Piran Days of Architecture 2022

39th international architectural conference Piran Days of Architecture
Honorary patron is minister of culture of the Republic of Slovenia, dr. Asta Vrečko.

39th PIRAN DAYS OF ARCHITECTURE
Saturday, 26 November 2022, at 10 am in Auditorium in Portorož, Slovenia, Senčna pot 8a.

Please note that the number of seats in the Auditorium is limited. In accordance with the current Ordinance restricting admission to indoor public areas, entry to PDA conference and Piranesi award ceremony will only be possible by purchasing a ticket in advance. In case that the PDA conference is held online only, we will refund you for overpaid tickets.

LOCATION AND TIME
Honest architecture
We live in a time of rapid technological development, globalisation, mutual interdependence, and great unpredictability. Architecture, which is inextricably tied to current social developments, is facing questions related to addressing the problems of the pandemic, economic crashes, environmental change, global effects of the war, etc. At the same time, social networks and digitalisation are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual: we may enter an architecture and evaluate it at the touch of a button.

New digital tools are radically transforming also the ways in which architecture is designed, often by means of generic processes and presentations – "thinking hand" vs. "thinking computer". All of the above brings to the forefront the issue of the authenticity of good architecture and the understanding thereof. How, in this complex society, is architecture to remain honest in its narrativity, material expression, context, purpose, and the interpretation of historical layers? What is the honesty of architecture which is independent of politics, capital, or global trends? Can the honesty of architecture be reflected already in the design process, through the candidness of the architect's thought and their world view? Honestly on architecture.

Mojca Gregorski