{"id":4609,"date":"2014-01-10T15:47:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2014-09-08T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T16:04:55","slug":"apt-quebec-city-2014-the-fruitful-encounter-of-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=4609","title":{"rendered":"APT Qu\u00e9bec City 2014 &#8211; The Fruitful Encounter of Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>26-30 October 2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Quebec City<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>M\u00e9tissage first came about as an imperfect translation of these foreign influences into original and often unexpected mixtures of plan, program, construction techniques and materials. Architectural m\u00e9tissage was influenced by cultural references, and shaped by site constraints, construction materials and the savoir-faire of both the local and immigrant builders. It spoke to the social concerns and technical means of the population. M\u00e9tissage can be seen at all scales of intervention: landscapes, urban environments, buildings, interiors.<\/p>\n<p>This conference provides an opportunity to reflect on and explore the concept of m\u00e9tissage as it relates to the built environment, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 What are the principal notions, materials, techniques and practices that were initially adopted and why?<br \/>\n\u2022 How were these original ideas adapted to local requirements and conditions?<br \/>\n\u2022 How did these structures perform and how do we continue to adapt and modify our environment in response to current needs while preserving their inherent cultural values?<\/p>\n<p>The concept of m\u00e9tissage will be explored at a variety of scales (Territory, Building, and Tectonic) and across a range of structures from the vernacular to the monumental.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apti.org\/apt-2014\/apt-2014-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">further details &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26-30 October 2014 Quebec City M\u00e9tissage first came about as an imperfect translation of these foreign influences into original and often unexpected mixtures of plan, program, construction techniques and materials. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/?p=4609\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">APT Qu\u00e9bec City 2014 &#8211; The Fruitful Encounter of Differences<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,6,8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-area-of-competence-evaluation","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-intervention","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-professional","category-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4610,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4609\/revisions\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events200826230.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}