Monday, September 24, 2012

FTESË
FORUM URBAN NË U_POLIS - E MARTË 25 SHTATOR 2012, ORA 17.00, AUDITORI A3.
Të nderuar miq,
kemi kënaqësinë t’ju ftojmë në këtë event tepër të veçantë nga Andreas Vogler- Advance Swiss Positions/ “Swiss Sustainable Approaches” si dhe Arturo Vittori- “From Pyramids to Spacecrafts/ “Architecture & Vision Projects, Approach”, drejtues të Studios Architecture & Vision.  
Për më shumë, mund të shikoni materialin bashkëngjitur.
Ju mirëpresim!

INVITATION
URBAN FORUM – ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25th, 2012 AT 5.00 PM, AUDITORIUM A3
Dear Friends,
We have the pleasure to invite you at this special event by Andreas Vogler- Advance Swiss Positions/ “Swiss Sustainable Approaches” and Arturo Vittori- “From Pyramids to Spacecrafts/ “Architecture & Vision Projects, Approach”, directors of the Studio Architecture & Vision.  
For more, you can see the material in attach.
Welcome!




Thursday, September 20, 2012

"BED& BUNKER" Opening Party

Dear Sir/ Dear Madam,
After many weeks of planning and working, we are looking forward to welcome you at our opening party on Friday, 21st. For this occasion we want to give you the opportunity to be our first over-night guest. There will be a tombola giving 5 guests the chance to experience the adventure of spending a night in the first BED&BUNKER! To this email you will find attached the party program.
Best wishes from the building site,
THE BED& BUNKER Team.


Dear Friends,

After one year of cooperation between Polis University and FH Mainz Germany, including two excursions of our students for detailing workshops in Tirana and Mainz and 14 days of hard work on the site, we have the pleasure to announce that on Friday, the 21st of September 20012 the building site of Bed & Bunker turns into a festival site.

You are all invited to our opening ceremony, starting at 18:00 in Tale village (turn left around 2 km after Mati River bridge while driving highway Tirana-Lezhe). You are also welcomed to visit us privately or in organized way any time.

For the first 50 registered students and staff of Polis University only (To: Irida_Doci@universitetipolis.edu.al; CC: floreta_aliaj@universitetipolis.edu.al), a bus will be provided departing the festival day from Polis building at 16.00 pm and returning back according the program will be send a second announcement, and in the site.

In Tale we will present the first bunker that is converted into a low-cost hostel for individual travelers and tourists in Albania as a result of our workshop. Bed & Bunker #1 features a warm and dry place to stay for small groups up to 8 persons, a small kitchen and a bathroom.

During the ceremony we will open up the bunker and hand it over to the public, we will have and documentary of the process of workshops and building phase. And of course we would like to invite you to have a bunker cocktail with us. With confirming the invitation you agree to the points mentioned in our letter of intent, which will be exposed at the entry of our working site.

Be aware that you are coming in a construction site, and that you must be personally responsible and careful to avoid any accident, especially during the festival/party time. A regulation of safety will be exposed ant the entry of site, so you must read and respect it strictly. We must enjoy time being all together, but not get drunk.

Be aware that the bus will go and come back strictly according the time and program planned ahead. Also be aware that everyone is individually personally responsible for his safety. POLIS is simply facilitating a request coming from students and staff, and do not maintains any responsibility. In the moment you register to come you are supposed to have agreed to accept such rules.

Kind Regards,
The Bed & Bunker Team.

Monday, September 17, 2012

NEWS FROM TAW/TIRANA ARCHITECTURE WEEKS


Dear TAW Friend,

After, the first events of TAW - Tirana Architecture Weeks starting since September 4th 2012, here it comes the official opening of TAW.
Monday, 17 September 2012, at 11.00 a o’clock, Tirana International Hotel, Balsha Hall, there will the ceremony of public announcement of TAW by the Mayor of Tirana Municipality Mr.Lulzim Basha, and the Rector of POLIS University Dr.Besnik Aliaj. The ceremony will be followed by the exhibition: Tirana Images of 21st century! We sincerely welcome you and media to be there. The same date three international workshops with students from Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia will take place, starting with the first workshop led by architects of West 8 Studio, the Netherlands. For further info please visit: www.tiranaarchitectureweek.com 

We kindly recognize the great contributions of the main sponsors NAf, the Netherlands Funds for Architecture, as well as Vodafone, German and Swiss Embassies, and the entire network of partner organizations.
For more please follow TAW website or social media: https://www.facebook.com/tiranaarchitectureweek

Welcome!
TAW Team.


Tuesday, September 11, 2012

TAW/Ceremonia e Hapjes se Ekspozites POLIS dhe shfaqja e filmit dokumentar "Building the Gherkin".

Të dashur të gjithë,

kuadër të TAW,  kemi kënaqësinë t'ju ftojmë të jeni pjesëmarrës në ceremoninë e hapjes së Ekspozitës POLIS dhe shfaqjen e filmit dokumentar "Building the Gherkin".
Ekspozita do të paraqesë të reja për qytetin e Tiranës propozuar nga studentët e U_POLIS gjatë punës së tyre në tezën përfundimtare.
Këto ide, krejt të ndryshme nga njëra-tjetra, shpjegojnë se si secili prej nesh përdor qytetin në një mënyrë të veçantë, shoqëruar me perspektiva për përmirësimin që duhet të jetë i pranishëm dhe i integruar me jetën tonë të përditshme. Projektet janë propozimet publike dhe private të arkitekturës dhe rikualifikimi urban.
"
Building the Gherkin " është një dokumentar në lidhje me ndërtimin e Swiss Re, nga Norman Foster në Londër.
Ky aktivitet do të realizohet ditën e Mërkurë, datë 12 Shtator 2012 duke filluar në orën 16:00, katin e parë të Universitetit.
Ceremonia e hapjes do të ketë fjalime të shkurtra nga kuratori, Dr. Loris Rossi, Dekan i Fakultetit të Planifikimt dhe Menaxhimit Urban si dhe Rektorit të U_POLIS, Dr. Besnik Aliaj.
Më pas do të ketë një koktejl.
Pas ekspozitës në orën 16:30 në Auditorin A3 do të shfaqet filmi dokumentar: "
Building the Gherkin "

Jeni të mirëpritur!
Mos e humbni!


