It’s FRIDAY, MARCH 20.
Here’s what to look forward today, at the 19th International Docomomo Conference
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4–6:30pm
Getty Center Open Hours
Getty Center, 1200 Getty Dr.6:30–7pm
Closing Remarks
Getty Center7–8pm
Closing Keynote: Frida Escobedo
Getty Center8–10pm
Closing Reception sponsored by Getty
Getty Center -
9–10:45am
Session 7
USC SoA11am–12:45pm
Session 8
USC SoA1:45–3:30pm
Session 9
USC SoA -
8am–2pm
Registration
Harris Hall Courtyard -
8am
Breakfast
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall – enter from Harris Hall Courtyard10:45–11am
15min Break
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall12:45–1:45pm
Lunch
Verle Annis Gallery/Harris Hall
SESSIONS AND EVENTS
SESSION CHAIR: Wessel de Jonge Delft University of Technology
From Health to Climate: Czech Modernist Avant Garde and the Sun
Alexander Kuric Czech Technical University in Prague
Farouk El Gohary: Shaping Gulf Modernism via Liverpool
Marco Sosa Zayed University
Sunny Side of Soviet Modernism: Post-Stalin Architecture in Baku
Lincoln Nemetz-Carlson Utile
"Sun Acceptance"/Adaptation-Restoring the Roofs at Taliesin West
Rebecca Barron The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
SESSION CHAIR: Andrea Canziani Italian Ministry of Culture
A School Designed by Students in Uruguay in the Late 20th Century
Alfredo Peláez Iglesias La Universidad de la República (Udelar)
Late Modern Schools: Ecuadorian Architecture's Hybrid Modernism
Veronica Rosero Añazco Universidad Central del Ecuador; Nestor Llorca Vega Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)
The Final Facade: International Style at Robert College
Zeki Furkan Sarilican Rutgers University
A Social History of America’s Concrete College Campuses
Emma Connolly Thomas Jefferson University
SESSION CHAIR: Jorge Otero Pailos Columbia University GSAPP
Speakers include:
Jorge Salcedo, Office of Cultural Heritage OBO, Department of State
Katie Gerner, AIA, Associate Principal Annum Architects
Jorge Otero-Pailos, Artist, Architect, Professor and Director of Historic Preservation at Columbia University GSAPP
Svein Lund, Architect, Founding Partner & Chairman Lundhagem Arkitekter
Jonas Norsted, Partner/Architect Atelier Oslo Arkitekter
SESSION CHAIR: Elsa Haarstad Getty Conservation Institute
LAX: First Modern Airport, Last Relic of the Jet Age
Juan Villafañe Krueck Sexton Partners
Los Angeles in Pieces: Episodes in the Morphological Evolution of the Los Angeles Basin
Duke Dunham Harvard Graduate School of Design
A Planning Paradox: Canberra, Australia's National Capital
Rachel Jackson GML Heritage
Highways to Walkways: Urban Mobility and Regeneration Challenges in Chicago
Zixuan Zheng Illinois Institute of Technology
Retrofitting Modernism: Industrial Building Afterlives and Data Infrastructure in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Xinwen Zhang University of Hong Kong
Modernists Plans, Daily Strains: Mobility in New Belgrade
Mariolina Affatato – Politecenico di Torino
SESSION CHAIR: Kyle Normandin WJE
Evolving Late 20th-Century Heritage: Making the Case for Graffiti
Rosa Lowinger RLA Conservation
From Megastructure to Prosumer: A BIPV-Based Retrofit Strategy
Alexander Eberl Institute of Housing Research, Graz; Maria Bertel, Andrea Jany, Paul Schweighofer, Teresa Weber – University of Graz; Gloria Calleja-Rodríguez CEMOSA; Sophie Gledhill, Jan-Bleicke Eggers – Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE); Ian Major Technological University of the Shannon (TUS); Werner Stutterecker University of Applied Sciences Burgenland
Tripoli Fairgrounds in Lebanon: Embracing Modernism Today
Maya Hmeidan UNESCO; Pamela Jerome Architectural Preservation Studio, DPC; Paul Gaudette WJE
Balancing Seismic Safety and Architectural Integrity
Phillip White CO Architects
SESSION CHAIR: Kuukuwa Manful Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Kinshasa’s Tropical Modernism: Climate, Identity, and Legacy
