Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Fri10Apr
High Museum of Art - Atlanta
Mercer Salon I
Mercer Salon
Pittman
Ardmore
Centennial
Candler
Breakout Hallway
No specific location / location unknown
8:00am
9:00am
10:00am
11:00am
12:00pm
1:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
7:00pm
8:00pm
9:00pm
Keynote 3: Keynote Speaker: Frank Barkow
6:30pm - 8:00pm
High Museum of Art - Atlanta
Barbara Klinkhammer
Location: High Museum of Art - Atlanta
Session Chair: Barbara Klinkhammer, ARCC
Dinner: ARCC Business Meeting and Awards
8:00pm - 9:00pm
High Museum of Art - Atlanta
Location: High Museum of Art - Atlanta
W5: Design for Health and Wellbeing 5
8:30am - 10:00am
Mercer Salon I
Jade Yang
Location: Mercer Salon I
Session Chair: Jade Yang, Kennesaw State University

When the Fresh Air Stopped: A Case Study of Ventilation Failure and its Consequences in the Workplace

Elizabeth McCormick1, Tyrone Marshall2, Marcelo Bernal2, Vivian Vassilski1

1: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA; 2: Perkins and Will, Atlanta, GA, USA



A Spatial Framework of Thermal Alliesthesia in Architecture: A Systematic Literature Review

Jiahan Sun, Ihab Elzeyadi

Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

H6: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 6
10:30am - 12:00pm
Mercer Salon I
Alexandra Staub
Location: Mercer Salon I
Session Chair: Alexandra Staub, ARCC

Open vs. Closed Evaporative Cooling: 3D-Printed Ceramic Systems for Climate-Responsive Design

Erin Hunt, Peter Raab

Texas Tech University, United States of America



Optimized For The Builder – Bonding Patterns For AR-assisted Reclaimed Brick Dome Construction

Adam Ackermann, Orsolya Gaspar

The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America



Indoor Lighting Environment and Natural Ventilation Strategies of the Seokguram Grotto in Its Original Form

Jihyun Park1, Jimin Lee1, Soo Jeong Jo2

1: Ewha Womans University, South Korea; 2: Louisiana State University, United States of America

PL2: Plenary Session 2: Material Agency
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Mercer Salon I
Location: Mercer Salon I

Title: Material Agency: Technology and the Making of the Built Environment

Speaker(s):

  • Jeff Wasserman, NELSON Worldwide
  • Michael Carlos Kleiss, University of Maryland
  • Robert Weilacher, Uzun+Case
  • Alanna Conner, Cooper Carry 

Moderator:

  • Matthew Shea, University of Colorado Denver

Description

This plenary reframes the discussion of materials and technics by foregrounding technology in its original sense of technē—as a discipline of making, process, and craft—rather than as digital instrumentation or informatization.

P7: Pedagogies of Engagements 7
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Mercer Salon I
Mia Roth-Cerina
Location: Mercer Salon I
Session Chair: Mia Roth-Cerina, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb

Designing Civic Ecologies: Architectures of Participatory Sensing Networks for Urban Coastal Resilience

Biayna Bogosian1, Shahin Vassigh2, Sara Pezeshk2

1: Arizona State University, United States of America; 2: Florida International University, United States of America



Curating Safe Space: Local Design Pedagogies for Global Spatial Justice

Katherine Wright

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America



Summer Freedom Ride: A Journey of Unlearning, Relearning, and Design Justice

Venesa Alicea-Chuqui1, George Epolito3, Chris Daemmrich2, Victor Zagabe4

1: Kean University, United States of America; 2: Dark Matter U, United States of America; 3: Florida A& M University, United States of America; 4: Dark Matter U, United States of America

T8: Technologies of Place 8
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Mercer Salon I
Tasneem Tariq
Location: Mercer Salon I
Session Chair: Tasneem Tariq, Pennsylvania State University, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology

Urban Ontology and AI-Enabled Design Practices: Local Frameworks for Global Impact

Seung Ra

Oklahoma State University, United States of America



From Concept to Completion: AI -powered Design and Construction

Nic Miller, Rui Liu

Kent State University, United States of America



From Parametric Optimization to Instant Prediction: An Optimized AI Model for the Design of Deployable Bamboo Structures

Farbod khalili1, Anastasia Maurina2, Vincent Blouin1

1: Clemson University, United States of America; 2: Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

L2: Lunch 2
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Mercer Salon
Location: Mercer Salon
H5: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 5
8:30am - 10:00am
Pittman
Trace Gainey
Location: Pittman
Session Chair: Trace Gainey, Kennesaw State University

Dressing Architecture: Memory, Heritage, and Architectural Agency in Post-war Mostar

Dijana Handanovic, Jason Logan

University of Houston, United States of America



Bridging Climate Resilience and Heritage: Evaluating Environmental Performance in a High Thermal Mass UNESCO Church.