Dear All,

In framework of TAW, we have the pleasure to invite you to the opening of POLIS exhibition and screening of the documentary film “Building the Gherkin”.
POLIS exhibition show new Ideas for the city of Tirana proposed from POLIS students in their final thesis. These ideas, quite different from each other, explain how each of us use the city in a different way and have diverse perspectives for improvements that need to be present and integrated with our everyday life. The projects are public and private architecture proposals and urban requalification.
“Building the Gherkin” is a documentary about the construction of Swiss Re by Norman Foster in London.
The opening will be healed on Wednesday, September 12th 2012 at 4.00 pm in the Polis ground floor.
Opening ceremony will complement by short speeches of the curator, Dr. Loris Rossi and the dean of the school, Dr. Besnik Aliaj, followed by the light cocktail.
After the exhibition there will screening of the documentary film: “Building the Gherkin” at 4.30pm at A3 Auditorium.

Welcome!
Don't miss it!


"Fall session" schedule/ Professional Master Part-time

Dear all,
Please find below the “Fall session” schedule, and also a list with all details about the timetable and deadlines for each subject as follows:


1.       “CAD”with Prof . Antonino Di Raimo  - (Delivery Project)  on 12/09/2012
2.       “Project Cycle”   Exam   15/09/2012  at 10.00  a.m
3.       “Seismology & Construction Sciences” Prof. Luljeta Bozo: Exam / Project Delivery on 15/09/2012  at 10.00 a.m,  
4.       “P.Administration” Prof. Peter Nientied– Delivery of the paper on 17/09/2012   to nientied1@chello.nl with Cc aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al
5.       “Aesthetic Structural Design” Prof.  S.Luarasi -   (Project Delivery)  on 19/09/2012   to luarasi@hotmail.com Cc aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al
6.       “ Design Studio” Prof. Loris Rossi; Elvan Dajko-  (Project Delivery)  on 21/09/2012   to loris_rossi@universitetipolis.edu.al; aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al with Cc aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al
7.       “Planning Studio” /”Landscape Design” with Prof. Besnika Aliaj; Sotir Dhamo on 21/09/2012  (Exam/ Project Delivery)  at 14:00 a.m
8.       “Urban Laboratory” with Prof. Andris Stastoli   on 21/09/2012  (Exam/ Project Delivery)  at 14:00 a.m
9.       “Human Resources Development” with Prof. Peter Nientied on 24/09/2012  (Paper Delivery) to  nientied1@chello.nl with Cc aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al
10.   “ULTHP/ULSI” with Prof. Carlos Morales; Paul Rabe/Dritan Shutina 28/09/2012  (Exam/ Paper Delivery) at 15:00 a.m to aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al with Cc eralda_ribaj@universitetipolis.edu.al; anisa_sfrati@universitetipolis.edu.al
11.   “Theory of Contemporary Architecture” with Prof. Antonino Saggio/ Ledian Bregasi  (Project Delivery) on 28/09/2012  to ledian_bregasi@universitetipolis.edu.al with Cc aljula_gjeloshi@universitetipolis.edu.al
12.   “ Statistics” with Prof. Antonino Scarelli  (Exam) on 29/09/2012  at 10:00 a.m



Monday, September 10, 2012

TAW Tirana Architecture weeks / Erich Schmid and Dr. Angela Thomas Schmid

Përshëndetje te gjithëve,
Në kuadër të TAW Tirana Architecture weeks , si një aktivitet nga Cine_POLIS, ju njoftojmë se ditën e Hënë 10 shtator 2012 ora 17.00 në Auditorin C1 do të shfaqet filmi : “Max Bill”- the master’s vision nga Erich Schmid http://www.maxbillfilm.ch/dsp.php?en,5,1,2,0.Projektimi i filmit do të paraprihet nga dy prezantime nga : Erich Schmid and Dr. Angela Thomas Schmid.
Mos e humbni!


Dear All,
In framework of TAW, an also as a Cine _POLIS activity, we have the pleasure to invite you to see the film:” Max Bill “ - the master’s vision, by Erich Schmid. http://www.maxbillfilm.ch/dsp.php?en,5,1,2,0 that will be on Monday September 10th 2012 at 5.00 pm at C1 Auditorium.
This movie projection will be anticipated by a presentation by Erich Schmidt and Dr. Angela Thomas Schmid.
Don't miss it!


Erich Schmid and Dr. Angela Thomas Schmid.
Erich is a well known Swiss cinematographer, writer, and journalist.
Angela (his wife), a historian of art, is the widow of Max Bill, one of the most famous Swiss artists of the 20th century (architect, sculptor and typographer), student of the famous Bauhaus in Dessau.
She has inherited most of Max Bills artist works, his villa and a huge amount of personal documents.

Erich Schmid, who is well known in Switzerland for his documentary films, has produced 2008 a documentary feature film about Max Bill (1908 – 1994), of course with the help of his wife Angela.
This film was shown worldwide during the last years (also in our University 3 years ago).
You will find all the relevant information on this Website:
You will find more information on the homepage of Erich and Angela and their activities in the Villa of Max Bill here: