The theme of international architectural conference Piran Days of Architecture 2024 is Ethics and Responsibility.

Piran Days of Architecture (PIDA) is an international architectural conference with one of the longest traditions in the world.
The aim of the conference is to evaluate the social architectural situation and to present the most progressive and innovative ideas of contemporary architectural and spatial production which preserve cultural identity and diversity through the understanding and respect for the geographical and cultural context.

PIDA conference is traditionally accompanied by several architectural events. Among them, the most important is the exhibition for the prestigious international Piranesi Award, with opening after the PIDA conference.

Ethics and Responsibility

A constant presence in our lives, crises serve as a reminder that there are limits to our living environment. Changes in space, both as natural processes and as human interventions, carry long-term consequences impacting the quality of people’s lives. The ideology of neoliberalism, founded on individualism and selfishness while promoting competition and greed, is the mark of our time. As much is also reflected in space, seen by many as an opportunity for extraordinary financial gain first and foremost. The architects of Modernism strove for a different, more just world that would ensure decent living conditions for everyone, not just for the privileged elite. As a result, their architecture was a synonym for optimism, solidarity, and universal progress, while contemporary architecture is shaping to be a material expression of the increasing inequality. The drastic loss of respect suffered by the architectural profession in recent decades is therefore understandable. Art and architecture are more important today than they have ever been before. But only when they adopt an ethical stance to challenge the mentality which puts profit before people.

Aleš Vodopivec

translation to English: Sašo Podobnik

Lecturers

› Aleš Vodopivec, Slovenia
› Marta Peris, José Toral, Peris + Toral Architects, Spain
› Anja Vidic, Jure Grohar, Vidic Grohar arhitekti, Slovenia
› students, FA Ljubljana
› Zsolt Gunther, 3H Architects/3H ÉPÍTÉSZIRODA, Hungary
› András Pálffy, Jaborneg&Pálffy, Austria
› Marina Tabassum, Marina Tabassum Architects, Bangladesh

Please, note that number of seats in Auditorium is limited. We kindly suggest visitors to reserve the entrance to the conference by buying the ticket in advance. In case of the sold-out conference the entrance priority will be given to pre-payed tickets.

Honorary patron of 41st PIDA is Anna Ramos, director of Fundació Mies van der Rohe.

More about PIDA conference and Piranesi Award is at www.pida.si.