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Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-century Icons by authors Angel Ayon, Uta Pottgiesser, and Nathaniel Richards
2/27/20, 6pm - 8pm
Location
Center for Architecture
1.5 LU

Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for the Renewal of 20th Century Icons
The extensive use of exterior glazed enclosures is one of the most character defining features of Modern architecture. After decades of service, many Modern buildings from the pre- and post-war periods of the 20th century have deteriorated and have required various types of interventions to address decay, reestablish functionality and improve appearance or performance.

Reglazing Modernism – Intervention Strategies for 20th Century Icons by Angel Ayón, Uta Pottgiesser and Nathaniel Richards (Birkhäuser, 2019) presents twenty international case studies of culturally-significant Modern buildings in the US and Europe where the original steel frame window walls, curtain walls or ribbon windows have been intervened according to different criteria and with varying outcomes. The case studies presented in the book are organized according to three main intervention categories: Restoration, Rehabilitation and Replacement. These three main categories are expanded into further intervention strategies that portray a wide range of options for reglazing Modernism. Each case study is presented through a combination of historical analysis, technical evaluations and compelling graphics that include historic images, technical details and existing conditions photographs.

Conceived as a critical assessment instead of as a catalog or technical guide, the book presents a range of approaches to intervene on Modern steel frame glazed assemblies. It evaluates each case study in terms of how the intervention helped to preserve culturally significant features and how it adhered to current understanding of building science, Modern heritage conservation and contemporary requirements for building envelope design for energy conservation and optimum environmental performance. This is the first publication to present a wide range of international case studies with the purpose of delineating much-needed best-practices for intervening on culturally-significant Modern exterior glazed enclosures. The book also presents a set of emerging high-performance technologies that are becoming available in the building construction and renovation marketplace as a response to the challenges posed by some of the reglazing Modernism case studies included in the publication. Angel Ayón’s and Uta Pottgiesser’s presentation will be followed by a Q&A with Kyle Normandin.

Speakers:
Angel Ayón, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is the founder and Principal of AYON Studio Architecture • Preservation, P.C. (AYON Studio) in New York City, where he provides comprehensive professional services in the fields of architecture and historic preservation. He was awarded the 2015 James Marston Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship to undertake the research presented in this book. Ayón holds both a professional degree in Architecture (1995) and a M.S. in Conservation and Rehabilitation of the Built Heritage (1998) from the Higher Polytechnic Institute José Antonio Echeverría in his native Havana, Cuba, and a Post-graduate Certificate in Conservation of Historic Buildings and Archaeological Sites (2002) from Columbia University in New York. 

Uta Pottgiesser, PhD, is Chair of Heritage & Technology at TU Delft in the Netherlands (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment) and Professor of Building Construction and Materials at TH OWL UAS in Germany (Detmold School of Architecture and Interior Architecture) where she is a co-founder of the Master of Integrated Design (MID) specialized in facade and computational design. As a practicing architect, research scientist and Vice-Chair of DOCOMOMO Germany she works on the protection, reuse and enhancement of the built heritage. Pottgiesser holds a professional degree as an Architect (1993). She received her Diploma in Architecture from TU Berlin (1991) and obtained her PhD (Dr.-Ing.) from TU Dresden (2002) both in Germany.

Moderator:
Kyle Normandin, is an Associate Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, in New York, NY, USA. He serves as a Vice President of the ICOMOS ISC on Twentieth Century Heritage and is currently the Chair of the Technical Committee on Modern Heritage (TC-MH) and a member of the College of Fellows for Association for Preservation Technology International (APT). He has contributed numerous technical papers on architectural conservation of cultural heritage and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Architectural Conservation for Taylor & Francis. Normandin holds a B.A. in Architecture from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University in the City of New York. 

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Organized by
AIANY Historic Buildings Committee and DOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State
Reglazing Modernism: Intervention Strategies for 20th-century Icons by authors Angel Ayon, Uta Pottgiesser, and Nathaniel Richards
2/27/20, 6pm - 8pm
Location
Center for Architecture
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