Po·mo·stroika was a three-day long program, architecture conference and related event series, took place in 17-19 May 2018 in Berlin, focusing on postmodernism in Central and Eastern Europe. With the recent renaissance of the postmodern phenomena, a direct consequence of Read More …
The National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning in Warsaw, Poland announces the call for the summer school “Urban Summer School: Open Form.”
The German Historical Institute Warsaw organizes a conference in the topic of Polish Postmodernism. The deadline for proposals is 28 February 2018.
The exhibition of Oskar and Zofia Hansen’s legacy from 15.09.2017 to 29.10.2017 showcases various aspects of the Open Form theory, which was the axis of their architectural, artistic and educational work. Presented by Oskar Hansen during the International Congress of Read More …
The ‘Utopias and Realities: Socialist Modernism’ conference and forum is organized by the Transmodern collective and Collegium Hungaricum Berlin in 28-29 April 2016 in Berlin, Germany. We had a really interesting program with 17 lecturers from 9 countries to speak about Read More …
An exhibition of the Architektura VII Dnia project, a lecture topic on our April conference by Kuba Snopek, is currently on view in the Polish Institute in Berlin. The exhibit, titled Architektur des VII. Tages – Bauten in der Grauzone, offers an Read More …
Between 1945 and 1989, despite the Communist state’s hostility towards religion, over 3,000 churches were built in Poland: the Architecture of the VII Day. Built by their parishioners, these churches represent a truly communal architecture, one which rejected the rigid Read More …
The first international conference, devoted to the work of the pioneering Polish architect, Oskar Hansen (1922-2005), was held in 2013 in the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw. The museum maintains a great website for the conference, with videos from all Read More …
‘Autoportret. A Magazine on Good Space’ is a magazine which promotes reflection about space as a cultural phenomenon. It presents theoretical reflections on various areas of knowledge, non-obvious contexts, and positive solutions. The Autoportret magazine is aimed at everybody, not Read More …
Urbanity Twenty Years Later is a long term research project which is rediscovering Central European urban values. The project is regional aiming to find answers for the future of our cities as such. The first publication of the Urbanity project Read More …
The architectural culture of Central Europe, which was shaped through the exchanges within the region and its links to other international centers, still remains largely absent from Western historical discourse. Although the transformative stories of modernity are often results of Read More …
Oskar Hansen was a Polish architect, a member of Team 10, a tireless experimenter and pedagogue and the creator of the theory of Open Form. He died in 2005, and his innovative genius was never properly appreciated in the West Read More …
In Central European cities memories and material histories of socialist regimes remain particularly difficult to address and incorporate into the new democratic present. After 1989, city authorities in the region have chosen to emphasize some pasts and neglect others and, Read More …
“Is Warsaw becoming a city of the ‘Third World’?”—asked the sociologist Bohdan Jałowiecki in 2006. If the city was moving in that direction, Polish architects and planners might have already been well equipped to deal with it. This is because Read More …
HERITO is a bilingual English-Polish quarterly on Central European heritage and culture published by the International Cultural Centre. It is our hope that it will come to be a unique forum for discussions on heritage, culture, our times, and the Read More …