IASTE 2012: The Myth of Tradition
Portland, Oregon—October 4-7, 2012
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012
9:30 AM-11:35 AM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.1 MODERNISM UNBOUND: MYTHS, PRACTICES, AND POLICIES
DESIGN 1
Chair: Yasser Elsheshtawy
U.A.E. University, U.A.E.
The Social Fix: The Myth of Physical Determinism and the Rise of Social Factors
Susanne Cowan
Syracuse University, U.S.A.
Housing Options after Pruitt-Igoe: Dispersal Policy and Scattered-Site Projects
Ipek Tureli
McGill University, Canada
Mid-Century Modernism: UN Community Development Policy, CIAM, and Geddes in India
Ellen Shoshkes
Portland State University, U.S.A.
A ‘Democratic Modernism’: Naturalizing and Neutralizing Architectural Traditions in Cape Town
Sharone Tomer
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Capital in a Void: Modernist Myths of Brasilia
Pedro Palazzo and Luciana Saboia
University of Brasilia, Brazil
B.1 RELIGION, PLACE, AND MYTH-MAKING
DESIGN 2
Chair: Vandana Baweja
University of Florida, U.S.A.
Contentious Minarets: Inscribing Muslim-ness into Euro-American Space
Saima Akhtar
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Muslim-British Architectural Exchanges in Britain: Dispelling Myths, Rewriting History, and Creating Shared Identity
Noha Nasser
University of Greenwich, U.K.
The Ayodhya Verdict: The Legal Space of Myth
Shraddha Navalli
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Old Tradition — New Applications: Vaastu in the Contemporary Built Environment in India
Joseph Aranha
Texas Tech University, U.S.A.
The Myth of Karbala: Socio-Spatial Practices in Contemporary Tehran
Ayda Melika
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
C.1 MYTHS AND METHODS IN ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
STUDIO
Chair: Heba Ahmed
Cairo University, Egypt
Insiders as Outsiders: The Myth of “Southern Culture” in Samuel Mockbee’s Rural Studio
Anna G. Goodman
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Influence of Mayan Mythology on the Architecture of Eric Owen Moss
Maged Nabeel and Mohammed El-Essawy
Modern Academy for Engineering & Technology, Egypt
Myth and Method. The Lesson of Bay Region Style and William Wurster in California
Elisa Brusegan
University IUAV of Venice, Italy
Building from the Myth: A Look at the Shilpa Shastras from Anthropology and Architecture
Julian Garcia
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Creating Japanese Discursive Space: Politics and Mythology of Tradition and Modernity in Metabolist Proposals
Harpreet (Neena) Mand
University of Newcastle, Australia
11:35 AM-1:00 PM
BREAK
Lunch on your own
1:00 PM-2:40 PM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.2 SPACES AND TRADITIONS OF REMEMBRANCE
DESIGN 1
Chair: Imran Bin Tajudeen
National University of Singapore
Unsettled Meaning: Memorializing Lost Mobility through a Monument in Ordos, Inner Mongolia
Rick Miller
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Political Battles Disguised as Conflicting Myths
Anne Toxey
University of Texas, San Antonio, U.S.A.
A Multiple Life of Architecture: An Indonesian Case
Arief Setiawan
Southern Polytechnic State University, U.S.A.
Creating Political Places through Myth: The Hyeonchungsa Project in Korea in the 1960s
Jihong Kim and BongHee Jeon
Seoul National University, South Korea
B.2 SPACE, ETHNICITY, AND MYTH
DESIGN 2
Chair: Gabriel Arboleda
Amherst College and Hampshire College, Amherst, U.S.A.
The Myth of Tradition in New York’s Chinatown
Chuo Li
Mississippi State University, U.S.A.
The Myth of Chinatown: The Historical Transformations of Chinese Settlements in East Asian Open Ports
Sujin Eom
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Planning the Immigrant City: Insurgent Publics and the Myth of Multicultural Placemaking in Metropolitan Miami
Hector Fernando Burga
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
The Mythical Fort: The Role of Myth in the Construction of Shia Urban Identity in Qatif, Saudi Arabia
Walaa Al Khulaitit
U.S.A.
C.2 THE INVOCATION OF MYTH IN POLICY AND PRACTICE
STUDIO
Chair: Paul Memmot
University of Queensland, Australia
Assessing the Production and Meaning of America’s Common/Vernacular Housing
Thomas Hubka
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, U.S.A.
