» Architecture Commission Report 2005
Report of Chair Architecture Commission Reinhold Daberto in Toronto 2005-04-16
I took over the chair from Jan Kramer, who retired in 2003 and acted as an interims chair till the meeting in Taiwan.
At the architecture Commission (AC) meeting in Taiwan October 2004 I was elected as chair, Tim Foster and Torsten Nobling will support the work as vice chairs.
Main Agenda of AC in the past were the Theatre architecture competitions. AC is now going to prepare the next competition, which results will be presented in Prague at PQ 2007.
Work for this under the head of competition commitee Tim Foster has already started.
One of the main aims of architecture commission is, to have closer relationship to architecture schools. We will offer lectures, support in design work from the members of AC to schools.
Another target is to give something back to inviting OISTAT centres in AC meetings.
A first example for this was the meeting in Taiwan, where AC organized a quite successful workshop for students with the theme of designing a theatre of 400 seats.
Another way is to have lectures at the congresses, which sometimes are in parallel to meetings of AC. Members of AC did so in Yokohama during world light fair 2002 and will do so during the ongoing congress in Toronto.
AC will try to get in touch with other commissions, like Technical commission, since there are common working fields.
In the past AC tried to publish articles on theatre design and related topics. Since costs for printing are quite high, AC decided to use in the future the new webside for communication between members and interested parties. This allows cheaper and quicker results.
For the coming years AC is trying to intensify contacts and have more relevant working results.
