Advance Notice: AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017: an International Conference

London, AA and the Paul Mellon Centre in Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, November 2 – 04, 2017
AA XX 100: AA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017: an International Conference

In collaboration with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the AA XX 100 Project is convening a major international conference, exploring the context (in history and in practice) of women’s presence in architecture across 1917-2017.

The conference runs 2nd-4th November 2017 and takes place at the AA and the Paul Mellon Centre in Bedford Square, London, W.C.1
Conference team: for AA XX 100: Dr Elizabeth Darling, Manijeh Verghese, Dr Lynne Walker; for the Paul Mellon Centre: Ella Fleming, Dr Sarah Turner

Conference website: https://xx.aaschool.ac.uk/conference/

PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 2nd NOVEMBER

09:30-11.00 Registration & coffee
11.00-12.30 Being First – Sam Hardingham in conversation with Sadie Morgan

Lunch

14.00-15.30 Education & Educators (Chaired by Harriet Harriss, RCA)

Stephanie Dadour (ENSA Grenoble): ‘When women started teaching architectural design…(France 1968-present)
Julia Gatley (The University of Auckland): ‘100 Years of Architecture at the University of Auckland: What has it meant for Women?
Fiona Tung (University of Toronto/University of Waterloo): ms/representation

15.30-16.00 Tea

16.00-17.30 Difference, Diversity, Discrimination (Chaired by Elsie Owusu OBE)

Lori Brown (Syracuse University): ‘Diversity & Difference: Writing Transnational Histories of Women and Architecture.’
Rachel Lee (Institute of Art History, LMU Munich)/Annoradha Siddiqi (New York University): ‘Extreme Mobility, Local Practice’
Danna Walker (Built by Us): ‘Talent Unlimited’

18.00-19.30 Conference Reception
FRIDAY 3rd NOVEMBER

9:30-10.30 Collaborations, Collectives and Couples (Chair: Jane Beckett, NYU/London)

Harry Charrington (University of Westminster): ‘Invisible Partners’
Andrea Merrett (Columbia University): ‘Feminism in Action: the Open Design Office’

10.30-11.00 coffee

11.00-12.45 People & Projects (Chair: Sarah Turner, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)

Paul Makovsky (Metropolis): ‘Total Design: how Florence Knoll revolutionized design and the modern interior.’
Fiona and Ewen McLachlan: (E & F McLachlan Architects, Edinburgh) ‘Karla Kowalski: Informal Formality. A reappraisal.’
Ellen Rowley (Tenement Museum Dublin Project): ‘Architectures of Childcare: women architects and civic improvement in 1940s and 50s Dublin.’
Suzanne Ewing (University of Edinburgh): ‘Voices of Experience: Women making modern Scotland.’

Lunch

14:00-16.30 Open Jury at the AA

OR

14.00-16.00 at the Paul Mellon Centre: Commemoration/Reclamation/Revision: A Discussion (Chair: Elizabeth Darling, Oxford Brookes University)

Deborah Cherry (Central St Martins, UAL) / Emily Gee (Historic England) / Mary Pepchinski (University of Applied Science, Dresden) / Elke Krasny (Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna)

17.00 for 17.45 Reception

17.45 Problematising the Profession: Matrix-Muf-Parlour (Chair: Lynne Walker, Institute of Historical Research, University of London)
(speakers: Julia Dwyer, Jos Boys; Liza Fior, Katherine Clarke; Justine Clark, Karen Burns)
SATURDAY 4th NOVEMBER

10:00-11:30 The Future of Gender (Chair: Mathilda Tham, Goldsmiths University of London)

Maria Paez Gonzalez (The Architectural Association): ‘Gendered Typologies: the possibility of a feminist approach to architectural type.’
Lola Ruiz (Little Architects): ‘Little Architect: Erasing preconceptions about architecture from inside the education system.’
Katarina Bonnevier & Thérèse Kristiansson (Architecture & Design Centre, Stockholm): ‘An exploration of the promises of architecture beyond gender binaries.’

11.45–13.00 Concluding plenary: looking to the future (Chair: Manijeh Verghese. AA): Clementine Blakemore, Stephanie Edwards, Lise Raue, Albane Duvillier

Sunday 5th November & Monday 6th November

To complement the conference, the C20 Society has organised a 2-day tour of architecture by women in London and Cambridge. More information and booking here: https://secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=62&EventId=553

Reference / Quellennachweis:
CONF: Women and Architecture in Context (London, 2-4 Nov 17). In: ArtHist.net, Oct 15, 2017. <https://arthist.net/archive/16448>.