Self-Building for a New Europe: Workers’ Suburbs and the State in European Development, 1945-1975
Tiago Castela
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Green Mythos: The Language of Sustainability in the Practice of Urban Design
Tanu Sankalia
University of San Francisco, U.S.A.
2:40 PM-3:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK
3:00 PM-4:40 PM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.3 MYTHS, MONUMENTS, AND MUSEUMS
DESIGN 1
Chair: Stefan Al
Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Museums in Arabia and the Myth of Cultural Enlightenment
Yasser Elsheshtawy
U.A.E. University, U.A.E.
Superscribing Histories: The Construction of Sun Yat-Sen Memorials in Hong Kong and Vancouver
Cecilia Chu
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Countering National Myths with Tribal Museums
Anne Marshall
University of Idaho, U.S.A.
B.3 IMAGINING THE SPACE OF MYTH
DESIGN 2
Chair: Brook Muller
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
When the World Grew Old: Scientific Mythologies and the Nineteenth-Century Making of Delhi’s History
Mrinalini Rajagopalan
Pittsburgh University, U.S.A.
Foundation Myths: Modern Art and the Madness of Karl Junker
Mikesch Muecke and Nathaniel Walker
Iowa State University, and Brown University, U.S.A.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel: The New “Athens-on-the-Spree” and the Myth of Antique Greece
Jean-Francois Lejeune
University of Miami, U.S.A.
The Constructing and Changing of Cinematic Hong Kong through the Taiwanese Cult Followings’ Eyes
Ying-Fen Chen
National Taiwan University
C.3 MYTH IN INSTITUTIONAL POLICY
STUDIO
Chair: Laurence Loftin
University of Colorado, Denver, U.S.A.
From the Mythos to “Mere Myth” of Refuge: Strong Built Forms Are Superseded by Invisibility
Robert Mugerauer
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Coexisting Myths in Neoliberal Space Production: The Case of the Build Your Own Home Project in Israel
Dikla Yizhar and Rachel Kallus
Technion University, Israel
Farewell to the Bad Old Days: Architecture’s Curtain Call on the Myths of Mental Health Care
Rebecca Mclaughlan
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
4:40 PM-5:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK
5:00 PM-6:40 PM
PLENARY SESSION: MYTHS AND TRADITIONS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
FASHION/CULTURE
Chair: Mark Gillem
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Fractured Foundation: The Myth of the American Dream
John Archer
University of Minnesota
Myths of an Oasis Town: Ghadames, Libya, from Italian Colonialism to the Present
Mia Fuller
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
6:45 PM-8:15 PM
OPENING RECEPTION
The Nines Hotel
Prefunction Area
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2012
8:45 AM-10:50 AM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.4 POLITICAL PLACEMAKING AND URBAN MYTHOLOGY
DESIGN 1
Chair: Dell Upton
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
”Living the Next Lap” in ”the City of Tomorrow”: Teleological Myths in Singapore’s New Downtown
Imran Bin Tajudeen
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Preserving or Reinventing the City? Demythologizing Historic Preservation in Taipei
Jeffrey Hou
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Cosmic Urban Forms: Geometry, Rituals, and the Spirit of Place
Luna Khirfan
University of Waterloo, Canada
Security and Surveillance: Circulating Violence through Infrastructure
Nikolina Bobic
University of Sydney, Australia
Exploring the Roots of the Village as a Myth and an Ideal for Urban Renewal
Eeva Aarrevaara
Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland
B.4 URBAN FANTASIES AND THE MYTH OF THE CITY
DESIGN 2
Chair: Khaled Adham
U.A.E. University, U.A.E.
Early Las Vegas and the Myth of the Wild West: The Profitable Conflation of “Western” Libertarian Regulation and Image
Stefan Al
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Myth of Urban Resurrection: Amsterdam, Its Founder, and Its Iconic Plan
Nancy Stieber
University of Massachusetts, Boston, U.S.A.
Catalan Nation Building and Bottom-Up Placemaking: Redevelopment in the 22@ District
Philip Speranza
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
From Myth to Megacity: The Transformation of the Urban Landscape of Mexico City
Moises Gonzales
University of New Mexico, U.S.A.