Layla Iskandar1, Carlos Faubel2, Antonio Martinez-Molina2

1: Belmont University, United States of America; 2: Drexel University, United States of America



Beyond Utility: A Comparative Study of Informality, Regulation, and Cultural Expression in Urban Public Furniture

Karen Uppal1, Brian R. Sinclair1,2

1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio inc., Calgary, AB

W6: Design for Health and Wellbeing 6
10:30am - 12:00pm
Pittman
Elizabeth McCormick
Location: Pittman
Session Chair: Elizabeth McCormick, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Validating Virtual Reality for Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults: A Comparison of Performance under Real and Simulated Lighting Environments

Nasrin Golshany1, Ihab Elzeyadi2

1: California State University Northridge; 2: University of Oregon



Loneliness by Design: Critically Considering Tokyo’s Urban Planning, Architecture + Elderly

Veronica Zhong1, Karen Uppal1, Brian R. Sinclair1,2

1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio Inc., Calgary, AB



Cross-Scalar Strategies for Re-Localized Food Production and Urban Metabolism

Adara Naui, Nour Khalifa

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

H7: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 7
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Pittman
Mahyar Hadighi
Location: Pittman
Session Chair: Mahyar Hadighi, Texas Tech University

Rethinking Earthen Architecture in Latin America: Culturally Authentic and Sustainable Contemporary Design in Peruvian Schools

Ana Cuadros, Robert Holton

Louisiana State University, United States of America



The Voices of a People: Homes in the Native Village of Tyonek, Alaska

Mark McGlothlin, Bradley Walters, Robert Ries

University of Florida, United States of America



Designing a Heritage Documentation Workflow: Field-Based Insights from Sacred Heart Church

Lya Martinez Reyes, Mahyar Hadighi

Texas Tech University, United States of America

H8: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 8
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Pittman
Mania Taher
Location: Pittman
Session Chair: Mania Taher, UIUC

Flood-Resilient Building Design for Coastal Communities: Leveraging Local Architectural Solutions in Addressing a Global Climate Crisis

Najmehosadat Fatemi, Amos Kalua

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States of America



Local Frameworks, Global Lessons: Adaptive Reuse as Scalable Cultural Infrastructure

Jordan Zignego, Andrew Vernooy

Montana State University, United States of America



From Global Frameworks to Local Fabric: Computational Design for Historic Neighborhoods

Mahyar Hadighi

Texas Tech University, United States of America

P5: Pedagogies of Engagements 5
8:30am - 10:00am
Ardmore
Maryam Singery
Location: Ardmore
Session Chair: Maryam Singery, University of Texas at San Antonio

Design as a Collaborative Process | Learning from Rural Communities in Senegal and Kenya

Donghwan Moon

NC State University, United States of America



Rebuilding Community Resilience: Reviving a Cotton Mill Community

James Doerfler

Kennesaw State University, United States of America



Pedagogy of Relation: Architecture, Community, and Tropical Design in the Dominican Republic

Aaron Brakke1,2

1: Samford University, United States of America; 2: Alternative Futures LLC

P6: Pedagogies of Engagements 6
10:30am - 12:00pm
Ardmore
Arief Setiawan
Location: Ardmore
Session Chair: Arief Setiawan, Kennesaw State University

Computational Thinking in Architecture Education: Supporting Multi-Disciplinary Design Decisions

Anahita Khodadadi, Yunjeong Chang, Blessed Mhungu

University at Buffalo, United States of America



Architect and Engineer Cooperation Behavior: A Game Strategy Approach to Understanding Student and Professional Responses

