Maciej & Stanislawa Nowicki Symposium & Exhibition

NC State University School of Architecture & the Polish American Club of the Triangle FALL 2024 | James B. Hunt Library, NC State University

This event is free and open to public. Registration is recommended. 

You may register for the sessions of the event here, or @ncstate_architecture

Friday, September 13

Symposium Schedule - Hunt Library  

10:30: Session 1: A Conversation with Peter Nowicki (IEI - 4th Floor - Hunt Library)

Maciej and Stanislawa Nowicki at NC State and the University of Pennsylvania Interview moderated by Burak Erdim, Ph.D. and Wanda Urbanska

12:00: Lunch and Session 2: Poland and Modernism in North Carolina 

(IEI - 4th Floor - Hunt Library)

Sandwiches and refreshments

12:30: Introduction: David Hill, FAIA 

●       Mark Fountain, Ph.D. Honorary Consul - Republic of Poland - North Carolina

●       Philip Szostak, FAIA, Szostak Design, Chapel Hill, NC

●       George Smart, HAIA, and NC Modernist website/organization ● Q+A / Discussion

1:30: Break

1:40: Session 3: Dorton Arena - Form and Function: Wayne Place, Ph.D. (IEI - 4th Floor - Hunt Library)

●       Introduction: Kristen Schaffer, Ph.D. 

●       Film screening and presentation by Wayne Place

PBS Segment on the Dorton Arena: https://video.pbsnc.org/video/our-state-dorton-arena/  ● Q+A / Discussion

2:30: Break

Coffee and tea  

2:45: Session 4:  Afternoon: Humanist Modernity: (IEI - 4th Floor - Hunt Library)

●       Introductions: Burak Erdim 

●       Grzegorz Piątek, Warsaw reconstruction and the Nowickis

●       Magdalena Zaborowska, Ph.D., Identity, Race, Politics, and Migration

●       Lukasz Stanek, Ph.D., Polish Architects/Engineers, Diaspora, and Postwar World Order 

●       Q+A / Discussion 

2

5:00: Exhibition and Reception Open to Public with archival materials from Special Collections on display (2nd Floor - Hunt Library)

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments

5:30: Kacper Kepinski, walkthrough of exhibition with invited guests

6:00: Exhibition Opening Remarks: (2nd Floor - Hunt Library) Introduction: David Hill, Head of Department of Architecture

●       Mark Hoversten, Ph.D., FASLA, Dean of the College of Design

●       Adam Krzywosądzki, Polish Deputy Chief of Mission ● Peter Nowicki and the Nowicki family members

7:00: The Nowickis and the Exhibition: Past, present, and future: Kacper Kepinski, Curator, National Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning; and Karolina Czeczek, Only if - Architecture

7:20: Concluding Remarks: David Hill and Burak Erdim

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments

Saturday, September 14

10:00am: Tour of Dorton Arena with Wayne Place