China’s Recent Urbanism: Mythology and Spatial Reconstruction of Local Culture
Huijin Li
Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
C.4 INTERROGATING SUSTAINABILITY: BEYOND THE GREEN MYTH
STUDIO
Chair: Bob Mugerauer
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
Ethnoengineering
Gabriel Arboleda
Amherst College and Hampshire College, Amherst, U.S.A.
Myths of Knowledge Creation in Sustainable Architecture
Brook Muller
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Green Myths: A Virtual Odyssey of Ecocities
Diane Valerie Wildsmith
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
10:50 AM-11:05 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:05 AM-11:25 AM
AWARDS CEREMONY
FASHION/CULTURE
11:30 AM-1:00 PM
PLENARY SESSION: THE MYTH OF TRADITION—CONTEMPORARY AND VERNACULAR IMAGINARIES
FASHION/CULTURE
Chair: Nezar AlSayyad
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Fabled Cities of the East
Nasser Rabbat
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Myths, Plazas and Public Ritual: Place and Cultural Continuity in the American Southwest
Chris Wilson
University of New Mexico, U.S.A.
1:00 PM-2:30 PM
BREAK
Lunch on your own
2:30 PM-5:30 PM
Tour of Portland’s Historic Downtown and Beyond
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012
8:45 AM-10:50 AM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.5 MEMORY, MYTHOLOGY, AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
DESIGN 1
Chair: Greig Crysler
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Allusions to Antiquity in Colonial, Catholic, and Postcolonial Tunisia: A Semiotic Analysis in Three Parts
Daniel Coslett
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
The Great Portuguese World Exhibition and the (Re)Construction of Ties with Brazil in a World at War
Marianna Al Assal
University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
The Unconquered Citadel: Post-Communist Myths and the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania
Andreea Mihalache
Princeton University, U.S.A.
The Contested Myth: Archaeological and Ethnographic Museums in Turkey
Ozge Sade-Mete
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
B.5 HOUSING, THE VERNACULAR, AND MYTH
DESIGN 2
Chair: Susanne Cowan
Syracuse University, U.S.A.
The Value of Myth and Tradition in Contemporary Welsh Dwellings
Heidi Day and Wayne Forster
Cardiff University, U.K.
Myths of the Handmade: Simone Kosremelli’s Contemporary Vernacular Houses
Sylvia Shorto
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
The Timeless and the Timefull
Laurence Loftin III
University of Colorado, Denver, U.S.A.
The Making of ‘Modern’ Addis: The Role of the ‘Addis’ Myth
Alazar Ejigu
KTH/Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Is the Laweyan Still “the Laweyan”?
Triatno Yudo Harjoko and Putri Nurul Probowati
University of Indonesia, Indonesia
C.5 MYTH, POWER, AND PLACE
GEORGIAN ROOM
Chair: Luna Khirfan
University of Waterloo, Canada
Reclaiming the Prodigal Son: Reconstituting the Republican Revolution in Singapore and Malaysia
Chee-Kien Lai
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Enterprising Masquerades: Plural Identities and Mythic Spaces in Southeastern Nigeria
Joseph Godlewski
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Tradition, Knowledge, Myth: The Politics of Resettlement in China
Duanfang Lu
University of Sydney, Australia
Revolution Interrupted: Land, the Military, and the Myth of Nationalism In Post-Mubarak Egypt
Riem El-Zoghbi
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Modern Myths of the New Age in the Digital Sublime
Beril Ozmen Mayer
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
10:50 AM-11:05 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:05 AM-12:45 PM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.6 VERNACULARIZING MYTH
DESIGN 1
Chair: Kingston Heath
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Reinterpreting Traditions: Vernacular Architecture In Latin American Cities
Diana Maldonado and Fernando Lara
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.
Architectural Creation Myths
Kevin Nute
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
The Construction of Myth in Tibetan Architecture and the Modern City of Lhasa
Maggie Mei Kei Hui
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
When Myths Collide: The Mandala Archetype and the Charbagh Tradition in Indian Gardens during the Mughal Empire
Maryam Mansoori
Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
B.6 REGENERATION, PRESERVATION, AND THE MYTH OF HERITAGE
DESIGN 2
Chair: Howard Davis
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Nostalgia and Attitudes towards Conservation and Reuse of the Historical Palaces of Mohammed Ali’s Family in Egypt
Hisham Gabr
Cairo University, Egypt
Tradition and Myth in the Madina: Conservation and Change
Hassan Radoine
University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
Preservation and Reconstruction of Urban Dwelling Space: Qilou Districts in Guangzhou City, China
Nobuo Mitsuhashi
Uts Unomiya University, Japan
C.6 NATIONAL MYTHS AND IDENTITY DISCOURSES
GEORGIAN ROOM
Chair: Noha Nasser
University of Greenwich, U.K.