Stephanie Bunt

The University of New Mexico, United States of America



Designing the Future of Design Education: Learning from Leaders

Jonathan Bean2, Robin Puttock1, Lindsay Baker5, Kira Gould4, Alyssa Fink2, Grace Pooley-Deans3

1: Kennesaw State University; 2: The University of Arizona, United States of America; 3: The Federal Reserve Board; 4: Kira Gould CONNECT; 5: International Living Future Institute (ILFI)

W7: Design for Health and Wellbeing 7
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Ardmore
Ihab Elzeyadi
Location: Ardmore
Session Chair: Ihab Elzeyadi, University of Oregon / Department of Architecture / HiPE Lab

Biophilia in the Classroom: The Impact of Daylight through Fractal Patterned Screens

Jocelyn Lopez, Ihab Elzeyadi, Margaret Sereno, Nancy Cheng

University of Oregon



Healthy Hemp Construction - Recreating Common Virginian Building Details With Hemp-Based Materials

Dasani Madipalli, Mohamed Ismail

University of Virginia, United States of America



Ecological Architecture Frameworks: The Emergence and Future of Buchanan’s Ten Shades of Green

Mary Ben Bonham, May Khalife

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

P8: Pedagogies of Engagements 8
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Ardmore
Trace Gainey
Location: Ardmore
Session Chair: Trace Gainey, Kennesaw State University

Sound, Word, Image: Multimodal Engagements in Architectural Design Education

Somaye Seddighikhavidak, Mohammadmehdi Danesh, Gengyun Le-Chan

University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America



Mapping, Thinking

Arief Setiawan, Zamila Karimi

Kennesaw State University, United States of America



Reframing BIM: Integrating Digital Tools into Sustainable Design Pedagogy

Sanjeev Adhikari1, Tran Duong Nguyen2

1: Kennesaw State University, United States of America; 2: Georgia Institute of Technology

T5: Technologies of Place 5
8:30am - 10:00am
Centennial
Giovanni Loreto
Location: Centennial
Session Chair: Giovanni Loreto, Kennesaw State University

People, Power, and Pizza: Lessons in Resiliency from the Adjuntas Square Microgrid and Lucy's Pizzeria

Amy Trick

University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America



Hyperlocal EV Load Modeling for Resilient Buildings: A Scalable Framework for Urban Decarbonization

Julian Smith, Yang Yang

Thomas Jefferson University, United States of America



From Grid to Ground: Reimagining Puerto Rico’s Energy Landscapes as Models of Community Resilience and Ecological Repair

Roberto Rovira

Florida International University, United States of America

T6: Technologies of Place 6
10:30am - 12:00pm
Centennial
Arash Soleimani
Location: Centennial
Session Chair: Arash Soleimani, Woodbury University

Automated Building Geometry Correction Workflow for High-Resolution Urban Energy Modeling of Residential Buildings

Aamena Bakarmom, Youngjin Hwang

Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology, United States of America



Rethinking Residential Energy Use: Data-Driven Typologies for Responsive Architectural Design

Jie Li

Pennsylvania State University, United States of America



The Know-Do Gap: Understanding Barriers to Implementation of Energy Efficiency Measures in Nonprofit Affordable Single-Family Housing Development

Elizabeth Farrell Garcia, Timothy Tamulonis, Mackenzie Stagg

Auburn University Rural Studio, United States of America

T7: Technologies of Place 7
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Centennial
Erin Hunt
Location: Centennial
Session Chair: Erin Hunt, Texas Tech University

Place-Based Retrofitting Strategies for Global Architectural Challenges: A Comparative Analysis of Three Brutalist Building Typologies in the Western Balkans

Suncica Milosevic1, Ajla Aksamija2

1: University of Kansas, United States of America; 2: University of Utah, United States of America



Beyond Demolition: Adaptive Reuse As A Carbon Mitigation Strategy

Sonsoles Vela, Ruben Garcia

Tulane University, United States of America



Vaulted Insulated Metal Roof Panel

Kristopher Palagi, Sabarethinam Kameshwar, Soo Jeong Jo, Dorna Jokar

Louisiana State University, United States of America

W8: Design for Health and Wellbeing 8
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Centennial
Madlen Simon
Location: Centennial
Session Chair: Madlen Simon, University of Maryland

