Presentations by the 2008 Winners of Deborah J. Norden Fund Grants
Rémy Bertin and Angela Starita
Tuesday, November 17
7:00 p.m.
White Rabbit
145 East Houston Street
2008 Deborah J. Norden Fund Travel Grant recipients, Rémy Bertin and Angela Starita, will discuss their respective projects “An Architecture Suspended: Vann Molyvann and the New Khmer” and an exploration of the architect Lina Bo Bardi’s restoration plan for the historic center of Salvador, Brazil, the Pelourinho.
This evening is the second annual program, highlighting the travel experiences and research of the Norden Fund travel/study grant winners. The Norden Fund awards a total of up to $5,000 annually in travel/study grants to students and recent graduates in the fields of architecture, architectural history, and urban studies. The Fund, established in 1995, was created in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah J. Norden.
Rémy Bertin’s project, “An Architecture Suspended: Vann Molyvann and the New Khmer,” will look at Cambodia’s most accomplished and well-known architect, who formed a new style of architecture following Khmer independence in 1953 before the rise of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Rooted in European Modernism in both style and social ambition, the New Khmer architecture was contextualized by the nationalism of the period, proudly drawing from Cambodia’s ancient temples in its ornamentation and its planning strategies, as Cambodia and the Khmer sought a new identity after French colonial rule.
Rémy Bertin is currently Senior Designer at Richard Meier and Partners Architects, where he has worked since 2003. He holds an M.Arch from the Yale School of Architecture and a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia.
Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, is the center of Afro-Brazilian culture, renowned for its music and Baroque architecture, beaches, and syncretic religions. In 1986, the city government of Salvador asked architect Lina Bo Bardi to devise a plan for the restoration of the city’s historic center of Salvador called the Pelourinho. Angela Starita will give an overview of Bo Bardi’s work, her history in Salvador, and what remains of her largely unexecuted plan for the Pelourinho.
Angela Starita was a co-author of The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum and is a regular contributor to the Architect’s Newspaper. She holds a M.A. in journalism from New York University, a M.A. in art history from Hunter College, and a B.A. in English from Haverford College.
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This program was made possible in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
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