Docomomo: National Symposium Closing Reception

Photography by Ruben Correa on May 31st, 2024 in Arts, Lifestyle

Miami Beach, FL – May 31, 2024 – Flone in from Delft, Netherlands, the location of Docomomo’s original founding, Docomomo International Chair Uta Pottgiesser presented the closing keynote: “Challenges of Modernity and their Impact on Modern Movement,”. For more than 30 years, Docomomo International has been working to foster interest in the ideas and heritage of the Modern Movement and to serve as a platform to exchange knowledge relating to history, conservation technology, education and training.

Docomomo International has grown from 13 founding members to 79 National Working Parties today, acting locally, regionally, and internationally through its six Specialist Committees (ISCs) and the biannual conferences (IDCs), held since 1990. As it has grown into a worldwide organization, Docomomo International increasingly deals with global challenges and transformations such as climate change, conflicts, and digitalization. When moving the headquarters to TU Delft in 2022, these were crucial elements of the working program proposed by the International Secretariat for 2022-2025. Pottgiesser’s talk will showcase current projects, publications, and cooperation related to documentation and conservation efforts internationally, with examples from different continents, typologies and scales.