Unless otherwise noted, events will be held in College Hall - Room 200

The Beaux-Arts, Paul Philippe Cret and 20th Century Architecture in China

Friday,  October 3

3:30	Opening Remarks
	Gary Hack, Dean, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania 
	Qin Youguo, Dean, Tsinghua University

	Panel 1: Three Gravitational Poles: China, Penn and Paris

4:00	Chinese Architecture Before the Beaux-Arts
	Nancy Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania

4:30	Philadelphia Architecture During the Early 20th Century 
	Tony Atkin, University of Pennsylvania: 

5:00	The Beaux Arts Method 
	Richard Wesley, University of Pennsylvania

6:00	China on the Eve of the Beaux-Arts (University Lecture) 
	Jonathan Spence, Yale University
	Location: Meyerson Hall - Room B-1
	210 South 34th Street

7:00	Opening of the exhibition in the Kroiz Gallery
	Refreshments, informal mingling
	Location: The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania
	Lower Level, Fisher Fine Arts Library
	220 South 34th Street 

Saturday, October 4

	Panel 2: The Historic Contexts for Changes in Design

8:30	The Technology and Pathology of the Beaux-Arts Composition
	David Van Zanten, Northwestern University: 

9:00	The Americanization of Ecole: the Beaux Arts and American Education and Practice 
	Mary Woods, Cornell University

9:30	The Beaux-Arts Education in China: Transplantation, Transformation and Degeneration
	Gu Daqing, Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:00	From Beaux-Arts to Modern 
	Wu Jiang, Tongji University

10:30	Paul Cret's Conception of the Public Realm 
	Elizabeth Grossman, Rhode Island School of Design

11:00	Discussion led by David Brownlee, University of Pennsylvania

11:30	Lunch

	Panel 3: Liang Sicheng: Penn student, Chinese architect

12:30	Paul Cret: His Architecture and His Legacy in China
	Huang Yunsheng, University of Virginia

1:00	Elevation or Façade: Liang Sicheng's Misinterpretations for Chinese Timber Architecture with Beaux-Arts/U Penn Classicism
	Zhao Chen, Nanjing University

1:30	Ideas of Modernity in Chinese Architecture: the Yingzao fashi in the Early 20th Century 	
	Li Shiqiao, National University of Singapore

2:00	The Yingzao fashi in the Information Age
	Andrew Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong

2:30	Discussion led by Nancy Steinhardt, University of Pennsylvania

3:00	Break

	Panel 4: Chinese Architectural Graduates Return to China:Transplanting Beaux-Arts Methods

3:30	From Studio to Practice: Chinese and Non-Chinese Architects Working Together 
	Jeffrey Cody, Chinese University of Hong Kong

4:00	A Comparative Analysis of Two Major Beaux Arts Figures in China: Zhang Bo and Zhang Kaiji 
	Chang Yung Ho, Peking University

4:30	Architectural Work in China of Tong Jun
	Fang Yong, Peking University 

5:00	Dong Dayou (1899-1973): Public Architecture and Private Practice
	Seng Kuan, Harvard University

5:30	Beaux-Arts Practice and Education by Chinese Architects in Taiwan
	Fu Chao-Ching, National Cheng Kung University

6:00	Discussion led by Tunney Lee, Emeritus Professor, Massechusetts Institute of Technology

6:30	Break

7:00	Beaux Arts Internationalism - The View from Europe 
	Joseph Rykwert, Paul Philippe Cret Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

8:00	Dinner (By invitation; conference speakers)

Sunday, October 5

	Panel 5: From Esquisse to Structure: Transforming Chinese Buildings

8:30	Constructing an Ideal Chinese Style Modern Building: Liang Sicheng's Practice in the Design of the Central Museum in Nanjing
	Lai Delin, University of Chicago

9:00	Ritual, Architecture, Politics and Publicity during the Republic: Enshrining Sun Yat-sen
	Rudolf Wagner, University of Heidelberg 

9:30	The Character of a Building: Paul Cret's Human Analogy, Louis Kahn and Yang Tingbao
	Ruan Xing, University of Technology Sydney

10:00	Discussion led by Laurie Olin, University of Pennsylvania

10:30	Break

	Panel 6: From the 'Parti' to the Party: Transforming Chinese Cities

10:45	Transforming Republican Cities, 1927-1937
	Peter Carroll, Northwestern University

11:15	Transforming Socialist Cities, 1949-1977
	Jean-Louis Cohen, New York University and l'Institut francais d'architecture

11:45	China's Urbanism Since the Reform
	Zhang Jie, Tsinghua University

12:15	Discussion led by Dean Gary Hack, University of Pennsylvania 

12:45	Lunch 

	Summary Discussions

1:45	Brief Summary Reflections 

2:15	Panel Discussion: Tony Atkin, Jeffrey Cody, Ruan Xing and Nancy Steinhardt

3:30	Conclusion