Greetings from Bleta Berisha

Dear friends and colleagues,

First, i want to express my gratitude for you trust and support!

The duty of a student`s representative is a very important one, and i hope that with your help we will achieve our goals in the best way. We have to face an intensive program in the next months, but if we collaborate and support each other, things will be much easier.

My duties and obligations are very clear and i will do my best to fulfill them, and represent your interests and expectations in the best way!

Thank you!

Bleta Berisha

Bleta Berisha graduated the University of Prishtina, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture and earned a Bachelor degree in Architecture in 2008. Currently she is following the Master Professional at Polis University in Parametric Architectural Design.

Loris Rossi Article...

Dear all

Please have a look to a last interview of our colleague Loris Rossi, for an important Italian architecture website, where he speaks also on Polis and Tirana …

http://www.presstletter.com/articolo.asp?articolo=3418

Elections Day at U_POLIS - Representative of the Master Students at the Academic Board

Dear students,

Friday 24^th of February, 2012 was the elections day for the Master students representative at the Academic Board. Bleta Berisha, a student of the Parametric Architectural Design Program was elected. We thank all the students for the commitment and wish good luck to Bleta for the crucial duty she has undertaken.

POLIS University

 

Te dashur studente,

Diten e Premte, me 24 Shkurt 2012, u organizuan zgjedhjet per perfaqesuesin e studenteve Master ne Bordin Akademik. Bleta Berisha, studente e programit Master ne Dizajn Parametrik Arkitektonik u perzgjodh si perfaqesuese. Falenderojme studentet per angazhimin serioz ne kete proces te rendesishem dhe i urojme suksese Bletes per kete rol te thelebesor qe ka ndermarre.

Universiteti POLIS

CINE_POLIS Coming soon...

Cine_POLIS will focus on a selection of Albanian Movies/Cinema from post-WWII period to the present days (see list attached). Each week we will have Thursday at 17.00 a movie projected, with an introduction by Mr. Minarolli, and a post-projection discussion moderated. Each Thursday will have also a presentation on a special technique of the art of moviemaking including: scripting, acting, shooting, directing, stage design, costumography, lighting, montage, promotion, marketing, budgeting and financing, censure, copy rights, etc. In addition a special guest of Albanian film industry will be invited to also bring his/her own experience. Next year Cine_POLIS will be focused on international cinematography with similar logic and logical sequence. 

Cine_POLIS: List of selected movies

1. Debatik – 1961, S. Vaqari, H. Hakani, H. Hakani 90’, Eshte nje nga filmat e pare Shqiptar qe trajton temen e luftes.

2. Kapedani – 1972, S. Plasari, F. Hoshafi, M. Fejzo 90’, Nje nga komedite me te sukseshme qe trajton konfliktin midis tradites dhe proceseve te urbanizimit te shoqerise

3. Gjeneral Gramafoni – 1978, V. Koreshi, V. Gjika 90’, Film nga lufta 2 boterore me regjisorin e shquar Viktor Gjika dhe aktorin e njohur Bujar Lako.

4. Perralle nga e kaluara – 1987, Dh. Anagnosti, Dh. Anagnosti 90’, Film nga regjisori i njohur Anagnosti. Satire qe futi nje gjuhe te re ne kinemane shqiptare

5. Vdekja e kalit – 1992, N. Tafa, S. Kumbro 76’, Filmi i pare mbas viteve 90te qe merr persiper te shohe ne menyre kritike sistemin komunist.

6. Dasma e Sakos – 1998, V. Koreshi, V. Prifti 100’, Filmi i pare me bashkeprodhim serioz me te huajt. Trajton reminishencat e shoqerise feudale te fillimit te shek. 20.

7. Parrullat – 2001, Y. Aliçkaj, Gj. Xhuvani 90’, Nje nga filmat me te suksesshem qe trajton periudhen e diktaturen me aner te nje metafore interesante.

8. Trishtimi i zonjes Shnajder – 2008, P. Milkani, P. Milkani 95’, Romance e bukur me aktorin e njohur Italian Mikele Placido.

