7 – 8 November 2014 University of Bern The Interior Symposium Hybrid Spaces: MultiFunctionalism, Performance and Representation in Modern and Contemporary Architecture Institute of Art History University of Bern Friday, 7 November 2014 University of Bern, Unitobler, room F023 Lerchenweg 36, 3012 Bern 9:00 9: 30 Symposium Hybrid Spaces: Multi-Functionalism, Performance and Representation in Modern and Contemporary Architecture Organized by Bernd Nicolai and Lilia Mironov, University of Bern Registration / Coffee and Tea Welcome and Introduction: Bernd Nicolai I The Correlation between Interior and Exterior / Public and Semi-Public Spaces: Discourses and Practices Moderation: Peter J. Schneemann, University of Bern 9:45 Roberto Cavallo, TU Delft Unstable Spatial Interdependency: Infrastructures and City 10:45 Bernd Nicolai, University of Bern Prolegomena about Space as Architectural Category in the Modern Age 11: 45 Keller Easterling, Yale University “Floors” 12:45Lunch This international conference is part of the activities of the Bern-based SNSF Sinergia project “The Interior: Art, Space, and Performance (Early Modern to Postmo dern)”. Our focus is on the spatial change in contemporary architecture since 1970 with regard to hybrid spaces of a semi-public or non-public character under the current condition of globalization with its predominantly economic paradigm. The objective of this conference is to address space as the fundamental element of architecture in the modern age, oscillating between architectural form and social practice. In this sense we want to stimulate discussions on hybrid, heterotopian and performative architectural spaces throughout modernity. The papers address the conception of the “heterotopian space” (Foucault) as well as “non-places” (Augé), “auratic” and transitory spaces (Benjamin), questions on surface and ornament, scenography, and the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk with its normative background. II The Viewer and the Viewed: Performative Aspects in Architecture Moderation: Bernd Nicolai, University of Bern 14:00 Luis E. Carranza, Roger Williams University, Bristol/RI The Viewer and the Viewed: Latin American Examples 15:00 Lilia Mironov, University of Bern Modern Airports as Performative Spaces 16:00 Coffee and Tea 16:30 Marcel Vellinga, Oxford Brookes University A Comfortable Home: Ethnicity, Nostalgia and Multicultural Housing Design in the Netherlands Keynote Lecture 18:30 Curtis Fentress, Fentress Architects, Denver, Los Angeles, Shanghai, London The Architecture of Flight University of Bern, Von Roll Lecture Hall, room 004 Fabrikstrasse 6, 3012 Bern Saturday, 8 November 2014 University of Bern, Unitobler, room F023 Lerchenweg 36, 3012 Bern III Ornament and Surface Moderation: Martino Stierli, University of Zurich 9:00 Ákos Moravánszky, ETH Zurich Squares and Counter-Squares: A Lefebvrean Walk in Budapest 10:00 Philip Ursprung, ETH Zurich The Value of the Surface: Ornament in the Writings of Loos and the Buildings of Herzog & de Meuron 11:00 Simona Travaglianti, Bern University of the Arts “Going Upside Down, Looking Inside Out” 12:00Lunch 13:30 Peter Krieger, UMA Mexico City Structure and Effects of the Neobaroque Façade: A Mexican Showcase 14:30 Stanislaus von Moos, Zurich and Yale University Venice between “Duck” and “Decorated Shed”: Notes on Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown 15:30 Final Discussion Attendance is free of charge but due to limited seats, registration is required until 26 October 2014. Contact: Michèle Seehafer, Project Assistant, [email protected] www.interior-unibe.ch Ellen J. Beer Stiftung