Delos Network 1: IDEALS

Mantha Zarmakoupi, Birmingham Fellow and Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.Simon Richards, Lecturer in Architectural Context, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, University of Loughborough, Loughborough, UK.

AHRC Delos Network

Introduction
The Delos Network is a collaborative research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council that brings together an international network of scholars, architects and planners to re-interrogate the history, legacy and impact of Constantinos Doxiadis and the Delos Symposia (1963-75). Full details of the project, including its events, organizers and contributors, can be found at <A HREF="https://delosnetwork.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Delos Network</A> and below.
 
Event
The first workshop will take place at the University of Birmingham on March 17, 2018 in the Arts Building (R16 on the <A HREF="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/university/edgbaston-campus-map.pdf" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">map</A>), Lecture Room 1. The workshop will take the form of themed papers, Q&A and group discussion. Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided. The event is free but registration is required.
 
Themes
Themes to be addressed include:
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The ways in which Doxiadis and the Delos group explored, interpreted and re-deployed ancient and vernacular precedents – including building technology and urban paradigms – in their theory and practice;
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Their pioneering uptake of new technologies and state-of-the-art computing into the fields of urban analysis as a tool to help forge the holistic new planning science of Ekistics;
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The intersections and disjunctions between their technological and social interests and visions;
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Their engagement with the developed and developing worlds, including Africa and Japan, in pursuing the spread and implementation of their ideals.
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The aim of the workshop is to investigate the ways which the urban and environmental ideals expressed in the context of the Delos Symposia related to contemporary understandings and interpretations of history, tradition and technology.
 
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
9-9:20
Registration
 
9:20-9:30
Welcome and introduction 
9:30-10:25
Dimitris Philippidis, Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning, Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
The past as a stage set by C. A. Doxiadis 10:25 - 11:20
Mantha Zarmakoupi, Birmingham Fellow and Lecturer in Classical Archaeology, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, School of History and Cultures, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
History as a backdrop: The appropriation of the classical past in the Delos Symposia 
11:20 - 11:40
Coffee break 
11:40 - 12:35
Kostas Tsiambaos, Assistant Professor in History and Theory of Architecture, Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Some rhetorical aspects of the Delos Symposia 12:35 - 13:30
Alexandros-Andreas Kyrtsis, Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Theory and Sociology, School of Economics and Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
The Sociology of Ekistics and the spatial and technological dimensions of post-WWII Modernity: A note on the Delos deliberations 13:30 - 14:30
Lunch
 14:30 - 15:25
Ellen Shoshkes, Adjunct Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University (PSU), Portland OR, USA.
The Delians and Japan/Metabolism 15:25 - 16:20
Mark Wasiuta, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Co-Director of the Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices in Architecture program, Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, USA.
Doxiadis’ Computer Drive
 16:20 - 16:40
Coffee 
16:40 - 17:35
Petros Phokaides, Ph.D Candidate, Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Rural development and infrastructures in Africa: Doxiadis Associates’ visions for a postcolonial world 17:35 - 18:30
Panayiota Pyla, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Global schemes of Ekistics related to tourism and development 
18:30 - 19:00
Discussion

University of Birmingham

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