Programme
Full conference programme for the Generosity Conference.
Day 1 - Wednesday 27 June
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration - 2nd floor Architecture Reception, Bute Building |
| 09:30 | Opening of Conference |
| Keynote address 1: Nathalie Weadick (Irish Architecture Foundation) Reciprocity - What’s in it for me? - Birt Acres Room, 1st floor | |
| 10:30 | Coffee break - 2nd floor Architecture Reception, Bute Building |
| 11:00 | Parallel paper presentations (1 of 5) |
| Session 1 (20 minute papers and films) Room 2.32 (2nd floor lecture room) Chair: Mhairi McVicar/Room monitor: Mike Peng | |
| Creative Placemaking, Change and the Necessity of Generosity - Ronit Eisenbach (University of Maryland) Elena Lombardo (IULM Milano) | |
| Generosity of Creative Co-Production - Emma Price and Jo Breckon (Studio Response) | |
| Will the Machines be Generous? - Dan Cash (Max Fordham LLP) | |
| Generosity through Co-design - Phoebe Crisman (University of Virginia, Crisman+Petrus Architects) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 2 (20 minute papers and sound recording) Room 1.40 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Stephen Kite/Room monitor: Irini Barbero | |
| The Generosity of Telling and the Generosity of Listening - Hannah Durham (Cullinan Studio, Oxford Brookes University) | |
| The Lost Soundscape of Robin Hood Gardens - Hannah Durham (Cullinan Studio, Oxford Brookes University) | |
| The Generosity of Gold Prizes and Gift-Giving in Architecture - Dr Liz Walder (WSA) | |
| Heritage Gives Back - Lui Tam (WSA) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 3 (20 minute papers) Room 1.50 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Michael Corr/Room monitor: Siyu Duan | |
| Reframing Spatial Practices - Federico Wulff Barreiro (WSA) Oscar Brito González (Central St Martins) | |
| Just Architecture - Making, Participation and Empowerment - Ambrose Gillick, Lee Ivett (GSA) | |
| Transformative Agency of Architecture in Peacebuilding - Esra Can (Sheffield University) | |
| Illegal Architecture? - Juan Fernando Usubillaga (WSA) | |
| Discussion | |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Parallel paper presentations (2 of 5) |
| Session 4 (20 minute papers) Room 2.32 (2nd floor lecture room) Chair: Juliet Davis/Room monitor: Militiadis Ionas | |
| Generosity, Guardianship and ‘Noncapitalist’ Operations - Cathy Smith (UNSW, Harvard GSD) | |
| A Creative, Self-built Approach to Surplus Land - William Hodgson (Bartlett, UCL) | |
| When Cities are Ungenerous, Should Architects Become Politicians? - Ron Dulaney Jr. (West Virginia University) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 5 (20 minute papers) Room 1.40 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Ed Green/Room monitor: Mircea Branzeanu | |
| Vessels and Landscapes - A Special Reciprocity - Christopher Platt (GSA, studioKAP architects) | |
| Planting Trees - Michael Corr (WSA) | |
| Immanent Gifts - Lily Chi (Cornell University) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 6 (20 minute papers) Room 1.50 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Charles Drozynski/Room monitor: Siya Duan | |
| House as Emotion Machine - Giorgia Cesaro (Università Iuav di Venezia) | |
| Of Being an Actor or an Audience - Nooridayu Ahmad Yusuf (WSA) | |
| A Conversation Between Architecture, Dance and Landscape - Rennie Tang (California Polytechnic University) | |
| Discussion | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Parallel paper presentations (3 of 5) |
| Session 7 (20 minute papers) Room 2.32 (2nd floor lecture room) Chair: Federico Wulff/Room monitor: Flory Dao | |
| Indifference as a Form of Generosity - Lacaton & Vassal - Antonio Lavarello (Università di Genova) | |
| Portico - Sophie Hamer (Portico.space) | |
| Commitment to Place - Time and Generosity in Architecture - Zoë Berman (WSA, Reading, Studio Berman) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 8 (20 minute papers) Room 1.40 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Zöe Berman/Room monitor: Yasmina Dimitrovay | |
| A Critical Examination of an Ecological Aesthetic in Architecture - Andrea Wheeler, (Iowa State University) | |
| “Rewild My Street" - Siân Moxon (London Metropolitan University) | |
| School Practice - Romina Canna (IE School of Architecture and Design, d-Lab Director) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 9 (20 minute papers) Room 1.50 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Charles Drozynski/Room monitor: Michel Kasperi | |
| Can Architecture Offer a Poetic Possibility Towards Mental Health? - Irini Barbero (WSA) | |
| Generosity and Care in Architecture - Shelly Cohen (Tel Aviv University) | |
| Creation of a Public Space - Dr. Saima Gulzar (University of Management and Technology, Lahore-Pakistan) | |
| Discussion | |
| 17:30 | Bus to Senedd (Welsh Assembly Building) leaving from front entry of Bute Building |