9. Gjalle – 2009, A. Minarolli, A. Minarolli 90’, Film per temen e hakmarrjes ne ditet e sotme.

10. Shqiptari – 2010 A. Spahivogli, J. Naber 100’, Emigracion i dhimshem i Shqiptareve mbas viteve 90.

11. Amnestia – 2011, B.Alimani, B. Alimani 90’, Film qe trajton probleme te vecanta sociale ne shoqerine e sotme.

Life without Monuments

Ftesë

FORUM URBAN NË  U_POLIS;  E MËRKURË, 22 SHKURT 2012  ora 17. 00 , AUDITORI A3. 

Të dashur miq dhe kolegë,

Universiteti POLIS, ka kënaqësinë  t’ju ftojë në Forumin Urban me temë: Life without Monuments. Little geography of projects for the “Middle Landscape” by Architecture/Urbanism Service-  Ark. Roberto Pasini.

Ju njoftojmë se pas forumit ju pret një autobus Polis për transportin.

Jeni të mirëpritur!

Invitation

URBAN  FORUM  AT U_POLIS; WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22^th 2012  AT  5. 00 PM , A3 AUDITORIUM.  

Dear friends & colleagues,

POLIS University, has the pleasure to invite you on the Urban Forum: Life without Monuments. Little geography of projects for the “Middle Landscape” by Architecture/Urbanism Service- By Arch. Roberto Pasini.

We inform you that after the forum, there will be a Polis bus for the transport.

Welcome!

I LOVE POLIS

Dear Students/Staff,

and friends of POLIS University

Please find attached the new identity brand of our university “I LOVE POLIS”.

The new identity tries to built on the pride of our community for the work and energy we have shared and invested during these years on our institution.

It is about reflecting on our own and our society’ values, and over the need for giving a contribution based on the love and affection for the country and humanity.

The image brand is conceptualized and designed by our own staff/students and will be used widely in all products/events of our school.

We encourage everybody to use and spread this healthy “virus” among friends and networks. Please feel free to attach it to your online pages and webs, on your internet social network’s status, and on your materials, projects, studies and researches.

Soon the school will be distributing also stickers of the new identity to be attached, always voluntary, to personal bags, cars, etc. Feel free to “infect” the context in a sustainable way with the love and affection of POLIS.

Closing this informal communication I invite you to see some works of our own art-design students in order to get a feeling of a normal day at POLIS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz36_vxym8s&feature=context&playnext=1&list=UUSt7UJha63SxkBUjzW4_jog&context=C3548471FDOEgsToPDskKSKCoj5dFWkepQuKvYvb3Z

Enjoy!

On behalf of Founding Board

Open Forum - A city is to Love- A tale of Skopje

Invitation

URBAN  FORUM  AT  U_POLIS;  MONDAY , FEBRUARY 20^th 2012  AT  5. 00 PM, A3 AUDITORIUM.  

Dear friends & colleagues,

POLIS University, has the pleasure to invite you on the Urban Forum: City is to Love -  A tale of Skopje - The city that is intensively building a new past  over the remaining of the once modern future - By Elizabeta Poljoska, Olgica Neklovska and Aneta Spaseska.

For more, you can see the material in attach.

We inform you that after the forum, there will be a Polis bus for the transport.

Welcome!

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Gezuar Ditelindjen Kosove

Universiteti POLIS uron Gezuar Diten e Pavaresise Kosova!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjHFX7rr9D4&feature=share

New work... and old thoughts

Ftesë

FORUM URBAN NË  U_POLIS;  E MËRKURË, 15 SHKURT 2012  ora 17. 00, AUDITORI A3. 

Të dashur miq dhe kolegë,

Universiteti POLIS, ka kënaqësinë  t’ju ftojë në Forumin Urban me temë: New work... and old thoughts – Prof. Dr. Raimund Fein, Cotbuss University, Gjermani

Për më shumë, mund të shikoni materialin bashkëngjitur.

Ju njoftojmë se pas forumit ju pret një autobus Polis për transportin.

Jeni të mirëpritur!

Invitation

URBAN  FORUM  AT  U_POLIS;  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15^th 2012  AT  5. 00 PM, A3 AUDITORIUM.  

