DOCOMOMO US / greater PHILADELPHIA
GRACE ONG YAN IS PRESIDENT Emeritus AND BOARD MEMBER OF DOCOMOMO US-Greater PHILADELPHIA, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve, educate, document & advocate for modern architecture, landscape & design as important pieces of American history.
Tour of Hill College House Dormitory, University of Pennsylvania, August 2017, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
As chapter president, grace took leadership over the activities of study tours, building-focused happy hours, book talks, and advocacy of modern architecture in philadelphia, as well as other administrative responsibilities of a nonprofit organization.
She supervised and organized with other board members the in-depth tours of Vincent Kling Houses, eero saarinen's hill college house dormitory at Penn, Robert Venturi's Guild House, Pietro Belluschi's Rohm and Haas building, and I.M.Pei's society towers & townhouses. she also co-organized a book talk on barbara miller lane's houses for a new world. Grace also organized the nomination for historic preservation of the mitchell/giurgola-designed dorothy shipley white house in chestnut hill.
Tour of Eero Saarinen-designed Hill College House Dormitory, University of Pennsylvania, August 2017, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
by organizing these activities around modern architecture, docomomo highlights not only the importance of these historic buildings, but their preservation. docomomo's activities are imperative at a time when many modernist buildings are at risk of demolition.
Tour of I.M. Pei-designed Society Hill Towers & Townhouses, May 2017, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Vincent Kling Houses Tour, October 2016, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Barbara Miller Lane Book Talk, in collaboration with SAH-Philadelphia, March 2017
Vincent Kling Houses Tour, October 2016, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Tour of Hill College House Dormitory, University of Pennsylvania, August 2017, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Hill College House Dormitory, Eero Saarinen, Renovated by Mills + Schnoering Architects, Stairwell, Docomomo Tour August 2017
Rohm & Haas Building, Pietro Belluschi, One Building One Brew Happy Hour, June 2016
Guild House, Robert Venturi, One Building One Brew Happy Hour, January 2016
Tour of I.M. Pei-designed Society Hill Townhouse, restored by kYODER design, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Tour of I.M.Pei-designed Society Hill Townhouses, May 2017, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Vincent Kling Houses Tour, October 2016, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Vincent Kling Houses Tour, October 2016, Photo by Grace Ong Yan
Vincent Kling Houses Tour, October 2016, Photo by Grace Ong Yan