Program_conferences: “Xtreme East. Contemporary architecture from Japan”, an event within the frame of the 2006 Bucharest Architecture Biennial (BAB).

15th Nov.

10.00 – 10.30 – opening Xtreme-East conferences/presentation
10.30 – 11.30 – conference Kazuhiro Kojima | FLUID DIRECTION
11.30 – 12.00 – coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 – conference Tetsuo Furuichi | INCONSISTENCY / COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTION IN THE EMPIRE OF SIGNS
13.00 – 13.30 – coffee&snack break
13.30 – 14.30 – conference Sou Fujimoto | NEW PROJECTS

16th Nov.

10.00 – 10.30 – opening Xtreme-East conferences/presentation
10.30 – 11.30 – conference Kengo Kuma | ANTI-OBJECT
11.30 – 12.00 – coffee break
12.00 – 13.00 – conference Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada | IN PROCESS. TIMELESS
13.00 – 14.00 – coffee&snack break with architects and press/press office

Conference fee 45 euro | Student fee: 15 euro. Fees include VAT.
Conferences will take place at the ROMANIAN PEASANT MUSEUM, Studio Horia Bernea, from 10.00.
Museum adress: no. 3, Kiseleff street , sector 1, Bucharest Romania

• 02.11.2006, 16.00, press conference of the Romanian architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_Generator, MNAC, ¾ Gallery - National Theatre Bucharest
• 02.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Romanian architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_GENERATOR, MNAC, ¾ Gallery - National Theatre Bucharest
• 08.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Japanese exhibition “Continuity vs. Mutation”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor
• 08.11.2006, 18.00, Vernissage of the Japanese exhibition “Sensai”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor
• 11.11.2006, 19.00, The awarding festivity of architecture contest-exhibition, arhi_Generator, Romanian Athenaeum. arhitectura_100 years exhibition
• 15.11.2006, 10.00, professional conferences - Romanian Peasant Museum, Horia Bernea Room:
  • arch. Kazuhiro Kojima, Fluid Direction
  • arch. Tetsuo Furuichi, Inconsistency/Complexity and Contradictions in The Empire of Signs
  • arch. Sou Fujimoto
• 16.11.2006, 10.00, professional conferences - Romanian Peasant Museum, Horia Bernea Room:
  • arch. Kengo Kuma, Anti - Object
  • arch. Masahiro Harada & Mao Harada: In process. Timeless
• 20.11.2006, "Sensai" Symposium, arch. Taro Ashihara, arch. Eizoo Shiina, arch. Ken Yokogawa, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor

This year, the Union of Romanian Architects and Arhitectura Review are organizing the 7th edition of Bucharest Architecture Biennial (BAB).

The contest-exhibition within the Biennial includes 8 sections: architecture <1000 sqm, architecture > 1000 sqm, urban planning and urban landscaping, interior architecture and scenography, object design, restoration of architectural monuments, building restoration and architecture publications.

Architects are invited to bring their contest boards at the Arhitectura review headquarters, in No. 9, Zece Mese St., 2nd District, Bucharest, until 12 October 2006. For further information, see BAB06 Rules and Instructions

The most relevant moments of BAB06:

• Vernissage of the BAB06 architecture contest–exhibition - November 2nd, MNAC, ¾ Galleries of the National Theatre in Bucharest, 18.00 hours (the exhibition will remain open until December 2nd)
  Award gala of the BAB06 architecture contest – 11 November, Romanian Athenaeum, 19.00 hours (awards and cocktail).
• BAB06 nominations and awards will be itinerated in 10 cities in the first 6 months of 2007: Craiova, Sibiu, Cluj, Timişoara, Oradea, Braşov, Suceava, Bacău, Iaşi, Constanţa.
  

For the complete agenda of Bucharest Architecture Biennial 2006, please see the BAB06 Agenda.