International seminar
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR / MARIBOR SUSTAINABLE CITY
Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 9.30 a.m.–3.30 p.m.
UGM l Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva 6, Maribor, Slovenia
Participants / Marko Vičič & Vital Verlič, Advertising Agency Futura, Ljubljana; Jürgen Herman Mayer, J. Mayer H. Architects, Berlin; Dr. Wolfgang Muchitsch, managing director, Universalmuseum Joanneum Graz; Stojan Skalicky, City Architect, Maribor; Boštjan Vuga, SadarVuga Architects, Ljubljana; Francesco Deli & Francesco Sabatini, DeliSabatini Architects, Rome
On the last day of the exhibition International Architecture Competition “European Capital of Culture – River Drava 2012” Maribor Art Gallery invites you to the one day international seminar on the topic of sustainability and the city. Our distinguished guests will talk about current issues and projects that will help to transform Maribor into the cultural capital of Europe in 2012. We expect daring ideas about building green, branding the city, privatisation of the culture and more. Join us and debate! Entrance free! Lectures in Slovene and English.
PROGRAMME
9.30-10.15
BRANDING THE CITY
Marko Vičič & Vital Verlič, Advertising Agency Futura, Ljubljana
Leading Slovene experts of strategic communication and marketing will take on a city as a potential brand and look bright into the future of Maribor.
10.15-11.00
THINKING GREEN
Jürgen Herman Mayer, J. MAYER H. Architects, Berlin
One of the most innovative young architects from Berlin, Jurgen H. Mayer got involved with Maribor as member of the jury of the International Architecture Competition for the New Maribor Art Gallery. He will present his projects in Seville, Karlsruhe and Wolfsburg that demonstrate the complex conditions of a build architecture dedicated to sustainability.
11.00-11.15 COFFE TIME
11.15-12.00
MUSEUM BUSINESS
Dr. Wolfgang Muchitsch, Managing Director, Universalmuseum Joanneum LTD, Graz, Austria
Managing director of one of the biggest Austrian museums will present the process of privatisation of the Universalmuseum Joanneum in 2003 and why then controversial ideas of transforming public institution into the limited company proved to be a model practice.
12.00-12.45
CITY MY CITY
Stojan Skalicky, City Architect of Municipality of Maribor
Maribor City Architect will picture the architecture image of Maribor in the year 2012, from its strategic plans to different renovations, revitalisations and new buildings for the new city.
12.45-13.30 BRUNCH AT THE GALLERY
13.30-14.15
PERFORM OR DIE
Boštjan Vuga, SadarVuga Architects, Ljubljana
One of the leading Slovene architect will reveal the plans for the hottest new building in Maribor – new Performing Art Center Maribor/CEUM. It presents the first cultural development on the south riverbank and it promises revitalisation and big names.
14.15-15.00
RIVERTOWNS INSPIRED
Francesco Deli & Francesco Sabatini, DeliSabatini Architects, Rome
Authors of the winning project of the New River Drava Embankment will talk about the plans for the transformation and revitalisation of the historical part of the Maribor river embankment due in 2012.
15.00-15.30
DISCUSSION
Discussion moderated by Simona Vidmar, Curator UGM.
15.30-16.00 SNAKS & DRINKS
Free entry!
