Schedule

WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL 2011


1.15pm: Introductions
Robert Shibley
Kenny Cupers

2pm - 4.30pm: FIELDS:
Spatial and Disciplinary Framings of the User

Sheila Crane (University of Virginia)
Embracing Ambiguity: Roland Simounet and the Franco-Algerian Habitat

Barbara Penner (University College London)
Redesigning Taboos: Ergonomics, Alexander Kira, and The Bathroom

Omar Khan (University at Buffalo)
Users and Performers: The Cybernetics of Participation

Mariana Mogilevich (Harvard University)
Opening the City: Landscape and Participation in 1960s New York

Moderator: Zeynep Çelik Alexander (University of Toronto)


5.30pm: Keynote Lecture
Teddy Cruz, Clarkson Chair in Architecture

THURSDAY 7 APRIL 2011


9.45am: Introduction

10am - 12.30pm: COLLECTIVES:
Users and Society

Lukasz Stanek (ETH Zurich)
Henri Lefebvre: For and Against the "User"

Hadas Steiner (University at Buffalo)
The Expanded Field

Max Hirsh (Harvard University)
Intelligentsia Design: The Synthetic Potential of the Contextual Plattenbau

Joy Knoblauch (Princeton University)
Tailoring Architecture to its Audience: Mass Institutions at Berkeley, 1966-1967

Moderator: Jonathan Massey (Syracuse University)


2pm - 4.30pm: PRACTICES:
Transformative and Resistive Use(r)s

Mark Shepard (University at Buffalo)
Reconfiguring the User in Architecture and Interaction Design

Sophie Handler (University College London)
The Resistant Retrofit: Mis-User Interventions for Older Age

Georg Rafailidis (University at Buffalo)
Generous Architecture

Karen Franck (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Reflections on the Concept of Use

Moderator: Jordan Geiger (University at Buffalo)


5pm: Public Discussion
Empowering Users, Empowering Architecture?

6pm: Keynote Lecture
Jeremy Till (University of Westminster): Will the Real User Please Stand Up?