Interior Architecture Conference
A conference organized by the Interior Design Department, HEAD – Genève

PROGRAMME

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 2018

14h00 – 14h15
Jean-Pierre Greff, Director, HEAD – Genève
Javier Fernandez Contreras, Head of department Interior Design**,** HEAD – Genève

Welcome and opening of the seminar

Section 1 – Chairman: Roberto Zancan, HEAD – Genève

14h15 – 14h45
Roberto Zancan, Lecturer, HEAD – Genève
Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste…

14h45 –15h30

Alexandra Midal**,**Professor in history and theory in design, HEAD – Genève
Plomberie moderne

15h30 – 16h00

Philippe Rahm, Lecturer, HEAD – Genève
A gradation of intimacy: about two recent projects by Philippe Rahm architectes

Coffee Break 16h00 – 16h15

16h15 – 16h45
Michael Jakob, Lecturer, HEPIA andHEAD – Genève
On displacement. Toilets are very special places

16h45 – 17h30

Joel Sanders, Professor Adjunct, Yale University, New Haven
From Stud to Stalled! Social Equity and Public Restrooms

Special Events

17h30 – 18h15

Louise Lemoine et Ila Beka, Filmmakers, Paris
Spaces of intimacy.
A dialogue about toilets and films between Javier Fernandez Contreras et Roberto Zancan

18h15 – 19h00
Javier Fernandez Contreras, Head of department Interior Design**,** HEAD – Genève
Presentation of the new Master in Interior Design (opening September 2019)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 2018

Section 2 – Chairman: Javier Fernandez Contreras, HEAD – Genève

9h00 – 9h45
Renaud Haerlingen, Founder of Rotor Deconstruction, Bruxelles
ROTOR : Field Reporting

9h45 – 10h30
Catherine Ince, Chief Curator,Victoria and Albert Museum, London
A dancer, a poet and an artist: the seductive story of an ‘all glass’ English bathroom

10h30 – 11h15
Mariana Siracusa, Founder and Curator, SPAZIO Gallery, Milan
Hygiène populaire

Coffee Break 11h15 – 11h30

11h30 – 12h15
Ignacio G. Galan, Assistant Professor, Barnard+Columbia Colleges, New York
Crip Bathrooms

12h15 – 13h00
Eva Gil Lopesino, Architect, Founder of elli [architecture office], Madrid
Spaces for body cares

Lunch Break 13h00-14h30

Section 3 – Chairmen : Roberto Zancan et Javier Fernandez Contreras, HEAD – Genève

14h30 – 14h50
Pierre Schaefer et Béatrice Deslarzes, Artistes,Fondation Bea pour Jeunes Artistes, Vessey
« Les cacares », an ancestral institution

14h50 – 15h10
Maria Maddalena Margaria, Editor-in-Chief at INNER MAGAZINE
Public Toilet as a place for Art

15h10 – 15h30
Andrés García Pruñonosa, Architect, University Polytechnic Valencia
Dawn the hall to the right? A glimpse into Le Corbusier’s bathrooms

Coffee Break 15h30 – 15h45

15h45 – 16h45
Collective discussion between guest speakers and young researchers

16h45 – 17h00
Roberto Zancan, HEAD – Genève
Closing speechand scientific summary of interventions and papers presented

Special Events

17h00 – 17h30
Franco Paracchini, Metis Presses
Presentation of the book “L’architecture par l’intérieur”

17h30 – 18h30
Jean Pierre Blanc, Director Villa Noailles, Hyères
Presentation of the book “Stéphane Boudin-Lestienne et Alexandre Mare, Charles et Marie-Laure de Noailles. Mécènes du XX^e siècle”