Dear friends & colleagues,

POLIS University, has the pleasure to invite you on the Urban Forum: New work... and old thoughts – Prof. Dr. Raimund Fein, Cotbuss University, Germany.

For more, you can see the material in attach.

We inform you that after the forum, there will be a Polis bus for the transport.

Welcome!

MAD Center Exhibition

FTESË

U_POLIS, MAD Centre Ekspozita #1.

Kemi kënaqësinë t’ju ftojmë  të  Premten e ardhshme  datë 17 Shkurt 2012 ora 17.00 në Qendrën MAD, pranë U_POLIS me rastin e organizimit të ekpozitës së parë.

Qendra Multimedia dhe Arti Design Alternativ në Tiranë është fryti i një ideje të re ambicioze, mbi të cilën ende po punohet. Ideja e saj është krijimi i një  qendre për degët alternative të artit dhe design-it e multimedias në përgjthësi. Fokusi kryesor i MAD është krijimi  i një platformë multimediale për fushën kreative bashkëkohore shqiptare dhe ndërkombëtare në Shqipëri. Gjatë viteve të fundit, kjo fushë ka lulëzuar me evente të madhësive dhe cilësive të ndryshme, gjithnjë në një mënyrë të shkëputur nga ajo e artit, që gjithashtu  vuan nga një mungesë e theksuar e vëmendjes dhe suportit nga institucionet përkatëse. Qëllimi i MAD Center  është të jëtë një alternativë e dobishme qe mbush sadopak mungesën e theksuar të eventeve me këtë fokus. Falë fleksibilitetit në mënyrën e organizimit MADCenter do të organizoje një sërë eventesh të ndryshme si: ekspozita, konferenca, prezantime  workshope, etj.

MAD Center vjen si një përpjekje inovative që mbëshetur në kulturën dhe kreativitetin, përpiqet të provokojë dhe sjellë në kontektstin bashkëkohor shqiptar një mënyrë të re të menduari.

Bashkëlidhur gjeni materialin informues si dhe ftesën e këtij eventi.

Jeni të mirëpritur!

INVITATION

U_POLIS, MAD Centre Exhibition #1.

We have the pleasure to invite you to the first exhibition of MAD Center to be organized on February,  Friday 17^th at 17.00 hrs at U_POLIS.

The Multimedia Alternative Art and Design Centre in Tirana is a new ambitious idea to create a centre of alternative art & design and multimedia in general on which we’re still working. MAD's main focus is to offer a multimedia platform for Albanian and International contemporary creative scene in Albania… During last decades the Albanian scene has thrived with various events of different size and quality, but always spontaneous and detached from art work, which on its side has also suffered the lack of attention and support from relevant institutions. 

The main goal of MAD center is to provide an innovative idea which based on culture and creativity will provoke and bring a new mindset in the contemporary Albanian context.

Please find attached the informative note and the invitation to this event. 

Welcome!

OPEN FORUM AT POLIS UNIVERSITY

Ftesë

FORUM URBAN NË  U_POLIS;  E HËNË, 13 SHKURT 2012  ora 17. 00 , AUDITORI A3. 

Të dashur miq dhe kolegë,

Universiteti POLIS, ka kënaqësinë  t’ju ftojë në Forumin Urban me temë: The Role of New Commons in Generating Community Values. Nga Ark. Ivan Kucina. - Fakulteti i Arkitekturës, Universiteti i Beogradit, Serbi.

Ju njoftojmë se pas forumit ju pret një autobus Polis për transportin.

Jeni të mirëpritur!

 

Invitation

URBAN  FORUM  AT U_POLIS;  MONDAY , FEBRUARY 13^th 2012  AT  5. 00 PM , A3 AUDITORIUM.  

Dear friends & colleagues,

POLIS University, has the pleasure yo invite you on the Urban Forum: The Role of New Commons in Generating Community Values. By Arch. Ivan Kucina.-Faculty of Architecture, University of belgrade, Serbia.

We inform you that after the forum, there will be a Polis bus for the transport.

Welcome!

