Adobe 2005 Conference Archive

3rd Annual Adobe Conference - May 20, 21 and 22, 2005 This conference will honor the work of Simone Swan.

Friday, May 20, 2005
11AM to 1PM Registration
1:30PM to 4:30 PM Session I
Jean Fulton, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, Santa Fe, NM, Volunteerism and the Socorro Mission Preservation Project
Francisco Uvina Contreras, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, Santa Fe, NM and Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca, PhD., Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Mexico, Adobe Training in Aguas Calientes, Mexico.
Carl Rosenberg, San Cristobal, NM, Energy in Natural Building – Embodied and Operating
Mack Caldwell, Oklahoma University, Earthworks in China
5PM to 6:30PM Dinner
7PM to 7:40 PM Honors: Simone Swan
7:40PM to 8:30PM Special Presentation: Ronald Rael, School of Architecture, Clemson University, South Carolina, Yemen 2005
8:30PM to 9:30PM Social Hour
Saturday, May 21, 2005
9:30AM to 12N Session II
Patrick Taylor, Cornerstones Community Partnerships, Santa Fe, NM, Plasters, Renderings and How They Work
Joaquin Karcher, One Earth Design, Taos, NM, Commonalities and differences between the European and the US Adobe Scenes
Antonio Guerrero Arzaga, Architect, Mexico, Alfonso Aguirre, Architect, Mexico, Restoration and adaptive reuse for the Hacienda de Sombreretillo
Richard Burt, PhD., Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, The Witchert Buildings of Buckinghamshire, England
1:30PM to 5PM Tutorials and Hands-on Demonstrations
Mark Chalom, Architect, Santa Fe, NM, Solar Adobe Tutorial
Joe Tibbets, The Adobe Builder, Sabinal, NM, The New Adobe Code Tutorial
Chuck Kondas, NM, Mud Plaster Spray Pump Demonstration
NNMCC Students, El Rito NM, Adobe Wall, Corner and Arch Tutorial
Pat Taylor, Santa Fe, NM, Lime Plaster
5PM to 6:30PM Dinner
7PM to 8PM Special Presentation: Quentin Branch, Rammed Earth Solar Homes, Inc., Oracle, AZ. An Extensive Portfolio of Rammed Earth
9PM to 9:00PM Social Hour-Films, Slide Shows and Re-Runs
Sunday, May 22, 2005
9:30AM to 12N Session III
John Barton, Architect, Santa Fe & Ojo Caliente, NM Recent Projects
Carl Rosenberg, San Cristobal, NM, Building Science Basics for Adobe Building
Jorge Calderon-Trueba and Nubia Valles, Architects, Juarez/El Paso, Recent Projects
Ed Crocker, Crocker Ltd. Santa Fe, NM, Racing Alone: The Dangers of Regionalism Isolationism and Trade Secrets
Amer Rghei, PhD., Department of Architectural Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE, The Renovation of Earthen Settlements in North Africa: A Strategic Approach to Underground Heritage

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