ARCHORA Conference
We cordially invite all interested participants to take part in the professional conference ARCHŌRA, organized by the Department of Theory and History of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. The conference represents the pilot edition of an initiative aimed at creating an intergenerational professional periodical platform that will connect various departments and faculties focused on architectural creation and its reflection, while also linking the academic environment with practice.
Academy of fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
Hviezdoslavovo sq. 18
Room no. 135
9.10. 2025 THURSDAY
9:30 - 10:00 REGISTRATION AND INTRODUCTION
KEYNOTE 1
10:00 - 11:00 JIŘÍ TOUREK On the Transformations of Phenomenological Thinking in Architecture
11:00 - 11:20 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 1 REFLECTIONS ON THEORY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERLAPS OF ARCHITECTURE
11:20 - 11:40 LADISLAV TKÁČIK Thinking Architecture from Space and Emptiness
11:40 - 12:00 PATRIK BERINŠTER Signs, Images, Spaces
12:00 - 12:20 KRISTÍNA G. RYPÁKOVÁ Between Human and Machine: Differentiating Forms of Architectural Design Education with AI
12:20 - 12:40 JÁN PTAČIN Scenography / Architecture
12:40 - 13:10 PANEL DISCUSSION
13:10 - 15:00 LUNCH AND CITY WALK
15:00 - 17:00 TOUR OF THE RADIO BUILDING
(program for speakers only, registration required)
10.10.2025 FRIDAY
SESSION 3 CHALLENGES AND VISIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION
9:00 - 9:20 JÁN CHOLVADT 9 Studios, 6 Schools, 3 Countries: A Mind Map of Architectural Education Systems
9:20 - 9:40 TOMÁŠ BOROŠ Spatial Narratives – A Way to Liberate Architecture?
9:40 - 10:00 JÚLIA KOLLÁTHOVÁ The Role of Digital Fabrication in Architectural Education
10:00 - 10:20 MARIA TOPOLČANSKÁ, ĽUBICA SEGEČOVÁ Publishing as Pedagogy. Pride and Prejudice: The Right to Housing
10:20 - 10:50 PANEL DISCUSSION
10:50 - 11:10 COFFEE BREAK
KEYNOTE 2
11:10 - 12:10 WOVEN Fibres and Knots
12:10 - 13:40 LUNCH
SESSION 4 PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN ARCHITECTURE
13:40 - 14:00 IRAKLI ERISTAVI Experiment zerozero. Experimental Studio at the Faculty of Arts, Košice 2016–2025
14:00 - 14:20 VLADIMÍR VANČO The Unfinished Architecture of Problems and Fascinations
14:20 - 14:40 DOXA Values and Boundaries: Interventions in Modernist Architecture
14:40 - 15:00 PAVEL BAKAJSA, DANIELA SABOVÁ Pure Concept
15:00 - 15:30 PANEL DISCUSSION AND CLOSING