18-05-2016

Symposium “The Future of Churches”

From 5 to 7 October 2016 at the Unicredit branch of Palazzo Magnani in Bologna will take place the symposium “The Future of Churches. Identity system for the valorization of local contexts”.

This symposium aims for the occasion to compare proposals and planning and managerial visions on a territorial level on the issue of abandoned or underused churches involves the landscape as a plural phenomenon and infrastructure.

The conference is organized and promoted by the Department of Architecture, the Archdiocese of Bologna, the Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna and the Centro Studi Cherubino Ghirardacci, with the patronage of Ufficio Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (The bureau of cultural heritage of theItalian Episcopal Congress), IBC – Istituto per i Beni Artistici Culturali e Naturali dell’Emilia-Romagna (Institute for artisitic, cultural and natural heritage of Emilia-Romagna), Dies Domini – Center for studies on Sacred Architecture and Cities of the Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro Foundation, and the Association of Architects of Bologna Province, in contribution with Unicredit Banca.

Download the call of paper

Further information:
churchesfuture@ghirardacci.org
www.da.unibo.it