Dr. Rudolph presented a paper called 鈥淔antastic Models and Their Discontents: How Spectacular Architecture Shaped Domestic Space Expectations in Postwar France.
In June 2017,聽Associate Professor聽Nicole Rudolph,Ph.D., 聽was an invited participant in the conference 鈥淔antasy in Reality: Architecture, Representation, Reproduction鈥� at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, UK. The Courtauld Institute of Art is the major center for the study of the history and conservation of art and architecture in the United Kingdom. The Courtauld ranked first in the United Kingdom for History and History of Art in聽The Guardian鈥檚 2018 University Guide.聽
Dr.聽Rudolph presented a paper called 鈥淔antastic Models and Their Discontents: How Spectacular Architecture Shaped Domestic Space Expectations in Postwar France.鈥� In the paper, she demonstrated how the model homes shown at annual French exhibitions raised specific expectations for the modern mass home in the 1950s and ’60s; such expectations then contributed to popular residential discontent with the new, modern high-rise, high-density public housing built to solve the postwar housing crisis. Dr. Rudolph鈥檚 research focuses on the history of French public housing.