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| A FUTURISTIC BUILDING IN THE HEART OF THE ALPS | | The "Mountain Hut of the Future" Thursday, May 5 at 7.30pm, the Academy of Architecture will inaugurate an exhibition space dedicated to the new SAC Monte Rosa Hut. In the gallery of the Academy, a downy white canvas will recreate the Alpine trail, with the reproduction of the mountain refuge
towering above it. Images, floor plans, technical drawings and coverage by photographer Tonatiuh Ambrosetti illustrate each phase of the building's conception and construction. Additionally, visitors can view documentaries. For the opening, Andrea Deplazes of Studio Bearth & Deplazes (Coira/Zurich) will deliver a lecture to guide the audience in their discovery of new but still delicate relationship between the architectural work and the Alps. More information.
| | APPLIED GEOMETRY AT THE SERVICE OF ARCHITECTURE | | Geometric Computing for Freeform Architecture The seminar will feature Prof. Helmut Pottmann, considered one of the most important scholars in the field of architectural geometry. The geometric modelling behind the architectural design process offers a variety of tools to efficiently design complex shapes. Pottmann collaborates with prestigious architects and is the author of the book, "Architectural Geometry". The seminar, organised by the Faculty of Informatics, will take place Thursday, May 5 at 5.30pm in room SI-006 (Informatics Building, Lugano Campus). More information.
| | "CULTURE DELLA PACE"
(CULTURES OF PEACE) AWARDS CEREMONY | | Aharon Appelfeld, amongst Israel's most important writers, will
be awarded at USI The "Cultures of Peace" awards ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 4, at 8pm in the auditorium (Lugano Campus). Appelfeld will read several excerpts from his works and take questions from the
audience. The evening is organised by the Fondazione per le Culture della Pace and the Istituto sulla Coesistenza e la Mediazione Interculturale - in collaboration with La Cité des cultures de la paix and the City of Lugano. Additionally, Appelfeld will hold a seminar entitled "Pace e Religione!" (Peace and Religion) Tuesday evening at the Fondazione per le Culture della Pace in Breganzona. Places are limited for both events, so registration is required; sign up by writing to culturesdepaix@bluewin.ch or calling +41 91 967 52 00. More information.
| | SOSTA ... TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITY | | 2011 "Bike to work" initiative Once again this year, USI employees (professors, assistants and collaborators) have the possibility to participate in the "Bike to work" contest, to promote the use of bicycles on the home-work route. To be eligible to win the prizes at stake, one should bike to work at least every other day (one biking day for every two working days) for the duration of the month of June. Participants should assemble teams of four people and register by May 31, 2011, by writing
to sosta@usi.ch. Teammates are not required to travel on the same route; commuting between home and work by bike for even a portion of the route is sufficient. More information.
| | LECTURE | | Libya: a just
war? The lecture will feature speaker Luigi Bonanate, Professor of International
Relations at the University of Turin, and will take place Friday, May 6, at 5.30pm in room A11 of the Lugano Campus. Prof. Maurizio Viroli, Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, will open the session. More information.
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Tuesday, May 3, 9.30am | Modelling and Numerical Simulation with High Performance Computing Seminar by Gabriel Wittum (Goethe University Frankfurt) Room A22, Lugano Campus | Tuesday, May 3,
8pm | Meeting with Mario Botta, Philippe Daverio, Riccardo Blumer, Bruno Pedretti entitled, "Come si muovono le nuvole" (How clouds move) and first-year student performance Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus | Tuesday, May 3, 8.30pm | UNICinema screening of
Head-on (Gegen die Wand) by Fatih Aiken (winner of the 2004 Berlin Film Festival) Room 354, Lugano Campus | Wednesday, May 4, 8pm | "Culture della Pace" awards ceremony for author Aharon Appelfeld Auditorium, Lugano Campus | Thursday, May 5, 5.30pm | Geometric Computing for Freeform Architecture Seminar by Helmut Pottmann Room SI-006, Lugano Campus | Thursday, May 5, 7.30pm | Opening of the SAC Monte Rosa Hut exposition and public lecture (in English) by Andrea Deplazes (Bearth & Deplazes, Coira/Zurich) Aula Magna, Palazzo Canavée, Mendrisio Campus | Friday, May 6, 8.30am | Swiss Numerics Colloquium - a session in the "Workshop on Advances in Computational Science" series organised by ICS Auditorium and rooms 150 and 402, Lugano Campus | Friday, May, 6, 5.30pm | Libya: a just war? public
lecture organised by the Institute for Mediterranean Studies Room A11, Lugano Campus |
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