Architecture Interruptus Symposium

Hear from and converse with prominent architectural historians, critics, and architects in this ambitious symposium. The symposium is free and open to the public. No preregistration required.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Le Corbusier/Oubrerie's Firminy Project

WELCOME AND REMARKS | 10 AM

Sherri Geldin, director, Wexner Center for the Arts
Megan Cavanaugh Novak, curator of Architecture Interruptus and head registrar, Wexner Center for the Arts


HISTORICAL IMPLICATIONS | 10:30 AM–12:30 PM

The completion of the Firminy church more than 45 years after its commission asks architects and theorists to grapple with their understanding of a project so long in the making and created by two distinct authors. This session looks back on Le Corbusier's oeuvre through the lens of this final project that he could not complete alone.

Speakers
Barry Bergdoll, professor and chair, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, and chief curator of architecture and design, the Museum of Modern Art
Stanislaus von Moos, professor, Department of Art History, University of Zurich
Kenneth Frampton, professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University

Moderator
Aron Vinegar, assistant professor, Department of History of Art and Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University


CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS | 2–4 PM

The church in Firminy, despite its midcentury roots, is refreshingly current. This is due not only to its recent completion but also to the revisions and additions to the project by Jose Oubrerie. This session highlights the reverberating effects of the church's completion on a new generation of architects working today.

Speakers
Aaron Betsky, director, Cincinnati Art Museum
Wolf D. Prix, architect, Coop Himmelb(l)au, professor of Architecture, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Scott Cohen, architect and professor, Department of Architecture, Harvard University

Moderator
Jeffrey Kipnis, professor, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University


RECEPTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS | 4–5:30 PM