The Buffalo Connection: From Early Modernism to Design Ideas for Tomorrow
October 17-19,
Buffalo, New York
Let’s set the stage for an inspirational and exciting regional conference. Buffalo has been making architectural history from the 1800’s. From Louis Sullivan’s Guaranty Building to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin Martin House Complex, Eero and Eliel Saarinen’s Kleinhans Music Hall and Louise Bethune’s Hotel Lafayette. As masters of restoration and repurposing, H.H. Richardson’s Buffalo Psychiatric Center is now home to the fashionable Hotel Henry and Shea’s Performing Arts Center has been returned to the original glory of its Louis Comfort Tiffany grand interior. The city with history is now a region that’s re-imagining its future through design. This is the backdrop for presentations and conversations in a border city that celebrates its architecture, its international connections and its cuisine.
Tentative Conference Schedule
Thursday, October 17
| 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Registration & Reception Sponsored by Buffalo State College and Reicis & Associates Millington Lockwood 3901 Genesee Street Buffalo, NY 14225 |
Friday, October 18
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Registration & Breakfast Villa Maria College Library North Room |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Welcome and Regional Meeting Villa Maria College Library North Room |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Shifting Realities: A Survey About Perceptual Reasoners Shai Yeshayahu, Ryerson University Recital Hall |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Focus on Building Relationships Lisa Phillips, Thomas Jefferson University Recital Hall |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break and Tours of Villa Maria College Sponsored by the IDA of WNY West Reception Room Main Lobby |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | The Bennitt Street Neighborhood: An Architectural Community Worthy of Recognition Renee Pratt, Villa Maria College Recital Hall |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Developing Observation Skills as the Segue to Design Martha Anez, Thomas Jefferson University Recital Hall |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch and Learn with Cambria Library North Room |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Keynote Speaker Viktors Jaunkalns, Founding Partner MJMA, Toronto CA PUBLIC BUILDING Recital Hall |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Explorations of 3D Ceramic Material Systems for Interior Environments Catherine Dowling, Ryerson University M&T Conference Room |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Interdisciplinary Engagement between Interior Design and Graphic Design Students to Foster Effective Collaboration Sandra Reicis, Veronica Ryskalczyk, and Julie Zack, Villa Maria College M&T Conference Room |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Break Sponsored by the IDA of WNY Paul William Beltz Art Gallery |
| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Re-imagining the Modern Interior: Adaptive Reuse as a Device for Cross-Disciplinary Design in Urban Realms Patrizio M. Martinelli, John Blake, Miami University Paul William Beltz Art Gallery |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Academic Library Uses and Social Styles Seunghae Lee, Wentworth Institute of Technology Paul William Beltz Art Gallery |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Travel Time to Evening Reception |
| 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Cocktail Party Reception – Barton House Including Tours of Darwin Martin House Sponsored by Steelcase, DesignNY Magazine, Villa IN Club 118 Summit Avenue Buffalo, NY 14214 |
| 7:30 pm | Dinner on Your Own |
sATURDAY, oCTOBER 19
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Breakfast West Reception Room/Main Foyer |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | My Boudoir, a Room for Narrative Place-Making Natalia Vlachopoulou, Parsons, The New School M&T Conference Room |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am | Visual Versus Actual Facts: Strategies for Prototyping Interior Environments in SketchUp Pro from Imperfect AutoCAD Existing Conditions documentation Sandro Carella, Suffolk University M&T Conference Room |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Bringing Daycare Centers into the Workplace in China Zhuoli Dong, Savannah College of Art and Design M&T Conference Room |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch West Reception Room/Main Foyer |
| 1:00 pm | Tour Opportunities |
Conference Fees
| Member | Non-Member | Student | |
| Full Conference | $150 | $200 | $75 |
| Friday Only | $125 | $150 | $50 |
| Saturday Only | $100 | $125 | $25 |
| Keynote Only | $10 | $10 | $10 |
Hotel Accommodations – Rates Expire September 17, 2019
Millennium Buffalo
2040 Walden Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14225
To make a reservation, call 716-681-2400 and reference IDEC. Please follow these steps to register online (Google Chrome or Firefox recommended browsers:
1) Access the hotel’s website: https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/buffalo/millennium-buffalo/
2) Select your check-in and check-out dates and hit “advanced search” (not “Book Now”)
3) Enter “1910IDECRC” in the “Use a Group Code” box
4) Select “Book Now” to see IDEC’s rates and room types. The screen should read INTERIOR DESIGN EDUCATORS COUN and you will see IDEC’s rates.
Conference Sponsors
