Final Program of Biennial BRAU4 in Nicosia
April 15-16-17, 2018
Famagusta Gate
1st Day – April 15, 2018
19.00 – 19.20
Opening Addresses
Mr. Christos Christodoulou, Cyprus Architects Association, President
Dr. Marina Solomidou Ieronymidou, Department of Antiquities, Director
Mr. Stelios Achniotis, Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber, President
Mr. Pavlos Paraskeva, Ministry of Education and Culture, Cultural Services Head
Mr. Konstantinos Yiorkadjis, Municipality of Nicosia, Mayor
H.E. Andrea Cavallari, Embassy of Italy in Cyprus, Ambassador
Mr. Chrysanthos Pissarides, ICOMOS Cyprus, President
19.20 – 20.00
Presentation of BRAU4 and HCH Congress by Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, President of CICOP Italy and CICOP Net Confederation, founder of the Biennial BRAU
20.00-20.10
Conferral of Awards
20.10-20.20
Greetings to the participants from Prof. Eng. Theodosios T. Tassios, Emeritus Prof. of NTU of Athens, Greece
20.20-20.50
Chamber Music
20.50-22.00
Reception
2nd Day – April 16, 2018
9.00-9.30
Registration of Participants
9.30
Oral Session 1
Session Presidents
Prof. Arch. Nina Avramidou, President of CICOP Italy and CICOP Net Confederation
Mr. Chrysanthos Pissarides, ICOMOS Cyprus, President
09.30-10.15
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Eng. Theodosios T. Tassios, Emeritus Prof. of NTU of Athens, Greece:
“The submerged Ancient Greek Technology: From the ship-sheds of Piraeus to the shipreck of Antikythera”
10.15-10.45
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Arch. Eng. Maurizio Di Stefano, Emeritus President of ICOMOS Italy:
“Hidden Cultural Heritage: protection, valorisation and management”
10.45-11.15
Dr. Vassilis Chrysikopoulos, Archaeologist, The Acropolis Museum, President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt, Greece:
“Defining “hidden” in Ancient Egypt: an architectural and archaeological approach”
11.15-11.30
C. Eng. Michalis Pittas, Cyprus Tecnical and Scientific Chamber (ETEK):
“Stucture and Structural Efficiency – Famagusta Walls”
11.30-11.45
Coffee break
11.45
Oral Session 2
Session Presidents
Dr. Vassilis Chrysikopoulos, Archaeologist, The Acropolis Museum, President of the Hellenic Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt, Greece
Dr. Giorgos Georgiou
11.45-12.15
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Mohamed Abdelmaguid:
“Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Egypt. Successes and failures”
12.15-12.30
Dr. Fryni Hadjichristofi:
“A new building at the locality Pigadhia at Akaki”
12.30-13.00
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Eng. Amir Causevic and Prof. Arch. Nerman Rustempavic:
“Architectural restoration in slow terms, emergency and recovery slow: The case of post war in Sarajevo”
13.00-13.30
Prof. Ezio Godoli:
“Bunkers’archaelogy: A Mediterranean underground heritage”
13.30-14.30
Lunch Break
14.30
Oral Session 3
Session Presidents
Prof. Marinos Ioannides
Prof. Maria Philokyprou
14.30-15.00
Chrysanthos Pissarides:
“The contribution of Nicosia to the design of the city of Palmanova and the development of defensive mechanisms”
15.00-15.15
Platonas Stylianou:
“The traditional Venetian Copper Trail Bridges in Cyprus”
15.15-15.30
Elia Pourgoura, Pantelis Demetriou, Nikolas Papagouras, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Structural and Earthquake assessment of traditional masonry buildings of Cyprus”
15.30-15.45
Alberto Farinola:
“Panagia Melandrina Church – Structural Assessment and Designing of emergency repairs and supporting measures”
15.45-16.00
Coffee break
16.00
Oral Session 4
