1. Berlin Architecture Dialogue with North Korea

Aedes-Roundtable with guests from the Academy of Architecture in Pyongyang, North Korea

Date:
November 13, 2007 at 8pm

Welcome:
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin


 

Aedes Cooperation Partners

 

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  • Arno Brandlhofer, a42.org, Architektur und
    Stadtforschung
    Regula Lüscher, Senatsbaudirektorin Berlin

  • Dr. In So Pak, Architekturakademie Pjöngjang, Nordkorea
    Prof. Dr. Myong Ho Jong, Oberarchitekt der Architekturakademie Pjöngjang, Nordkorea

  • Prof. Dr. Ok Pak, Mitglied des Zentralkomitees
    vom Bund der Architekten Koreas
    Christian Posthofen, a42.org, Architektur und Stadtforschung

Does Architecture Need Ideology?

The question “Does Architecture Need Ideology?” will channel the view on the ideological dimension of architecture to evoke a vivid discussion between guests, architects and urban planner from North Korea, who visit the Federal Capital Berlin for the first time, and from Germany. Furthermore, the different systems of values and the ideological background of urban planning nowadays are to discuss: What kind of (im)possibilities will be generated by confronting the ideological concept of urban planning of Kim Jong II with a “Western”, not synchronized and assumed more open context of urban development?

Roundtable:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Myong Ho Jong (Senior Architect of the Academy of Architecture in Pyongyang, North Korea)
Prof. Dr. habil. Ok Pak (Member of the Central Committee of the Association of the Architects, North Korea)
Dr.-Ing In So Pak (Academy of Architecture in Pyongyang, North Korea)
Regula Lüscher (Diretor Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin)
Christian Posthofen (a42.org, Architecture and Urban Research)
Prof. Arno Brandlhuber (a42.org, Architecture and Urban Research)

The event will be held in German.

A cooperation of Aedes Berlin and a42.org Architecture and Urban Research, AdBK Nürnberg in cooperation with Haus der Kunst(House of arts), Munich