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V&A: Make Good Symposium 2023 | Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 11:00-17:30 (GMT) at V&A South Kensington

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When: Wednesday, 1st of March 2023, 11am – 5.30pm (GMT)

Where: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

For the second Make Good symposium the V&A brings together international speakers from a wide range of disciplines, spanning science, design, architecture and forestry to look at the opportunities and challenges of sourcing and making with natural, renewable and local materials, in particular wood. As such it takes a cue from the Field Notes Summer School, which was a collaboration between the environmental charity Sylva Foundation and the V&A. This day of talks and conversations, presenting ongoing projects and research, forms a collection of field notes to inform and inspire future initiatives in sustainable design and manufacture.

To book and for more information please go here.

Submission of Abstracts: Prague – Heritages: Past and Present – Built and Social | A Conference on Culture, History, Art and Design | Deadline: April 15, 2023

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Conference dates: 28th to 30th of June 2023

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15th of April 2023

Organisers: Czech Technical University, with Amps, Intellect Books, and UCL Press

Publisher: Intellect Books

Formats: Fully In-person, Virtual, Hybrid

Themes: Art & Design Practice, Museums and Places of Memory, Local Histories – Regional Cultures, Art History, Heritage and Identity

Disciplines: Art, design, architecture, art history, social history, cultural studies, anthropology, and more.

CALL Summary:

2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. That event came three decades after the World Heritage Convention. Through that, UNESCO had set up its World Heritage List of protected sites and buildings. The intervening years have seen multiple shifts in how we define heritage – as both material objects and social traditions. Today more than ever before, the distinction is blurred. The streets on which we live, the edifices we design and the monuments we protect are all connected to the lifestyles, traditions and social groupings we celebrate and safeguard.

What we mean by heritage today then, is an open and diverse question. Our buildings and environments, our cities and neighborhoods, our memorials and our artworks, our cultures and communities are all component parts of what we understand as ‘preservable’ history.

However, the past and the present also overlap and mutually support in this expanded definition. Placemaking sees built and cultural heritage as key to urban practice. Contextualization is central to planning laws. Museums are site for communities and display. Heritage organizations preserve buildings and educate the public. Galleries present historical art while debating meanings in contemporary terms.

This conference seeks to open debate on these changing, complex and at times contradictory definitions of heritage.

Czech Technical University with AMPS and Intellect Books

UCL PRESS Journal Special Issue “Education for Sustainability”

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The UCL Press Journal ArchitectureMPS ISSN 2050-9006 is looking to develop special issues on several themes through 2023-24.

One theme under consideration is Education for Sustainability.

These themes are picked up in the 2023 conferences below. Papers submitted here will be considered for these publications.

Applying Eduction in Complex World

Dates: April 26-28, 2023

Abstracts: March 1, 2023

Place: Toronto, Canada (and online)

Toronto – Applying Education

Teaching Beyond the Curriculum

Dates: Nov 15-17, 2023

Abstracts: July 10, 2023

Place: Virtual

Teaching Beyond the Curriculum

These events are co-organized by Sheridan College, Toronto, Canada; Glasgow School of Art, UK; Louisiana State University, USA; Wenzhou-Kean University, China, AMPS and its journal ArchitectureMPS.

Submission of Abstracts for 55th UTSG Annual Conference | July 10 – 12, 2023, Cardiff | Deadline: March 13, 2023

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When: From 10th to 12th of July 2023

Where: Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

The 55th Universities’ Transport Studies Group (UTSG) Annual Conference will take place at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, between 10 and 12 July 2023: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/utsg2023/   

The Conference, which has more than half a century’s excellent history in the UK and Ireland has now an international scope so contributions from colleagues from around the world are very much welcome!

Colleagues are reminded that the UTSG conference is a doctoral-student-friendly conference and as always, we are particularly encouraging research students to submit their work. Also, we will be introducing a mentoring-surgery scheme to support colleagues across different career stages and doctoral students and a legacy scheme.

The UTSG conference at Cardiff will be launching a new collaboration initiative for special issues with top-tier journals including:

  • Travel Behaviour and Society (Elsevier),
  • Transportation Planning and Technology (Taylor and Francis), and
  • The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) – Intelligent Transport Systems

Abstract Submission Guideline

[NOW OPEN; DEADLINE: MONDAY 13 MARCH 2023]

To present your work at the UTSG Conference involves two stages:

Authors must submit a 300-word abstract and six keywords that should clearly identify the objectives, background, methods, main findings, and conclusions of your work.

Abstracts can be submitted here: https://utsg.net/confmgt/openconf.php

Click on ‘Make a Submission’ and fill in the required fields. Once submitted, a notification of successful submission email will arrive in the mailbox of the corresponding author; please, also check the ‘junk’ folder of your mailbox!

