A Symposium about Hverfisgata, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Danish Embassy in Iceland
Stream link:
https://vimeo.com/368014070
The Embassy of Denmark in Iceland and the Iceland University of the arts, are delighted to invite you to the symposium Hverfisgata: A Dialogue Between the Urban Past and Present, celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Danish Embassy in Iceland. The symposium will be held Tuesday, October the 22nd 2019 at the Culture House.
The symposium will be streamed online and all are welcome while space allows.
Program:
- symposium moderator is Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, the Dean of the Department of Design and Architecture, IUA
14:00 - 14:10
Opening the symposium
Fríða Björk IUA Rector and Eva Egesborg Hansen the Danish Ambassador to Iceland
14:10 – 14:40
"Fredet – Listed Buildings in Denmark 1918-2018"
Mogens A. Morgen
Professor, Cand. Arch., Aarhus School of Architecture
14:40 – 15:00
"The Avenue in Skuggahverfi"
Pétur H. Ármannsson
Architect, Head of Department / Environment & Planning / The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland
15:00 – 15:20
Coffee break
15:20 – 15:40
"An Ordinary street"
Steve Christer and Margrét Harðardóttir
Architects, Founders and Owners of Studio Granda
15:40 – 16:00
"EXTENSION?
-in prime minister’s backyard"
Ásmundur Hrafn Sturluson and Steinþór Kári Kárason
Architects, Founders and Owners of Kurt og Pí ehf.
16:00 – 16:30
Panel / Q&A
Lead by Sigrún Birgisdóttir,
Architect and a Professor in Architecture at IUA
Event photo „Hverfisgata“ by Þrándur Þórarinsson
