The Copenhagen Declaration of December 2009
UIA SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN STRATEGY AND THE MEMBER SECTIONS
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
World Sustainable by Design
The International Union of Architects is committed to making our world sustainable by design.
The Copenhagen Declaration of December 2009
UIA SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN STRATEGY AND THE MEMBER SECTIONS
The Copenhagen Declaration of December 2009
UIA SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN STRATEGY AND THE MEMBER SECTIONS
Thursday, November 18, 2010
For a new culture of architecture and energy
SolarInput - Konrad-Zuse-Str. 14 - 99099 Erfurt 0361,
info(at)solarinput.de
Press Release
Architects and the solar industry are working on specific and realistic climate protection.
Erfurt, 11 November 2010: Three weeks before the climate summit in Cancún the Bauhaus.SOLAR conference that ended today in Erfurt proved that the challenges surrounding climate protection can be solved at an international level. More than 350 experts from 10 countries discussed the different aspects of sustainable building and presented specific solutions and comprehensive concepts.
Urban planners, landscape architects, building architects, civil engineers, technicians, developers, designers, users and architectural theoreticians from different scientific and economic institutions can learn from this multidisciplinary forum.
Efficient technologies, products and concepts for climate-adapted and cost-effective building are available. The only thing missing is their wide-ranging use. One particular concern of the Bauhaus.SOLAR conference is therefore supporting new designers to develop and implement solar architecture in a way which is innovative. This is because only if an energy-related architectural aesthetic is developed over the long term will it be possible for the technologies to find the necessary acceptance at planners, designers and users.
The fact that constructive and innovative solutions exist for almost all questions concerning sustainable building was also highlighted by the speakers at the 3rd international Bauhaus.SOLAR conference in Erfurt: both for the planning, structural engineering, urban development, landscape design as well as for the design of the electrical power supply and/or grids. In addition to financial investment, sustainable building also requires a willingness to leave behind conventional ideas and approaches.
Dr. Hubert Aulich, Chairman of the organiser SolarInput e. V., called for more action from both architects and the solar energy industry:
"The levels of acceptance for solar technology in buildings will increase if new approaches to design are found and implemented. All of those involved must now work hard to put architecture and energy into a state of harmony."
According to the Vice-Chancellor of the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Prof. Gerd Zimmermann, the ambitious goals of the energy concept being developed at the political level "...can be achieved with the concepts that have been presented at the conference. This also means, however, that the piecemeal nature of the current applications should come to an end. New buildings and urban concepts are now required."
The subject-related range of the presentations stretched from kindergartens with a reduced primary energy requirement to aesthetic, environmentally-friendly, cost-effective designs of modern solar plants, floating multi-MW-hybrid power stations, through to the energy-efficient urban development model in Leipzig. The aim of solar building is for both buildings and residential developments to move from being consumers to producers of energy; construction is firmly set on the path towards the development of the plus energy building.
Bauhaus.SOLAR with maximum 'level of effectiveness':
The conference was also able to significantly improve its impact in 2010. In the region of 350 specialist visitors attended in excess of 40 presentations - meaning an increase of almost 35 percent compared with 2009. The increased relevance of the conference at a content and media level is also reflected in the participation of the business sector: this year, sponsors and exhibitors presented innovative construction materials and technologies. This corresponds with a doubling in comparison with 2009. The cooperation and media partnerships also became greater in number and more international in nature.
About SolarInput:
Since 2003, SolarInput has been managing the network of solar companies, service providers, research and educational facilities and local authorities in Thuringia, Germany, where it works hard to achieve strategic sector-spanning networking and regional anchoring of the solar sector as well as the use of solar technology on location. SolarInput is part of the Solar Valley Central Germany excellence cluster, the leading international photovoltaics cluster, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the organiser of the international series of Bauhaus.SOLAR research conferences.
Media contact:
Jana Liebe, SolarInput e.V., Konrad-Zuse-Str. 14, 99099 Erfurt
Email: j.liebe(at)solarinput.de, Tel.: (+49) 0361 - 427 68 50
The Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD goes to Münster:
the winner of the Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD, which was conferred for the first time, is the 'POWER.plant' project, submitted by Pascal Maas from MSA, the Münster School of Architecture. The design was awarded EUR 8,000.00 in prize money. It is an exemplary presentation of the use of innovative technologies in building facades and the use of micro-algae cultures in the area of (solar) architecture.
It shows an exemplary interpretation of innovative technology on the facade and the use of microalgae cultures in the (solar) architecture. "It is a new architectural form of expression in which the algae produce oxygen in the facade, therefore absorbing carbon dioxide", according to Michael Frielinghaus.
"At the same time, biodiesel is produced in this innovative way which then drives a cogeneration unit."
This results in a circuit which leads to the building emitting minimum pollutants. Hubert Aulich adds: "This concept approach is a model example for the long-term deployment and use of solar energy by biological means."
