Programme
Details subject to change, but please note the programme begins on Thursday 24 March at:
- 10.30am for Chapter Presidents
- 12.00pm registration for Chapter Members and Alumni.
Thursday, 24. March | ||
Arrival | ||
10:30-12:30 | Presidents’ meeting Local chapter presidents discuss strategic issues. Starts with a welcome speech by professor Hana Machková, the Vice-Rector for International Relations and PR. NB 169 |
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12:00-13:00 | Registration Academic club lounge | |
13:00-14:00 | Icebreaker activity Academic club lounge | |
14:00-18:00 | Excursions Excursions will be mostly led by architects who worked on the specific building. See photos of all building options here. | |
Award-winning bank headquarters with LEED Gold status. Flexible interior with greenery for supreme working conditions. Emphasis on natural or recyclable materials throughout the building. | ||
Eco-friendly refurbishment of historic house in the Prague's Old town with use of natural materials and feng-shui principles. Excursion includes a lecture by Oldrich Hozman on “Aesthetics and Human Soul in Sustainable Architecture"(official website here). | ||
Modern energy-efficient office building with high-tech ventilation systems. Architect Jiri Koukolik will show you all the technologies from the roof to the engine room and you will learn about the long-term economic perspective of the design (emphasis on low maintenance costs). | ||
Environmentally friendly housing solutions for high quality living. | ||
A “hi-tech living room” for students with innovative interior design and a smart cooling and ventilation system. Won the Czech Grand Design Award in 2009. This excursion will be led by architect Petr Lesek from Projektil, who will introduce and discuss possible approaches in eco-friendly architecture based on his experience in the field. Starting point: Academic club lounge | ||
18:00-19:30 | Official Welcome and Dinner Mensa | |
19:30-21:30 | Main lecture: “Sustainable Architecture: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” Petr Vogel on energy performance and potential of 20th century buildings, Jiří Pavlíček on current 21st century ecological architecture trends and Tomáš Rousek on sustainable architecture in the centuries to come. Moderated by Vaclav Formanek. RB 101 | |
Friday, 25 March | ||
09:00-12:30 | Sightseeing scavenger hunt Starting point: Hostel Elf |
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12:30-13:30 | Lunch Catering corner, 2nd floor, RB |
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13:30-15:00
| Local Chapter Fair | |
15:00-16:00 | The oikos network RB 213 | |
Harriet Jackson, oikos International President 2011 | ||
Clara Navarro Colomer, oikos Alumna | ||
16:00-16:15 | Break | |
16:15-18:45
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oikos Peer2Peer Workshops Chapter-led workshops on successfully organized projects. During the peer2peer workshops, participants will learn the "backstage" of 4 chapter projects and design their own project idea based on the presented concept. | |
oikos St. Gallen (Paolo Marioni) | ||
oikos Witten/Herdecke (Christof Schidlovski and Laurin Wünnenberg) | ||
oikos Reims (Axel Bozier) | ||
oikos Zagreb (Koraljka Bobinac) | ||
Common introduction in RB 213 | ||
18:45-19:00 | Introduction to Guerilla Gardening RB 213 | |
19:00-20:00
| Dinner | |
21:00-22:00
| Guerilla Gardening Get ready for some serious public space improvement hands-on action with shovels and seedlings! Read more about Guerilla Gardening here. Starting point: Hostel Elf | |
Saturday, 26 March | ||
10:00-10:15 | oikos Sustainability Footprint Competition RB 213 | |
10:15-10:20
| How to become famous with your bachelor thesis: Insights into the winning oikos Bachelor Thesis Award
RB 213 | |
10:30-10:45 | Group photo time | |
10:45-11:00 | Break | |
11:00-12:00 | Legislative meeting Local Chapters decide on oikos issues, agenda will be sent out. RB 213 | |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch Catering corner, 2nd floor, RB | |
13:00–14:00 | Healthy Building according to Principles of Building Biology Lecture by David Eyer, who takes an alternative approach to sustainable architecture. RB 213 | |
14:00–14:15 | Break | |
14:15–17:15 | Workshops | |
How will we live in a low-energy future after peak oil? How will our architecture and communities look like? Workshop participants will be encouraged to develop and rethink their own low-energy future scenarios and present them in a simple graphic way - with an emphasis on architecture and urban environment. Workshop leaders: architects Petr Janoš and Zdenka Němcová Zedníčková. RB 203 | ||
Participants will be introduced to the field of post-industrial city brownfields, visit a selected one and develop a strategy for it, taking into account sustainability, historical monuments care, genius loci and community life development. Workshop leader: architect Michal Mačuda. RB 204 | ||
Learn about the concepts of ecological and carbon footprint with Viktor Třebický. Count your own and compare it with other workshop participants to see where you can improve. Examine the footprint of oikos activities. RB 205 | ||
RB 206 | ||
Kick off your career with oikos Alumni! RB 207 | ||
18:00-19:30
| Dinner Sklep restaurant | |
20:30-21:30 | Night sightseeing Starting point: Hostel Elf | |
21:30 | Improvisational theatre performance, Official closing, oikos Party K4 Club | |
2:00 | Daylight saving time clock shift | |
Sunday, 27 March | ||
11:00 | Optional sightseeing Starting point: Hostel Elf | |
Departure | ||