Shaughnessy House
13 August 2009 , 6PM
Shaughnessy House
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Hotel Africa and the Crumbling of Modernity
Malkit Shoshan visits a Dom-Ino House, a UN Base, and an Irish Bar
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Starting from... People
One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
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5 October 2011 to 22 January 2012
Starting from... People
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One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
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Visiting Scholars 2018
Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
June 2018 to September 2018
Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
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June 2018 to
September 2018
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Visiting Scholars 2009
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
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23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
Learning from... Cairo
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 September 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
Revolution on a Human Scale: Photography and Vkhutemas
Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
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29 June 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
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Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Gregorio Carboni Maestri
Portugal: Architecture, Tendenza, Revolution
Visiting Scholar Gregorio Carboni Maestri presents his research. From the 1930s to the late 1980s, Portuguese architecture was formed through a frustrated relationship with modernity and through a crucial dialogue with Italy. This talk addresses how Portuguese architecture observed and reacted to Italian models such as rationalism in the 1930s, postwar neorealism, and(...)
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Gregorio Carboni Maestri, Visiting Scholar, Portugal, Tendenza
3 August 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Gregorio Carboni Maestri
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Visiting Scholar Gregorio Carboni Maestri presents his research. From the 1930s to the late 1980s, Portuguese architecture was formed through a frustrated relationship with modernity and through a crucial dialogue with Italy. This talk addresses how Portuguese architecture observed and reacted to Italian models such as rationalism in the 1930s, postwar neorealism, and(...)
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Gregorio Carboni Maestri, Visiting Scholar, Portugal, Tendenza
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
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AP197.S1.SS2.130
1996
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1996