Jubilee 40th international architectural conference Piran Days of Architecture with this year’s theme CONTEXT. CONCEPT. CONSENSUS.

Piran Days of Architecture (PDA) is an international architectural conference with one of the longest traditions in the world. Initiated by a group of Slovene architects and from 1986 to 2007 presided by architect prof. Vojteh Ravnikar (1943–2010) it has taken place annually since 1983 at the end of November in the charming, medieval Slovene coastal town of Piran and from 2019 due to unpredictable sea flooding in the nearby Portorož Auditorium. Since 2008, it has been organized by the younger generation of Slovene architects under the leadership of architect Maja Ivanič.

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 preserves cultural identity and diversity through the understanding and respect of the geographical and cultural context.

LECTURERS

› Sonja Ana Hoyer, Slovenia

› Aitor Fuentes, Arquitectura-g, Spain

› Tom Lechner, Austria

› Janez Koželj, Slovenija

› Lenart Piano, FA Ljubljana

› Pedro Domingos, Portugal

› Iva Letilović, Igor Pedišić, Croatia

› Níall McLaughlin, United Kingdom

› Wang Shu, Lu Wenyu, Amateur Architecture Studio, China

ACCOMPANYING PIRAN DAYS TO PIRAN EVENTS

› 2023 Piranesi Award exhibition
opening of the international architectural exhibition in Monfort exhibition hall

› PIDA 40: opened archives, exhibition
exhibition in Herman Pečarič Gallery

› The City in Context 
children’s workshop Playful architecture by Center arhitekture Slovenije in Piran City Library

› Creative meeting with the authors of the exhibition Beauty of Stone Poetry, Istria
in Pastoral and Cultural Centre Georgios near the st. Jurij’s Bell Tower

› The Beauty of Stone Poetry, Istria
guided exhibition, ABAKKUM, GNOM, Parish of Piran at St. Jurij Bell Tower

Honorary patron of jubilee 40th PIDA is Anna Ramos, director of Fundació Mies van der Rohe.

More information: www.pida.si