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
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SESSION CHAIR: Jesus Barba
Houses of Culture and Their Preservation in the Common Interest
Henrieta MoravčíkováTourist Modernism on the Montenegrin Coast: Vision and Identity
Gordana Rovčanin PremovićMicrocosm of Pašilaičia IV: Future of Curved Forms and Gardens
Aušra Černauskienė, Indrė RuseckaitėReassessing Brno’s White House: Form, Ideology, and Conservation
Eva Truncová
SESSION CHAIR: Louise Noelle Gras
From Paris to Luanda: Two Modernist Houses in Dialogue
Jared Miguel FantasiaHanging Gardens in Modern Culture: Latin American Perspectives
Claudia Costa CabralUnder Caracas Sun
Hannia Gomez and Frank AlcockLayered Landscapes: Modern Schools on Historic Graveyards
Negar Mansouri
SESSION CHAIR: Maristella Casciato
Modernism in the Public Eye: Mass Media and Preservation
Emily PughWalls That Speak: Graphic Space and Cultural Resistance
Grace Ong YanSTEM Meets Modernism: Youth Engage Chicago’s Complex Built Legacy
Junko Taguchi, Michael DixonBeyond the Bubble: Recognition and Conflict in Modern Heritage
Andrea Canziani
SESSION CHAIR: Lidwine Spoormans
Dwelling in Modernity: Gómez Carreño and Community Adaptation
Anna BraghiniSelf-Built Modern Heritage: The Case of La Fragua Neighborhood
Ingrid Quintana-Guerrero, Massimo LeserriModern Dwelling. The Manufactured Housing Communities of Sarasota
Morris Hylton III, Kristīne ZiediņaBrexit by the Sea: Modernist Holiday Camps and Self-Determination
Sarah Aziz
SESSION CHAIR: Meredith Bzdak
An Experimental Playground in the Peruvian Desert: PREVI, 1966
Aldo SolanoPreserving Millard Sheets Mosaics: A Southern California Legacy
Christina VarviOrphaned Sculptures, André Volten and Modernist Architecture
Michel MelenhorstModern Placemakers: Conserving Painted Outdoor Sculpture
Ellen Moody
SESSION CHAIR: Ana Tostoes
Nusantaran Modernism: Postmodern and Regionalist Turns in Singapore Mosques (1983–1994)
Hadi OsniThe Evolving Narrative of Tropical Modernist Heritage Emblems
Korkor Otu-DanquahReclaiming Modernism: African Narratives of Adaptations
Ntetleng MosidiMundanist Architecture: Vietnam’s Vernacular Modernism
Alexandra van der Essen
SESSION CHAIR: Hannah Simonson
The Big Ugly. Rethinking Postmodern Architecture in Vienna
Michael RainerThe Fragile Legacy of Postmodern Architecture in Estonia
Laura IngerpuuBack to the Drawing Board: Reviving Narratives from EuroDisney
Maxime Coq, Claudine HoubartTruth and Meaning: Rethinking the Postmodern Legacy
Bryan Clark Green, Anthony Cohn
SESSION CHAIR: Eric Keune
The Evolution of Alfred Preis: A Case Study in Hawaiian Modernism
Axel SchmitzbergerFlying Streets – Concrete Dreams: SSK Holiday Village’s Legacy
Aysen SavasThe Pomona Complex Housing
Andrea CastroLiving Desert Modern: Evaluating Environmental Design in Krisel's Historic Tract Homes
Morgan Richmeier
SESSION CHAIR: Marta Peixoto
The Thai White Elephant: Ken Woolley’s Extraordinary Ex-Australian Embassy
Christine StorryGund Hall: Environmental and Historic Conservation of Modernism
George GardPreserving Gio Ponti’s Heritage: Energy Efficiency Approaches
Sara Di Resta, Verdiana PeronMonumental Modernism: Material Challenges with Age and Climate
Gina Crevello, Kyle Normandin
SESSION CHAIR: Theo Prudon
Rediscovering Central City Plaza
Eric VogelThe Promise of Oscar Niemeyer’s Fairground in Tripoli, Lebanon
May KhalifeFragmented Commons: Rethinking Public Space in Novi Beograd
Caterina BarioglioUnplanned Vegetation: Modern Housing and Climate Adaptation
Rodrigo Gertosio Swanston
SESSION CHAIR: Horacio Torrent
Tall Buildings with Tensile Structures: The Case of “El Pilar”
Juan FontanaOperation Chaville: a French State-Industry-Architecture Alliance
Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Mathias SchopferArchitect–Horticulturist Collaborations in Independent India
Chaitra SharadArchitecture, Engineering and Design: The Florentine Olivetti
Giuseppe Galbiati
SESSION CHAIR: Miles Glendinning
Saving Cité Pierre Semard: Community Action and Renovation Challenges
Hanna SkapskaReclaiming Housing: Postmodern Tendencies in Beira’s Architecture by Bernadino Ramalhete (1960-1974)
Ines RodriguesDynamics in the Late-Modern House
Lidwine SpoormansSharak-E Ekbātān: Le Corbusier's Legacy, and Local Adaptations
Fatemeh Mollazadeh, Mohammad Rahimidizaji
SESSION CHAIR: Uta Pottgeisser
In this roundtable discussions, 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 CHAIRS: Liz Waytkus and Todd Grover
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?
