TAU-Lab Meets

TAU-Lab Meets are colloquium-style sessions where the members of the Transnational Architecture and Urbanism Lab research unit and other invited speakers present their recent and ongoing work as well as workshop their research ideas, projects, methods, and publications with the others. It involves PhD students and Post-Doc researchers not only during the sessions as presenters and discussants, but also as active organizing members.

The sessions are both in person, at Politecnico di Milano DAStU, and online. This facilitates the participation of scholars and allows for a wider set of meetings during the year. The sessions are free of charge and open to scholars and experts who request to join, by sending an email to zachary.jones@polimi.it

 

Calendar:

Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 17 to 19 CET (Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano)Thursday, December 2, 2021, 13 to 15 CET (Yiqing Zhao, Xi’an Jiaotong University)Thursday, December 16, 2021 from 17 to 19 CET (Zachary M. Jones, Politecnico di Milano)
Thursday, January 13, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Stefano Di Vita, Politecnico di Milano) 
Monday,  January 31, 2022, from 15 to 17 CET (research project presentations by PhD students)
Monday,  February 14, 2022, from 15 to 17 CET (research project presentations by PhD students)
Tuesday,  March 8, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Francesco Chiodelli, University of Turin)
Friday,  March 25, 2022, from 10 to 13 CET (David Gogishvili and Martin Müller, University of Lausanne)
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Nadia Alaily-Mattar, TU Munich) 
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (presentations by PhD students) 
Tuesday, April 26, 2022, from 17 to 19 CET (Giulio Verdini, Westminster University)
Friday, December 2, 2022, from 14 to 16 CET (presentations by PhD students) 
Thursday, March 30, 2023 from 11:30 to 13 CET (Sven Daniel Wolfe, ETH Zurich)
Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 11:00 to 12:30 CET (Bipashyee Ghosh, University of Sussex)
Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 11:30 to 13:00 CET (Federico Cugurullo, Trinity College Dublin)
Thursday, May 4, 2023 from 14:30 to 16:00 CET (Jonathan Metzger, KTH – Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) 
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 from 12:00 to 13:30 CET (Xiahong Hua, Tongji University Shanghai)
 
 
 

 

Webinar: Mega-events in heritage rich cities

On July 8, 2021 (starting at 11:00 CET), the “Mega-events in heritage-rich cities: From research to principles and policy recommendations” online conference will launch the Charter for Mega-events in Heritage-rich Cities

 

The webinar will introduce and launch the “Charter for Mega-events in Heritage-rich Cities”. During the sessions, leading international experts and policy-makers will discuss the current and future challenges regarding mega-events, heritage and the city.


Contact: zachary.jones@polimi.it

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BOOK PRESENTATIONS: Transnational Architecture and Urbanism

 

December 10, 2020 – ISOCARP

Presented at the 56th International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) World Planning Congress, winner of the 2020 Gerd Albers Award for the best book (Doha, Qatar)

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December 23, 2020 – ITU

Istanbul Technical University’s Architalkture lecture series (Faculty of Architecture) (Turkey)

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Mega-events in Heritage-rich Cities Workshop

Mega-events have been changing their relationship with the city, now more commonly using existing infrastructures and facilities. In Europe, this may put historic city centers and their heritage at risk. By the same token, the presence of mega-events can become an opportunity for valorizing heritage and for city development, as has been seen in the five cases studied in the HOMEE Research Project. The event brings together international experts and policy makers together to explore these controversial issues through cultural mega-events. In particular, issues of governance, planning, urban effects and long-term legacy will be addressed. This event will be a launchpad for the works on a charter regarding mega-events in heritage-rich cities.

April 3, 2020

Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in Europe, the event planned to be held in Pafos is postponed; there will be an online workshop, by invitation only.

 

Keynote speech: 

“Mega-events in Heritage-rich Cities: A Challenge for Europe”
by Sneska Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic, Secretary General of Europa Nostra

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HOMEE sessions at the 5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe

The HOMEE research project (Politecnico di Milano is the leading partner) was featured in a dedicated session of the 5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe on September 19, 2019 in Krakow. After the introductory lecture by Prof. Franco Bianchini (University of Hull), the intermediate results of the projects were presented: the Literature Review Regarding Mega-events/Cultural Heritage as well as the Report Briefs of the National Case Studies.

 

A roundtable with Polish policymakers and scholars discussed the issues of mega-events and their consequences for cities rich in cultural heritage resources.