Note: There is no need to attach a file at this stage but simply paste your abstract in the corresponding field. Authors submitting abstracts for the Smeed Prize (see, eligibility criteria below) must indicate that in the corresponding ‘Topic’ of the submission form.

The abstracts will be reviewed by the UTSG Executive Committee and corresponding authors will be informed of the decision by mid-April 2023.

Only authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit either a ‘full paper’ or an ‘extended abstract’ using the appropriate templates available on the UTSG and Conference websites.

Paper Submission Guidelines

[OPEN: LATE APRIL; DEADLINE: MONDAY 19 JUNE 2023]

Authors of accepted abstracts will have two options for submitting their research work:

  • A full paper (max. 12 pages long); this is the recommended option for authors who wish their papers to be considered for the special-issue initiative.
  • An extended abstract of max. 1500 words

Full papers and extended abstracts will need to use the corresponding UTSG templates.

Please also note that Smeed Prize entrants must submit a full paper to be eligible (see, criteria below).

Templates and further information can be found on the UTSG and conference websites.

Smeed Prize Submission

[OPEN TO UTSG MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THE UK AND IRELAND, ONLY]

Papers can be submitted for the Smeed Prize competition if they are prepared and presented entirely by an author who:

  • Has carried out the work described in the paper while registered as a postgraduate student at a UTSG member institution, and
  • Is either still registered as a student at such an institution or has had a viva since the previous UTSG conference.

The best paper will be awarded £500 and the runner-up £250.

Anyone wishing to enter the Smeed Prize should make this clear in a statement immediately following the abstract.

Entrants must be supported by a confirmation message from the candidate’s supervisor to the utsg2023@cardifff.ac.uk  

A full paper submission after the abstract acceptance is compulsory for the Smeed entrants.

Further Information

More details about the conference, including delegate fees and registration will be announced in due course via email and on the Conference website: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/utsg2023/  

Please, feel free to email utsg2023@cardifff.ac.uk for any queries.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at Cardiff!

Architecture + Cities Research Seminar: Dynamic Accessibility Analyses to Support Sustainable Urban and Transport Planning | Monday, February 6 at 1pm (GMT), M321

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When: Monday, 6th of February, 13:00-14:00 (GMT)

Where: M321, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

The next Architecture and Cities Research Seminar will take place on the 6th of February, 2023, 13.00 – 14.00 as an in-person presentation in M321 (note the change of venue from previous seminars). It will be given by Elias Pajeres, a researcher currently visiting the EX-TRA project.

All staff and students are welcome to attend. 

UoW School of Architecture + Cities with Zaha Hadid Foundation (ZHF): Fully funded interdisciplinary PhD studentship | Application deadline: Friday, January 20, 2023

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The University of Westminster School of Architecture and Cities (UoW), in collaboration with the Zaha Hadid Foundation (ZHF) welcome applications for an interdisciplinary PhD studentship funded by Technē under its Doctoral Training Partnership Scheme, to begin in September 2023. Applicants will be shortlisted via the UoW online application and interview arrangements and be subject to approval via the subsequent Technē online application process.

Project Overview and Research Outline

Zaha Hadid was the first woman and Arabic architect to win architecture’s Pritzker Prize (26th Laureate), yet there are few academic studies of her ground-breaking career as an international pioneer in the continuation of Modernism and the emergence of ‘parametric’ design. This first PhD project with the newly formed ZHF will combine reinterpretations of her ethnic and gendered context with detailed exploration of her seminal role in reshaping architecture through digital production. The ensuing work will contribute to the development of a major research foundation. 

This PhD may span or link three key areas. The work will chart and analyse the translation of her world-famous speculative paintings through emerging digital technologies to inform major innovations in architectural practice; will test her often-vehement criticisms of professional barriers to gender, especially women and those from global minority backgrounds; and will combine these to offer new histories and interpretations of her work. Moreover, the outcomes will test, in practice at the ZHF, how the capturing of digital and process-driven design can shape the construction of architectural archives. 

For more information go here: 

On Jobs.ac.uk:

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CWA034/interdisciplinary-phd-studentship-funded-by-techne-under-its-doctoral-training-partnership-scheme

On the UoW website:

https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/studentships/school-of-architecture-and-cities-studentship

On Find a PhD:

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/interdisciplinary-phd-a-collaboration-between-university-of-westminster-and-the-zaha-hadid-foundation/?p153368

Featured image: Zaha Hadid with Zaha Hadid Architects, London 2066, Vogue Magazine (UK), 1991 © Zaha Hadid Foundation

Call for Participation: Heritage Dot Conference 2023 | Application deadline: Sunday, January 22, 2023

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Heritage Dot is a conference bringing together heritage + digital, taking place online on 22nd March 2023.

