INVITATION

On behalf of the organizing committee, we invite academics, researchers and specialists in the field of Architecture, Urbanism, and Cultural Heritage to participate to “IFAU 2019 – 3rd International Forum on Architecture and Urbanism. Modernisation and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities in Architecture, Urbanism, and Cultural Heritage” organised by Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, the Polytechnic University of Tirana, scheduled to be held on 21-23 November 2019 at the Nation Historical Museum, Tirana – Albania.

You are welcome to meet multinational participants from Adriatic – Ionian Euroregion, Europe and beyond, from different fields. The goal of the forum is to bring together leading academic professionals, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Architecture, Urbanism, and Cultural Heritage within Modernization and Globalization trends of XXI century.

You can follow one or more of the following forum sections:
1. GLOBAL / LOCAL MODERNIZATIONS
2. XXth CENTURY MODERNISM AND THE QUESTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
3. PHENOMENA OF RE-GENERATION, REVITALIZATION, RECYCLE, REUSE
4. MODERNIZATION/ GLOBALIZATION OF URBAN PLANNING/DESIGN AND LANDSCAPES
5. MODERN HOUSING
6. MODERN DESIGNING AND DAILY LIFE/UNIVERSAL DESIGN
7. UTILIZATION OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
8. SUSTAINABILITY ON THE ERA OF MODERNIZATION/ GLOBALIZATION

IFAU 2019 – 3rd International Forum on Architecture and Urbanism aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Architecture, Urbanism, Cultural Heritage within Modernization and Globalization trends of XXI century. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted for the Modernization and Globalization in the Cities in Transition.

The third edition is expanding the horizon by introducing a series of overlapping visions spanning the recently institutionalised Adriatic – Ionian Euroregion, now extended to the Balkan and South East European region. The Forum will concentrate on Architecture, Urbanism, Cultural Heritage located in contexts and territories that reveal their tendencies to Modernization and Globalization.