Programme of the Architecture of the Metropolis Conference

• The Best Gdańsk Architectural Realization 2022-2023 – announcement of competition results
• Architectural and urban planning study competition for the concept of the Centrum Południe (a new urban centre for the southern neighbourhoods) of Gdańsk
• Inauguration of the conference agenda

Registration (hall of the Urban Culture Institute, building of the Water Crafts)

Introductory session

9.00–10.00

Lead by prof. Piotr Lorens

• dr. Natalia Balcerzak – SARP O./Wybrzeże (Association of Polish Architects – Coastal Region) President
• Elisabeth Belpaire – ISOCARP President
• dr. Tomasz Majda – TUP (Polish Society of Town Planners) President
• Markus Hedorfer – ECTP-CEU President
• prof. Jakub Szczepański – Politechnika Gdańska (Gdańsk University of Technology)
• prof. Justyna Kobylarczyk – Komitet Architektury i Urbanistyki PAN (Committee on Architecture and Urban Planning of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

Lead by : prof. Slawomir Gzell
 

• prof. Magdalena Kozień-Woźniak (Kraków University of Technology): 
  Architecture as the art of exploring a place (30 min)
• Janet Askew (ECTP-CEU):
  Shaping the compact city: challenges in England (15 min)
• arch. Marcin Woyciechowski (Hossa S.A.): 
  Garnizon – mixed use. City on private grounds. Creating multifunctional urban structures using diverse tools (15 min)
• dr. Zuzana Ladzianska (STU – Slovak University of Technology): 
  The new architectural face of Bratislava (15 min)
• dr Gabriela Rembarz (Gdańsk University of Technology): 
  From a line on the map to the idea of a ribbon in the landscape. Spatial image of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway (15 min)

COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2

12.00–13.30

Lead by: Janet Askew (ECTP-CEU)

• prof. Sławomir Gzell (Committee on Architecture and Urban Planning of the Polish Academy of Sciences): 
  Akropolis – a real need? (30 min)
• dr. Remigijus Šimašius (Mayor of Vilnius 2015-2023): 
  Key Lessons from Vilnius Green Transformation (15 min)
• prof. Sofia Morgado (ULisboa – University of Lisbon): 
  Imperfect landscapes: water, heritage and urban rehabilitation in the Lisbon metropolitan area (15 min)
• prof. Ewa Kuryłowicz (Politechnika Warszawska, Kuryłowicz & Associates): 
  The Human Dimension of Architecture. Theory for practice (30 min)

SESSION 3

14.30–16.00

Lead by: Markus Hedorfer (ECTP-CEU)

• Dennis Pieprz (SASAKI): 
  Urban Design and the Architecture of Place (30 min)
• prof. Khalid El Adli (Cairo University): 
  Unlocking the Past, Present, and Future: Balancing Modernity and Tradition in Giza (30 min)
• Agnieszka Zając (Ghent Development Authority): 
  Transformation of the port district of the city of Gent, Belgium. Innovative and sustainable development of a new urban fabric (15 min)
• prof. Hangwelani Magidimisha (University KwaZulu Natal): 
  Towards Inclusive Urban Renewal: A case study of EThekwini Municipal, Durban, South Africa (15 min)

SESSION 4

17.00 – 18.30

Lead by: Agnieszka Zając (Sogent – Ghent Development Authority)

• arch. Janusz Sepioł (Chief Architect of the City of Krakow): 
  Spatial problems of the metropolitan area of Krakow (30 min)
• arch. Maciej Mąka (Mąka Sojka Architekci): 
  Local plans: salvation or anguish for the architect? (15 min)
• arch. Szymon Wojciechowski (APA Wojciechowski): 
  Between. At the crossroads of urban planning and architecture (15 min)
• arch. Paweł Majkusiak (JEMS Architekci): 
  A city within a city (15 min)
• dr. arch. Tomasz Konior (Konior Studio): 
  Architecture – an expiration date? (15 min)

SESSION 5

10.00–11.30

Lead by: prof. Sofia Morgado (ULisboa – Uniwersytet Lizboński)

• Markus Hedorfer (ECTP-CEU):
  Planning the metropolis: lessons from Venice (30 min)
• Jakub Mazur (Wrocław Municipality, METREX): 
  Metropoles of Europe (15 min)
• Judith Ryser: 
  Relation of a metropolis with design solutions: the case of London (15 min)
• dr. Bartosz Kaźmierczak (Poznań University of Technology): 
  How much of a TOD is the metropolitan area of Poznan? (15 min)
• dr. Aleksander Orłowski: 
  Challenges of shaping a metropolis in the field of smart cities (15 min)

SESSION 6

12.00–13.30

Lead by: Janusz Sepioł (Chief Architect of the City of Krakow)

• Frank d’Hondt (ISOCARP): 
  From vision to institution (30 min)
• dr. Jakub Szlachetko (University of Gdańsk): 
  Metropolitan landscape of the Republic of Poland. Existing regulations, proposed laws and (un)fulfilled expectations (15 min)
• Michał Glaser (Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area): 
  Planning metropolitan space in Poland 2025-2030: where to begin? Questions for the conference participants (15 min)
• dr. Joao Bento (ULisboa – University of Lisbon): 
  Urban Design Governance. Soft powers and the European experience (30 min)

• Conference Summary
  Lead by: Piotr Lorens