AdobeUSA 2004 Conference Archive

The Second Annual Conference of the Adobe Association of the Southwest
May 21, 22 and 23, 2004

The Second Annual Conference of the Adobe Association of the Southwest will take place May 21, 22 and 23 in El Rito, New Mexico on the campus of Northern New Mexico Community College in the recently renovated Cutting Hall Auditorium. It is a stately adobe building joining the two-story adobe South Dorm and Cafeteria

Friday, May 21, 2004
Registration, Dorm and Meal Tickets 11AM to 1PM


Session I 1:30PM to 4:30PM
John Morony, Southwest Texas Junior College: “Adobe and Latent Heat; A Critical Connection 1:30 to 2:00
Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca, Univ. Autonima Metropolitana, Xochimilco with Francisco Uvina Contreras, Cornerstones Community Partnerships: “Conserving Adobe Architecture at the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro 2:00 to 2:30
Simone Swan, Santa Fe/Presidio: “My Working Relationship with Jesusita Jimenez, Master Mason” 2:30 to 3:00
Quentin Wilson, NNMCC: “Jacal y Fuerte, Wattle and Daub in NM 3:00 to 3:30
Dean Sherwin, Philadelphia: “Heavy and Slow, the Thermal Properties of Thick Wall Construction 3:30 to 4:00
Reid Hayashi and Kristina Orchard-Hays, El Prado, NM: “Monolithic Adobe: A Viable and Inexpensive Building Method for the Southwest 4:00 to 4:30


Cafeteria Open Friday 5:00 to 6:00PM


Adobe Association Meeting: Election of Board Members 6:30 to 7:00PM


Social Hour 7:00 to 9:00PM
Steve Burroughs, PhD, Canberra, “Affordable Earth Construction,” and Quentin Wilson videos/slides will run in the background.
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Cafeteria Open for Breakfast Saturday 7:30 to 8:30AM


Mel Medina, The Adobe Factory, Alcalde, NM: “Horno Methods” 11:30 to 12:00


Cafeteria Open for Lunch Saturday 12:00M to 1:00PM


Tour 1:30 to 5:00PM
Dar al Islam Mosque in Abiquiu 1:30 to 2:30
Abiquiu Plaza 2:30 to 3:00
Pat Frazier Project
3:00 to 4:00
Mark Chalom Project, the Prisciantelli House
1:30 to 5:00


Cafeteria Open for Dinner Saturday
AASW Membership Meeting:

Election of Board of Directors, Apprv Constitution
5:00 to 6:00PM


Session III 9:30AM to 12:00M
Mark Chalom, Santa Fe: “The Prisciantelli Home: Adobe Off the Grid 7:00 to 7:30
Barbara Narici, Milan, Italy: “Raw Earth Architecture in Italy between Tradition and Actuality; Geologika and Mud Interiors as an Ancient Energy in Today’s Immaterial Life 7:30 to 8:00
Susan Jerome, Mule Creek Adobe, Mule Creek, NM: “Community Building at the Mudpit 8:00 to 8:30
Adel Fahmy, Cairo: “Old Traditions and New Improvements 8:30 to 9:00
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Cafeteria Open for Breakfast Sunday 7:30 to 8:30AM


Session IV 9:30AM to 12M
Steve Safken, Arizona: “Adobe: Compressive Structures and Materials 9:30 to 10:00
Arnie Valdez, San Luis, CO: “Adobe Education at UNM: Alternative Construction Methods and Materials 10:00 to 10:30
Mack Caldwell, University of Oklahoma: “El Paso Solar Adobe Projects” 10:30 to 11:00
Steve Burroughs, PhD, Canberra, “Affordable Earth Construction” 11:00 to 11:30
Jorge Calderon-Trueba, El Paso/Juarez, “Border Projects.” 11:30 to 12:00


Cafeteria Open for Lunch Sunday 12:00M to 1:00PM


AASW Board of Directors Meeting 1:30 to 2:30PM

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