Building for Autos
Architecture Along the Roadside
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This online afternoon symposium will explore how the automobile created new building types throughout the twentieth century. Topics will include the filling station, from curbside pumps to full-service amenities; the parking garage and the invention of reinforced concrete; the increase in car travel and the need to rethink the hotel for motorists; and the expansion of car ownership and the rise of the business park and the drive-in religious facility.
Speakers will include Chester H. Liebs, Jules Schoonman, Andrew Beattie, Janina Gosseye, and Filip Geerts.
This is the second of a series of events organized on the occasion of “The Auto Drives Architecture” research project, the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment’s contribution to a forthcoming exhibition opening in spring 2022.