Brutralism Virtual Conference - JUNE 2022

Welcome and Shalom

to our Second Virtual Conference on Brutalism (Via Zoom)

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 10:00 am to 16:00 pm (cest) 11:00 am – 17:00 Israel time

Link to the conference recorded zoom – press here

Brutal Change – a conference on the conservation, renovation and climate-efficient use of brutalist buildings – is a binational project, partnering with the Council for Conservation of Historical Sites in Israel and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that deals with the brutalist building typologies of modernism.

a binational project, partnering with the Council for Conservation of Historical Sites in Israel and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that deals with the brutalist building typologies of modernism.

Among the speakers

Dr. Gil Yaron

Director - Office of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia for Economy, Science, Education, Youth and Culture in Israel

Peter Köddermann

Managing Director Program Baukultur Nordrhein-Westfalen

Dr. Karin Berkemann

Theologian and art historian M.A. Curator of the Dalman Collection at the University of Greifswald

Tamar Tuchler

Vice president, Director of the International Affairs Department, the Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

Arch. Eran Mordohovich

Head, ICOMOS Israel, Israeli Antiquities Authority, Technion Haifa

Sebastian Helm

HPP Architekten Leipzig

Dr. Zvi Elhyani, Michael Jacobson

Founding Director of the Israel Architecture Archive, Architect and Geographer

Arch. Uri Padan

Conservation Arch, UP Architects , board member of ICOMOS Israel

Prof. Wolfgang Sonne

TU Dortmund

Arch. Rotem Zeevi

Managing Director, Department of Conservation, Beersheba Municipality

Klaus Dosch

Industrial engineer and geologist, Member of the Resources Commission of the Federal Environment Agency, NRW

Brutal Change Agenda

Israel time 11:00am – 17:00pm German time 10:00am – 16:00pm

To download and print Agenda, Click ISRAEL

Click Here for Agenda in GERMAN

11:00	Welcome by Dr. Karin Berkemann
11:05	Opening and greetings from the partners
	Dr. Markus Speich, State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs and International Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Dr. Gil Yaron, Office of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Economy, Science, Education, Youth and Culture in Israel Peter Köddermann, Management Program Baukultur NRW Tamar Tuchler, Vice president, Director of the International Affairs Department, the Council for conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel Eran Mordohovich, Architect , Head, ICOMOS Israel, Israeli Antiquities Authority, Technion Haifa
11:30	A critical view of Brutalist large – scale architecture
	from an urban planning perspective and with reference to possibilities of reconstruction
	Prof. Wolfgang Sonne, TU Dortmund
	*The Old and the Bad? Israeli Brutalism Revisited* Dr. Zvi Elhyani, Founding Director of the Israel Architecture Archive Michael Jacobson, Architect and Geographer
13:00	Break and Live Music
13:15	Evaluation of building processes and voices from the field on climate-efficient building methods
	and the link between energy efficiency/sustainability and brutalism, best practice
	Klaus Dosch, Faktor X NRW
	*Jerusalem in the Israeli era – conservation of brutal, postmodern and experimental architectural and other sights* Arch. Uri Padan Administration Board Icomos Israel
15:00	Break and Live Music
15:30	What criteria must Brutalist architecture fulfill for preservation and conversion?
	The conversion and realignment of Marl Town Hall, Jan Bakema. A perspective from the process. Sebastian Helm, HPP Architekten
	*Retrofit: The sustainable use of historical buildings* Arch. Rotem Zevi, Managing Director- Department of Conservation in Be’er Sheva Municipality
16:30	Closing words
	Dr. Gil Yaron Peter Köddermann
17:00	End