_ November 21st 2015, 10 am, Gledalisce Tartini/Tartini Theatre, Piran, Slovenia
_ Location of the conference: Gledalisce Tartini/Tartini Theatre, Piran, Slovenia

_ Location of Piranesi Award: Monfort exhibition hall Portoroz, Slovenia

The thirty-third successive international architectural conference Piran Days of Architecture under the honorary patronage of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia dr. Miro Cerar will take part on Saturday, 21 November in Gledalisce Tartini (Tartini Theatre) in Piran. The conference will be concluded at 8 pm in Monfort Exhibition hall in Portoroz by solemn conferring of the international architectural 2015 Piranesi Award followed by openings of six architectural exhibitions among which most important is the exhibition for 2015 Piranesi Award.

Topic

INVENTION AND TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE

When does tradition end and where does invention begin? And when does invention end and where does tradition appear? Two faces of the present. So as the future is ultimately composed of all its pasts – distant and close – so invention is only a new reflection of all that has been achieved in every man’s action: thus invention is only a new face of tradition. All good tradition was built from invention and successful inventions can only come out of tradition’s good part. Tradition is something we cannot escape. Even when we would like to absolutely ignore it, it is evident in its absence. It is present in each innovation and speaks when denied. Prof. Jurij Kobe

Program

7 lectures_8 lecturers

Boris Bežan, MX_SI, Mexico, Slovenia
Sonja Gasparin, Beny Meier, Gasparin&Meier architekten, Austria Idis Turato, Hrvaška/Croatia
Meritxell Inaraja, MI, Spain
András Ferkai, Hungary
José Esteves de Matos, De Matos Ryan, UK
David Lorente Ibáñez, Harquitectes, Spain

2 presentations

Martin Pelcl, Maribor, Slovenia
Žiga Kreševič, Technische Universität Graz, Austria

1 conferring of international Piranesi Award 2015

6 architectural exhibitions

Piranesi 2015
Juta Krulc: Life with Gardens, Maja Kržišnik, Center of Architecture and Dessa Gallery
Vision of Space: Tiny Steps between the Sea and Clouds, Piran Municipality, Andraž Starčič
Bridge for Most, student’s workshop, FA Ljubljana, design studio Krušec
Kiosks along the coast, student's workshop, Piran Municipality, OGP and FA Ljubljana, mentors Matej Blenkuš, Mitja Zorc Minevanja/Passings, Polona Mlakar Baldasin, photo-exhibition

2 colateral events: Piran Days to Piran

Fabiani Street, workshop for children, Špela Kuhar, Center of Architecture Architectural Icons of 20th Century, lecture by architect Robert Potokar

1 PDA social event

With cooking by chef Borut Jovan from Galerija okusov and music Info and registration and photographs are available at http://www.pida.si