Technique et architecture - Oxford

["liliane.perez" <liliane.perez AT wanadoo.fr>]

De la part de Stephane Van Damme

European Academies facing the question of technique in architecture(late
17th. c. -1750)
10 mars 2006-Maison Française d’Oxford


By the end of the 17th. c. fast-developing architectural techniques were
accompanied by 
a growing involvement of sciences in the debates regarding building
theories. This 
period of time is one of blossoming academies, both of sciences and
architecture, where 
scholars and practionners meet and confront their own ideas. The aim is
to explore the 
links and oppositions between the know-how of workmen and the knowledge
of natural 
philosophers observed in different contexts of Europe and England.

9.30 : Opening remarks : Stéphane Van Damme (Maison française d’Oxford)

Pascal Dubourg Glatigny (CNRS, Centre Alexandre Koyré): La science face
aux 
connaissances de chantier lors de l’institutionnalisation des savoirs
architecturaux

10.00-13.00: First session

Matthew Walker (University of York), “Architecture and the Early Royal
Society: the case 
of Robert Hook”

James Campbell (Queen’s college, University of Cambridge): “Wren,
Architectural 
Technique and the Early Royal Society 1660-1710”.

Hélène Rousteau (Université de Nantes): « L’enseignement des
mathématiques dans la 
première moitié du XVIIIe siècle au sein de l’académie royale
d’architecture ».

Anthony Gerbino (Columbia University, New York): “The Académie royale
des sciences 
and the Gardens of Versailles: A Study in the Reciprocal Influence of
Science, 
Technology, and Architecture”.

14.00-16.00: Second session

Judi Loach (University of Wales, Cardiff): "Académies outside the
Académie, the 
mainstream or a provincial model: France and Savoy in the 17th.
Century".

Olga Medvedkova (INHA, Paris): « La constitution d'un savoir
architectural:Pierre le 
Grand et ses agents à travers l' Europe des académies et des chantiers
».

Jorge Galindo (Universidad nacional de Colombia): « L’académie royale de

mathématiques de Barcelone et la crise de la tradition corporative
(1720-1793)»


16.30-18h. Conclusion and general discussion
Chair : Jim Bennett (Museum of the history of science, Oxford)