Nicosia Final Program

Final Program of Biennial BRAU4 in Nicosia

April 15-16-17, 2018

Famagusta Gate

 

 

1st Day – April 15, 2018

19.00 – 19.20

Opening Addresses

Mr. Christos Christodoulou, Cyprus Architects Association, President

Dr. Marina Solomidou Ieronymidou, Department of Antiquities, Director

Mr. Stelios Achniotis, Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber, President

Mr. Pavlos Paraskeva, Ministry of Education and Culture, Cultural Services Head

Mr. Konstantinos Yiorkadjis, Municipality of Nicosia, Mayor

H.E. Andrea Cavallari, Embassy of Italy in Cyprus, Ambassador

Mr. Chrysanthos Pissarides, ICOMOS Cyprus, President

19.20 – 20.00

Presentation of BRAU4 and HCH Congress by Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, President of CICOP Italy and CICOP Net Confederation, founder of the Biennial BRAU

20.00-20.10

Conferral of Awards

20.10-20.20

Greetings to the participants from Prof. Eng. Theodosios T. Tassios, Emeritus Prof. of NTU of Athens, Greece

20.20-20.50

Chamber Music

20.50-22.00

Reception

 

2nd Day – April 16, 2018

9.00-9.30

Registration of Participants

9.30

Oral Session 1

Session Presidents

Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, President of CICOP Italy and CICOP Net Confederation

Mr. Chrysanthos Pissarides, ICOMOS Cyprus, President

09.30-10.15

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Eng. Theodosios T. Tassios, Emeritus Prof. of NTU of Athens, Greece:
“The submerged Ancient Greek Technology: From the ship-sheds of Piraeus to the shipreck of Antikythera”

10.15-10.45

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Arch. Eng. Maurizio Di Stefano, Emeritus President of ICOMOS Italy:
“Hidden Cultural Heritage: protection, valorisation and management”

10.45-11.15

Dr. Vassilis Chrysikopoulos, Archaeologist, The Acropolis Museum, President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt, Greece:
“Defining “hidden” in Ancient Egypt: an architectural and archaeological approach”

11.15-11.30

C. Eng. Michalis Pittas, Cyprus Tecnical and Scientific Chamber (ETEK):
“Stucture and Structural Efficiency – Famagusta Walls”

11.30-11.45

Coffee break

11.45

Oral Session 2

Session Presidents

Dr. Vassilis Chrysikopoulos, Archaeologist, The Acropolis Museum, President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt, Greece

Dr. Giorgos Georgiou

11.45-12.15

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mohamed Abdelmaguid:
“Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Egypt. Successes and failures”

12.15-12.30

Dr. Fryni Hadjichristofi:
“A new building at the locality Pigadhia at Akaki”

12.30-13.00

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Eng. Amir Causevic and Prof. Arch. Nerman Rustempavic:
“Architectural restoration in slow terms, emergency and recovery slow: The case of post war in Sarajevo”

13.00-13.30

Prof. Ezio Godoli:
“Bunkers’archaelogy: A Mediterranean underground heritage”

13.30-14.30

Lunch Break

14.30

Oral Session 3

Session Presidents

Prof. Marinos Ioannides

Prof. Maria Philokyprou

14.30-15.00

Chrysanthos Pissarides:
“The contribution of Nicosia to the design of the city of Palmanova and the development of defensive mechanisms”

15.00-15.15

Platonas Stylianou:
The traditional Venetian Copper Trail Bridges in Cyprus

15.15-15.30

Elia Pourgoura, Pantelis Demetriou, Nikolas Papagouras, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Structural and Earthquake assessment of traditional masonry buildings of Cyprus”

15.30-15.45

Alberto Farinola:
“Panagia Melandrina Church – Structural Assessment and Designing of emergency repairs and supporting measures”

15.45-16.00

Coffee break

16.00

Oral Session 4

Session Presidents

Prof. Nikolaos Lianos

Michalis Pittas

16.00-16.15

Eleni Malaktou, Prof. Maria Philokyprou:
“Shopping Arcades in the historic city center of Nicosia: Planning, architectural history and their socio-environmental role in the public realm”

16.15-16.30

Stavroula Thravalou:
“Cultural and Environmental layers of the urban form: The case of the historic center of Nicosia”

16.30-16-45

Stella Evangelidou:
“The Modern Architectural Heritage in the Historic Town of Nicosia – Conservation and Potential”

16-45-17.00

Andri Tsiouti:
“The tangible and the intangible: Traces of memory in the landscape of Agios Sozomenos and Amiantos mine”

17.00-17.30

Discussion and Conclusions

 

3rd Day – April 17, 2018

9.30

Oral Session 1

Session Presidents

Prof. Amir Causevic

Argyris Solomou

9.30-10.15

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Nina Avramidou:
“Ways of Discovering historic building remains within masonry building”

10.15-10.45

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Panayiotis Touliatos:
“Hidden Cultural Heritage, incorporated in Byzantine Monasteries of Mount Athos”

10.45-11.00

Prof. Nasso Chrysochou:
“The ”hidden” reconstructions of the Byzantine churches during the medieval period in Cyprus”

11.00-11.15

Prof. Marios Pelekanos:
“Integration as a conservation act. The converted timber-roofed basilicas of Troodos”

11.15-11.30

Coffee break

11.30

Oral Session 2

Session Presidents

Prof. Panagiotis Touliatos

Prof. Marios Pelekanos

11.30-11.45

Glafkos Constantinides:
“An economic perspective on the maintenance and restoration of cultural heritage”

11.45-12.00

Athina Papadopoulou:
“The work of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage”

12.00-13.00

Keynote Speaker, Prof. Nikolaos Lianos:
“The use of digital documentation methods and the rediscovery of hidden architectures”

13.00-13.15

Prof. Marinos Ioannides:
“An Action for Digital Heritage and Virtual Museums”

13.15-13.30

Nikodemos Kouroufexis, Stefania Demosthenous, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Validation of the finite element method for the modelling of masonry monumental and historical structures”

13.30-14.30

Lunch Break

14.30

Oral Session 3

Session Presidents

Dr. Mohamed Abdelmaguid

Prof. Nasso Chrysochou

14.30-14.45

Assistant Prof. Georgios Artopoulos, Charis Gregoriou, Charalambos Ioannou:
“Immersive Design Practices: From virtual to real space and back. The case of reactivating Paphos Gate”

14.45-15.00

Antonia Theodosiou:
“Introduction to dry-stone structures. Retention walls in Cyprus, a key factor to combat land degradation and to enhance biodiversity”

15.00-15.15

Demetris Patsalosavvis, Vasiliki Spanou, George Photiou, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Influence of humidity to the properties of the materials used for the construction of monuments and historical structures in Cyprus”

15.15-15.30

Dr. Eleni Prokopiou, Penelopi Papadopoulou:
“Stabilization-Preventive conservation-protection-promotion project of Erimi-Pitharka Cave”

15.30-15.45

Coffee break

15.45

Oral Session 4

Session Presidents

Prof. Ezio Godoli

Antonia Theodosiou

15.45-16.00

Anastasia Pitta:
“Dry-stone walls in Cyprus and water management-surface and underground-through its structures-The 27 year exploration and international promotion route”

16.00-16.15

Diego Aisa:
“Return of experience from repair of Italian historical buildings”

16.15-16.30

Sevina Floridou:
“Celebration or Sequestration? The 13th c. Royal Paintings in the church of Panayia Chryseleousa, Strovolos, Nicosia”

16.30-16.45

Yiorgos Hadjichristou:
“Malleable courtyards”

16.45-17.00

Discussion and Conclusions