De-a arhitectura talks
De a arhitectura talks are the international conferences “De-a arhitectura meetings”. A project with grown-ups, but also about children. Because there are already quite a few of us who are concerned, more and more seriously, with architecture education for children. Because we went out into the world and saw that we resonate with a number of beautiful initiatives from the four corners. So we thought we could use a break to get a better look at what’s going on. Let’s seriously discover what others are doing, present what we do and ask ourselves. And maybe we will find out some answers.
De-a arhitectura talks is the face-to-face meeting point of a network of people interested in architecture education and the built environment for children.
The third edition was held as part of the Architecture Volunteers Gala, on April 1, 2017 at Palatul Universul – Talent Garden in Bucharest and brought together architects, urban planners, teaching staff, researchers and representatives of some companies with very professional backgrounds different and offered not only the perspective on built environment education, but also the illustration of the various ways of working in this field: in research laboratories, in the classic public or private education system, in private schools of architecture, in the associative environment. Thank you: Jaana RÄSÄNEN (FIN)-Architecture Education in Basic Education, Angela MILLION UTTKE (DE) – JAS – Jugend Architektur Stadt (Youth. Architecture. City), Junko Taguchi (JP)- ROCKET & Ito Juku-School of Architecture for Children, Pihla MESKANEN (FIN) Arkki, Architectural Educational Program for Children and Youth, Cătălina ULRICH HYGUM (RO)-Learning through projects in schools in Romania: opportunities and challenges, Brînduşa Raluca HAVAŞI & Eugenia DRĂGOI BANCIU (RO)-De -the architecture in my school! My dream class!, Florin ENACHE (RO) #better, Initiative for responsibility in construction, Irina MELIȚĂ & Ștefan SIMION (RO), Bogdan ZAIM- Holver (RO).
The second edition took place on November 7, 2015, in the Amphitheater hall of the Cervantes Institute in Bucharest and enjoyed the presence of specialists interested in architecture and built environment education for children from 4 continents, members of the Architecture and Children Working Group of the International Union of Architects. In front of the approximately 60 participants in the conference, the following gave presentations: Ewa Struzynska, Suzanne de Laval, Barbara Feller, Heba Safey Eldeen, Magdalina Polinova Rajeva, Elchin Aliyev, Cristina Llorente-Roca, Tezcan Karakus Candan, Mia Roth-Cerina, Corina Drocaș , Ioana Ciurea, Hannes Hubrich, Raluca Iacob Pop, Carolina Pizzaro.
The first edition of De-a arhitectura talks started on November 15, 2014, with presentations and discussions hosted by the “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, followed by half a day of workshops held at Concrete House. The speakers on the first day were: Adina Marin and Ion Niculae, Andras Czech, Mina Sava, Victoria Thorton, Barbara Feller, Vera Marin, Eliza Yokina.