UTSOA Hosts Construction History Society of America's 5th Biennial Meeting

The 5th Biennial Meeting on Construction History will take place at The University of Texas at Austin from May 26 - 29, 2016. Construction Historians and independent scholars will share research and establish a discussion within the frame of Knowledge Exchange and Building Technology Transfer. Presentations will be given which depict the spectrum of scenarios, building solutions, industry, and cultural transformations that are the result of those exchanges and transferences in the Americas.



The opening lecture will be presented by UTSOA professor Dr. Richard Cleary and keynote speakers include Tom F. Peters and Roberto Meli. UTSOA Assistant Professor Bejamin Ibarra Sevilla has curated twelve sessions of more than forty presentations from all over the United States and Latin America, and will present a lecture entitled Mixtec Stonecutting Artistry, 16th-Century Ribbed Vaults in Mexico.



Three guided tours led by local expert historians have been organized:

• Bridges/Transportation
• Austin and Immediate Surroundings
• San Antonio Franciscan Missions and Painted Churches of Texas           

Session themes include: 

• Prefabrication in North America
• The 19th Century
• Bridges
• Mid-­Century Architecture
• Construction Units: Terracotta, Glass & Brick  
• Shells and Spatial Structures I and II
• Skin and  Guts: Envelope and Mechanical Systems

  Registration  is  currently open  at: http://www.chsa-5thbiennial.org/chsa-austin-registration/

 

Established in 2007, the Construction History Society of America is a  nonprofit  membership organization and the U.S. branch of  the  Construction  History  Society,  an  international  organization  based  in  the  U.K. The Construction  History  Society  of  America  focuses  attention  on  all  aspects  of  the  history  of  the  built  environment,  with  a  concentration  on  the  construction  history  of  the  Americas. CHSA  is  a  forum  for  scholars and  professionals  to meet  and  exchange  ideas  and  research. Membership  is open  to  a wide  range  of  construction-­‐related  disciplines  involved  in  the  planning,  development,  design,  construction,  operation  and preservation  of  buildings  and  engineering  infrastructure. Members  share  an  interest  in examining,  researching,  and  documenting  how  existing  structures  were  planned,  designed  and  built,  with  the  purpose  of  using this  knowledge  to  better  understand  and  preserve  what  we  have  and  to  guide  us  in  determining  future  directions. Learn more  at  www.constructionhistorysociety.org