Pratt Institute School of ArchitectureSpring 2008 Kullman Center Conference
Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture is the inaugural event for the Kullman Center, a research center residing within the School of Architecture with an emphasis on developing new and innovative approaches to modular construction and industrialized building techniques. The one-day conference will present research and scholarship related to the history of prefabrication, contemporary and emerging techniques and approaches to prefabrication, as well as the social and sustainable potential of prefab and prefab technologies. These three topics are key research areas for the Center, which will function both as an intellectual resource and ideas clearinghouse as well as an important laboratory for industrial construction.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Higgins Hall Auditorium
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
61 St James Place
Brooklyn, New York
Schedule
8:00 Morning Reception
8:30 Opening Remarks
Avi Telyas CEO Kullman Buildings Corp.
Morning Address
Kent Larson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology9:15 Prefab Precedents
Moderator: Bill Menking10:45 Prefab Futures Session I
Colin Davies, London Metropolitan University
Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center
Moderator: Thomas Hanrahan
Wes Jones, Jones Partners
Charlie Lazor, Lazor Office
Rocio Romero, Rocio Romero
Michael Pitt, Design Buro
James Garrison, Garrison Architects
2:00 Prefab Futures Session II
Moderator: Evan Douglis4:45 Prefab Futures Session III
John Nastasi, Nastasi Architects / Stevens Institute of Technology
Marcelo Spina, PATTERNS / Sci-Arc
Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano, LOT-ek
David Riz, KieranTimberlake Associates
Moderator: Philip Parker7:00 Closing Remarks
Michael Meredith, MOS / Harvard University
Jeremy Edmiston, SYSTEMarchitects / City University of New York
Joseph Tanney, Resolution: 4 Architecture
Barry Bergdoll, The Museum of Modern Art7:30 Conference Reception. Siegal Gallery
