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Monday, March 26, 2012

International Exchange Day at POLIS University : Monday March 26th 2012


International Exchange Day at POLIS University : Monday March 26th 2012

10.00: Visit of the Minister of Education and Science of Albania & the Ambassador of Austria in Tirana.
Meeting with 150 Albanian & Austrian students and respective staff in the framework of the international exchange studio of U_POLIS and TU-Vienna.

11.00-17.00: Finalizing the workshop and presentation of the projects outcomes by all groups after the project in Saranda region.
Issues of sustainable design and alternative visioning of the city.

17.00: Exhibition on 'Art Installations' of the Art-Design School, at the MAD Center of POLIS University.
Performances by the “Art-Design 2” course, under the supervision of Simina Turcu and Sonia Jojic/Eranda Janku in the framework of the ‘Art Direction & Fashion Design’ subject.

17.30: OPEN FORUM by architect Francoise-Helene Jourda, Head of the Department for Spatial and Sustainable Design, Institut für Architektur und Entwerfen, TU-Vienna, Austria.

FHJ practices architecture from her office at JAP (Jourda Architectes Paris). 
Since 1999, she has taught in Vienna, Austria.  Additionally, she heads the company EO.CITE, an architecture and urban planning consulting firm.  All three of these activities are centered around the principle of sustainable development. 
This is the fundamental subject of her teaching at the Technical University of Vienna, the essential mission of EO.CITE, and the objective of her urban and architectural works at JAP.
She served as the commissioner of the French Pavillion at the 2004 Venice Biennale, where the theme was “Sustainable Metamorphoses.” 
She has given a number of lectures and written many articles concerning this theme both in France and on the international level.
She is one of the signatories of the 1996 European Charter for Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning.
In October 2007, FHJ completed a report concerning sustainable development in construction at the request of the Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Mr. Jean Louis Borloo.

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