Call for Papers: International Conference on Architecture as Built Criticism

Shanghai , China
Yangpu District, 四平路1239号 邮政编码: 200092
Trenton Sexton
+1-615-838-6681
trenton.alan.sexton@gmail.com

Following the International Conferences on Architectural Criticism in October 2021, and on Architectural Quality in October 2022, this year's conference seeks papers that offer realized examples of architecture as built criticism.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L  C O N F E R E N C E  O N  
A R C H I T E C T U R E  A S  B U I L T  C R I T I C I S M

Hybrid Conference, Tongji University, Shanghai
14–15 October 2023

Call for Contributions

Can buildings themselves express criticism? If so, how do they achieve it? To whom is this criticism addressed? How are they legible? How do these criticisms impact society and culture? How do architects, critics or historians read these forms of criticism? Following the International Conferences on Architectural Criticism in October 2021, and on Architectural Quality in October 2022, this year's conference seeks papers that offer realized examples of architecture as built criticism. 

Abstracts 

Abstracts (max. 500 words) should outline a definition of architecture as built criticism and name one case study. Abstracts should be submitted to icabc.abstract@gmail.com 

Please email trenton.alan.sexton@gmail.com with any questions.

Conference 

The selection to the conference is in two stages: first, the acceptance of the abstract; second, authors will develop their abstracts into draft papers. Based on these papers, authors will be invited to speak in one of four sessions together with four selected keynote lecturers during the hybrid conference 14–15 October 2023, hosted by the School of Architecture, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. 

Keynote Lecturers 

Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, Shanghai 
Tosin Oshinowo, Lagos 
Al Borde, Quito 
Juhani Pallasmaa, Helsinki 

Publication 

As with the first two conferences, the conference papers will be published in book format by Park Books of Zurich. 

Conference Format

The hybrid format of the four-session conference allows for active debate between the audience and lecturers. Presentations will be concentrated to allow for ample discussion time. Besides the four keynotes, there will be between 12 to 16 short papers. The entire conference will be recorded and placed on Youtube. The conference language will be English. Registration for free attendance will open on 2 September via icabc.register@gmail.com

Dates

Call for Abstracts - 15 May
Deadline for Abstracts - 14 July
Notification of Acceptance - 04 August
Submission of Draft Papers - 28 August
Return of Edited Papers - 22 September
Conference - 14–15 October
Publication of Papers - 2024

Organization 

Li Xiangning and Wilfried Wang 

Scientific Committee

Elias Constantopoulos, University of Patras
Manuel Cuadra, Director of CICA, Frankfurt am Main/Lima
Fernando Diez, Summa+, Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
Jasna Galjer, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Berna Göl, Yeditepe University, Istanbul
Hélène Jannière, Université Rennes 2
Morten Birk Jørgensen, Royal Academy, Copenhagen
Li Xiangning, Tongji University, Shanghai
Robert McCarter, Washington University, St. Louis
Valerio Paolo Mosco, IUAV, Venice
Louise Noelle Gras, UNAM, Mexico CdMx
Şengül Öymen Gür, Beykent Üniversitesi, Istanbul
José Manuel Pozo Municio, Pamplona, ETSAUN
Xing Ruan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Paolo Scrivano, Politecnico di Milano
Jaime Solares, Escola da Cidade, São Paulo
Ana Tostões, CiTUA-Instituto Técnico Lisbon
Ruth Verde Zein, U. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo

Supporting Institutions

CICA International Committee of Architectural Critics
Beykent Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Hellenic Institute of Architecture, Athens
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Istituto Universitario Architettura Venezia
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tongji University, Shanghai
Universidad de Navarra
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo
IIEs, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima
University of Patras
Washington University, St. Louis

Questions?

Please email trenton.alan.sexton@gmail.com with any questions.

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SAH thanks The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
for its operating support.
Society of Architectural Historians
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Chicago, Illinois 60610
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