Diego Rivera and the “Building” of Mexican Identity
Patricia Morgado
North Carolina State University, U.S.A.
Architecture and the Myth of Authenticity during the German Period in Cameroon
Itohan Osayimwese
Ithaca College, U.S.A.
The Metamorphosis of the Wall: A Mythical/Ideological Representation of Urban Space — the Case of Ankara
Meltem Al and Seçil Binboga
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
On the Portuguese Ultimate National Myth
Daniela V. de Freitas Simões
University NOVA of Lisbon, Portugal
12:45 PM-2:10 PM
BREAK
Lunch on your own
2:10 PM-4:15 PM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.7 MYTH AND PLACE
DESIGN 1
Chair: Duanfang Lu
University of Sydney, Australia
Palestinian Peasant Housing after 1858, the “New Native” Nationalism, and the Ayan Myth of Tradition
Yael Allweil
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
The Illegal Fabric: Understanding the American Dream and Its Effect on Chicago
Samantha Salden
University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
English Villages: A Myth of “an Unspeakable Tongue” and Immersion as Remedy
Jieheerah Yun
U.S.A.
The Neighborhood Concept as a Narrative-Myth of Community
Timothy Imeokparia
University of New Mexico, U.S.A.
The Myths and Traditions in the Making of Places: The Case of Municipal Market ”Bandabulya” in Cyprus
Halide Erogul and Hifsiye Pulhan
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
B.7 MYTH IN DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE
DESIGN 2
Chair: Hesham Abdelfattah
Cairo University, Egypt
The Myth of Security
Jill Schreifer
The Urban Collective, U.S.A.
Bio-Architectural Technology and the Dreamtime Knowledge of Spinifex Grass
Paul Memmott
University of Queensland, Australia
The Myth of the Roof Shape in Korean Architecture
Jeonghyun Kim and BongHee Jeon
Seoul National University, South Korea
The Myth of the (Digital) Master Builder
Mark Donofrio
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
C.7 CONSUMING MYTHS, GLOBALIZING TRADITIONS
GEORGIAN ROOM
Chair: Mike Robinson
University of Birmingham, U.K.
The Myth of Urban Diversity: The Tale of Two Souqs in Two Gulf Cities, Manama and Doha
Ali Alraouf
Qatar University, Qatar
Layers of Myth In Abu Dhabi’s Interpretation of Postmodern Urbanism
Surajit Chakravarty
ALHOSN University, U.A.E.
Scales of Entrepreneurial Acts in Quezon City, Metropolitan Manila, as Mythic Norms
Michael Gonzales
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
The Myth of Modernity: Reimagining the Farangi House in Aminoddowleh’s Travel Memoir
Vahid Vahdat Zad
Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Egyptian State-Led Competitions : Between Political Agendas and the Myth of the ”Space of Possible”
Mennat El-Husseiny
Cairo University, Egypt
4:15 PM-4:30 PM
COFFEE BREAK
4:30 PM-6:35 PM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.8 DWELLING IN MYTH
DESIGN 1
Chair: Sylvia Shorto
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Public and Private Space in the Mexican Southeast: The Mayan Myths and Habits
Gladys Arana
Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Mexico
The Bergeries of Provence, or Where Have All the Sheep Gone?
Jacqueline Victor and Laurence Loftin III
University of Denver and University of Colorado, Denver, U.S.A.
Missing Memories and Forgotten Homes: The Construction of a New Socialist Countryside in China
Wei Zhao
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, U.S.A.
