Dear Friends of the National Mall:

The local, Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians highlights our city's public spaces in this upcoming symposium. To register, and for more information, click here.

Symposium March 19 & 20, 2011 - Thinking About Washington's Public Spaces

Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
Ninth Biennial Symposium on the Historic Development of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.

Symposium
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 9.00 a.m. – 5.45 p.m.

The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning, Crough Center for Architectural Studies, Koubek Auditorium, 620 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC

8.30 a.m. Registration and Coffee

9.00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks/Keynote Presentation
Conference Co-Chair: Cynthia R. Field, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution (Emeritus) and University of Maryland

Thinking About Washington’s Public Spaces, Richard Longstreth, Ph.D., The George Washington University

10.00 a.m. Break

10.15 a.m. Session I
Session Chair: Hazel Edwards, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

A Distinctive Open Space: The Mall’s Cross Axis, Judy Scott Feldman, Ph.D., National Coalition to Save Our Mall

The Theory of the Grand Ensemble: Designing the Federal Triangle, Jeffrey Tilman, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, School of Architecture

The Contribution of Landscape Architecture: The Olmsted Legacy, Jane C. Loeffler, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Cultivating a Public Riverfront: The George Washington Parkway, Paul Kelsch, Ph.D., Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech University, School of Architecture

12.30 p.m. Lunch (provided) and Discussion
Washington’s Urban Catcher’s Mitt, Dean Randall Ott, AIA, The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

1.45 p.m. Session II
Session Chair: Isabelle Gournay, Ph.D., University of Maryland, School of Architecture

Talking Buildings: Inscribing Public Space, Paul Emmons, Ph.D., M.Arch, Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center, Virginia Tech University, School of Architecture

Evolution of a Public Space: Pennsylvania and Western Plaza, Mary Konsoulis, MCP, Commission of Fine Arts

Repurposing Public Spaces: Washington’s Lost Airports, Ray W. Clark, M.A., Ph.D. candidate, George Mason University

3.15 p.m. Break

3.30 p.m. Session III
Session Chair: John Fondersmith, AICP

Race, Space, and Their Symbol: The Temple of the Latter-Day Saints, Steven Daniel Cornell, M.Arch, M.A., Coopers Roberts Simonsen Associates

The Linear City: A Case Study of Connecticut Avenue, Matthew Bell, AIA, University of Maryland, School of Architecture

Dysfunctional Spaces of Democracy? Elizabeth Emerson and Mark Lawrence, AIA, The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

5.00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Conference Co-Chair: Adnan Morshed, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

5.15 p.m. Exhibition Tour and Refreshments
Washington as a Laboratory for Urban Design, Terry Williams, FAIA, The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

Bus and Walking Tour
Sunday, March 20, 2011, 1.00 – 4.30 p.m.

Semi-Public “Secret Gardens” of Civic Washington
Examine some of Washington’s exquisite “secret” semi-public spaces and learn how they contribute to the city’s network of lesser-known landscapes. The tour includes Paul Cret’s garden at the Organization of American States, the Albert Einstein garden, and a sustainable landscape on The George Washington University campus.

Tour Leader: Iris Miller, M.Arch, The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning

Meeting site: 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC, at the Federal Triangle Metro Station (across from the Old Post Office)
Metro: Orange and Blue lines to Federal Triangle

Symposium Chairs
Cynthia R. Field, Ph.D.
Adnan Morshed, Ph.D.