top: plan of the historical campus of the National Technical University of Athens.

Movements

Athens | 7-10 September 2028

The 20th International do.co.mo.mo conference invites us to reflect on our current position and move in new directions once again. Since the early 1990s, a group of architects and academics who have documented and defended the works of the modern movement have ultimately established a new movement of their own.

Detail of the house in Kavouri designed by Takis Zenetos (1959 | demolished).

Fakidis house in Glyfada designed by Stamos Papadakis (1932).

Athens, “the only capital where modern architecture could find such wide acceptance,” according to Kenneth Frampton, serves as the ideal location to initiate a new productive discussion regarding the movements we engage in and those we do not, the movements we can, must, wish to, avoid, or dare to pursue. Every future requires a movement.

Core team

Kostas Tsiambaos

Conference Chair & Chair Docomomo Greece

Uta Pottgiesser 

Chair, Docomomo International

Wido Quist

Secretary General, Docomomo International

Mattheos Papavasileiou

Dean, NTUA School of Architecture

Main venue

NTUA School of Architecture

Since 1837, the study of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) has played a crucial role in shaping the technical progress, education and culture of the country. The School of Architecture is located in the historic complex on Patission Street, in the heart of Athens, which includes the Averof building —the most significant work of architect Lysandros Kaftatzoglou. The building was completed in the late-19^th century and has since been a significant player in the cultural, social, and political history of the area. The recent restoration has provided the School of Architecture, as well as the city of Athens, with an important space that is open to learning and public dialogue.

In collaboration with:

Faculty of Architecture at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje – Skopje, North Macedonia

The Faculty of Architecture-Skopje is one of the 24 faculties within the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, the largest of all state universities in the Republic of North Macedonia. The first studies of architecture were established in 1949 within the newly established Technical Faculty with two departments: architecture and civil engineering. In 1976 the architecture department became an independent Faculty of Architecture offering a unique, carefully designed curriculum.

University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) – Sofia, Bulgaria

The University of Architecture Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy (UACEG) in Sofia, where our Faculty of Architecture is situated, is the oldest and most renowned academic institution in Bulgaria, which forms architectural and construction professionals, and its Faculty of Architecture is the place where the specialty “Architecture” has been taught in Bulgaria for the longest time – since 1942. In 1951 it was also separated as an independent academic unit. 

Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Polytechnic University of Tirana – Tirana, Albania

The Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism is the newest entity of the Polytechnic University of Tirana, which is continuing the many-year-long tradition of training architects and urban design specialists. After the separation from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, this entity has acquired the status of a Faculty by representing at best the precious experience of the Polytechnic University of Tirana in the formation of highly qualified new generations of professionals.

with the support of: