http://www.docomomo2004.org/program%20monday.htm

The acronym DOCOMOMO stands for DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings,
sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement. Initially founded in 1988 in
The Netherlands, there are now DOCOMOMO working parties in over 40
countries. The organization is dedicated to the study of significant works
of Modern Movement architecture, landscape design and urban planning around
the world. DOCOMOMO US is the official working party of the United States.

when and where

Every two years, DOCOMOMO holds an International Conference for the Working
Parties and their members. The conference serves as an opportunity to
inquire into a theme that touches upon an important aspect of the Modern
Movement. The conference is also a platform where specialists from all over
the world can meet, exchange knowledge and make contacts.

Prior conferences:

1990 Einhoven
1992 Dessau
1994 Barcelona
1996 Bratislava
1998 Stockholm
2000 Brasilia
2002 Paris, France

2004 Conference: "International Postwar Modernism and the Conjunction of
Preservation and Design"

DOCOMOMO US will host the VIIIth International Conference, to be held in
2004 in New York City at Columbia University's Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation. The theme seeks to focus not only
on the preservation of the modern architecture that became an international
phenomenon after World War II, but also to explain and enhance its meaning
for contemporary architects. The conference will interest many
disciplines--historians, architects, planners, preservation professionals,
and the public -- in an attempt to close the gap that has opened up between
architects and preservation professionals in the United States since the
1970s and that continues to exist today.

Columbia University in Manhattan will be site of the VIIIth Conference. The
Morningside Heights campus, planned and built by the American Beaux-Art
architects, McKim, Mead and White in 1893-1915 was later the object of
unrealized projects by I.M. Pei and James Sterling. The campus today
includes buildings by American postwar modernists Harrison and Abramowitz
and contemporary designs by Gwathmey Siegel, James Stewart Polshek and
Partners, Robert A.M. Stern, and Bernard Tschumi. Founded in 1754, Columbia
will be hosting the conference during the celebration of its 250th
anniversary.

Monday, 27 September 2004
8:30-9:00 am Registration

9:00-10:30 am Parallel Sessions
Keyword:
Internationalization
A. Aspects of Modernity and Innovation Across International
1. “Study on Collaborative Projects by Modern Architects, Urban Design
Projects from 1945 to 1970,” by Yasunori Kitao
2. “August H. Alvarez: Pioneer and Innovator of Mexican Modernity,” by María
de Lourdes Cruz González Franco
3. “Contextual modernity: Luigi Piccinato in Turkey (1956-1969),” by Paolo
Girardelli
Polarization
B. Modernism and Global Socialism/Historical Revisions and >>Preservation
Challenges
1. “The Stalinstadt Experiment,” by Lars Scharnholz
2. “Fading Architecture of Progress: 'modernizing' Hong Kong and 'liberated'
China, 1945-1966,” by Jeffrey W.Cody
3. “Another Kind of Modernism – Trends in Postwar Architectural Ideology in
Socialist Bulgaria 1944-1989,” by Milena Metalkova-Markova
Utopias
C. Urban Visions: Tange, Doxiadis, Schwartz
1. “The preserving vocation of the modern: could the “urban” save the
 “rural”? The concept of “city-landscape” by Rudolf Schwarz,” by Panos
Mantziaras
2. “Kenzo Tange and the Skopje City Center Reconstruction Plan,” by George
Kunihiro
3. “City of the Future: Modernizing Baghdad, 1958,” by Panayiota Pyla

