The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv together with the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning - Technion, I.I.T., Haifa, proudly invite you on July 30, 2012 to the international symposium and opening of the exhibition entitled: „Harry Stern and Architectural Modernism in Bucharest”.The exhibition comprises photographs and drawings which emphasize Architect Harry Stern’s contribution to the architecture of interwar Bucharest. This exhibition will be open to the public between July 30-August 8 at the PeKa Gallery located in the Tecnion and it represents the outcome of Arch. Simona Or Munteanu’s work, currently a master student at the Technion I.I.T., Haifa.
The symposium, that will be attended by Romanian and Israeli specialists, will focus on three main themes:
• Bucharest modernism in the interwar period
• The contribution of the Jewish architects to the development of the modern architecture in Romania
• Harry Stern, as an architect and teacher
Chair of the symposium: Prof. Iris Aravot.
Curators: Arch. Simona Or Munteanu and Prof. Iris Aravot
The exhibition is organized with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv (RCI). Participants with the support of the RCI in Tel Aviv: Prof. Dr. Mihaela Criticos and Prof. Em. Mihail Caffe.
Please confirm your participation to aravot.i@gmail.com.
The invitation (attached) is an entrance permit to the Technion on July 30, 2012.
Program:
Harry Stern and Architectural Modernism in Bucharest
July 30, 2012, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion I.I.T. Haifa
OpeningPeka Gallery, Sego Building, 2nd floor
10:00-10:30 Reception and guided visit to the exhibition
10:30-11:00 Greetings and remarks
Professor Yehuda Kalay, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Dr. Gina Pană, Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv
Council Room, Sego Building, 2nd floor
11:00-12:30 Prof. Iris Aravot: Architectural worlds and Modernism
Festive lectureProf. Mihaela Criticos: The well tempered Modernism
Moderator: Dr. Alona Nitzan-Shiftan
Working sessionsCouncil Room, Sego Building, 2nd floor
14:00-16:00 Jewish Romanian ModernistsProf. Em. Mihail Caffe: Dorian Hardt and Ignace Serban (Rosenberg)
Arch. Simona Or-Munteanu: Harry Stern – architect and teacher
Ms. Raya Zommer-Tal: Marcel Janco, Romania-Israel Modernist and Preserver
Moderator: Professor Dr. Mihaela Criticos
14:00-16:00 Jewish Life and Modernism
Dr. Anca Ciuciu: Modernization of Bucharest and the Jewish contribution
Arch. Anastasia Moskaliuk: Jewish architecture in Kishinev
Dr. Marina Epstein Plioutchtch and Arch. Tzafrir Fainholtz: Le Corbusier and Modernist Jewish Architects
Moderator: Dr. Raphael Vago
Closing remarks
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