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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