Croatian Chamber of Architects and Engineers, Department of Architecture

Organizer

The main goal is implementation of the programme «Architecture and Children» in the National school curriculum for pre-school education and general obligatory education in elementary and middle schools,as potential contribution to them. In Croatia, the programme is implemented for two years in organization of Department of Architects of the Croatian Chamber of Architects and Engineers.

Mission

Architecture and the built environment – our buildings, villages, towns, cities and landscapes – provide the framework for all human activity and interaction. We give it form and it forms us. It affects mind, spirit, body, the ways we move from place to place and the people that we meet. It involves collective, social and critical action. Through symbolic, significant, public and private structures and spaces it represents the values of a community in concrete form.

The creation of architecture is an exercise of the imagination which draws on humanity, culture, heritage, history, environment and a critique of what exists. Change presents a challenge. But good architecture and a good environment, produced in genuine dialogue with the community, contribute to a more harmonious society where citizens feel empowered and heritage and creativity are reconciled.

The future quality of our environment will be determined by the children of today. Their ability to make sound, informed decisions will depend on the knowledge, skills and abilities they gain in the course of their education. Home, school, neighbourhood and community send them a message about their place in the world. For good or ill the environment provides the context, the ‘cadre de vie’ which so affects the physical and psychological quality of their lives, and in which they start to grow into their future roles as citizens.
Built Environment Education will help children and young people to understand architectural design and the process by which the environment is shaped so that as adult citizens they will be able to participate effectively in the creation of high quality architecture that is humane, sustainable and respectful of its context.

Providing this education is a matter of partnership between architects and teachers in collaboration with schools, parents, education authorities and governments. Through its Built Environment Education Guidelines and its Network the UIA Architecture & Children Work Programme focuses its activity on supporting them in this task.

Websites within the UIA Built Environment Education Network aim to provide architects and teachers with ideas, materials, tools and resources designed to give children and young people:

Sensory awareness of the spaces – public/private, interior/exterior - that they move and live in

Awareness of roles, rights and responsibilities in the creation of the built environment

An appreciation of their architectural heritage and of contemporary architecture

An understanding of the relationship between the built and natural environment and of the link between sustainable development and quality of life

The vocabulary they need to discuss the qualities of buildings and places and how they relate to the life of a community.

Experience of the analytical and problem-solving methods of the design process

The capacity to work in a team, to observe, to identify problems and find creative solutions

The opportunity to experiment with techniques, forms and materials

The capacity to exercise sensitivity and imagination, taste and critical judgment

The discovery that architecture is a creative intellectual task of research and design that draws on humanity, culture, heritage, nature and society.

The UIA upholds the fundamental principle that all Architecture & Children activities be conducted in an ethical manner and with respect for the cultural identity of the community within which the children live.

Architects and teachers organizing or working within the context of Architecture & Children activities must also take steps to ensure that the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and all laws, codes and guidelines for the protection and safety of children are observed at all times.

Programme goals

a)Development of children's perception for broader and narrower context

b)Development of analytical skills

c)Development of creative skills

d)Sensibilization of senses,primarily visual and tactile senses (proportions, light, colours, expressing and awakening of senses provoked by space and its changes, exploring different materials…

e) Development of responsibility towards environment and heritage

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

A Work part for UIA work group members and their guests, premises of Department of Architects HKAIG

Wednesday 22 April – Friday 24 April 2009

BAccompanying events

Architecture workshops and exhibitions

Architecture workshops

Managers: Sanja Fillep, Saša Martinović and Aneta Mudronja Pletenac

Saturday, 14 March 200911.00 -13.00h
Gallery Modulor, Culture centre Tresnjevka, Park Stara Tresnjevka 1

Manager:Neda Cilinger

Friday, 24 April2009 10.00 - 18.00 h

Tunel Grič

Workshop entitled Sense museum

Manager:Laurent Tardieu, Arcen Reve, Bordeaux

Friday, 24 April 2009

Cvjetni trg

Children of the 4. grade of Elementary School Isidor Kršnjavi,Zagreb – workshop in french language

Workshops will be filmed and presented in the film „Architectureand Children“and final on a DVD

Film maker/Director: Irena Ščurić

Exhibitions

17 March - 4 April 2009from 12.00 h

Gallery Modulor, Culture centre Tresnjevka, Park Stara Tresnjevka 1

Part of the project„We are opening windows and doors of our city“– project of Croatian council of InSEA (International Society for Education through Art)
Project manager: Mirjana Tomasević Dančević, president of Croatian council ofInSEA;
Children’s work selected byprof. Ljubomir Miščević (from CROATIAN SOCIETY OF VISUAL-ARTS CULTURE) and drawings from architecture workshop

20– 26 April 2009 from 12.00 h

The hall ofFaculty of Architecture, Kačićeva 26

Participating: Arts groupof Elementary School Isidor Kršnjavi

Mangers:Nela Mihaljinec

C International Symposium Programme

Saturday 25 April 2009

Faculty of Architecture, Kačićeva 26, Zagreb

Start at 10.00 h

10.00 – 10.15

Official opening– president of Department of Architects HKAIG – Helena Knifić Schaps,lic.arch I the Dean of Faculty of Architecture – prof.dr.sc.Lenko PleštinaIUIA representativeIMEPPC representative IMSES representative

10.15 – 10.45

Ewa Struzynska, president of UIA „Architecture and children“ section,

Introduction – generally about programme „Architecture and children“ and its implementation in France

10.45 – 11.15

Barbara Feller, Architekturstiftung, Vienna, Austria

„Building educational environment for young people in Austria“

10.15 – 11.30

Solange Espoille, Barcelona, Spain

„Exploring our cities“, experiences of architecture educationin Spain

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11.30 – 11.50 coffee break

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11.50 – 12.10

Takeshi Inaba, Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

12.10 – 12.30

Sanja Filep, Department of Architects HKAIG, Croatia

„Strategy of program implementation „Architecture and children“in Croatia andmethod presentation, DVD film

12.30 – 12.50

Franka Meštrović, Croatia

„Improvisation in music“

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12.50-13.30LUNCH BREAK

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13.30-14.00

Hannes Hubrich, architect, Weimar, Germany

„Strategy of teacher training in architecture“

14. 00-14.15

Zrinka Marović, pedagogue, Miranda Veljačić, architect, Platforma 9,81- Split,

Croatia

„Building a city“

14.15-14.40

Tezcan Karakus Candan, Ankara, Turkey

„Experience and strategy of programme implementation „Architecture and children“

14. 40-15.00 Edita Slunjski, dr.sc. pedagogue docent, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

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15. 00-15.20 coffee break

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15. 20-15.40 Inga Abaeva,Nonna Aznavouryan,RussiaI Children's ArtSchool of Architecture and Design

15. 40-16.00 Jozo Serdarević, professor at High school, Dubrovnik, Croatia

16. 00-16.30 Laurent Tardieu, Arc en reve, Bordeaux, France

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16. 30-16.50 coffee break

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16. 50-18.30 Final discussion, questions- moderator Sanja Filep –Croatian representative in UIA „Architecture and children“

End 18.30

DOptional activities

Sightseeing ofZagreb for foreign participants

Programme manager Department of Architecture of the Croatian

« Architecture and children» Chamber of Architects and Engineers

Helena Knifić Schaps, lic. arch.,v.r.

dr.sc. Sanja Filep, lic. arch.,v.r. President of Department of Architecture