The University of Lincoln is hosting the second Heritage Dot Conference with the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and other partners, exploring digital horizons in relation to cultural heritage.

Heritage Dot will offer a platform for sharing, challenging, disrupting and interrogating what digital heritage is and does across professional, academic and community sectors with interests in heritage; read more here.

How would you like to take part?

Respond now to the call for participation and submit your proposal for your opportunity to present your project, share your experiences, or outline your research for a wide audience of heritage and digital sector professionals, researchers, volunteers and supporters.

If you’d like to attend the conference, register your interest here for news and updates about Heritage Dot including registration announcements.

How to get involved

  • Register now for conference news and updates
  • Apply now with your proposal – open until 22nd January 2023
  • Book a ticket – opening soon
  • Presenters confirmed and draft programme announced – January 2023
  • Finalised programme – February 2023
  • Conference – 22nd March 2023

Find out more at heritagedot.org or contact heritagedot@lincoln.ac.uk.

Mayor of London’s Green and Resilient Spaces Fund Round Two | Deadline: Friday, February 10, 2023

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The second round of the Mayor’s Green and Resilient Spaces Fund is now open for applications from councils and other organisations, with £3m available for projects to create or improve green spaces and an additional £800,000 for large scale tree planting to boost London’s climate resilience.

Grants on offer include Project Grants of between £250,000 and £750,000 for green space projects that can be completed by March 2025 and Development Grants of up to £40,000 for work to be completed by March 2024 in order to create a pipeline of exemplar projects ready to deliver when additional funding becomes available. Tree Planting Grants of between £75,000 and £500,000 for large scale tree planting and woodland creation sites over two planting seasons, by March 2025 are also on offer as part of the Mayor’s Trees for London programme. 

Applications need to be submitted by 10th February 2023 and a decision about which projects receive grant funding is expected to be made in March 2023.

More details about the Fund including how to apply can be found on our website:  Green and Resilient Spaces Fund Round Two | London City Hall

Archisource Drawing of the Year 2022 Competition | Deadline, January 31, 2023 (23.59 GMT)

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Archisource invites students, graduates and alumni to submit their drawings into our free to enter, Drawing of the Year 2022 competition.

The competition has £30,000 worth of prizes to be won, significant international publication and all entries will receive Affinity V2 Universal Licence for free which includes all of Affinity’s creative apps!

In 2021, School of Architecture + Cities student Jake Cripwell was awarded Highly Commended Award in the Environmental category at the Drawing of the Year competition for his drawing titled ‘The Creeping Seaweed Gardens, Fish’s-Eye View’.

Archisource is an architecture and design community of 350,000 with a mission to support and inspire creative builders and thinkers; our fourth annual competition celebrates those that have truly excelled in creating standout works.

COMPETITION INFORMATION:

Enter here: archisource.org 

Host: instagram.com/archisource 

Entry closes 31st January 2023 (23.59 GMT)

The Drawing of the Year 2022 by Archisource is the annual, international, free to enter and open to all drawing competition celebrating the most accomplished imagery and extensive variety of drawings created around the world. The competition has £30,000 worth of prizes with significant international publication, five award categories and numerous commendation awards to be won. This year ALL entries will receive Affinity V2 Universal Licence for FREE!

The competition showcases the diverse varieties, types, styles and functions of imagery created each year. Submissions are open to all disciplines and can be created in any medium or style, however they must convey: architecture, design or the built environment. 

This year’s competition is in partnership with Affinity, the award-winning graphic design, image editing and page layout software used by architects around the world. Affinity is providing all entries with a free Affinity V2 Universal Licence worth £144.99 GBP which includes Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and Affinity Publisher 2 for Mac, iPad and Windows PC.

The widely recognised aspirational awards series celebrates works across the following award categories: the Drawing of the Year Award, Architectural Award in partnership with Bentley’s MicroStation, Environmental Award, Narrative Award and the Visualisation Award. 

Archisource welcomes creatives from all backgrounds and drawings of all types. Whether it be hand-drawn or painted, rendered or collaged, detailed linework or diagrammatic – the judging panel wants to see your creations. Archisource truly believes in the power of drawings and the Drawing of the Year recognises, celebrates and gives a platform to the very best talents across the world.

The mission and purpose of Archisource is to support and unite the creative community at all skill levels, and Archisource is very proud to bring you the biggest and most inclusive competition of its kind. This is a great opportunity to win an incredible array of prizes and also receive fantastic awareness and international exposure of your standout works to the wider architecture and design industries.