Thursday, March 19
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SESSION CHAIR: Susan Macdonald
St. Pat’s in Oklahoma City: A Brutalist Marvel Girdled by Angels
Selena Bagnara MilanStavoprojekt and Self-Help Construction in 1950s Czechoslovakia
Klára UllmannováToo Soon: Inflatable Structures, Space, and the 1950s Suburb
Katarzyna BalugThe Conservation of Smithdon School
Jon Wright
SESSION CHAIR: Kyle Normandin
Endurance in Concrete: The Borjomi Composers’ House
Tatia GvineriaReactivating La Bourse du Travail through Cultural Programming
Amina RejebAdministered Integration: the Bruges Biekorf Library (1976-1986)
Warre OnnockxNegotiating the Past: Postmodern Restoration and Architectural Disputes in Liège
Valentine Masset
SESSION CHAIR: Chandler McCoy
Irving Gill's Concrete Construction in Southern California
Kate Whitney-SchubbThe Schindler House on Kings Road – The Conservation Master Plan
Jeffrey CaldwellA Place in the Sun – Restoring the Neutra Lovell Health House
Frank EscherWright’s Blocks in Los Angeles: Knit and Textile Block Technology
and Approaches to Repair at the Freeman and Hollyhock Houses
Ann Harrer, Karla Salahshour, Greg Demos, Abbey Brach Chamberlin, and Eran Hammer
SESSION CHAIR: Jesus Barba
CH20 and Unidad Barrio Sur (1957-2014)
Martin CajadeAdaptive Modernities: Spatial Strategies Transforming Mass Housing
Adriana PablosArchitecture for Women: The Work of Milada Petříková-Pavlíková
Klára BrůhováDesigning, Building, and Adapting: Community Agency in Watapuluwa
Inês Leonor Nunes
SESSION CHAIR: Elsa Haarstad
Lived-In Adaptation: Post-Occupancy and the Inhabitant Authorship
Antonio CanteroReuse of Abandoned Industrial Buildings in CZ through Communities
Lenka Popelová, Klára CiesarováCommunity Adaptation and the Spatial Politics of Geneva Camp
Umme Haque, Humayra AlamRethinking Riverside Plaza: From Brutalist Utopia to Immigrant Gateway Housing
Hector Burga
SESSION CHAIR: Marta Peixoto
Universal or Local Decisions? Insights from Iraqi Modernity
Raghad Ahmed FadhilGeoffrey Bawa and the Fractal Poetics of Modernism in the Sun
Kalpanee JayatilakeBetween Extraction and Comfort: L'Architecture d’Aujourd’hui and the Colonial Logic
Piero MediciPreservation and Rebuilding After the Los Angeles Wildfires
Leo Marmol
SESSION CHAIR: Liz Waytkus
Archiving Late Modernism: The Museo di Sant’Agostino in Genoa
Elena GeriaTime’s Ticking: Rethinking Age in Preservation Policy
Siena Leone-GettenUpdating Late 20th Century Modernism Architecture and Community
Takako Fujimoto, Sumiko EbaraWith Heritage So Meh: Landmarking Chicago's "First Mediocre Skyscraper”
Adam Rubin
SESSION CHAIR: Ying Zhou
Milton Barragán and “Balcones de Guápulo”: An Unpublished Project
Verónica Vaca ProañoClorindo Testa and the Spirit of the Machu Picchu Charter
Mara Sánchez LlorensKamalapur Railway Station: Erasing a Tropical Modernist Legacy?
Fatema TasmiaAditya Prakash's Tagore Theatre: Illogic of Facade Preservation
Vikramaditya Prakash
SESSION CHAIR: Louise Noelle Gras
Towers in the Sun: Wandenkolk Tinoco in Recife (1974-1982)
Fernando Diniz MoreiraArchitecture as Shelter: The Experimentalism of Alejandro Zohn
Silvia AloisioThe Sun as Cure: Heliotherapeutic Architecture in Italy (1920-60)
Anna Karla MilaniModern Heritage, Climate, and Development in Eternal Spring City
Horacio Torrent
SESSION CHAIR: Maristella Casciato
Building the Narrative: How Modernists Crafted the LA Lifestyle
Tami Hausman“The Most Dangerous Architect in America” - Ain's Greene House
Ravi GuneWardenaArchitecture As Autobiography: Can Frank Israel's Work Survive?
