New Trajectories: Contemporary Architecture in Croatia and Slovenia

New Trajectories: Contemporary Architecture in Croatia and Slovenia

[The following text is quoted from the GSD's lecture series website]
Presentations and panel discussion with Petra Ceferin, Sasa Randic, Bostjan Vuga, and moderators Mariana Ibanez and Eve Blau

Sasa Randic is a principal of Randic-Turanto, located in Rijeka, Croatia. Bostjan Vuga is a principal of Sadar Vuga Arhitekti in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Petra Ceferin is an architect and researcher; she writes and lectures on the construction of architectural imagery, the influence of media on architecture and the possibilities of an autonomous architecture. She lives and works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Over the last ten years, the economies of Croatia and Slovenia — in transition from communist Yugoslavia to capitalist countries — allowed for a flourishing design community to emerge without the pressures of a demanding market. Well-organized systems of public competitions gave young practices access to complex commissions — testing innovative ideas at multiple scales and seeing them realized. As a result, new generations of Croatian and Slovenian architects have developed exceptional work that is both innovative and charged with the legacy of their own architectural heritage. Regardless of the differences between the two countries and the design practices, the production techniques and strategies implemented by these architects can be situated at the core of contemporary architectural production.

As Slovenia has joined the European Union, soon to be followed by Croatia, these nations will be open to foreign investments and foreign architects. Larger corporate interests and the seduction of the instant icon will present an interesting challenge to local designers. As they have ably demonstrated, however, the architects of Croatia and Slovenia will certainly enter this new stage, while expanding into global territories, with a confidence stemming from their established identity.

.: Here’s a write-up on the exhibition -> via the Boston Globe

.: More lectures -> courtesy of the GSD
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Posted: October 19th, 2008
at 12:25pm by orangemenace


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