Socialist Heritage – Heritage at Risk

Programme:

13:30-14:00
Registration

14:00-14:15

Opening (Assoc. Prof. Stefan Belishki, President of ICOMOS Bulgaria)

Introduction of the participants and context of the meeting (Arch. Emilia Kaleva) 

14:15- 16:00
Panel 1: Value and need of preservation of the architectural and artistic heritage of the socialist period

·      Arch. Aneta Vasileva – Five points for better understanding of the post-socialist attitude towards socialist architecture in Bulgaria: nationalism, totalitarianism, memory, identity, nostalgie

PhD candidate researching Bulgarian socialist architecture, History and Theory Department in University of Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Sofia, member of What Association

·      Prof. Arch. Todor Bulev – Ensemble approach in Bulgarian architecture between 1944 and 1989

Professor in Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, urbanist, researcher, architectural critic, publicist, member of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria

·      Arch. Stela Tasheva, PhD - National idea and socialist heritage

Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Science, member of ICOMOS Bulgaria

·      Arch. Ljubinka Stoilova, PhD - 20^th century Cultural Heritage Rethinking and Reevaluation

Chief Expert Municipal Cultural Institute “Sofia History Museum”, founding member of  DOCOMOMO Bulgaria, member of ICOMOS Bulgaria, member of ISC20C

DISCUSSION

16:00 - 17:00
Panel 2: Current problems and risks to the architectural and artistic heritage of the socialist period  

·      Arch. Emilia Kaleva – Specific current risks for Bulgarian socialist architecture

PhD candidate on conservation of Bulgarian socialist architecture, History and Theory Department in University of Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Sofia, member of ICOMOS Bulgaria, member of ISC20C

·      Assoc. Prof. Arch. Maria Davcheva, PhD - In search of lost architectural masterpieces

Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Science, editor in chief of “Architecture” magazine

·      Arch Stela Duleva – Hotel “Riletz” in Rila monastery region

Member of "Architectural Heritage" association in Union of Architects in Bulgaria

·      Mariela Malamatenova – Monumental art in architectural environment between 1944 and 1989  in Bulgaria

Artist, curator in National Art Gallery, member of Union of Bulgarian Artists, member of ICOMOS Bulgaria

DISCUSSION

17:00 - 19:00
Panel 3: Opportunities for protection and adaptation of the architectural heritage of the socialist period. Strategies, actions and initiatives to overcome the status quo.

·      Arch. Rusu Dumitru – Preservation of functional buildings from Socialist Modernist period

Member of ICOMOS Romania, member of ISC20C

·      Prof. Dr. phil. Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Haspel – Socialist Heritage Initiative

State Conservation Authority - Berlin, president of ICOMOS Germany, founding member of ISC20C 

·      Arch. Delcho Delchev – Project “Memoriality”

PhD candidate researching models for development of panel complexes, Institute of Art Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Science, member of “Transformatori” Association

·      Arch. Dora Ivanova - Project "Buzludzha - memory of time"

Technical University, Berlin 

FINAL DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE