The 1960s was a transformative decade for architectural practice in the Americas, Europe and Asia. It coincided with the social and cultural transformations initiated by student protests and the emergence of the global village theorized by Marshall McLuhan. During those years, a number of architects and urban planners began rethinking the utopian legacy of modernity by looking at the city as a new space and place of intense social interaction. A number of scholars and architects will convene at the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture to discuss the innovations of the utopian projects put forth during the 1960s as well as their relevance to today.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
6:00 PM OPENING RECEPTION
Sponsored by UH Alumni Association-Architecture (CoA Atrium)
7:00 PM WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Michelangelo Sabatino (UH)
7:10 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jean-Louis Cohen (NYU)
Friday, February 18, 2011
9:30 AM WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Michelangelo Sabatino (UH)
9:40 AM AMERICAS
Martin Melosi (UH) The American Metropolis in the 1960s
Sarah Deyong (TAMU) New Beginnings: The Urban Architecture of Team 10
Michelangelo Sabatino (UH) Arthur Erickson and the New University
Bruce Webb (UH) Houston: An Instant City
Rafael Longoria (UH) Clorindo Testa and the Art of Brutalism
Fares el-Dahdah (Rice) Brasilia 51
Sarah Whiting (Rice) BLOCK v. BLOC
[Discussion and Questions]
12:45 PM LUNCH BREAK
3:00 PM EUROPE AND ASIA
Peter Lang (TAMU) Super Studio in Italy
Zhongjie Lin (UNCC) Metabolism: Urban Utopias of Modern Japan
Yasufumi Nakamori (MFAH) Isozaki Arata’s city: “Invisible City” and “Electric Labyrinth”
Simon Sadler (UC DAVIS) Toby Paterson: Cast Adrift
[Discussion and Questions]
4:40 PM CINEMATIC INTERLUDE
Dietmar Froehlich (UH) From Alphaville to Zabriskie Point
5:00 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Craig Hodgetts (UCLA) Mega/Megas/Megarum
6:00 PM RESPONSE
Kurt W. Forster (Yale)
All events will take place in the UH Architecture Auditorium, Rm. 150.
The symposium is free and open to the public.
For more information email Michelangelo Sabatino at msabatino@uh.edu and/or go to NEWS at www.michelangelosabatino.com
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