10:30-11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 pm Parallel Sessions
Internationalization
A. Modernism in the Future: Understanding the Past
1. “The Attempt and Meaning of Modern Architecture in Japan by Kunio
Maekawa, Methodology as Technical Approach,” by Hiroshi Matsukuma
2. “Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, Sandy Van Ginkel and the Internationalization of
C.I.A.M.,” by Kelly Crossman
3. “The Role of Architectural Precast Concrete Technology in the
Internationalization of Postwar Modernism,” by Jack Pyburn
Polarization
B. Reading the Arenas of Utopian Modernisms: Loci of Post-War >>.Ideological
Confrontations
1. “Deconstructing Formalism: Socialist Realism versus Modernist
Architecture,” by Carmen Popescu
2. “Postwar low-cost housing in South Africa - ideal and reality,” by Alta
Steenkamp
3. “Ideology and Aesthetics in Brazilian-U.S. Relations, 1945-60,” by Sonia
Marques and Guilah Naslavsky
Utopias
C. Structures for Realizing Utopias
1. “There's No Place Like Work: Connecticut General's Paradise of Maids,” by
Alexandra Lange
2. “Nomadic, Demountable and Multi-purpose Churches: Urban Religious
Architecture faced with the Social Transformations taking place in France
between 1950 and 1960,” by Pierre Lebrun
3. “Modernity’s Grand Gesture: Vision, Benevolent Statism and the Promise of
Simon Fraser University in 1963,” by Michael Prokopow


12:30-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-3:00 pm Parallel Sessions
Internationalization
A. Modernism in the Future: Changing Use and Changing >>Perception
1. “Influence And Transformation: The Saskatchewan Power Building,” by
Bernard Flaman
2. “Restore or Rethink: The United Nations Headquarters in the 21st
 Century,” by David N. Fixler
3. “Is Modernism Un-American? Rethinking Richard Neutra's Monumental
“Failure” at Gettysburg,” by Christine Madrid French
Time Zones
B. Time Zones 1
1. “Modernity and Tradition in Post-1950 Kathmandu Valley Architecture,” by
Biresh Shah
2. “Conference Theme: Bubbles/Post-war American bases in Spain,” by Ramón
Pico Valimaña
3. “The Isbank Skyscraper: The Modern Office Block in Turkey,” by T. Elvan
Altan Ergut
Utopias
C. Urban Visions: Insertion, Concentration, and Disappearance
1. “A Colonial Vision of the Post-War World: The Architecture of Austen St.
Barbe Harrison 1940-1960,” by Ron Fuchs
2. “Ephemerality or Permanence: Cedric Price's Anti-Preservation Discourse,”
by Mary Louise Lobsinger
3. “Utopia above Utopia: Oscar Niemeyer’s Vertical Proposals for 1960s
Israel,” by Zvi Elhyani

3:00-3:30 pm Break
3:30-5:00 pm Parallel Sessions
Internationalization
A. Internationalization 4
1. “Rethinking Ordinary Architecture in Postwar Turkey,” by Ela Kacel
2. “From international to national and return: the dichotomy between work
procedures and political policies in the construction of the new socialist
town of Nowa Huta, “ by Roberta Chionne
3. “Negotiating Diversities: Managing Modern Heritage in Post-Independence
India,” by Kiran Joshi and Lt. Col. I.J.S.Bakshi
Time Zones
B. Redefining Modernism during the Cold War: First, Second and >>Third
Worlds Appropriations
1. “Case Study North: The 'Trend House' Program's contribution to post-war
Canadian domestic culture,” by Barbara B. Warren
2. “Unspoken Modernism: Architecture in Socialist Romania, 1950-1970,” by
Juliana Maxim
3. “Communal Housing Blocks in Mexico: Between Revolution and Modernity,
1947-1963,” by Enrique X. De Anda Alanis
Icons
C. Preserving the Icons of Yesterday's Optimisms: Landscape and >>.Fair
Structures of the Post-War Period
1. “What time is this place? Lawrence Halprin’s Skyline Park,” by Ann Komara
2. “Complexities in Conservation of A Temporary Postwar Structure: The Case
of Philip Johnson’s New York State Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair,” by
Susan Singh
3. “The Brussels Atomium and the Popular Appeal of Nuclear Science,” by Rika
Devos, Charlotte Nys, and Michel Provost
6:00 pm Presentation of 2006 Conference Proposals
>>>>>>> and Council Meeting
All day Poster Display