[IMC-Editorial] PRESS RELEASE :Coop Himmelb(l)au was in Istanbul for the first ARKIMEET conference

[PR - ARKITERA]

To whom it may concern,

ARKIMEET, which is a series of conferences that aims to meet up internationally well-known architects with the architectural community in Istanbul, has begun at the 18th of March, 2003. The first conference of this series was given by Wolf Prix from Coop Himmelb(l)au and it is followed with great interest by over a thousand architects. 

ARKIMEET conference series is organized by ARKITERA, a well known information center (www.arkitera.com) for the architectural community in Turkey.

You can find more information and images of Wolf Prix and photos wich has been taken during the conference in the Pressroom of the conference web site: http://www.arkimeet.com/engine_en.php?ID=13

Thank you for your kindly help of the announcement for ARKIMEET. 


For more detail visit: http://www.arkimeet.com 

Best Regards
Banu Binat 
Arkitera Biliþim Hizmetleri Tic. A.S.

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PRESS RELEASE :Coop Himmelb(l)au was in Istanbul for the first ARKIMEET conference


ARKIMEET, which is a series of conferences that aims to meet internationally well-known architects with the architectural community in Istanbul, has begun at the 18th of March, 2003. The first conference of this series was given by Wolf Prix from Coop Himmelb(l)au and it is followed with great interest by over a thousand architects. 


Wolf Prix gave a one hour lecture, explaining the architectural discourse of Coop Himmelb(l)au with the examples of some of their recent works. The lecture was presented totally on digital medium including video images and animated frames. 
The most striking part of the presentation was the last frames in which the recently won competition project of Aalborg Music House in Denmark was presented for the first time in the world. This presentation included a 3D animation of the project which was accompanied with a flowing music. Wolf Prix stated that music played an important role both on his and on his partner Helmut Swiczinsky’s lives and added that they owed their sucess in this competition to the role of the music. 


After the questions and answers section of the conference, Wolf Prix had a chance to discuss with his collegues and faculty members at the reception. Mr.Prix stated that he was amazed by the great number of attendence and also by the success of the organization. 

ARKIMEET conference series is organized by ARKITERA, a well known information center (www.arkitera.com) for the architectural community in Turkey. Coop Himmelb(l)au’s conference is sponsored by Philips Lighting. ARKIMEET conferences will continue to host other well known international architects in Istanbul. 

Still and video images of the conference can be viewed at the conference web site, www.arkimeet.com. Other guests of ARKIMEET conferences and their schedule can be also viewed at this website.