Concrete Utopias: 1960s Architecture and Urbanism

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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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