Reconciling Modernism
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
The Avant-Garde Shift Towards the Sun
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
Cultural Engagement: Practices and Ideas
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
Houses, Housing, and Modernity
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
Preserving Monumental Outdoor Art: Challenges, Context, and Conservation
SESSION CHAIR: Meredith Bzdak
An Experimental Playground in the Peruvian Desert: PREVI, 1966
Aldo Solano RojasPreserving Millard Sheets Mosaics: A Southern California Legacy
Christina VarviOrphaned Sculptures, André Volten and Modernist Architecture
Michel MelenhorstModern Placemakers: Conserving Painted Outdoor Sculpture
Ellen Moody
Post-Colonial Modernism
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
Fix It in Post: Reenvisioning Postmodern Architecture
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
Modern Housing Typologies in the Tropics
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
Modernism Under Pressure: Preservation and Environmental Challenges
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
Community Space and Public Commons
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
Technology Collaboration 1
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
Mass Housing Adaptations and Appropriations
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
Digital Documentation for Conservation: New Technologies for Docomomo
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.
Advocating for ‘-isms’: Late-Modernism, Postmodernism, and Brutalism
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?