Coup de Dés

20 y 21 de octubre

The Coup de Dés architectural conference was held at the Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art in Helsinki on October 20-21, 2006. Organised within the framework of the GAUDI project of the EC Culture 2000 programme, this event took place in conjunction with the conference Celebrating the Everyday - Aspects of Architectural Policies (arranged as part of the Finnish EU presidency programme and under the umbrella of the European Forum for Architectural Policies).

The Coup de Dés conference consists of a series of recent architectural works presented by their authors and analysed by critics. Each presentation and subsequent dialogue provides the opportunity to understand a particular work of architecture in relation to a broader discussion focused on a specific theme. An open debate with the participants and the public closed the conference.

Entitled Emerging European Architectures, the conference focused on themes related to globalisation and local practice along with the development of new technologies and economical dynamics.