AI in Smart Buildings: Building the Steps toward the Future

Saeid Ghanaatianjahromi, Masood Koochaki, Soo Jeong Jo

Louisiana State University, United States of America



Urban Imaginaries in Stealth Mode

Pari Riahi, Lilly Etlinger, Harriet Dallam, Sudhansh Tanneru, Tes Siarnacki, Lia Potter, Samantha Solano, Brian Kane, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi

University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America



Designing and Fabricating Acoustic Solutions for the Everyday

Rachel Dickey

University of North Carolina Charlotte, United States of America

D3: Policy as a Design Catalyst 3
8:30am - 10:00am
Candler
Jeffrey Collins
Location: Candler
Session Chair: Jeffrey Collins, Kennesaw State University

From Data to Design: A Geospatial Framework for Locating Wildlife Crossings Structures as a Glocal Solution to Habitat Fragmentation

Vanessa Moscardó Garcia1, Fabio Capra-Ribeiro2,1, Francisco Requena Crespo1, María Isabel Cerezo Sánchez1

1: GREENIUS Research Group, Universidad Internacional de Valencia – VIU, Valencia, Spain; 2: Louisiana State University, LA



Digital Placemaking as Participatory Urbanism: Crafting Hybrid Frameworks for Informal Cities in the Global South

Asif Zeshan1,4, Debashish Roy2,4, Md. Atiqur Rahman Khan3,4

1: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; 2: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 3: Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 4: Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh



Designing for Preventive Health: A Logic Model Framework for Outdoor Wellness-Oriented Campus Environments

Huiyi Xu

Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, United States of America

D4: Policy as a Design Catalyst 4
10:30am - 12:00pm
Candler
James Doerfler
Location: Candler
Session Chair: James Doerfler, Kennesaw State University

Building Belonging: Critically Considering Social Isolation, Loneliness & Safety in Japan + Canada

Rachel Denbina1, Brian R. Sinclair1,2

1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio Inc., Calgary, AB



Unequal Urbanization & Unsustainable Growth: Connecting Environmental Domains Addressing Health Inequity and Global Development through a Ghana Case Study and Pilot Habitable Index

Saul M Golden1, Francis Boateng Agyenim2, David Turnbull3

1: Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Urban Research Lab, Ulster University, United Kingdom; 2: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute for Industrial Research, Ghana; 3: Urban Futures Lab, Desert Cities Research Group, University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA



Lessons from the Urban Spaces of Tokyo and Vancouver: A Critical Comparative Analysis of Urban Typologies to Alleviate Isolation

Edita Martina Hruskovec, Brian R. Sinclair

University Of Calgary, Canada

O: Open Topic
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Candler
Jinoh Park
Location: Candler
Session Chair: Jinoh Park, University of Arkansas
2:30pm - 2:45pm

Towards Topology-Optimized 3D-Printed Wood Structures: A Systematic Design Exploration

Chowdhury Ali Imam, Niloufar Emami

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States of America



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Toward Multi-Scale Generative Intelligence: Fine-Tuning Diffusion Models for Performance-Informed Architectural Design Workflows

Shermeen Yousif

University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Deep Pixels: From Text Prompt to Facade Prototyping

Lee-Su Huang, Sara Codarin, Masataka Yoshikawa

Lawrence Technological University, United States of America

D5: Policy as a Design Catalyst 5
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Candler
Kelly Riedesel
Location: Candler
Session Chair: Kelly Riedesel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Rebuilding with Purpose in Asheville: Architectural Pedagogy for a Climate Resilient River Arts District

Jonathan Gould

Kennesaw State University, United States of America



Community-Led AI Integration for Wildfire Risk Assessment: A Participatory AI Literacy and Explainability Integration (PALEI) Framework in Los Angeles, CA

Sanaz Sadat Hosseini1, Mona Azarbayjani2, Mohammad Pourhomayoun3, Hamed Tabkhi4

1: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA; 2: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA; 3: California State University, Los Angeles, CA; 4: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA



Guerrilla Altruism: Grassroots Architecture for Global Change

Scott Gerald Shall

LTU, United States of America

CB_10_1: Coffee Break 1
10:00am - 10:30am
Breakout Hallway
Location: Breakout Hallway
CB_10_2: Coffee Break 2
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Breakout Hallway
Location: Breakout Hallway
Walk: Walk to High Museum
6:00pm - 6:30pm