It’s THURSDAY, MARCH 19.
Here’s what to look forward today, at the 19th International Docomomo Conference
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9–10am
Mid-Conference Keynote: Hubert-Jan Henket
USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center -
10:15am–12pm
Session 4
USC SoA2–3:45pm
Session 5
USC SoA4–5:45pm
Session 6
USC SoA -
6:30–8:30pm
Walking Tour Modern by Moonlight -
8am–2pm
Harris Hall Courtyard, Harris Hall – enter from Watt Courtyard at 850 W 37th Pl -
8am
Breakfast
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard10–10:15am
15min Break
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall CourtyardLunch
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall3:45–4pm
15min Break
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall -
12–2pm
Docomomo International Council Meeting
Seely G. Mudd Building, Room 101
Hubert-Jan Henket, Dutch architect, scholar, and co-founder of Docomomo International will invite reflection on whether the classic definitions of the Modern Movement still hold true in our evolving world of climate urgency, social change, and architectural pluralism.
SESSION CHAIR: Susan Macdonald, RIBA, Getty Conservation Institute
St. Pat’s in Oklahoma City: A Brutalist Marvel Girdled by Angels
Selena Bagnara Milan U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
Stavoprojekt and Self-Help Construction in 1950s Czechoslovakia
Klára Ullmannová Czech Technical University in Prague
Too Soon: Inflatable Structures, Space, and the 1950s Suburb
Katarzyna Balug Florida International University
The Conservation of Smithdon School
Jon Wright Jestico + Whiles
SESSION CHAIR: Kyle Normandin WJE
Endurance in Concrete: The Borjomi Composers’ House
Tatia Gvineria Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Arts
Reactivating La Bourse du Travail through Cultural Programming
Amina Rejeb, Monther Jamhawi University of Sharjah
Administered Integration: the Bruges Biekorf Library (1976-1986) Warre Onnockx, Maarten Liefooghe Ghent University
Negotiating the Past: Postmodern Restoration and Architectural Disputes in Liège
Valentine Masset, Wouter Van Acker Université Libre de Bruxelles
SESSION CHAIR: Chandler McCoy, Getty Conservation Institute
Irving Gill’s Concrete Construction in Southern California
Kate Whitney-Schubb University of Pennsylvania
The Schindler House on Kings Road – The Conservation Master Plan
Jeffrey Caldwell WJE
A Place in the Sun – Restoring the Neutra Lovell Health House
Frank Escher, Ravi GuneWardena – Escher GuneWardena Architecture
Wright’s Blocks in Los Angeles: Knit and Textile Block Technology and Approaches to Repair at the Freeman, Bollman, and Hollyhock Houses
Ann Harrer, Karla Salahshour – WJE; Greg Demos Demos Development; Abbey Chamberlin Brach Hollyhock House; Eran Hammer
SESSION CHAIR: Jesús Barba Bonilla Page & Turnbull
CH20 and Unidad Barrio Sur (1957-2014)
Martin Cajade La Universidad de la República (Udelar)
Adaptive Modernities: Spatial Strategies Transforming Mass Housing
Adriana Pablos University of South Florida
Architecture for Women: The Work of Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
Klára Brůhová Czech Technical University in Prague
Designing, Building, and Adapting: Community Agency in Watapuluwa
Inês Leonor Nunes University of Coimbra
SESSION CHAIR: Elsa Haarstad Getty Conservation Institute
Lived-In Adaptation: Post-Occupancy and the Inhabitant Authorship
Antonio Cantero, Delft University of Technology
Reuse of Abandoned Industrial Buildings in CZ through Communities
Lenka Popelová, Klára Ciesarová, Ashtra Najla, Dominik Jansa – Czech Technical University in Prague
Community Adaptation and the Spatial Politics of Geneva Camp
Umme Haque; Humayra Alam – Texas A&M University
Rethinking Riverside Plaza: From Brutalist Utopia to Immigrant Gateway Housing
Hector Burga University of Minnesota
SESSION CHAIR: Marta Peixoto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Universal or Local Decisions? Insights from Iraqi Modernity
Raghad Ahmed Fadhil, Ghada Musa Al Slik – University of Baghdad
Geoffrey Bawa and the Fractal Poetics of Modernism in the Sun
Kalpanee Jayatilake University of Cincinnati
Between Extraction and Comfort: L'Architecture d’Aujourd’hui and the Colonial Logic
Piero Medici Universitè Libre de Bruxelles
Preservation and Rebuilding After the Los Angeles Wildfires
Leo Marmol Marmol Radziner
SESSION CHAIR: Liz Waytkus Docomomo US
Archiving Late Modernism: The Museo di Sant’Agostino in Genoa
Elena Geria, Giovanna Franco – University of Genoa; Wido Quist Delft University of Technology
Time’s Ticking: Rethinking Age in Preservation Policy
Siena Leone-Getten Pratt Institute
Updating Late 20th Century Modernism Architecture and Community
Takako Fujimoto Hosei University; Sumiko Ebara Chiba University; Kenta Ishiguro, Tohru Shiraiwa – Masamtsu Nozawa Building Workshop Co., Ltd.