Rafael FontesWende Museum: Adaptive Reuse and the Future
Justin Jampol, Joseph Day
SESSION CHAIR: Wido Quist
Collaborative Intellectual Networks: Alliance Française of Quito
Nestor Llorca VegaTropical Networks: The Philippine Mission to Latin America 1947
Timothy Augustus OngEco-Social Reframing of Mass Housing Modernism: Case of Lazdynai
Marija Drėmaitė, Viltė JanušauskaitėNová Cvernovka Cultural Center: Reactivating Architecture
Nina Bartošová
Friday, March 20
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SESSION CHAIR: Wessel de Jonge
From Health to Climate: Czech Modernist Avant Garde and the Sun
Alexander KuricFarouk El Gohary: Shaping Gulf Modernism via Liverpool
Marco SosaSunny Side of Soviet Modernism: Post-Stalin Architecture in Baku
Lincoln Nemetz-Carlson"Sun Acceptance"/Adaptation-Restoring the Roofs at Taliesin West
Rebecca Barron
SESSION CHAIR: Andrea Canziani
A School Designed by Students in Uruguay in the Late 20th Century
Alfredo Peláez IglesiasLate Modern Schools: Ecuadorian Architecture's Hybrid Modernism
Veronica Rosero AñazcoThe Final Facade: International Style at Robert College
Zeki Furkan SarilicanA Social History of America’s Concrete College Campuses
Emma Connolly
SESSION CHAIR: Jorge Otero Pailos
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
LAX: First Modern Airport, Last Relic of the Jet Age
Juan VillafaneHighways to Walkways: Urban Mobility and Regeneration Challenges in Chicago
Zixuan ZhengA Planning Paradox: Canberra, Australia's National Capital
Rachel JacksonRetrofitting Modernism: Industrial Building Afterlives and Data Infrastructure in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Xinwen ZhangLos Angeles in Pieces: Episodes in the Morphological Evolution of the Los Angeles Basin
Duke Dunham
SESSION CHAIR: Kyle Normandin
Evolving Late 20th-Century Heritage: Making the Case for Graffiti
Rosa LowingerFrom Megastructure to Prosumer: A BIPV-Based Retrofit Strategy
Alexander EberlTripoli Fairgrounds in Lebanon: Embracing Modernism Today
Maya Hmeidan, Pamela Jerome, Paul GaudetteBalancing Seismic Safety and Architectural Integrity
Phillip White
SESSION CHAIR: Kuukuwa Manful
Kinshasa’s Tropical Modernism: Climate, Identity, and Legacy
Manlio MichielettoTropical Concrete Markets: S.I.D.E.C.'s Repeatable Construction
Genta KokubuKuwait’s Rethinking Climate-Resilient of Brutalist Architecture
Zainab Murtadhawi, Rabab KazemThe Multiple Lives of the Sunflower Swimming Pools
Laurent Duport
SESSION CHAIR: Horacio Torent
Colour, Creativity, and Conservation: Sydney Opera House's Interiors
Laura MatareseNon-Contradictory Complexity
Marta Peixoto, Ana Tostões Otilia Muras, and Héctor GiraldiUruguayan Architectural Coupling
Soledad CebeyQuiet Collaborations: Work of Stained Glass Artist Jane Marquis
Katie Horak
SESSION CHAIR: Chandler McCoy
Casting Shadows: Brise-Soleils in Henry Klumb's Architecture
José Lorenzo-TorresClimate-Responsive and Resilient Marcel Breuer’s Pre-Cast Façades
Miguel Calvo SalveEnvironmental Management in Le Corbusier’s Museum in Chandigarh
Ana Paula Arato GonçalvesInnovative Energy Conservation of The Gregory Bateson Building
Alice Valania
SESSION CHAIR: Zsuzsanna Böröcz
Palace of Serbia: Collaborative Framework of Yugoslav Modernism
Milena KordićThe Wicked Problem of Modernist Stained-Glass Church Windows
Eva StorgaardThe Role of Shop Interiors for the Spirit of a Fashion Brand
Bárbara CoutinhoCITY ERASED: The Zoë Dusanne Salon
Elisa Renouard
SESSION CHAIR: Javier Ors Ausín
The Sudan National Museum: Interwoven Histories of Architecture, Heritage and Politics
Mai AbusalihModernists after Modernism: Interior Architects in Türkiye
Deniz Hasirci, Zeynep Tuna Ultav, Deniz Avci, and Melis Örnekoğlu-SelçukPreserving Post-War Adaptive Housing, the Mémé by Atelier Kroll (1970-1976)
Emma Simonin
SESSION CHAIR: Debora Barros
Iron in the Tropics: Standard Eiffel Markets in French Indochina
Adrien BoyetteFlat or Slanted Roof: Identity in Modern Tropical Architecture
Arief B. SetiawanTunisian Modernist Architecture Challenged by the Climate
Salma Gharbi
SESSION CHAIR: Flora Chou
Business Collaborations to Advance Modernism in the 1950s
Michael Bzdak
Correa’s Collaborations: Reviewing Modern India’s Built History
Chinmay Gheware, Tanvi Karia
Women's Advisory Committee Rotterdam and Collaborative Modernity
Carolina Quiroga
Partners in Design: The Creative Collaboration of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman
Laura Ackerman-Shaw