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• 17 oct 2013

  18 oct 2013

  Berne

  Conference, symposium - History

  The office as an interior (1880-1960)

  Au cours de la « deuxième révolution industrielle » augmente considérablement l’activité dans le tertiaire et se développent les services administratifs dans le secteur industriel et public. L’employé devient ainsi la figure sociale de la modernité urbaine, qui témoigne aussi du rôle croissant de la femme dans ce secteur professionnel. Le colloque The office as an interior (1880-1960) aborde l’essor du travail administratif entre 1880 et 1960 à travers l’analyse de l’émergence d´un espace nouveau, le bureau, qui par ses arrangements contribue à la diffusion de nouvelles formes de sociabilité et réalise des nouveaux modes d’organisation du travail.

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• 31 mai 2013

  Berne

  Call for papers - History

  The Office as an interior (1880-1960)

  The so-called “second industrial revolution” meant a significant growth in the tertiary sector (banks, insurance companies, etc.); at the same time new administrative bodies arose both in industry and at agencies and public authorities. This went hand in hand with a massive increase in the numbers of employees. The employee became the socio-professional figure of the urban modernity, whereas the professional woman became increasingly important. The symposium addresses the development of the office in order to analyse the interdependency between physical and social space, materiality and practices, strategies and tactics, structures and individuals. Likewise, it is intended to approach the office from a historical perspective, as attention is directed towards the significance of the office for structuring and transforming the sociocultural situation from the turn of the last century through the end of the 1950’s.

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• 25 mar 2010

  26 mar 2010

  27 mar 2010

  Berne

  Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

  Santiago de Compostela

  Pilgrimage Architecture and Pictorial Concepts in a New Perspective

  This conference is related to our ongoing research project "The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela – Form, Function, Program". Initial results revealed the existence of a Romanesque west-building, including a first west portal, which was entirely rebuiltunder Master Mateo between 1168 and 1188 and replaced by the well-known Pórtico de la Gloria. These and other new findings will be presented at the conference, wherethey will be brought into conversation with current research from the US, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and France on pilgrimage architecture and sculpture.

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