Session Presidents
Prof. Nikolaos Lianos
Michalis Pittas
16.00-16.15
Eleni Malaktou, Prof. Maria Philokyprou:
“Shopping Arcades in the historic city center of Nicosia: Planning, architectural history and their socio-environmental role in the public realm”
16.15-16.30
Stavroula Thravalou:
“Cultural and Environmental layers of the urban form: The case of the historic center of Nicosia”
16.30-16-45
Stella Evangelidou:
“The Modern Architectural Heritage in the Historic Town of Nicosia – Conservation and Potential”
16-45-17.00
Andri Tsiouti:
“The tangible and the intangible: Traces of memory in the landscape of Agios Sozomenos and Amiantos mine”
17.00-17.30
Discussion and Conclusions
3rd Day – April 17, 2018
9.30
Oral Session 1
Session Presidents
Prof. Amir Causevic
Argyris Solomou
9.30-10.15
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Nina Avramidou:
“Ways of Discovering historic building remains within masonry building”
10.15-10.45
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Panayiotis Touliatos:
“Hidden Cultural Heritage, incorporated in Byzantine Monasteries of Mount Athos”
10.45-11.00
Prof. Nasso Chrysochou:
“The ”hidden” reconstructions of the Byzantine churches during the medieval period in Cyprus”
11.00-11.15
Prof. Marios Pelekanos:
“Integration as a conservation act. The converted timber-roofed basilicas of Troodos”
11.15-11.30
Coffee break
11.30
Oral Session 2
Session Presidents
Prof. Panagiotis Touliatos
Prof. Marios Pelekanos
11.30-11.45
Glafkos Constantinides:
“An economic perspective on the maintenance and restoration of cultural heritage”
11.45-12.00
Athina Papadopoulou:
“The work of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage”
12.00-13.00
Keynote Speaker, Prof. Nikolaos Lianos:
“The use of digital documentation methods and the rediscovery of hidden architectures”
13.00-13.15
Prof. Marinos Ioannides:
“An Action for Digital Heritage and Virtual Museums”
13.15-13.30
Nikodemos Kouroufexis, Stefania Demosthenous, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Validation of the finite element method for the modelling of masonry monumental and historical structures”
13.30-14.30
Lunch Break
14.30
Oral Session 3
Session Presidents
Dr. Mohamed Abdelmaguid
Prof. Nasso Chrysochou
14.30-14.45
Assistant Prof. Georgios Artopoulos, Charis Gregoriou, Charalambos Ioannou:
“Immersive Design Practices: From virtual to real space and back. The case of reactivating Paphos Gate”
14.45-15.00
Antonia Theodosiou:
“Introduction to dry-stone structures. Retention walls in Cyprus, a key factor to combat land degradation and to enhance biodiversity”
15.00-15.15
Demetris Patsalosavvis, Vasiliki Spanou, George Photiou, Prof. Milton Demosthenous:
“Influence of humidity to the properties of the materials used for the construction of monuments and historical structures in Cyprus”
15.15-15.30
Dr. Eleni Prokopiou, Penelopi Papadopoulou:
“Stabilization-Preventive conservation-protection-promotion project of Erimi-Pitharka Cave”
15.30-15.45
Coffee break
15.45
Oral Session 4
Session Presidents
Prof. Ezio Godoli
Antonia Theodosiou
15.45-16.00
Anastasia Pitta:
“Dry-stone walls in Cyprus and water management-surface and underground-through its structures-The 27 year exploration and international promotion route”
16.00-16.15
Diego Aisa:
“Return of experience from repair of Italian historical buildings”
16.15-16.30
Sevina Floridou:
“Celebration or Sequestration? The 13th c. Royal Paintings in the church of Panayia Chryseleousa, Strovolos, Nicosia”
16.30-16.45
Yiorgos Hadjichristou:
“Malleable courtyards”
16.45-17.00
Discussion and Conclusions