| 18:00 | Drinks reception at Senedd Cardiff Bay until 20:00 |
| 18:30 | Welcoming remarks from Welsh Assembly Member Vaughan Gething |
| Keynote address 2: Sophie Howe, Wales' Future Generations Commissioner for The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act |
Day 2 - Thursday 28 June
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 | Keynote address 3: Dr. Chris L. Smith (The University of Sydney) Generosity and Architecture’s Wide-open Spaces - Birt Acres Room, 1st floor |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Parallel paper presentations (4 of 5) |
| Session 10 (20 minute papers) Room 2.32 (2nd floor lecture room) Chair: Chris Platt/Room monitor: Flory Dao | |
| Complex Oscillations of Generosity - Wendy Perring (PAD Studio) with Roger Tyrell (Chora) | |
| Asking Much of All Who Get Involved - Mhairi McVicar (WSA) | |
| Architect Goes Beyond - Residential Projects as a Case - Ahlam Harahsheh (Sheffield School of Architecture) | |
| Losing Control, or the Generosity of Knowing When to Stop - Mark Parsons (Studio Polpo) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 11 (20 minute papers) Room 1.40 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Michael Corr/Room monitor: Mike Peng | |
| ‘Think First of the Walls’ Surfaces of Generosity - Stephen Kite (WSA) | |
| The Generous Beauty of the Architecture of Mies van der Rohe - Luciana Fornari Colombo (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) | |
| Generosity in Iranian Authentic Architecture - Marzie Rohani (PhD student, Iran) | |
| Generosity in Moments of Mourning: Architecture and Asplund's Labyrinth - Antonio Plaza Novoa (UNED) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 12 (20 minute papers) Room 1.50 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Maya Hussein/Room monitor: Janet Wong | |
| Process Hack - George Lovesmith (Integrated Workshop/UWE Bristol/University of Bath) | |
| Negotiating ‘Will’ while Taming ‘Hope’: Participation in Za’atri Refugee Camp - Aya Musmar (University of Sheffield) | |
| Fostering Appropriate Generosity in Design Students - Peter Russell (University of Nottingham) | |
| The Good Life and Flower Tree Project - Antonio Capelao (London Metropolitan University) | |
| Discussion | |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Parallel paper presentations (5 of 5) |
| Session 13 (20 minute papers) Room 2.32 (2nd floor lecture room) Chair: Mhairi McVicar/ Room monitor: Siyu Duan | |
| Fauvist House - Roger Mullin (Dalhousie University) | |
| In and Between - Amanda Spence and Rhian Thomas (ALT-Architecture) Rhian Haf, Artist | |
| The Generous City - Sarah Ackland and Suzanne Tutsch (Erect Architecture) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 14 (20 minute papers) Room 1.40 (First floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Robyn Thomas/Room monitor: Zein Al Doughmi | |
| Synergic Effects as Practical Generosity in Architecture - Xavier Bonnaud (ENSAPLV) | |
| Conditional Generosity - Charles Drozynski (WSA) | |
| Apartheid, Brutalism and Blue Jeans - Albert van Jaarsveld (SEA School of Explorative Architecture) | |
| Discussion | |
| Session 15 (20 minute papers) Room 1.50 (1st floor lecture room, accessed via basement or 2nd floor) Chair: Zöe Berman/Room monitor: Janet Wong | |
| A Place for Participation on the Old Kent Road - Jane Clossick (London Metropolitan University) | |
| A View from Africa - Kate Goodwin (Royal Academy of Arts) | |
| Crossing Cultures - Sandra Denicke-Polcher and Jane McAllister (London Metropolitan University) | |
| Discussion | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break and film viewings in Birt Acres Room, 1st floor |
| 16:00 | Keynote address 4: Martin Bressani (McGill University, Montreal) Dramatization and Excess - A.W.N. Pugin’s Saint Marie’s Grange - Birt Acres Room, 1st floor |
| 20:00 | Conference dinner: The Waiting Room, Tramshed, Clare Road, Cardiff, CF11 6QP |
Day 3 - Friday 29 June
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 | Workshops and site visits (various locations) |
Each workshop will last two hours. | |
| Workshop 1 Generosity and Participation - Architecture Sans Frontières UK Long table, 2nd floor Chair: Zöe Berman/Support: Michael Kasperski | |
| Workshop 2 The Next Step: Defining Value in Pursuit of Quality - Mhairi McvIcar (Community Gateway) and Richard Powell (Artshell) Meet at Bute entrance for walk to and back from Grange Pavilion, Grange Gardens, Grangetown (45 mins each way) Chair: Mhairi McVicar/Support: Flory Dao | |
| Workshop 3 Design Through Collaboration, Learn Through Building - CA.UK.IN Room 0.43, Basement Conference Room Chair: Ed Green/Support: Siyu Duan | |
| CA.UK.IN | |
| 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 | Keynote address 5: Daisy Froud (AOC) "Get out of the way!”- Participation, Power Relations and ‘Placemaking’ |
| Close of conference |