Attendees can look forward to rigorous academic sessions held at the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture.
Sessions fall under four main tracks:
* Modernism in the Sun
* Late 20th Century Modernism
* Creativity and Collaboration
* Community Adaptation and Repurposing
Additional “Special Topic” sessions cover subjects such as Mobility and Sprawl, Southern California Modernism, and U.S. Embassies. Two conference-wide roundtables give attendees the chance to further engage on topics of Late Modern Advocacy and Digitization/Digital Documentation.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Please note: We will continue to update Session details leading up to the Conference.
Wednesday, March 18
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?
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thursday, March 19
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
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: 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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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
Friday, March 20
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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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