Ivan Kucina is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Serbia and a Visiting Scholar at the School of Design Strategies, Parsons The New School for Design, New York and Polis University, Tirana, Albania. His research is focused on the informal building strategies and uncontrolled processes of transformation of urban structure of the Western Balkans. In bridging his research pursuits with his teaching, he has established collaborations with informal educational and research groups such as School of Missing Studies, New York and STEALTH group, Rotterdam. He published “15/3” (Univerzitet u Beogradu, Arhitektonski Fakultet, 2008) a textbook on the innovative methods of learning space-form dialectics within his Introduction to Architecture Design course. Ivan Kucina is a practicing architect and runs an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice together with architect Nenad Katic, with projects that range from urban design to residential buildings and exhibitions. In 2006, he co-founded the Belgrade International Architecture Week and currently serves as its Program Director.

The Role of New Commons in Generating Community Values

Speculative real estate market that has been declared in the last decades as the primal mechanism of urban development enabled massive constructions and simultaneously massive deconstruction of the urban space. Consumerism that has become the main determinant of the contemporary urbanity is ultimately transforming cities into competitive field where each entrepreneur has to fight for consumers by radiating more seductive presence to the public. As a result, urban space has been turned into privatized illuminated scene for seduction of the masses. Commercial urban spectacles have become the only form of public expression.

On the other side of the shinny spectacles, the major part of urban territory stays out of attention, excluded and abandoned. These are the neighborhoods where most of the people live and work, sheltering behind the crumbling facades, looking for chances on unfriendly streets. Being product of consumerism, they are trapped in the land of desires, having high demands with no resources, asking instant satisfaction with no ability to invest for the better future, staying greed with nothing to fulfill their hunger, fighting for predominance on wasted territories. Devastation of the neighborhoods is the most sustainable activity they are able to reproduce, transforming urban space into battlefield where everyone fights against everyone.

There is lot that must be done in a different way than what has been done until today in order to rebuild the common sense of empathy, compassion, and solidarity within society. It has to be an evolving process that engages all the parties, public administration, citizens associations, entrepreneurs and professionals. This process has to be placed in the heart of the problematic territories, adopting the spatial capacities that are already there, converting and upgrading them in order to facilitate social exchange and cooperation. New role of the public space has to be developed – it should not serve as decorative assemblage for daily breaks but as programmatic instrument for generating social exchange and collaboration.

Open Forum at POLIS university

Ftesë

FORUM URBAN NË  U_POLIS;  E PREMTE, 10 SHKURT 2012  ora 16. 00 , AUDITORI C1. 

Të dashur miq dhe kolegë,

Universiteti POLIS, ka kënaqësinë  t’ju ftojë në Forumin Urban me temë: A city is (not ) a tree.  Transforming contemporary urban environments – Cino Zucchi, CZA Milano.

Për më shumë, mund të shikoni materialin bashkëngjitur.

Ju njoftojmë se pas forumit ju pret një autobus Polis për transportin.

Jeni të mirëpritur!

Invitation

URBAN  FORUM  AT U_POLIS;  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY  10^th 2012  AT  4. 00 PM , C1 AUDITORIUM.  

Dear friends & colleagues,

POLIS University, has the pleasure to invite you on the Urban Forum: A city is (not ) a tree. Transforming contemporary urban environments – Cino Zucchi, CZA Milano.

For more, you can see the material in attach.

We inform you that after the forum, there will be a Polis bus for the transport.

Welcome!

Post-Graduate Courses on Spatial Planning and Land Management

Co-PLAN in cooperation with IHS, The Netherlands, and POLIS University are organizing for the second year running, 5 post-graduate courses on spatial planning and land management. The courses, which have been designed to cover the theoretical, strategic, and instrumental aspects of urban development, spatial planning, land management and local governance matters, aim to build capacity of the public and private sector and civil society organizations for formulating and implementing spatial plans and land management instruments in partnership. These postgraduate programs are part of a larger project, in which Co-PLAN has engaged since April 2010; the project, which is in cooperation with the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) in the Netherlands, is called “Fostering Partnerships for Equitable Cities – Capacity Building for Participatory Spatial Planning”. The project is supported by MATRA Social Transformation Program, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The first round of the postgraduate courses was successfully held during March - August 2011. For more information on the Course Programs, application process and deadlines, please refer to the following two links: > Announcement for Postgraduate Courses > Application Form - Postgraduate Courses