Program

All activities will take place in Irwin Hall Auditorium, Beirut Campus, except where noted.

May 13, 2004
9:00-9:30	Coffee/ Registration
9:30	Welcome: Elie Badr Dean School of Engineering and Architecture
9:40	Opening: Elie Haddad Symposium Chair
10:00-11:30	Session 1: Theory and Practice I (Moderator: M. Stanton) Frederich Benesch, Towards a Progressive Practice Kevin Mitchell, Learning Practice Hani Asfour, Parallel Lines
11:30-1:00	Session 2: Architecture and Art (Moderator: Z. Mawlawi) Katrin Fagerstrom, Color and the Quiet Discourse Jane Rendell, On Conceptual Art and Architecture Beshir Kenzari, Antoni Tapies and the Violence of Texture
1:00-2:00	Lunch Break
2:00-3:00	Session 3: Emerging Paradigms (Moderator: A. Romanos) George Katodrytis, Digital Introjection Iradj Moeini, Emerging Features in Information Age Architecture San Anshuman, Amorphous Architecture
3:30-4:00	Coffee Break
4:00-4:45	Keynote Speech: Hilde Heynen
5:00-6:30	Opening of Photography Exhibition (Sheikh Zayed Hall) Charles Meyer: Lebanon 1996-2002

May 14, 2004
9:30	Coffee
9:45-11:30	Session 4: Theory and Practice II (Moderator: H. Harithy) Jay Randle, Theory, That Which is Called Theory, and Practice Antoine Romanos, Between Anguish and Hope Christos Hadjichristos, An Epistemological Inquiry Charles Meyer, At Home
11:30-1:00	Session 5: Architecture and the City (Moderator: R. Chamoun) Karima Benachenhou, After the Earthquake: Re-building West Algeria Deb Upadhyaya, The new urban reality in Mumbai, India Tarek Abdelsalam, The Role of Aga Khan Award in Maintaining the Identity of the Arab City
1:00-2:00	Lunch Break
2:00-3:30	Session 6: Architecture and its Other (Moderator: E. Haddad) Donald Kunze, The Symptomatic Discourse Nadir Lahiji, “Une Architecture Autre”? Libero Andreotti, Towards a Post-Situationist Architecture
3:30-4:00	Coffee Break
4:00-4:45	Endnote Speech: Neil Leach
5:00-6:30	Rountable Discussion/ Conclusion (Irwin Conference Room)