ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture

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Zavod ARK - inštitut za za arhitekturo in kulturo

Ravbarjeva ulica 3, SI-1000 Ljubljana

Petra Čeferin

Phone386 (0) 31 621 360

Events abroad

Past Events

• 16 Dec 2013

  Italy Rome Casa dell'Architettura

  
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  A presentation of contemporary Slovene architecture and a screening of Small and Smart – Expressions of Contemporary Slovenian Architecture, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Rome,

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 28 Sep 2013

  Portugal Lisbon Cinema City Alvalade

  
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  A screening of Small and Smart: Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture

  at the Arquiteturas Film Festival Lisbon

  
  

  
  

• 21 Sep 2013

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  5 Oct 2013

  India Bangalore Gallery InCITE

  
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  A lecture by Boštjan Vuga entitled Production of Publicness and screenings of Stadium Stožice from the series Small and Smart: Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture, at the opening of and during the exhibition SADAR + VUGA Architects: A Review

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 6 May 2013

  Hungary Budapest Kino

  
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  A screening of Small and Smart: Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture, and lectures by Jeff Bickert (ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture) and Petra Čeferin (Museum of Architecture and Design), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  Serbia Belgrade Cultural Centre of Belgrade - Art Gallery

  
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  New Slovenian Architecture, an exhibition by Damir Kovačič and screenings of Small and Smart: Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film produced by Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture at BINA 2013

  
  

  
  

  
  

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The ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture was established in 2005 by architect Dr. Petra Čeferin, who did her postgraduate studies in Finland and earned a doctor of science degree in the frame of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana. In 2008 she was honoured with a Bruno Zevi Award for her essay entitled Transforming Reality with Architecture: The Finnish Contribution .

In 2006–2007 ARK organised a series of lectures at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD) under the title Architectural Epicentres. These lectures focused on seven epicentres – Brazil and Mexico in the 1950s, Finland in the 1960s, Switzerland and USA in the 1980s, Barcelona in the 1990s, and the Netherlands at the close of the 20th century, while the concluding lecture focused on Slovenia and the (im)possibility of its becoming one of the next architectural epicentres. The lecturers were Keith L. Eggener, Hugo Segawa, Harri Kalha, Bart Lootsma, Nott Chaviezel, Mary McLeod, Jose Luis Echeverre, Yasushi Zenno, Rado Riha and Boštjan Vuga – Sadar-Vuga Arhitekti. The book Architectural Epicentres: Inventing Architecture, Intervening in Reality edited by Petra Čeferin and Cvetka Požar was published by the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD) in 2008.

In May 2009 the Next step: Project architecture conference was held at Cankarjev dom Culture and Congress Centre, hosting many prominent names like Professor Kenneth Frampton, Professor Dr. Luis Fernádez-Galiano, and Dr. Pier Vittorio Aureli. The purpose of the conference was to determine the role of architecture in today's world and to address the question whether in the time of global capitalism it is still possible to maintain a critical position toward the dominating market-driven structures and practices. The full-day international architectural conference was organised in cooperation with the Museum of Architecture and Design and the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana.

See also

• Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD)

External links

• The Next Step: Project Architecture video
• The Next Step: Project Architecture web page
• The book Architectural Epicentres: Inventing Architecture, Intervening in Reality
• Lecture series Architectural Epicentres
• 2008 Bruno Zevi Award Winner