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Last update: 22 Oct, 2019

DAY 1: Wednesday 23/10

8.30-9.30	Registration
9.30-10.30	Keynote Speech 1: Patrick Webber (The Bartlett, UCL, UK)
10.30-11.45	Session 1: NARRATIVES AND METAPHORS Thomas-Bernard Kenniff, Translation and Narrative as Foundations for Spatial Literacy in Environmental Design, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Laura Harty, Susana Do Pombal Ferreira, Productive Jumps: First Year Design Studio, University of Edinburgh, UK Christos Papastergiou, Christiana Ioannou, ‘A Workshop for…’, Pretend play and the quest of the imaginary user as a teaching method, University of Cyprus Panel Discussion
11.45	Coffee Break
12.15-13.30	Session 2: EDUCATIONAL MODALITIES Andreas Savvides, Aimilios Michael, Constantinos Constantinou, Chrystalla Psathiti, Pantelitsa Karnaou, Chryso Heracleous, Learning by Doing - Juxtaposing instructional design and spatial design: reports from the Innovaroom Project, University of Cyprus, Ester Gisbert Alemany, ‘Proyectos Zero’: Activating communities of practice to welcome first year students, University of Alicante, Spain Tassos Biris, Maro Adami, Aris Sioutis, Giannis Giannoutsos, Myrto Kostaropoulou, Panos Niarhos, Eirini Oikonomopoulou, Georgia Pantouvaki, Ilias Papageorgiou, Maria Anastasiadou, Thodoris Sioutis, A movement towards the primordial A of architecture' A pedagogical program on human nests – habitable spaces for an elementary class of 10 year old children, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Panel Discussion
13.30	Lunch Break
14.30-16.00	Session 3: RECONSIDERING RITUALS AND STEREOTYPES Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Improvization Unbound: Expunging Stereotypes, University of Ioannina, Greece Greg Watson, The 'Cows:' Evidence of the Habits of Beginning, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Antony Pelosi, Instilling the Importance of Wellbeing in First-year Design, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Konstantina Demiri, Critical Thinking and Crits In the First Year Design Studio, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Panel Discussion
16.00	Coffee Break
16.30-18.00	Session 4: HAPTIC AND VISUAL APPROACHES Natalya Souza, Gleice Elali, Model in 1: 1 Scale - Sensory Installations As The First Design Exercise, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Nelly Marda, Visual Design Methods in the first year Architectural Studio, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Anna Merry, Model Making: The Continuing Role of the Physical Prototype in Early Design Education, Frederick University, Cyprus Panel Discussion
18.00-19.00	Keynote Speech 2: Anna Herringer (Laufen, Germany) /Video Presentation and Live Discussion)

DAY 2: Thursday 24/10

9.00 – 10.30	Session 5: METAMORPHOSIS AND HYBRIDITY Teresa Tourvas, Delis Papadopoulos, Early Design education: Collaborative processes and dynamic learning, University of Cyprus & Frederick University Nicosia, Cyprus Rebal Knayzeh, Cesar Lopez, Hybridity as Core Studio, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, United States Athina Vitopoulou, Venetia Tsakalidou, From the “escape place” to the “hybrid city”: introducing beginners into architectural design, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Panel Discussion
10.30	Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30	Session 6: BODY AND OTHERNESS Jose Vela Castillo, Maxon Higbee, Elena Pérez Garrigues, Differently Abled Bodies: Architecture, The Senses, And The Body Politica, IE University, Spain Dimitra Ntzani, Embodied pedagogies: Re-introducing the ‘other’ to 1st year design studio, Cardiff University, UK Derya Yorgancioglu, Beyza Şat Güngör, Investigating The Spatio-Temporal Potentials Of Moving Body: A Case Study Of Basic Design Studio, Özyeğin University, Turkey Panel Discussion
12.30	Lunch Break
14.00-15.30	Session 7: FORM AND ORDER Dimitra Nikolaou, The education of an Architect. A point of view, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Stavros Vergopoulos, Design Concepts, Structural Elements and Form Operations: A Regulated Educational Practice for First Year Design Students, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Evanthia Dova, Formal strategies of familiarisation and de-familiarisation, Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Simos Vamvakidis, Teaching the fundamentals of Architectural Synthesis, before a design studio module that uses Computational Design Thinking, Plymouth University, UK Panel Discussion
15.30	Coffee Break
16.00-17.30	Session 8: URBAN CONTEXT & THE EVENT Yiorgos Hadjichristou, Urban Glenti (feast), University of Nicosia, Cyprus Paolo Zaide, Urban Garden Follies: The relevance of Live Projects in First Year Education, Ravensbourne University, UK Korina Filoxenidou, Andreas A. Nikolovgenis, Boundary: A concept for tracing Architecture in Urban Design, University of Ioannina, Greece Maria Claudia Candeia de Souza, Carlos Henrique Magalhães de Lima, In pursuit of genius loci: developing urban awareness at the first-year architecture design studio at the University of Brasilia, University of Brasilia, Brazil Panel Discussion
19.00	Walking Tour & Conference Dinner

DAY 3: Friday 25/10

9.00-10.30	Session 9: INVENTING FUNDAMENTALS Wouter Hilhorst, Constructivism: acquiring the skill of designing in small steps, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Marianna Charitonidou, Bauhäusler in Chicago: László Moholy-Nagy, Mies van der Rohe and the ‘Re-invention’ of Teaching Models, ETH Zürich, Switzerland and National Technical University of Athens and Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece Barbora Ponešova, Nicol Gale, Jan Foretník, Primary Architecture, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic Panel Discussion
10.30	Coffee Break
11.00-12.30	Session 10: EDUCATION AS TRANSITION Nora Lefa, Practices of Teaching 1st Year Design in Architecture, Architecture, Bosnia and Herzegovina Myrto Kostaropoulou, First year architecture student: Recalling the experience, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Constantinos Keventsides, A real first year design course, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Panel Discussion
12.30	Lunch Break
14.00-15.30	Session 11: TEMPORALITY AND REPRESENTATION Katarina Andjelkovic, Pedagogical modalities in teaching 1st year design in architecture: Towards cinematic design practice, Independent Researcher, Serbia Charalambos Charalambous, The polymath architect: cinematic and architectural space – time, Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Juan Sadaba, Growing an Extended Design Scope on Solid Design Studio Foundations, University of the Basque Country, Singapore Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Bridging Design and Narration, University of Thessaly, Greece Panel Discussion
15.30	Coffee Break
16.00-17.30	Session 12: PHENOMENA AND ABSTRACTION Edna Langenthal, First year- Design Studio as Research, Ariel University, Israel Brian Dougan, Pedagogy Abstracted, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Konstantinos Apostolidis, Architectural Experimentation, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Morgan Flynn, Declan Feeney, Anna Ryan, Jan Frohburg,Changing Speed - How First Year students learn to learn in the Design Studio, University of Limerick, Ireland Panel Discussion
17.30-18:30	Keynote Speech 3: Prof. Alberto Pérez-Gómez (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
19.00-20.00	Roundtable Discussion/Drinks