The House and the Megalith: On the Myth and Reality of the Sumbanese Architectural Tradition
Gunawan Tjahjono
University of Indonesia and University of Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia
The Myth of Modern Living: The Trajectory of Rio’s Pedregulho Housing Development
Flavia Nascimento
Institute of National Historic and Artistic Heritage, Brazil
B.8 CULTURE AND MYTH IN SOCIO-SPATIAL PRACTICE
DESIGN 2
Chair: Joe Aranha
Texas Tech University
The Socialist Balcony: Property Relations between Myth and Reality in Post-Socialist Romania
Ioana Chinan
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Claiming Power through Myth Insinuated in Urban Forms: The Case of the Arjuna Wijaya Statue
Eka Permanasari
University of Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia
Cultural Resilience vs. Historic Preservation: Managing Changes in Bagan, Myanmar
Chiao-Yen Yang
University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
How the Bugis Community Employs Myths to Structure Space and Place
Bhatari Darjosanjoto and Endang Titi Sunarti Darjosanjoto
Sepuluh-Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Eve’s Apple and the Mosque: Transmuted and Layered Additions to Mosque Vocabulary Pertaining to the Space of Women
Tammy Gaber
University of Waterloo, Canada
C.8 MYTHS IN A TIME OF REVOLUTION
GEORGIAN ROOM
Chair: Nancy Stieber
University of Massachusetts, Boston, U.S.A.
Self-Immolation: The Myth of Fire, Contentious Politics, and the Remaking of Public Space
Aviva Rubin
Harvard University, U.S.A.
Beyond the Modern Urban Center: Decoding Tahrir Square
Khaled Adham
U.A.E. University, U.A.E.
Deconstructing the Myth of “Tahrir” and “the Facebook Revolution”
Momen El-Husseiny
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Tahrir Square: Between Local Traditions and Global Flows
Hussam Salama
Qatar University, Qatar
Virtual Heaven, Physical Hell: The Syrian Uprising
Sofia Shwayri
Seoul University, Republic of Korea
7:00 PM-8:30 PM
RECEPTION
UO Portland Center Lobby, 760 NW Couch Street
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2012
9:00 AM-10:40 AM—PAPER SESSIONS
A.9 MYTHIC PLACES, TRADITIONAL SPACES
DESIGN 1
Chair: Kevin Nute
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Transforming Temple Streets in the New Digital Era
Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti, Jyoti Mithal, Siva Sakthivel Ramadoss, and Arthi Kanchanana Manohar
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India
A Riverfront Structured to Keep Alive Traditions? The Ghats of Benares in India
Savitri Jalais
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, France
The Violence of “Place”: Belonging, Temple vs. Mosque, and Subaltern Platial Imagination in India
Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay
Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
The Myth of a Monument: Azadi or Shahyad Square
Shahrzad Shirvani
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
B.9 CITY-BUILDING, MYTH-MAKING
DESIGN 2
Chair: Mark Donofrio
University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Ambiguities of Myth-Making: Construction of Nationalism over the Myth of “Newroz” (Nevruz) in Turkey
Muna Guvenc
University of California, Berkeley
The Nationalization of Women in Postcolonial Korea: Placemaking for Shin Saimdang as “Good Mother-Good Wife”
Younjung Do and BongHee Jeon
Seoul National University, South Korea
The Missing Dialogue Between The Tradition Of Civic Life And Spatial Structure Of Contemporary Iranian Cities
Sima Nabizadeh
Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus
Systems Of Enclaves: The Myth of Political Unity & Public Space
Eliana Abu-Hamdi
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
C.9 MYTH AND NATIONALISM
STUDIO
Chair: Gunawan Tjahjono
University of Indonesia and University of Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia
The Heritage of Desire: Building an Imagined Taiwan from Grounded Myths
Mike Robinson
University of Birmingham, U.K.
The Persistence of the Myth of the Native Hut and the Cradle of Portugueseness on the Indian Ocean
Silje Erøy Sollien
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark
State, Guerrillas, and Armed Residents: The Myth of Tulou as “Fortress,” 1920s–1940s
Jing Zheng
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mythologizing the Region: A Critique
Sebnem Yucel
Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
10:40 AM-11:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 AM-12:45 PM
FINAL PLENARY SESSION
FASHION/CULTURE
Moderators:
Nezar Alsayyad, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Mark Gillem, University of Oregon, U.S.A.
Panelists:
Mina Rajagopalan, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Ipek Tureli, McGill University, Canada
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012
9:30 AM-9:00 PM—POST CONFERENCE TOUR
Guest pickup at Nines Hotel at 9:30 AM.
See the full itinerary here.