Conference
From Living Organism to Silent Structure: Material and Environmental Perspectives on Wood in Premodern Architecture
Society of Architectural Historians, 79th Annual International Conference, Mexico City
Session Co-Chairs: Saida Bondini, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut, and Costanza Beltrami, University of Stockholm
Ai Weiwei, Tree, wood and steel, 2009–10, Boros Sammlung, Berlin.
10:30 AM Introduction
10:35 AM Organic Bonds, Wooden Frames: Writing Histories of the Bohío, Paul Niell, Florida State University, USA
10:50 AM From Forest to Silver. Wood Policies in Early Modern Mining Cities, Marco Silvestri, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Germany
11:05 AM Yumedono and the Afterlife of Timber in Japanese Architecture, Kalpanee Jayatilake, University of Cincinnati, USA
11:20 AM Mediterranean Wood, Foundational and Fluid: Two Case Studies, Cammy Brothers, Northeastern University, USA
11:35 AM The "Living" Oaks of Notre-Dame, Lindsay Cook, Penn State University, USA
11:50 AM Q&A/Discussion
12:40 PM Closure of Session
17 April 2026
Hilton Mexico City Reforma
Avenida Juárez 70, Col. Centro
Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, C.P. 06010
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