With Heritage So Meh: Landmarking Chicago's "First Mediocre Skyscraper”
Adam Rubin Chicago Architecture Center
SESSION CHAIR: Ying Zhou The University of Hong Kong
Milton Barragán and “Balcones de Guápulo”: An Unpublished Project
Verónica Vaca Proaño, Enrique Ferreras Cid – Universidad Internacional SEK; Néstor A. Llorca Vega Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)
Clorindo Testa and the Spirit of the Machu Picchu Charter
Mara Sánchez Llorens Universidad Politécnica; Fermina Garrido Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Kamalapur Railway Station: Erasing a Tropical Modernist Legacy?
Fatema Tasmia Boston University; Tashdeed Yasar Anondow OCULUS Architects
Aditya Prakash's Tagore Theatre: Illogic of Facade Preservation
Vikramaditya Prakash University of Washington
SESSION CHAIR: Louise Noelle Gras Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Modern Heritage, Climate, and Development in Eternal Spring City
Horacio E. Torrent Schneider Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Towers in the Sun: Wandenkolk Tinoco in Recife (1974-1982)
Fernando Diniz Moreira Federal University of Pernambuco
Architecture as Shelter: The Experimentalism of Alejandro Zohn
Silvia Aloisio Iowa State University
The Sun as Cure: Heliotherapeutic Architecture in Italy (1920-60)
Anna Karla Milani Delft University of Technology
SESSION CHAIR: Maristella Casciato Getty Conservation Institute
Building the Narrative: How Modernists Crafted the LA Lifestyle
Tami Hausman Hausman LLC
“The Most Dangerous Architect in America” - Ain's Greene House
Ravi GuneWardena, Frank Escher – Escher GuneWardena Architecture
Architecture As Autobiography: Can Frank Israel's Work Survive?
Rafael Fontes Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Wende Museum: Adaptive Reuse and the Future
Justin Jampol Wende Museum; Joseph Day Deegan-Day Design & Architecture
SESSION CHAIR: Wido Quist Delft University of Technology
Collaborative Intellectual Networks: Alliance Française of Quito
Nestor Llorca Vega Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE); Enrique Ferreras Cid, Verónica G. Vaca Proaño – Universidad Internacional SEK
Tropical Networks: The Philippine Mission to Latin America 1947
Timothy Augustus Ong ICOMOS Philippines
Eco-Social Reframing of Mass Housing Modernism: Case of Lazdynai
Marija Drėmaitė; Viltė Janušauskaitė Vilnius University
Nová Cvernovka Cultural Center: Reactivating Architecture
Nina Bartošová Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava; Barbora Vacková Masaryk University
Join us for an evening walk downtown and admire the city’s skyline. Complements the Bunker Hill tour, which highlights the city’s civic and cultural center; duplicates material on the Modern Skyline tour.


SESSION CHAIR: Flora Chou, Page & Turnbull
Business Collaborations to Advance Modernism in the 1950s
Michael Bzdak Rutgers University
Correa’s Collaborations: Reviewing Modern India’s Built History
Chinmay Gheware CEPT University; Tanvi Karia Charles Correa Foundation
Women's Advisory Committee Rotterdam and Collaborative Modernity
Carolina Quiroga University of Belgrano
Partners in Design: The Creative Collaboration of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman
Laura Ackerman-Shaw Ackerman Modern