Conference has its tradition in Brno, but from 2011 it will alternate every second year with Bratislava and will be combined with conference INTERIOR

Date and place: May 16-17, 2011
Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava, Slovakia
Námestie Slobody 19, Aula and room Nr. 117

Organizing institutions:
Faculty of Architecture STU Bratislava, Slovakia
ArTUR / NGO for Sustainable Architecture
Faculty of Architecture VUT , Brno, Czech Rep.
Sdružení hliněného stavitelství, o.s.

Heads of organizing team:
Zuzana Kierulfová (ArTUR), Veronika Kotradyová (FA STU)
Organizing team:
Henrich Pifko, Katarína Morávková, Vladimír Bruckner, Silvia Kránerová, Katarína Husárová, Marián Ontkoc

Conference research board:
Prof. Ing, arch, Róbert Špaček, CSc., Ing. arch. Zuzana Kierulfová, Ing. Veronika Kotradyová, PhD., Prof. Ing. arch. akad. arch. Ivan Petelen, PhD., Ing. arch. Henrich Pifko, PhD., doc. Ing. Josef Chybík, CSc., doc. Ing. Miloslav Meixner, CSc., doc. Ing. Ivana Žabičková, CSc., doc. Ing.arch. Hana Urbášková, Ph.D.  

Conference topics:
○ Green and sustainable architecture in relation to healthy micro environment and protection of resources
○ Creating healthy environment in newly built and renovated buildings
○ Traditional natural materials & alternative building materials and technologies
○ Wood and its potential for creating healthy micro – and macro environment
○ Building biology (focus on electro smog, air conditioning and heating influence on health)
○ Innovations in the field of material engineering with the main focus on environment and user protection
○ Environmental design
○ Body conscious design/ Design as a therapy
○ Human sciences and their penetration into design and architecture

Conference program:
May 16, 2011, Monday
9:00-12:30 and 13:30 -17:00 Presentations, each 20 minutes long and following discussion (ca.16 presentations)
May 17, 2011, Tuesday
9:00-12:00 Presentations (ca. 8 Presentations), including commercial presentations with research character

Accompanying program:
○ Exhibition in foyer of the Faculty of Architecture / Poster presentations
○ Social and discussion evening
○ Press meeting for invited journalists
○ Excursion on the topic: Healthy living in new buildings and renovated old houses – May 17 , 13:00- 17:00.
Planned trip: new passive house build from natural materials in Bratislava, renovated house and straw bale dome in Hrubý Šúr.

Publishing of papers
○ CD with full version of the papers and presentations will be published in original language for participants
○ all abstracts of the presented papers will be available in printed version (in Slovak or Czech and English language)
○ full version of the papers and presentations will be published at web page of FA STU and ArTUR after conference
○ a special edition of scientific journal ALFA will focus on conference and selected papers will be published in complete version.

Important deadlines:
○January 15, 2011 deadline for sending topics and abstracts (presenters)
○January 31, 2011 deadline for choosing presenters, approving their topics and sending a sample layout (research board)
○ March 30, 2011 deadline for sending complete version of the papers (presenters)

Contact: healthyhouses2011@gmail.com
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