It’s WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18.

Here’s what to look forward today, at the 19th International Docomomo Conference

  • 8am–4:30pm
    Registration Watt Hall Courtyard – enter from Bloom Walk

  • 8am
    Breakfast‍ ‍
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall, Room 125 – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    10:45–11:15am
    30min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    4:15–4:30pm
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    1–2:30pm
    Lunch
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

  • 9–10:45am
    Session 1
    USC SoA


    11:15am–1pm
    Session 2
    USC SoA

    2:30–4:15pm
    Session 3
    USC SoA

    4:30–6pm
    Roundtable Discussions
    USC SoA

  • 1–2:30pm

    Docomomo International Advisory Board Meeting
    Watt Hall, Lindhurst Architecture Gallery

  • 6:30–8:30pm
    Sip and Spin: A Twilight Toast at the Bonaventure Hotel sponsored by USModernist (ticketed event)
    Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa St

Featured
Reconciling Modernism
Mar 18
Reconciling Modernism

SESSION CHAIR: Jesús Barba Bonilla Page & Turnbull

Houses of Culture and Their Preservation in the Common Interest
Henrieta Moravčíková Slovak Academy of Sciences

Tourist Modernism on the Montenegrin Coast: Vision and Identity
Gordana Rovčanin Premović University of Montenegro

Microcosm of Pašilaičia IV: Future of Curved Forms and Gardens
Aušra Černauskienė, Indrė Ruseckaitė – Vilnius Tech

Reassessing Brno’s White House: Form, Ideology, and Conservation
Eva Truncová Brno University of Technology

The Avant-Garde Shift Towards the Sun
Mar 18
The Avant-Garde Shift Towards the Sun

SESSION CHAIR: Louise Noelle Gras Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

The Avant-Garde Shift Towards the Sun From Paris to Luanda: Two Modernist Houses in Dialogue
Jared Miguel Fantasia University of Porto

Hanging Gardens in Modern Culture: Latin American Perspectives
Claudia Costa Cabral Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Under Caracas Sun
Hannia Gomez, Frank Alcock – Docomomo Venezuela

Layered Landscapes: Modern Schools on Historic Graveyards
Negar Mansouri Docomomo Iran

Cultural Engagement: Practices and Ideas
Mar 18
Cultural Engagement: Practices and Ideas

SESSION CHAIR: Maristella Casciato Getty Research Institute

Modernism in the Public Eye: Mass Media and Preservation
Emily Pugh Getty Research Institute

The Graphic Shift in Architecture and Urbanism
Grace Ong Yan Thomas Jefferson University

STEM Meets Modernism: Youth Engage Chicago’s Complex Built Legacy
Junko Taguchi Meijo University; Michael Dixon Dewey School of Excellence

Beyond the Bubble: Recognition and Conflict in Modern Heritage
Andrea Canziani Italian Ministry of Culture

Houses, Housing, and Modernity
Mar 18
Houses, Housing, and Modernity

SESSION CHAIR: Lidwine Spoormans Delft University of Technology

Dwelling in Modernity: Community Adaptation and Continuity in the Gómez Carreño Housing Complex
Anna Braghini, Ursula Exss Cid – Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Self-Built Modern Heritage: The Case of La Fragua Neighborhood
Ingrid Quintana-Guerrero Universidad de los Andes; Massimo Leserri Politecnico di Bari

Modern Dwelling. The Manufactured Housing Communities of Sarasota
Morris Hylton III, Kristīne Ziediņa – Architecture Sarasota

Brexit by the Sea: Modernist Holiday Camps and Self-Determination
Sarah Aziz University of New Mexico

Preserving Monumental Outdoor Art: Challenges, Context, and Conservation
Mar 18
Preserving Monumental Outdoor Art: Challenges, Context, and Conservation

SESSION CHAIR: Meredith Bzdak Mills + Schnoering Architects

An Experimental Playground in the Peruvian Desert: PREVI, 1966
Aldo Solano Rojas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Preserving Millard Sheets Mosaics: A Southern California Legacy
Christina Varvi, Nelson Hallonquist – RLA Conservation