Over 90 submissions from Europe and Japan competed for the prize, which supports the new generation of planners and designers, and which also introduces them to energy-efficient solar building and renovations.
www.bauhaus-solar-award.de
SOLAR AWARD 2010 sponsored for the first time by SolarInput, Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland, the German Solar Industry Association and European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
"The Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD sends an important signal to Europe", emphasises Michael Frielinghaus, Chair of the jury and President of the Association of German Architects (BDA). "Renewable energies are the starting point for forward-looking ideas in design, architecture and urban development."
"The promotion of young talent in architecture and design is an important commitment for the award sponsors",
says Dr. Hubert Aulich, Chair of SolarInput.
"Young designers and architects develop buildings that generate more energy than they use thanks to the integration of renewable energies and receive a new form and function. With this they are making a crucial contribution to effective climate protection."
As well as the Bauhaus.SOLAR Award, two other projects received awards, which were each endowed with 1.500 EUR:
firstly Matt Townsend from Oxford Brookes University with his H2SOLAR project. He starts from the vision that in 2040 sea levels will have risen so much as a result of climate change that major cities like London are under threat. The threatening lack of drinking water caused by this is remedied by innovatively collecting and preparing rainwater using power produced by photovoltaics.
Secondly, the "Sun Place, a solar petrol station for India"
project by Bianka Brandl from the Bauhaus University Weimar,
which is an exciting interpretation in an urban planning context.
She tackles gridlocks in an Indian megacity with an e-mobility district which not only supplies drive power for rickshaws but also meets driver's requirements.
The other nine nominated projects receive a recognition reward from the sponsors of 500 EUR each.
The international jury includes the elected Chair, Michael Frielinghaus, President of the Association of German Architects and the following:
Dr. Hubert Aulich, PV Crystalox Solar, SolarInput e.V.
Prof. Heiko Bartels, Bauhaus University Weimar
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Haas, Behnisch Architects
Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, Vice President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Ruth, Bauhaus University Weimar
Dr. Ing. M. A. Heide Schuster, WSGreenTechnologies GmbH
Prof. Daniel Hausig, Saar Academy of the Visual Arts
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Frielinghaus, President of the BDA (Association of German Architects), BLFP-Frielinghaus Architects
Prof. Alessandra Scognamiglio, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
info(at)solarinput.de
Press Release
Architects and the solar industry are working on specific and realistic climate protection.
Erfurt, 11 November 2010: Three weeks before the climate summit in Cancún the Bauhaus.SOLAR conference that ended today in Erfurt proved that the challenges surrounding climate protection can be solved at an international level. More than 350 experts from 10 countries discussed the different aspects of sustainable building and presented specific solutions and comprehensive concepts.
Urban planners, landscape architects, building architects, civil engineers, technicians, developers, designers, users and architectural theoreticians from different scientific and economic institutions can learn from this multidisciplinary forum.
Efficient technologies, products and concepts for climate-adapted and cost-effective building are available. The only thing missing is their wide-ranging use. One particular concern of the Bauhaus.SOLAR conference is therefore supporting new designers to develop and implement solar architecture in a way which is innovative. This is because only if an energy-related architectural aesthetic is developed over the long term will it be possible for the technologies to find the necessary acceptance at planners, designers and users.
The fact that constructive and innovative solutions exist for almost all questions concerning sustainable building was also highlighted by the speakers at the 3rd international Bauhaus.SOLAR conference in Erfurt: both for the planning, structural engineering, urban development, landscape design as well as for the design of the electrical power supply and/or grids. In addition to financial investment, sustainable building also requires a willingness to leave behind conventional ideas and approaches.
Dr. Hubert Aulich, Chairman of the organiser SolarInput e. V., called for more action from both architects and the solar energy industry:
"The levels of acceptance for solar technology in buildings will increase if new approaches to design are found and implemented. All of those involved must now work hard to put architecture and energy into a state of harmony."
According to the Vice-Chancellor of the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Prof. Gerd Zimmermann, the ambitious goals of the energy concept being developed at the political level "...can be achieved with the concepts that have been presented at the conference. This also means, however, that the piecemeal nature of the current applications should come to an end. New buildings and urban concepts are now required."
The subject-related range of the presentations stretched from kindergartens with a reduced primary energy requirement to aesthetic, environmentally-friendly, cost-effective designs of modern solar plants, floating multi-MW-hybrid power stations, through to the energy-efficient urban development model in Leipzig. The aim of solar building is for both buildings and residential developments to move from being consumers to producers of energy; construction is firmly set on the path towards the development of the plus energy building.
