One liner: For the 2010 Docomomo Conference, Docomomo Mexico proposes to analyze the different elements that transformed the city and its architecture.
Eleventh International Docomomo Conference
Living in the Urban Modernity
Mexico City, August 19–27, 2010
The rapid growth of urban areas from cities to metropolis in the twentieth century created a favorable environment for establishing a discourse on modern architecture. The advancement of technology and the introduction of new materials, which brought about new forms of expression, were not the only triggers for transformation. Concerns for wellbeing, such as hygiene, education, health, leisure and the right to work were also fundamental in shaping buildings and cities, leading to innovative architectural proposals within the framework of a diverse urban structure.
Call for Papers and Case Studies
For the 2010 Docomomo Conference, Docomomo Mexico proposes to analyze the different elements that transformed the city and its architecture.
Architects, researchers, historians and other parties in the process of preservation, conservation, renovation or transformation of modern towns and buildings are invited to investigate on the manifold challenges and dilemmas posed by living the urban modernity.
Original papers are invited for submission under the following sub-themes:
(1) Modern Living
(2) Civic and Social Infrastructure
(3) The Modern City
(4) Technology for a Modern Habitat
(5) The University City
Read the complete Call for Papers at the website.
Those interested in presenting a paper or a case study should submit an abstract before September 15, 2009 to .
The Conference will be held at the Faculty of Architecture of the National University, UNAM, declared World Heritage by Unesco in 2007.
Write to docomomomexico2010@gmail.com
Visit http://www.docomomo2010.unam.mx
International committee for
documentation and conservation
of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the
modern movement
Docomomo International
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
Palais de Chaillot
1, place du Trocadéro
F-75016 Paris
t +33 -1 58 51 52 65
e docomomo@citechaillot.fr
w http://www.docomomo.com/
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