhDs, this talk will highlight a distinctive mode of practice research PhD – the Reflective Industry Practice PhD. Attracting practitioners from Europe, UK, USA and Asia, the programme explores key threads and concerns of our practice as its research focus, interrogates tacit understandings, and tests out new insights and ways of working.

Dr Suzie Attiwill is Professor of Interior Design at the School of Architecture and Urban Design at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and currently leads the practice research PhD Interior Design cohort in Australia, Europe, and Asia.

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Friday 20th of September 2024, 10.00-11.00 am CET
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Complex constructions are difficult to maintain and industrial manufacturing processes decrease the lifespan of objects, not only in product design but also in architecture. Repairability is becoming less of a concern – replacement seems to be the norm. In her lecture, Dr. Silke Langenberg encourages to rethink the way we build, starting already with the planning phase.

Dr Silke Langenberg is Full Professor for Construction Heritage and Preservation at ETH Zurich. Her professorship is associated to the Institute for Monument Preservation and Construction History and to the Institute for Technology in Architecture.