Bauhaus.SOLAR with maximum 'level of effectiveness':
The conference was also able to significantly improve its impact in 2010. In the region of 350 specialist visitors attended in excess of 40 presentations - meaning an increase of almost 35 percent compared with 2009. The increased relevance of the conference at a content and media level is also reflected in the participation of the business sector: this year, sponsors and exhibitors presented innovative construction materials and technologies. This corresponds with a doubling in comparison with 2009. The cooperation and media partnerships also became greater in number and more international in nature.
About SolarInput:
Since 2003, SolarInput has been managing the network of solar companies, service providers, research and educational facilities and local authorities in Thuringia, Germany, where it works hard to achieve strategic sector-spanning networking and regional anchoring of the solar sector as well as the use of solar technology on location. SolarInput is part of the Solar Valley Central Germany excellence cluster, the leading international photovoltaics cluster, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the organiser of the international series of Bauhaus.SOLAR research conferences.
Media contact:
Jana Liebe, SolarInput e.V., Konrad-Zuse-Str. 14, 99099 Erfurt
Email: j.liebe(at)solarinput.de, Tel.: (+49) 0361 - 427 68 50
The Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD goes to Münster:
the winner of the Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD, which was conferred for the first time, is the 'POWER.plant' project, submitted by Pascal Maas from MSA, the Münster School of Architecture. The design was awarded EUR 8,000.00 in prize money. It is an exemplary presentation of the use of innovative technologies in building facades and the use of micro-algae cultures in the area of (solar) architecture.
It shows an exemplary interpretation of innovative technology on the facade and the use of microalgae cultures in the (solar) architecture. "It is a new architectural form of expression in which the algae produce oxygen in the facade, therefore absorbing carbon dioxide", according to Michael Frielinghaus.
"At the same time, biodiesel is produced in this innovative way which then drives a cogeneration unit."
This results in a circuit which leads to the building emitting minimum pollutants. Hubert Aulich adds: "This concept approach is a model example for the long-term deployment and use of solar energy by biological means."
Over 90 submissions from Europe and Japan competed for the prize, which supports the new generation of planners and designers, and which also introduces them to energy-efficient solar building and renovations.
www.bauhaus-solar-award.de
SOLAR AWARD 2010 sponsored for the first time by SolarInput, Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland, the German Solar Industry Association and European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).
"The Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD sends an important signal to Europe", emphasises Michael Frielinghaus, Chair of the jury and President of the Association of German Architects (BDA). "Renewable energies are the starting point for forward-looking ideas in design, architecture and urban development."
"The promotion of young talent in architecture and design is an important commitment for the award sponsors",
says Dr. Hubert Aulich, Chair of SolarInput.
"Young designers and architects develop buildings that generate more energy than they use thanks to the integration of renewable energies and receive a new form and function. With this they are making a crucial contribution to effective climate protection."
As well as the Bauhaus.SOLAR Award, two other projects received awards, which were each endowed with 1.500 EUR:
firstly Matt Townsend from Oxford Brookes University with his H2SOLAR project. He starts from the vision that in 2040 sea levels will have risen so much as a result of climate change that major cities like London are under threat. The threatening lack of drinking water caused by this is remedied by innovatively collecting and preparing rainwater using power produced by photovoltaics.
Secondly, the "Sun Place, a solar petrol station for India"
project by Bianka Brandl from the Bauhaus University Weimar,
which is an exciting interpretation in an urban planning context.
She tackles gridlocks in an Indian megacity with an e-mobility district which not only supplies drive power for rickshaws but also meets driver's requirements.
The other nine nominated projects receive a recognition reward from the sponsors of 500 EUR each.
The international jury includes the elected Chair, Michael Frielinghaus, President of the Association of German Architects and the following:
Dr. Hubert Aulich, PV Crystalox Solar, SolarInput e.V.
Prof. Heiko Bartels, Bauhaus University Weimar
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Haas, Behnisch Architects
Dr. Winfried Hoffmann, Vice President of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Ruth, Bauhaus University Weimar
Dr. Ing. M. A. Heide Schuster, WSGreenTechnologies GmbH
Prof. Daniel Hausig, Saar Academy of the Visual Arts
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Frielinghaus, President of the BDA (Association of German Architects), BLFP-Frielinghaus Architects
Prof. Alessandra Scognamiglio, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Milka Bliznakov passed away
Prof. Em. Dr. Milka Bliznakov,
born in Varna, Bulgaria on September 20, 1927
died in Blacksburg, Va. on November 4, 2010.
Milka Bliznakov (1927-2010)
an American and Bulgarian architect, professor, historian, author and editor.
Here is the letter of the present Chair of the IAWA Board of Advisors:
Dear IAWA Center Board of Advisors, past Advisors and Friends,
It is with great sadness,
to bring you news of the death
of our friend and colleague Milka Bliznakov
on Thursday, November 4 at her home in Blacksburg.
