OPEN SOURCE | architecture as an open culture

OPEN SOURCE | architecture as an open culture In the different areas of human production, it is curious to note the constitution of global informal networks that work between themselves in a process of sharing and collaboration. From this perspective of creation process, Circo de Ideias – Associação Cultural presents at Suggia Room in Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, Saturday, June 12 2010, the international seminar OPEN SOURCE, term coined on the definition of software in which original code is shared freely and that can be redistributed with or without modifications. OPEN SOURCE proposes the reflection on the frontiers of contemporary creation with contributions from architecture, engineering, arts and mathematics. Composed by a set of guided tours, an exhibition, an international seminar and a publication, OPEN SOURCE counts with the special participation of Cecil Balmond, engineer that embodies this kind of thinking and inspires the realization event. Seminar speakers: Cecil Balmond Hans-Ulrich Obrist Sanford Kwinter Ron Eglash António Adão da Fonseca Rubedo Overworld INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 'OPEN SOURCE' Saturday, June 12 2010 | Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal | 14h30 to 20h | entry: €20 EXHIBITION 'CECIL BALMOND INFORMAL' June 12 to July 30| Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos, Portugal | free entrance GUIDED TOURS 'OBRA ABERTA' May 29 and June 5, 2010 | price: €10 Organization: Circo de Ideias – Associação Cultural Curatorship: Gonçalo Azevedo Assistance: Joana Couceiro, Magda Seifert, Pedro Baía, Teresa Tellechea Partnership: Ordem dos Arquitectos – Secção Regional Norte, Fundação Casa da Música, Associação Casa da Arquitectura Institutional Support: Universidade de Coimbra, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Centro Nacional de Cultura Official Carrier: TAP Portugal Media partners: Artecapital.net, world-architects.com Project financed by: Direcção Geral das Artes / Ministério da Cultura 95.136.124.6