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