In the conclusions presented after a national statistic study, “the most pressing issue (...) is the existence of a confusion between the status and role of the architect in the contemporary romanian society. This confusion has critical economic and cultural repercussions. We could assume this is either as a defining situation for the building culture or as a representation of the lack of building culture in Romania, in comparison with situations encountered in reference points. This confusion is being sensed by the citizens that, as the study ilustrates, provide the largest number of contracts through comissions. This turmoil afects the public institutions, meaning the context in which the legislative framework is made, how it’s interpreted and applied.”

According to the 148 law, architecture is “a cultural act with public interest”. However… the study quoted above shows that we are rarely included into the cultural scene, and are even less of public interest. And these aren’t only local flaws. The architectural profession is now, more than ever, in a redefining state:  from education, to technology, to the types of services that an architect can offer, to how he can financially sustain himself, to his role in society etc.

The purpose of cultural projects that manage to communicate about architecture and the city can be of vital significance when it comes to understanding the purpose of this profession - and this works both towards the inside, as well as to the ones outside of this line of work.

This event aims to select a few events that are reference points in Europe and that manage to promote quality architecture, and to see what their view is on the future of our profession.

Program:

17:00 – 17:20: Introduction
17:20 – 17:50: Belgrade Architecture Week - BINA
17:50 – 18:20: Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre – KÉK
18:20 – 18:40: Coffee break
18:40 – 19:10: One Architecture Week
19:10 – 19:40: reSITE
19:40 – 21:00: Questions and answers