André Volten’s Orphaned Sculptures
Michel Melenhorst TH-OWL

Modern Placemakers: Conserving Painted Outdoor Sculpture
Ellen Moody, Stavroula Golfomitsou – Getty Conservation Institute; Rosa Lowinger RLA Conservation; Abigail Mack Monumenta Art Conservation & Finishing

Post-Colonial Modernism
Mar 18
Post-Colonial Modernism

SESSION CHAIR: Ana Tostões Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa

Nusantaran Modernism: Postmodern and Regionalist Turns in Singapore Mosques (1983–1994)
Hadi Osni Malay Heritage Centre, National Heritage Board

The Evolving Narrative of Tropical Modernist Heritage Emblems
Korkor Otu-Danquah University of Pretoria

Reclaiming Modernism: African Narratives of Adaptations
Ntetleng Orepa Mosidi University of Johannesburg

Mundanist Architecture: Vietnam’s Vernacular Modernism
Alexandra van der Essen Independent Researcher

Fix It in Post: Reenvisioning Postmodern Architecture
Mar 18
Fix It in Post: Reenvisioning Postmodern Architecture

SESSION CHAIR: Hannah Simonson Architectural Resources Group

The Big Ugly. Rethinking Postmodern Architecture in Vienna
Michael Rainer Architecture and Conservation Management Historian

The Fragile Legacy of Postmodern Architecture in Estonia
Laura Ingerpuu Estonian Academy of Arts

Back to the Drawing Board with RAMSA: Reviving Euro Disney Narratives
Maxime Coq, Claudine Houbart – University of Liège

Modern Housing Typologies in the Tropics
Mar 18
Modern Housing Typologies in the Tropics

SESSION CHAIR: Eric Keune w.erk studio

The Evolution of Alfred Preis: A Case Study in Hawaiian Modernism
Axel Schmitzberger Cal Poly Pomona

Flying Streets – Concrete Dreams: SSK Holiday Village’s Legacy
Aysen Savas Middle East Technical University

The Pomona Complex Housing
Andrea Castro Universidad ORT Uruguay; Daniel Belandria Universidad de Montevideo; Leonardo Badell Universidad Rafael Urdaneta

Living Desert Modern: Environmental Design and Thermal Comfort in Krisel’s Palm Springs
Morgan Richmeier University of Southern California

Modernism Under Pressure: Preservation and Environmental Challenges
Mar 18
Modernism Under Pressure: Preservation and Environmental Challenges

SESSION CHAIR: Marta Peixoto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

The Thai White Elephant: Ken Woolley’s Extraordinary Ex-Australian Embassy
Christine Storry Utopia Architects

Gund Hall: Environmental and Historic Conservation of Modernism
George Gard Bruner/Cott Architects; Patrick Murphy Vanderweil Engineers; Dan Weissman Lam Partners

Preserving Gio Ponti’s Heritage: Energy Efficiency Approaches
Sara Di Resta Università Iuav di Venezia; Verdiana Peron Italian Ministry of Culture

Monumental Modernism: Material Challenges with Age and Climate
Gina Crevello Echem Consultants; Kyle Normandin WJE; Eytan Solomon TYLin Group; Zahara Ali Baba National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Kuwait

Community Space and Public Commons
Mar 18
Community Space and Public Commons

SESSION CHAIR: Theodore H.M. Prudon Prudon & Partners

Rediscovering Central City Plaza
Eric Vogel Docomomo US/Wisconsin; Justin Miller University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The Promise of Oscar Niemeyer’s Fairground in Tripoli, Lebanon
May Khalife Miami University Ohio

Fragmented Commons: Rethinking Public Space in Novi Beograd
Caterina Barioglio, Mariolina Affatato – Politecenico di Torino; Dalia Dukanac University of Belgrade

Community-Planned Vegetation: Green Commons as Climate Heritage Attribute in Modern Movement Housing
Rodrigo Gertosio Swanston, Horacio E. Torrent Schneider – Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile

