Green Design Biennale Mostar 2024
This year's cross-disciplinary Green Design Biennale highlighted adaptive reuse while merging science and creativity through inspiring lectures, exhibition, in-depth town hall discussions, student workshop, fashion show and field trip.
Discussions and lectures escaped the framework of conventional design parameters by integrating discussions on closing material flows and supply chains, unlocking the value of existing and local materials, integrating AI to support design decisions and urban planning, standards and policies to incentivize circular construction, forgotten design for disassembly techniques applied to stone structures, and many others.
Special thanks to all the speakers who highlighted the challenges and opportunities of future-proof design and presented a real first beacon of design and construction for resilient architecture: Elma Durmisevic, Thorsten Nölle, Ron Jacobs, Admir Kulin, Dubravko Bacic, Ruth Schagemann, Selma Harrington, Clémentine Coujard, Igor Kuvac, Roberta Zarcone, Joost Declercq, Gilli Hobbs, Mauro Alessandro Lugaresi, Gil Peled, Senada Demirovic Habibija, Amina Omićević, Ardita Zekiri, Valerija Kopilas, Haris Bradić.
Many thanks to Architects' Council of Europe (ACE-CAE) for sharing the experience and overview of EU proacts and fruitful Town Hall discussion that defined the framework for cooperation with EU CARING NATURE project. Special thanks to UNDP u Bosni i Hercegovini for sharing the first application of AI in urban planning and stundy on closing material flows.
Joint cooperation of Sarajevo Green Design Foundation, City of Mostar, Faculty of Information Technologies, University "Džemal Bijedić" in Mostar, Sveučilište u Mostaru - University of Mostar, University of Sarajevo, University of Banja Luka, Green Building Council, University of Belgrade, Nikola Tesla University, Milano Polytechnique, Green Transformable Building Lab, Caring Nature, UNDP, ACE resulted in a truly inspiring and socially uplifting event for all.
Program and lectures
Day ONE / 16 October 2024
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops
18:00
OPENING CEREMONY
Elma Durmisevic (director Green Design Biennale)
Mario Kordic (City of Mostar)
19:00
LECTURES/VISION 2030
Elma Durmisevic (Green Design Biennale, 4D Architects Amsterdam, GTB Lab), Future perspectives, NL/BiH Download lecture
Thorsten Nölle (Konstrukt AG), Circular design, CH Download lecture
Dubravko Bacic (Architects Council of Europe), Circular architecture EU/HR Download lecture
Ron Jacobs (Jansen AG), Reversible Steel Facades CH Download lecture
Admir Kulin (Blum Institute), Potential of AI in transition to green and circular design BiH Download lecture
20:15
GREEN RECEPTION
Day TWO / 17 October 2024
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops
10:00-14:00
TOWN HALL MEETING
Ardita Zekiri (UNDP, City of Skopje), AI in green and circular city planning and architecture MK
Clémentine Coujard (Nebula), Network of Innovation Clusters FR
Elma Durmisevic, Lessons learned from the EU projects - Horizon EU Caring Nature/ACE NL/BiH
Joost Declercq (Archipelago), Green & Circular Hospital Design BE
Admir Kulin (Blum Institute) and Senada Demirovic (University Dzemal Bijedic), Potential of AI in preservation of UNESCO Heritage site Mostar BiH
18:00
GREEN PROMO SESSION
Selma Harrington (ACE), New European Bauhaus Forum BiH EU/IE/DE/HR Download lecture
18:20
LECTURES/GREEN CIRCULAR DESIGN
Roberta Zarcone (ENSA Paris-Malaquais, GSA Lab, PSL University), Circular Stone FR Download lecture
Igor Kuvac (University of Banja Luka), Iconic RED KIOSK Project BiH Download lecture
20:15
GREEN FASHION SHOW
Naid Vilic (Green textile designer) BiH
Day THREE / 18 October 2024
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops
10:00-14:00
TOWN HALL MEETING
Mauro Lugaresi (Archipelago), Zero Impact Building BE Download lecture
Amina Omićević (UNDP), Closing Material Streams BiH Download lecture
Valerija Kopilas (University of Mostar/Wood Cluster Herzegovina), From forest to circular wood facade BiH Download lecture
14:00-16:30
STUDENTS WORKSHOP
Presentations of students workshop results
18:00
GREEN PROMO SESSION
Sanela Klaric & Isa Zuhrić (Green Building Council, MP of FBiH) Green Building Council BiH Download lecture
18:20
LECTURES/ADAPTIVE REUSE
Joost Declercq (Archipelago), Green & Circular Hospital Design BE Download lecture
Senada Demirovic (University Dzemal Bijedic), Mostar intervention sites BiH
Gil Peled (Council for Preservation of Heritage Sites, University of Twente), Adaptive Reuse of Churches IL Download lecture
Gilli Hobbs (Reusefully), EU Transition pathways for circular construction UK Download lecture
Haris Bradic (Sarajevo University, Association of Architects of BiH) Biophilic Design & Architecture BiH
20:15
CLOSING EVENT
Day FOUR / 19 October 2024
09:00-16:00
FIELD TRIP
Exploring sights and tastes of Herzegovina