1st TOPOS International Seminar

Landscapes of Power: Reconsidering the Twentieth Century Capital Cities

The Twentieth Century witnessed an ambitious range of planning schemes for new towns and capital cities. While these projects were driven by diverse political, economic, and geographic conditions, many of them shared an enthusiasm for landscape as a medium of urbanism. Given the widely documented and generally accepted shortcomings of modern planning, many of these cities are seen as failures in social, environmental, and cultural terms.

The 1st Seminar Topos – Landscapes of Power: Reconsidering the Twentieth Century Capital Cities proposes cross-disciplinary discussion into the historical claims, present status, and future potential of those modern capitals, reconsidered in theory and practice. By presenting a range of approaches that include urbanism, architecture, ecology, and social engagement, this symposium will provide an opportunity for imagining future possibilities of contemporary urbanism, and the role of equity in design.

TOPOS - Landscape, Design and Planning (University of Brasília) invites you to participate in the event, scheduled to take place in 22nd, 23rd and 24th of June, 2022, in a 100% online format.

Complete Schedule: https://www.topospaisagem.org/toposseminar

Schedule of Events

(Brasilia time zone)

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

Opening Keynote - 2 pm - 4 pm

Prof. Dr. Álvaro Domingues - University of Porto, Portugal

Evening Session - 5pm

Cinema Session

Thursday , June 23, 2022

1st Thematic Session - 9 am -11 am

CHANDIGARGH, India

Prof. Dr. Vikramaditya Prakash -  Washington University, USA

CANBERRA, Australia

Prof. Dr. Robert Freestone - University of New South Wales, Australia

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Rigotti - University of Rosario, Argentina

BRASÍLIA, Brazil

Prof. Dr. Luciana Saboia - University of  Brasília, Brazil

Keynote Lecture - 2 pm - 4 pm

Renato Leão Rego, University of Maringá, Brazil

Evening Session - 5pm

Cinema Session

Friday, June 24, 2022 2nd

2nd Thematic Session - 9 am - 11 am

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Ahmed Zaib Khan Mahsud - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

ANKARA, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Ali Cengizkan - Bilkent University and Middle East Technical University. Ankara, Turkey

ABUJA, Nigeria

Prof. Dr. Nnamdi Elleh - University of Witwatersrand (WITS), South Africa

CAPITAL CITIES IN BRAZIL

Prof. Dr. Ricardo Trevisan - University of Brasilia, Brazil

Keynote Lecture - 2 pm - 4 pm

Prof. Arq. Fernando Viégas - Escola da Cidade, Brazil

Closing Keynote - 5 pm - 7 pm

Prof. Arq.  Charles Waldheim - Harvard University, USA