[MassHistPres] Fwd:of interest re: bomb shelter-Engaging the Recent Past

[Chris Kennedy]

This is timely for those confronting the "50 year" problem of  
historic preservation.  I feel that a bomb shelter is clearly  
significant "to our nation's past and or event".

chris kennedy
Northampton Historical Commission

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> From: Design Studies Forum <desforum at SIU.EDU>
> Date: January 15, 2007 9:59:37 AM EST
> To: DESIGN-STUDIES-FORUM-L at listserv.siu.edu
> Subject: CFP for JAE theme issue: Engaging the Recent Past
> Reply-To: Design Studies Forum <cgorman at SIU.EDU>
>
> [from VAF]
>
> Engaging the Recent Past
> JAE Theme Issue [Journal of Architectural Education]
> Deadline: March 02, 2007
>
> Theme Editors:
> Lauren Weiss Bricker, lwbricker at csupomona.edu
> Luis Hoyos. lghoyos at csupomona.edu
> Judith Sheine (jesheine at csupomona.edu)
> California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
>
> Ancient cities of stone, stately mansions with neo-classical  
> porticoes and Main Streets lined with
> quaint brick facades - ripe for repair and retail - have undisputed  
> value as cultural artifacts as
> well as for their ability to attract tax benefits and tourist  
> dollars. Less established are the
> theoretical underpinnings for the preservation of works dating from  
> the years 1945-1970 - usually
> referred to as the "Recent Past" by historic preservation specialists.
>
> The scale of postwar architecture and designed landscapes has  
> presented unique challenges to
> planners, architects and preservationists: urban renewal projects,  
> military bases measured in
> miles not acres, and thousands of suburban housing tracts are among  
> the places that may be viewed
> as historic. These works and others in the United States and abroad  
> embodied a type of
> architectural modernism that frequently merged with their  
> landscapes; lacking an obvious front
> facade, their significance has often gone unnoticed by  
> preservationists accustomed to dealing with
> traditional architecture, e.g., Oakland Museum (1969, Roche &  
> Dinkeloo & Assoc., architects; Dan
> Kiley, landscape architect). At the same time, the postwar period  
> is not without its detractors in
> this post-colonial, post-Communist era. In light of shifting  
> attitudes about globalization, do
> works evidencing the impact of late colonial regimes on local  
> architecture merit preservation?
> These works, often incorporating mass-produced building materials  
> and innovative technology, also
> require very different conservation approaches than have been  
> developed in association with
> traditional building materials.
>
> However, the creative potential of adaptive reuse and additions to  
> historic buildings have
> presented new opportunities for contemporary practitioners.  
> Santiago Calatrava's new wing for Eero
> Saarinen's Milwaukee Art Museum (1964) raises different questions  
> than would an addition to a
> neoclassical building. When iconic buildings are involved, a  
> firestorm of criticism can result, as
> was the case when Gwathmey Siegel (1992) added to Frank Lloyd  
> Wright's Guggenheim Museum (1959)
> and Anshen + Allen built a new facility (1996) replacing the  
> eucalyptus grove at Louis Kahn's Salk
> Institute (1965). On the other hand, some of the worst products of  
> urban renewal, for example,
> some of the 1960s superblocks could be improved and humanized  
> through the process of
> re-conceptualization.
>
> The editors invite text-based (Scholarship of Design) and design- 
> based (Design as Scholarship)
> research that illuminates the challenges and opportunities for the  
> engagement of post-war
> architecture and designed landscapes. All submissions are digital -  
> no hardcopy or disks required.
> Deadline for all submissions (text and design) are due by March 02,  
> 2007. Design submissions must
> be in the form of a PDF (maximum 8 page) following the design  
> guidelines/template posted on the
> JAE website. Please consult the JAE website for new submission  
> guidelines and other useful
> information at (www.jaeonline.ws/).
>
> Lauren Weiss Bricker,  Ph.D
> Associate Professor of Architecture
> Director, ENV Archives-Special Collection
> California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
> 3801 W. Temple Avenue
> Pomona, CA 91768
> Phone: (909) 869-2704