As many of you know, we recently held the IAWA Center Annual Meeting here at Virginia Tech on Saturday, October 25. Milka was present as we all remember her - an active presence at the meeting and unwavering in her support for the goal of the IAWA Center. We will cherish her enthusiasm for the legacy she established along with many other fond memories.
Milka Bliznakov is a highly respected member of the architectural profession in the USA.
She was the founder and chair of the Board of Advisors of the International Archive of Women in Architecture from 1985 to 1993 and its Honorary Chair up to the present.
She was among the leading architectural historians concerned in the Soviet avant-guarde architecture and architecture of the 20th century Modern Movement.
Professional Appointments
Milka received her M.Arch. from the State Polytechnic of Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951 and had practiced Architecture in Bulgaria and France from 1959-1961 and in the USA from 1961-1972. After receiving her Ph.D. from Columbia University, NYC in 1971, she began teaching at the University of Texas, 1972-1974.
Milka Bliznakov joined the Virginia Tech faculty of Architecture in 1974 to teach in the Urban Design program. After the program was closed, she was transferred to teach advanced design in urban environments until her retirement in 1998.
Academic Appointments
M.Arch., State Polytechnic of Sofia, Bulgaria
Ph.D., Columbia University
She is the 1972 co-founder of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture.
In 1985 Milka founded the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
She received the Parthena Award (1994), the Fulbright Hays Fellowship (1983, 1991), the International Research & Exchange Grant (1984, 1993), a National Endowment for the Arts grant (1973-74), and the Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institute Scholar (1988).
She has had numerous publications focused mainly on the European avant-garde and the contributions of women to the built environment.
Editorial Appointments
IAWA Newsletter
Centropa
Roanoke Times, November 6 to November 7, 2010
New River Valley News & Infocenter for Montgomery, Giles, and Pulaski Counties, Nov. 4, 2010.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/roanoke/obituary.aspx?n=milka-tcherneva-bliznakov&pid=146432294
http://sofiazanas.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html
http://caus5.arch.vt.edu/IAWA/IAWA_Timeline.html
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/guide.html
http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=33&table=bio
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521452816
http://owa-usa.org/newsletter.php?v=356
born in Varna, Bulgaria on September 20, 1927
died in Blacksburg, Va. on November 4, 2010.
Milka Bliznakov (1927-2010)
an American and Bulgarian architect, professor, historian, author and editor.
Here is the letter of the present Chair of the IAWA Board of Advisors:
Dear IAWA Center Board of Advisors, past Advisors and Friends,
It is with great sadness,
to bring you news of the death
of our friend and colleague Milka Bliznakov
on Thursday, November 4 at her home in Blacksburg.
As many of you know, we recently held the IAWA Center Annual Meeting here at Virginia Tech on Saturday, October 25. Milka was present as we all remember her - an active presence at the meeting and unwavering in her support for the goal of the IAWA Center. We will cherish her enthusiasm for the legacy she established along with many other fond memories.
Milka Bliznakov is a highly respected member of the architectural profession in the USA.
She was the founder and chair of the Board of Advisors of the International Archive of Women in Architecture from 1985 to 1993 and its Honorary Chair up to the present.
She was among the leading architectural historians concerned in the Soviet avant-guarde architecture and architecture of the 20th century Modern Movement.
Professional Appointments
Milka received her M.Arch. from the State Polytechnic of Sofia, Bulgaria in 1951 and had practiced Architecture in Bulgaria and France from 1959-1961 and in the USA from 1961-1972. After receiving her Ph.D. from Columbia University, NYC in 1971, she began teaching at the University of Texas, 1972-1974.
Milka Bliznakov joined the Virginia Tech faculty of Architecture in 1974 to teach in the Urban Design program. After the program was closed, she was transferred to teach advanced design in urban environments until her retirement in 1998.
Academic Appointments
M.Arch., State Polytechnic of Sofia, Bulgaria
Ph.D., Columbia University
She is the 1972 co-founder of the Institute of Modern Russian Culture.
In 1985 Milka founded the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
She received the Parthena Award (1994), the Fulbright Hays Fellowship (1983, 1991), the International Research & Exchange Grant (1984, 1993), a National Endowment for the Arts grant (1973-74), and the Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institute Scholar (1988).
She has had numerous publications focused mainly on the European avant-garde and the contributions of women to the built environment.
Editorial Appointments
IAWA Newsletter
Centropa
Roanoke Times, November 6 to November 7, 2010
New River Valley News & Infocenter for Montgomery, Giles, and Pulaski Counties, Nov. 4, 2010.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/roanoke/obituary.aspx?n=milka-tcherneva-bliznakov&pid=146432294
http://sofiazanas.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post.html
http://caus5.arch.vt.edu/IAWA/IAWA_Timeline.html
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/guide.html
http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=33&table=bio
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521452816
http://owa-usa.org/newsletter.php?v=356
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