Case studies from Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East
Data: 18 APRILE 2023 dalle 10:00 alle 16:45
Tipo: Seminari
In the mid-20th century, the crisis of colonial powers and the formation of the newly independent nation-states called for different urban forms to accommodate the infrastructure needed and to represents the nation-building narrative. Top-down visions and urban plans were conceived to mediate local needs and international aspirations, and to turn military control into commercial deals. After becoming independent, for many former colonies or protectorates becoming modern, and often - rejecting tradition, was imperative. Modernity was rapidly adopted from western models and, when possible, adapted to local conditions generating new hybrid forms of dwellings. These decades created new patterns of exchanges (knowledge/culture/materials/technology) between North and South, East and West, which transformed the urban environment physically and socially.
The seminar aims to reflect on these exchanges and retrace them in the post-colonial city’s built form and patterns of growth, highlighting similarities and differences in India and the Middle East.
Key words / Themes:
International influences in the Indian and Middle East post-colonial city and architecture
Regionalisms and identity of architecture in India and Middle East
Tradition and modernity
Urban models as emblematic cases
The townships as a model for the new city
The role of the public space in the Middle East and indian cities
Building traditions and architectural materials
HPA 8 presentation event
10.00 – 10.30 Registration / Coffee
10.30 – 10.45 - Giovanni Leoni
(University of Bologna / HPA Editor in Chief)
Greetings
Fabrizio Apollonio
(University of Bologna, Head of Department of Architecture)
Introduction of the speakers
10.45 – 11.05 Roberto Fabbri | in person
(Zayed University, Abu Dhabi / HPA8 Guest Editor)
“Impatient Cities of the Gulf: Post oil architecture in Flux”
11.10 – 11.30 Aminah H. Al Khanderi | online
(Kuwait University, Kuwait)
“The Emergence of the Arab Engineer: Saba George Shiber, Arab Consulting Engineers (ACE) and Dar al-Handasah”
11.30 – 11.45 Debate Q&A
11.45 – 12.05 Ben Toseland | in person
(NewYork University, London)
“Between Tradition and Modernity: Max Lock and the Ubullah Neighbourhood Plan”
12.10 – 12-30 B. Jack Hanly | online
(MIT - Boston)
“Architectures of Oil: Earthworks and Petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia c. 1973”
12.30 – 13.00 Debate / Q&A
13.00 – 14.30 LUNCH BREAK
14.30 – 14.50 Stefania Rössl | in person
(University of Bologna / HPA Guest Editor 2024)
“The vertigo of India”
14.55 – 15.15 Maddalena d’Alfonso | in person
(Ricercatrice Indipendente - Md'A Design Agency)
“Warm modernity”
15.20 – 15.40 Khushnu Panthaki Hoof | online
(Director at Vastushilpa Foundation for Studies and Research in Environmental Design, Ahmedabad)
“Weaving Time and Memories. An approach to architecture”
15.45 – 16.05 Anupama Kundoo | online
(FH Potsdam - Fachhochschule Potsdam, Head of Urban Design, ATDC, Auroville)
“The City the Earth Needs, Auroville”
16.15 – 16.45 Debate / Q&A
Discussant
Francesco Saverio Fera, University of Bologna
Annalisa Trentin, University of Bologna/ Coordinator of PhD Programme in Architecture and Design Cultures