Collective Innovation in Modern Architecture and Engineering
Mar 18
Collective Innovation in Modern Architecture and Engineering

SESSION CHAIR: Horacio E. Torrent Schneider Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile

Tall Buildings with Tensile Structures: The Case of “El Pilar”
Juan José Fontana Universidad de la República (Udelar)

Operation Chaville: a French State-Industry-Architecture Alliance
Franz Graf, Mathias Schopfer – Università della Svizzera Italiana; Giulia Marino Université catholique de Louvain

Architect–Horticulturist Collaborations in Independent India
Chaitra Sharad Architect; Sanket Mhatre Studio LIPI

Architecture, Engineering and Design: The Florentine Olivetti
Guiseppe Galbiati, Giulia Marino – Université catholique de Louvain; Franz Graf Università della Svizzera Italiana

Mass Housing Adaptations and Appropriations
Mar 18
Mass Housing Adaptations and Appropriations

SESSION CHAIR: Miles Glendinning University of Edinburgh

Saving Cité Pierre Semard: Community Action and Renovation Challenges
Hanna Skapska École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville

Reclaiming Housing: Postmodern Tendencies in Beira’s Architecture by Bernadino Ramalhete (1960-1974)
Ines Rodrigues Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

Dynamics in the Late-Modern House
Lidwine Spoormans Delft University of Technology

Sharak-E Ekbātān: Le Corbusier’s Legacy, and Local Adaptations
Fatemeh Mollazadeh Binghamton University; Mohammad Rahimidizaji Syracuse University

Digital Documentation for Conservation: New Technologies for Docomomo
Mar 18
Digital Documentation for Conservation: New Technologies for Docomomo

SESSION CHAIR: Uta Pottgiesser Docomomo International

The panel addresses current state-of-the-art digital technologies and how they are applied in scientific and professional practice. The panel aims to explore their relevance for the strategic development of Docomomo International.

Advocating for ‘-isms’: Late-Modernism, Postmodernism, and Brutalism
Mar 18
Advocating for ‘-isms’: Late-Modernism, Postmodernism, and Brutalism

SESSION CHAIRS: Liz Waytkus Docomomo US; Todd Grover MacDonald & Mack Architects

This panel brings together leading experts to explore these questions: What is MoMo today? Should we advocate for these later stylistic movements? What new scholarship informs our understanding of them? And how are other organizations addressing the preservation challenges of late 20th-century design?

Featured
SOLD OUT! Sip and Spin: A Twilight Toast at the Bonaventure Hotel
Mar 18
SOLD OUT! Sip and Spin: A Twilight Toast at the Bonaventure Hotel

TICKETED EVENT | Enjoy a fab Happy Hour sponsored by USModernist at John Portman’s Late Modern vision, the Bonaventure Hotel.

Schedule

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  • 8am–2pm
    Registration
    USC SoA, Watt Hall Courtyard – enter from Bloom Walk

    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Icons of Innovation: Neutra and Wright in Bakersfield
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)

    10am–2pm
    Bus Tour A Day with Charles and Ray: Living and Working at the Eames House
    Depart from Watt Way

    2–6pm
    Walking Tour Mar Vista Tract Open House and Tea Ceremony

  • 9am–1pm

    • Bus Tour From Tradition to Tomorrow: The Architecture of Paul R. Williams
      Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)

    • Docomomo US Board Meeting
      Watt Hall, 850 Bloom Walk, Lindhurst Architecture Gallery

    10am–12pm
    Walking Tour Grand Ambitions on Bunker Hill: LA’s Civic & Cultural Spine

    10am–2pm
    Bus Tour A Day with Charles and Ray: Living and Working at the Eames House
    Depart from Watt Way

    12:30–2pm
    Student Workshop Project Presentations
    Watt Hall, Upper Rosendin Gallery

    2:30–4pm

    • Docomomo US Chapter Meeting
      Watt Hall, Lower Rosendin Gallery

    • ISC Meetings

      • ISC/Registers – Watt Hall, Room 212

      • ISC/Technology – Watt Hall, Room B1

      • ISC/Urbanism & Landscape – Harris Hall, Becket Board Room

      • ISC/Education & Training – Watt Hall, Lindhurst Gallery

      • ISC/Interior Design – Harris Hall, Room 125

      • ISC/Publications – Harris Hall, Room 102

    4–5:30pm
    Getty Grant Recipient Happy Hour (invite only)
    Drago Centro, 525 Flower St.

