Enduring Objects

Heidi Aronson Kolk is Assistant Professor at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Assistant Vice Provost, Academic Assessment, at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. Her research explores the politics and practices of memory in the United States, attending especially to issues of race, urban identity, materiality and trauma. Kolk is author of Taking Possession: The Politics of Memory in a St. Louis Town House (2019) and co-editor of The Material World of Modern Segregation: St. Louis in the Long Era of Ferguson (2022).Kelley Van Dyck Murphy is Assistant Professor at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and a principal in the St. Louis based architecture practice, AVV A. Her research engages themes of identity, authorship, and context by investigating how materiality is entwined with larger cultural narratives. Work and teaching around this subject explore the use of the disciplinary tools of architecture to reveal histories, construct new narratives, or imagine futures.

• Foreword, Ken Tadashi Oshima (University of Washington, USA)Introduction, Uncovering the Lunar Landscape: St. Louis’s Hidden History of Incarceration, Heidi Aronson Kolk and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)Part I: Modernist IconsIntroduction1. Gyo Obata, the Vision of Modernism and the ‘Heritage’ Old Courthouse, Michael Allen (West Virginia University, USA) [chapter title TBC]2. Between Two Worlds: Minoru Yamasaki’s Japanese Cultural and Trade Center, Dale Gyure (Lawrence Technological University, USA)3. Save the Flying Saucer! Richard Henmi’s Biggest Small Building and the Politics of Public Memory in St. Louis, Heidi Aronson Kolk (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)4. Learning Is Empowering: A Story Behind George Nakashima’s Odakyu Cabinet, Sanae Nakatani (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)Descendant ReflectionMinoru Yamasaki & the Legacy of the World Trade Center, Katie Yamasaki, muralist, artist, illustrator and granddaughter of Minoru Yamasaki, in conversation with Justin Beal (Independent Scholar, USA)Descendant Reflection The Abbey Church at the Saint Louis Priory, Kiku Obata, architect and daughter of Gyo ObataDescendant Reflection The George and Kimi Matsumoto House, Mari Matsumoto, daughter of George MatsumotoPart II: Everyday ObjectsIntroduction5. Mail-Order Modern: The Woman’s Day Douglas Fir Plywood Association Cabin by George Matsumoto, David Hill (North Carolina State University, USA)6. Keeping the Calendar: Essential Elements of Tets Yamashita’s Photography, Mari Yamashita de Moya (Independent Artist, USA)7. Race, Identity, and the Post-War Suburban Home: Gyo Obata's Greeley House, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)8. An Intimate Association with All Major Stones’: Kaneji Domoto’s Rock Garden at the Durst Residence, 1964, Lynnette Widder (Columbia University, USA)9. A Cross for Wakasa-San: Paper Flowers and Grief as Resistance, Elissa Yukikko Weichbrodt (Covenant College, USA)Descendant Reflection Following Nature’s Quiet Wisdom: Lakeland Community College, Betty Toguchi, wife of Fred ToguchiPart III: Objects of Activism and ResistanceIntroduction10. Glass, Paper, Ground: Paul Horiuchi’s Seattle Mural, Andrew Wasserman (American University, USA)11. Yuri Kochiyama’s Kitchen Table, Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra (Yale University, USA)12. Citizen 13600: Decolonizing Architectural Ethnography, Aki Ishida (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)13. Little Tokyo’s San Pedro Firm Building, Matthew Okazaki (Tufts University, USA) and Nate Imai (Texas Tech University, USA)14. Resistance, Reconciliation, and Remembrance: The Memorialization of James Hatsuki Wakasa in Chiura Obata’s Hatsuki Wakasa Shot by M.P., Gabriela Naomi Caden Senno (Museum of the City of New Yor, USA)15. Ruth Asawa, Materiality and Negative Space, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) [chapter title TBC]Descendant Reflection Cochran Gardens: A Legacy of Public Housing, Rod Henmi, architect and son of Richard HenmiIndex