10.00 - 10.05  Official Opening Panel

Roberto Beraldo, President Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori Venezia, Italy

Florin Mindirigiu, Co - founder SHARE Architects

Mattia Marzaro, Ordine degli Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori Venezia, Italy

Moderator: Simone Sfriso, founder TAMassociati

10.05 - 12.15   SESSION 1 

Filippo Caprioglio, founder Caprioglio Architects, Italy

Mladen Jadrić, founder JADRIC ARCHITEKTUR, Austria

Project: New into Old: A Cinderella Approach. Urban Anchor, Art-House in. Daegu, Korea.  

An “urban anchor” — buildings whose presence and impact on the neighborhood contribute to the urban renewal of an entire district while strengthening both the structural and social fabric of the community. The design, selected as 1st prize out of 73 international entries in an open competition, forms a key part of the Chang-dong urban regeneration initiative

Arthur Smart, Director, UKIMEA Masterplanning & Urban Design Leader Arup UK

Project: Urban Highways to City Streets: The case for place. Haider Aliyev Avenue Baku

Arup have set out a vision for the transformation of Heydar Aliyev Avenue, reimagining a strategic urban corridor as a multi-functional public space. Creating new from old through integrated transport, landscape and public realm design, improving connectivity, enhancing pedestrian experience, and creating a more resilient, people-focused boulevard supporting Baku’s wider urban regeneration.

Official  Partner: SISECAM

Viggo Haremst, Partner & Design Director, Henning Larsen Denmark 

Project: World of Volvo

World of Volvo is designed around the Swedish concept of ‘Allemansrätten’, denoting a fundamental right to experience the outdoors and roam freely on any land (public or private) while showing consideration for nature and for others. This tenet is not just a right, but a central part of the Swedish ethos and one that lives in people, businesses, and organizations – Volvo included. The main structure, made of glulam and cross-laminated timber, forms three striking tree-trunk-like columns arranged in a mathematical pattern. Fanning out to carry the entire load of the roof, these envelope visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy. The expansive round structure encourages visitors to create their own journeys both indoors and outdoors, regardless of whether they hold tickets to the exhibitions inside. 

SHARE Architects Society Dialogues

12.45 - 15.00   Session 2

Danica Cachia Mifsud, Partner AP Valletta, Malta

Project: St. John's Co-Cathedral Museum Rehabilitation and Extension.

The most important museum on the island, hosting Caravaggio paintings among other prestigious artifacts. Besides restoring and reusing the neglected and under-utilised historical spaces annexed to the Cathedral, the team designed an extension like a monumental reliquary to house a very precious set of tapestries. AP Valletta is an award-winning architectural and design firm located in Valletta, providing architectural, engineering, interior design and valuation services. Founded in 1991, AP Valletta consists of a multinational and multi-disciplinary team of architects and other professionals. Over the years it has completed a range of projects and achieved considerable success in local and international design competitions

National  Partner: EVEREST

Julian Breinersdorfer, founder Julian Breinersdorfer Architekten, Germany

After learning from and working for Zaha Hadid, Julian Breinersdorfer founded his own practice in Berlin. The office focuses on the reprogramming of historic ruins, urban voids, and landmark buildings, developing site-specific architectural strategies shaped by their architectural, social, and environmental context. Completed projects include Factory Lisboa, Postbahnhof Berlin, and Nike Central Europe HQ.

Project: Factory Lisbon

Factory Lisbon is the adaptive reuse of a 1973 cookie and noodle factory of the Portuguese military. The heritage protected building sits on Lisbon‘s harbor front, in a historic army supply complex, currently being transformed into an innovation district, Hub Criativo de Beato. Shaped to house noodle machines, the building is 200m long and only 11m wide.

Xavier De Kestelier, Principal, Head of Design, Hassell Australia 

Project: University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School

Designed by Hassell, the major £86-million development of the University of Glasgow’s brand-new, six-storey building has successfully been granted official planning permission. This significant milestone marks a major step forward for the historic institution. The striking new building will provide 11,600 square metres of specialised teaching and research space dedicated specifically to the University’s expanding Postgraduate Taught (PGT) student community. Simultaneously, it will deliver state-of-the-art, future-focused premises for the University’s world-leading Adam Smith Business School. Crucially, it stands as the fourth major new building delivered within the University’s ambitious £1 billion Campus Development Programme, and it is the very first facility in this extensive masterplan to be entirely purpose-designed for PGT students

SHARE Architects Society Dialogues