    5:30–7:30pm
    Registration
    LA Center Studios, 450 S. Bixel St.

    6:30–7pm
    Opening Remarks
    LA Center Studios

    7–8pm
    Opening Keynote: Thom Mayne in Conversation with Frances Anderton
    LA Center Studios

    8–10pm
    Opening Reception sponsored by Architecture Sarasota
    LA Center Studios

  • 8am
    Breakfast‍ ‍
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall, Room 125 – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    8am–4:30pm
    Registration Watt Hall Courtyard – enter from Bloom Walk

    9–10:45am
    Session 1
    USC SoA

    10:45–11:15am
    30min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    11:15am–1pm
    Session 2
    USC SoA

    1–2:30pm

    • Docomomo International Advisory Board Meeting
      Watt Hall, Lindhurst Architecture Gallery

    • Lunch
      Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    2:30–4:15pm
    Session 3
    USC SoA

    4:15–4:30pm
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    4:30–6pm
    Roundtable Discussions
    USC SoA

    6:30–8:30pm
    Sip and Spin: A Twilight Toast at the Bonaventure Hotel sponsored by USModernist (ticketed event)
    Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa St

  • 8am
    Breakfast
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    9–10am
    Mid-Conference Keynote: Hubert-Jan Henket
    USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center

    10–10:15am
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    10:15am–12pm
    Session 4
    USC SoA

    12–2pm

    • Docomomo International Council Meeting
      Seely G. Mudd Building, Room 101

    • Lunch
      Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    2–3:45pm
    Session 5
    USC SoA

    3:45–4pm
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    4–5:45pm
    Session 6
    USC SoA

    6:30–8:30pm
    Walking Tour Modern by Moonlight

  • 8am
    Breakfast
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard

    8am–2pm
    Registration
    Harris Hall Courtyard

    9–10:45am
    Session 7
    USC SoA

    10:45–11am
    15min Break
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    11am–12:45pm
    Session 8
    USC SoA

    12:45–1:45pm
    Lunch
    Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall

    1:45–3:30pm
    Session 9
    USC SoA

    4–6:30pm
    Getty Center Open Hours
    Getty Center, 1200 Getty Dr.

    6:30–7pm
    Closing Remarks
    Getty Center

    7–8pm
    Closing Keynote: Frida Escobedo
    Getty Center

    8–10pm
    Closing Reception sponsored by Getty
    Getty Center

  • 9am
    Bus Tour (Two Nights) Palm Springs Modernism in the Desert
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.)


    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Beyond the Craftsman: Pasadena’s Modern Vision
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Claremont Modern: Postwar California Dreaming
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–2pm
    Bus Tour Moore and More: The Works of Charles Moore in Los Angeles
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–1pm
    Walking Tour Neutra: At Home in the Colony


    10am–1:30pm
    Bus Tour Lines and Light: Inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence
    Depart from Watt Way


    12:30–4pm
    Bus Tour Lines and Light: Inside the Sheats-Goldstein Residence
    Depart from Watt Way


    3–5pm
    Walking Tour Cars to the Curb: The Radical Vision of Baldwin Hills Village
    Depart from Watt Way

  • 9am–5pm
    Bus Tour Killingsworth & Company: Modernist Mavericks in Long Beach
    Depart from Watt Way (between Bloom Walk and W. 37th Pl.


    9am–1pm
    Bus Tour Cultivating Culture: Three R.M Schindler Residences
    Depart from Watt Way


    9am–12:30pm
    Walking Tour Conjunctive Points: Deconstructivism in the Hayden Tract

  • 12–3pm (return)
    Bus Tour (Two Nights) Palm Springs Modernism in the Desert