Manlio Michieletto German University in Cairo
Tropical Concrete Markets: S.I.D.E.C.'s Repeatable Construction
Genta Kokubu,Yoshiyuki Yamana – Tokyo University of Science
Kuwait’s Rethinking Climate-Resilient of Brutalist Architecture
Zainab Murtadhawi Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research; Rabab Kazem National Council for Culture, Arts & Letters, Kuwait
The Multiple Lives of the Sunflower Swimming Pools
Laurent Duport Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier
SESSION CHAIR: Horacio E. Torrent Schneider Pontificia Universidad Católica De Chile
Colour, Creativity, and Conservation: Sydney Opera House's Interiors
Laura Matarese Sydney Opera House
Non-Contradictory Complexity
Marta Peixoto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Ana Tostões Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
Otilia Muras and Héctor Giraldi, Uruguayan Architectural Coupling
Soledad Cebey Universidad de la República (Udelar)
Quiet Collaborations: The Work of Stained Glass Artist Jane Marquis
Katie Horak Architectural Resources Group
SESSION CHAIR: Chandler McCoy Getty Conservation Institute
Casting Shadows: Brise-Soleils in Henry Klumb's Architecture
José Lorenzo-Torres Perkins&Will
Climate-Responsive and Resilient Marcel Breuer’s Pre-Cast Façades
Miguel Calvo Salve Marywood University
Environmental Management in Le Corbusier’s Museum in Chandigarh
Ana Paula Arato Gonçalves Vincent Laudato Beltran, Chandler McCoy – Getty Conservation Institute; Michael Henry Watson & Henry Associates
Innovative Energy Conservation of The Gregory Bateson Building
Alice Valania, Naomi Miroglio – Architectural Resources Group
SESSION CHAIR: Zsuzsanna Böröcz Docomomo Belgium
Palace of Serbia: Collaborative Framework of Yugoslav Modernism
Milena Kordič, Dejan Todorovic – University of Belgrade; Rade Mrljes Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute of Belgrade
The Wicked Problem of Modernist Stained-Glass Church Windows
Eva Storgaard University of Antwerp; Zsuzsanna Böröcz Docomomo Belgium
The Role of Shop Interiors for the Spirit of a Fashion Brand
Bárbara Coutinho Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa
CITY ERASED: The Zoë Dusanne Salon
Elisa Renouard University of Washington
SESSION CHAIR: Javier Ors Ausín World Monuments Fund
The Sudan National Museum: Interwoven Histories of Architecture, Heritage and Politics
Mai Abusalih Docomomo Sudan
Modernists after Modernism: Interior Architects in Türkiye
Deniz Hasirci, Deniz Avci Izmir University of Economics; Zeynep Tuna Ultav Yasar University; Melis Örnekoğlu-Selçuk,Ghent University
Preserving Post-War Adaptive Housing, the Mémé by Atelier Kroll (1970-1976)
Emma Simonin, Giulia Marino – Université catholique de Louvain
SESSION CHAIR: Debora Barros WJE
Iron in the Tropics: Standard Eiffel Markets in French Indochina
Adrien Boyette, Yoshiyuki Yamana – Tokyo University of Science
Flat or Slanted Roof: Identity in Modern Tropical Architecture
Arief B. Setiawan Kennesaw State University
Tunisian Modernist Architecture Challenged by the Climate
Alia Bel Haj Hamouda, Salma Gharbi, Alia Ben Ayed – Carthage University
Ahead of the Closing Plenary and Reception, conference attendees are invited to enjoy open hours at The Getty.
Frida Escobedo, award-winning Mexican architect and founder of her eponymous studio, will deliver the closing speaker at the 19th International Docomomo Conference. Her keynote, Underlying Futures will unearth a plural prospect of the future, engaging with the themes of climate, community and creativity as they relate to modern architecture.
Celebrate the conclusion of the IDC’s academic sessions at the closing reception hosted by the Getty. Set on a hilltop in the Santa Monica Mountains, the Getty Center offers panoramic views of Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean.

