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5th Biennial of Architectural and Urban Restoration - 2021

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BRAU 5, coordinated by CICOP Italia (with the support of the Confederation of the CICOP Network) was an international and interdisciplinary cultural event that took place in 4 continents (America, Asia, Africa and Europe), with the participation of Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece , Italy and Syria. The President of BRAU 5 was the architectNina Avramidou.

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Originally scheduled for 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, BRAU5 took place by videoconference in 2021, between 15.April - 4.May. It also brought the exhibition “Models of Leonardo da Vinci's machines”, made by the architect. Andrea Neri.

 

BRAU5 THEME

 

General theme: THE CHARME OF DECAY (THE CHARME OF DECAY).

4 Themes - BRAU5's 4 Themes are viewed in terms of cultural aspects and their economic and social implications, with regard to interventions that have already been carried out or projects that have just been conceived and proposed. Participants in conferences organized under BRAU are invited to present studies and projects on the following topics (and subtopics).

 

Theme A - Permanent maintenance of small historic towns.

 

Theme B - Restoration of Monumental Ensembles.

 

Theme C - Strategies for the re-appropriation of abandoned buildings located in urban and extra-urban centers; industrial archaeology.

 

Theme D - Interventions in the modern built heritage.

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BRAU5 International Organizational and Scientific Committees

 

      Coordinator:

• Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, Founder and Honorary President of Biennial BRAU

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• Prof. Arch. Maria Rita Amoroso, PhD. by UNICAMP University – Architecture, Technology and City, CICOP Net Brazil, Brazi

• Prof. Eng. Amir Causevic, Vice President of the Faculty of Architecture of University of Sarajevo, President of CICOP Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Prof. Arch. Ezio Godoli, University of Florence, President of Cedacot

• PhD. Elena Korka, General Director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece

• Arch. Chrysanthos Pissarides, President of the Cypriot Section of ICOMOS, Cyprus

• Prof. Eng. Humberto Varum, Full Professor University of Porto, Portugal

• Arch. Donato Cosenza, CICOP Italy Directive Committee, Italy

• Eng. Mario Maio, CICOP Italy

• doctor Vassilis Chrysikopoulos, PhD. Egyptology – University of Lyon II, Musem of Akropolis, Greece

• doctor Sabah Ferdi, Director research and president CNRA (National Center for Research in Archeology), Algeria

• Arch. Antonella Carella, vice president of CICOP Italy

• doctor Ayat Helmihy, PhD. Cairo University – Political science Faculty, Director AMPIENED, CICOP Net Egypt, Egypt

• Prof. Eng. Elisabeth Vintzileou, Full Professor,  NTU of Athens, Greece

• Prof. Hassan E. Mahmoud / AKA (Hassan Fedawy), Full Professor, Faculty of fine arts, Alexandria University Decorative Arts Department, Egypt

• PhD. Ass. Prof. Eng. Marta Stojmanovska, UKIM-IZIIS Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, CICOP Net North Macedonia, North Macedonia

• Prof. Ratiba Sahoui, Teacher-Researcher of Geology and Planetology at Departments of Geology (USTHB, Algiers), Algeria

• Prof. Arch. Maria Rita Amoroso, PhD. by UNICAMP University – Architecture, Technology and City, CICOP Net Brazil, Brazil

• Arch. Benedetta Maio, CICOP Italia Directive Committee, Italy

• Dr Eng. Fawzi Doumaz,  First Researcher / Senior, Responsible INGV in Cosenza (UNICAL), Associate researcher CNR-ISMA, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica-Italy (ING), Algeria/Italy

 

Organizational Committees

      Coordinator:

• Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, Founder and Honorary President of Biennial BRAU

 

• Eng. Mario Maio (Italy)

• Prof. Arch. Maria Rita Amoroso (Brazil)

• Arch. Maria Ines Abramián (Italy)

• Arch. Chrysanthos Pissarides (Cyprus)

• doctor Ayat Elmihy (Egypt)

• Prof. Arch. Ezio Godoli (Italy)

• Arch. Serena Pirisino (Italy)

• Arch. Benedetta Maio (Italy)