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On Saturday, 21 November, the 43rd<\/sup> international conference Piran Days of Architecture will take place in the Portoro\u017e Auditorium in Slovenia, under the honorary patronage of Anna Ramos, Director of the Mies van der Rohe Foundation. This architectural event with one of the longest traditions in the world has been held since 1983 on the initiative and in the organisation of Slovenian architects. More information about the PIDA conference and the Piranesi Award is available at www.pida.si\/about-pida-and-piranesi-award<\/a>.<\/p>\n The theme of the 43rd<\/sup> PIDA conference assumes the title of HOW MANY DIMENSIONS ARE THERE TO ARCHITECTURE?<\/p>\n Slovene architects Bla\u017e Budja and Milo\u0161 Kosec wrote:<\/p>\n \u00bbEver since the Renaissance, architecture has been defined through the Euclidean understanding of space. The contemporary designing infrastructure may also be seen as the newest iteration of building technology in three spatial dimensions. Yet the challenges of the 21st<\/sup> century, such as the mounting environmental crisis, wealth inequality, social upheavals, wars, and the inability of architecture to employ the foundations of solidarity in order to intervene into such a world, put forward questions which may not be resolved solely within the space. The so-called “artificial intelligence” \u2013 in earnest merely efficient management of existing databases \u2013 is making strident inroads into architecture. The analogous issue of creativity and invention in architecture of today encompasses not only the optimal spatialisation of the programme and a consistent and technologically immaculate execution of the detail, but also decisions which carry wider consequences: to what extent do we go for new builds and when can the existent be used, the carbon footprint of the materials used, and the adaptability of the space to future uses not yet envisaged. One is therefore increasingly at a loss to comprehend the creativity and relevance of architecture without its ethical dimension, while vacuous and flawless images of individual architectural marvels are becoming ever more problematic. Why are we not evolving new technologies that would \u2013 rather than optimise the existing architectural work \u2013 enable the developmental breakthrough into new creative dimensions? To what extent do new technologies foster new creative possibilities, and when do they reduce architectural work to technocratic adherence to (mostly outdated) norms and technical requirements? How does technology define the dimensions of architectural thought and bring forth opportunities for inventions which would not merely reiterate old ideas in new forms? And finally, do new technologies represent a barrier or assist in evolving a new understanding of architectural creativity?\u00ab<\/p>\n PIDA 2026 will feature lectures by architects from different continents and by students:<\/p>\n Francisco Cifuentes \u2022 AULETS \u2022 \u0160panija\/Spain<\/p>\n Mojca Gregorski \u2022 Kontra arhitekti \u2022 Slovenija\/Slovenia<\/p>\n Nguyen Ha \u2022 Nguyen Ha Architects \u2022 Vietnam<\/p>\n Dinko Pera\u010di\u0107 \u2022 ARP \u2022 Hrva\u0161ka\/Croatia<\/p>\n Kerstin Thompson \u2022 KTA \u2022 Avstralija\/Australia<\/p>\n Patrick Richard \u2022 Stanton Williams \u2022 Zdru\u017eeno kraljestvo\/United Kingdom<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Young architects: Andra\u017e Ker\u0161i\u010d \u2022 a2o2 arhitekti \u2022 Slovenia<\/p>\n Students of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana and\/or students of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Maribor<\/p>\n The PIDA conference will conclude with the 37th<\/sup> ceremony of the international PIRANESI AWARD. The projects were nominated by national and student Piranesi selectors and selected by an international jury, composed of PIDA lecturers.<\/p>\n
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