University of Rennes 2 (France) and Archives de la critique d'art, Rennes, January 18 - 19, 2016

First International Workshop of the ANR Research Project Mapping.Crit.Arch: Architectural criticism XXth and XXIst centuries, a cartography/ La Critique architecturale, XXe et XXIe siècles: une cartographie

Monday, January 18th, 2016

  • Université Rennes 2, B 332, 9.30-18.00

  • 9.45 Introduction: Hélène Jannière, Université Rennes 2, Coordinator of the Mapping.Crit.Arch ANR Research Project

Emerging Forms of Criticism

  • 10.00 Carlo MENON, The Bartlett School of Architecture, London: Four magazines on Architectural Criticism 2005-2010: a perspective from 2015
  • 10.30 Marcela Garcia MARTINEZ, University of Geneva, Architectural centers: Mediation is the new Criticism
  • 11.00 Coffee break

Boundaries of Criticism

  • 11.15 Dirk VAN DE VIJVER, Associate professor, Department of History of Art, Utrecht University: Mapping the reception of Victor Horta: the blurring boundaries of architectural criticism, theory and history
  • 11.45 Rute FIGUEIREDO, gta/D-ARCH/ETH Zurich, Director of the Site of Discourse Research Project (Lisbon University): Fixing boundaries. Architecture and criticism at the onset of the 20th century
  • 12.15 Discussion
  • 13.00 Lunch

Architectural Journalism and Campaigns

  • 14.30 Jim Njoo, Associate Professor, École d'architecture de Paris-La Villette, TU Delft Department of Architecture: Dialogic Criticism Cedric Price's Design Columns 1975-1999
  • 15.00 Erdem ERTEN, Associate Professor, Izmir Institute of Technology Department of Architecture: Mobilizing the Nation via Architectural Criticism: The Architectural Review "Outrage" and "Counterattack"
  • 15.30 Coffee break

Controversies and Public Debate: Mobilizing the Public

  • 15.45 Leah HSIAO, Department of Art History, University of York: The Battle of the Pyramid: architectural criticism on I.M Pei's Louvre Pyramid
  • 16.15 Kristen GAGNON, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism, Carleton University: Architecture Criticism vs. the Public: ‘Mirvish+Gehry Toronto' A Case Study
  • 16.45 Discussion
  • 17.30 Rute Figueiredo, Presentation of the Site of Discourse Research Project (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Instituto de História da Arte).
  • 18.00 Conclusions

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

  • Archives de la critique d’art, Rennes

Twentieth Century American Art and Architecture Criticism. New Paradigms and Cultural Transfers. Terra Foundation for American Art

  • 9.30 Presentation of Les Archives de la Critique d’art by Jean-Marc Poinsot (President) and Nathalie Boulouch (Director)
  • 10.30 Lecture: Martin HARTUNG, gta/D-ARCH/ETH Zurich, Columbia University: Architectural Criticism on the Art Market: An American Debate, 1975-1985.
  • 11.15 Coffee Break
  • 11.30 Lecture: Louis Martin, Professor, Department of Art History, Université du Québec à Montréal: Uqam. American Debates around the Autonomy of Critique in Architecture, 1990-2004
  • 12.15. Discussion

Scientific Committee Mapping.Crit.Arch

  • Nathalie Boulouch (Université Rennes 2 and Archives de la critique d’art),
  • Anne Hultzsch (Bartlett School London and OCCAS, Oslo University),
  • Hélène Jannière (Université Rennes 2). 
  • Giovanni Leoni (Università di Bologna) 
  • Paolo Scrivano (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University), 
  • Laurent Stalder (ETH Zurich), 
  • Suzanne Stephens (Barnard College, Columbia University), 
  • Alice Thomine-Berrada (Musée d’Orsay, Paris)