ARCC-EAAE 2026 International Conference
LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL ISSUES
April 8-11, 2026 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Hosted by Kennesaw State University
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).
Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 13th Mar 2026, 11:38:52am PDT
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 10/Apr/2026 | |||||
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
W5: Design for Health and Wellbeing 5 Location: Mercer Salon I Session Chair: Ihab Elzeyadi, University of Oregon / Department of Architecture / HiPE Lab When the Fresh Air Stopped: A Case Study of Ventilation Failure and its Consequences in the Workplace 1: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA; 2: Perkins and Will, Atlanta, GA, USA Prediction of Overall Thermal Comfort of Radiant Heating Systems Using Experimental Local Comfort Data- A Machine Learning Approach 1: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America; 2: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 3: Azad University of Tehran, Iran; 4: Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley, United States of America A Spatial Framework of Thermal Alliesthesia in Architecture: A Systematic Literature Review Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon |
H5: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 5 Location: Pittman Dressing Architecture: Memory, Heritage, and Architectural Agency in Post-war Mostar University of Houston, United States of America Bridging Climate Resilience and Heritage: Evaluating Environmental Performance in a High Thermal Mass UNESCO Church. 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 1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio inc., Calgary, AB |
P5: Pedagogies of Engagements 5 Location: Ardmore Design as a Collaborative Process | Learning from Rural Communities in Senegal and Kenya NC State University, United States of America Rebuilding Community Resilience: Reviving a Cotton Mill Community Kennesaw State University, United States of America Pedagogy of Relation: Architecture, Community, and Tropical Design in the Dominican Republic 1: Samford University, United States of America; 2: Alternative Futures LLC |
T5: Technologies of Place 5 Location: Centennial People, Power, and Pizza: Lessons in Resiliency from the Adjuntas Square Microgrid and Lucy's Pizzeria University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America Hyperlocal EV Load Modeling for Resilient Buildings: A Scalable Framework for Urban Decarbonization 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 Florida International University, United States of America |
D3: Policy as a Design Catalyst 3 Location: Candler From Data to Design: A Geospatial Framework for Locating Wildlife Crossings Structures as a Glocal Solution to Habitat Fragmentation 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 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 Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, United States of America |
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
CB_10_1: Coffee Break 1 Location: Breakout Hallway |
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
H6: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 6 Location: Mercer Salon I Open vs. Closed Evaporative Cooling: 3D-Printed Ceramic Systems for Climate-Responsive Design Texas Tech University, United States of America Optimized For The Builder – Bonding Patterns For AR-assisted Reclaimed Brick Dome Construction The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America Indoor Lighting Environment and Natural Ventilation Strategies of the Seokguram Grotto in Its Original Form 1: Ewha Womans University, South Korea; 2: Louisiana State University, United States of America |
W6: Design for Health and Wellbeing 6 Location: Pittman Validating Virtual Reality for Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults: A Comparison of Performance under Real and Simulated Lighting Environments 1: California State University Northridge; 2: University of Oregon Mitigating Social Isolation in Older Adults: Evidence-Based Environmental Strategies for Redesigning Memory Care Facilities Howard University, United States of America Loneliness by Design: Critically Considering Tokyo’s Urban Planning, Architecture + Elderly 1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio Inc., Calgary, AB |
P6: Pedagogies of Engagements 6 Location: Ardmore Computational Thinking in Architecture Education: Supporting Multi-Disciplinary Design Decisions University at Buffalo, United States of America Architect and Engineer Cooperation Behavior: A Game Strategy Approach to Understanding Student and Professional Responses The University of New Mexico, United States of America Designing the Future of Design Education: Learning from Leaders 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) |
T6: Technologies of Place 6 Location: Centennial Automated Building Geometry Correction Workflow for High-Resolution Urban Energy Modeling of Residential Buildings Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology, United States of America Rethinking Residential Energy Use: Data-Driven Typologies for Responsive Architectural Design 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 Auburn University Rural Studio, United States of America |
D4: Policy as a Design Catalyst 4 Location: Candler Building Belonging: Critically Considering Social Isolation, Loneliness & Safety in Japan + Canada 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 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 University Of Calgary, Canada |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
L2: Lunch Location: Mercer Salon |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
PL2: Plenary Session 2 Location: Mercer Salon I |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
P7: Pedagogies of Engagements 7 Location: Mercer Salon I Designing Civic Ecologies: Architectures of Participatory Sensing Networks for Urban Coastal Resilience 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 Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America Summer Freedom Ride: A Journey of Unlearning, Relearning, and Design Justice 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 |
H7: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 7 Location: Pittman Rethinking Earthen Architecture in Latin America: Culturally Authentic and Sustainable Contemporary Design in Peruvian Schools Louisiana State University, United States of America Ecological Architecture Frameworks: The Emergence and Future of Buchanan’s Ten Shades of Green Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America The Voices of a People: Homes in the Native Village of Tyonek, Alaska University of Florida, United States of America |
W7: Design for Health and Wellbeing 7 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 University of Oregon Healthy Hemp Construction - Recreating Common Virginian Building Details With Hemp-Based Materials University of Virginia, United States of America Vaulted Insulated Metal Roof Panel Louisiana State University, United States of America Cross-Scalar Strategies for Re-Localized Food Production and Urban Metabolism Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America |
T7: Technologies of Place 7 Location: Centennial Place-Based Retrofitting Strategies for Global Architectural Challenges: A Comparative Analysis of Three Brutalist Building Typologies in the Western Balkans 1: University of Kansas, United States of America; 2: University of Utah, United States of America Mass Retrofit: Urban and Architectural Adaptations in a Post-Industrial Context Morgan State University, United States of America Beyond Demolition: Adaptive Reuse As A Carbon Mitigation Strategy Tulane University, United States of America |
O: Open Topic Location: Candler Towards Topology-Optimized 3D-Printed Wood Structures: A Systematic Design Exploration 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 University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America 3:00pm - 3:15pm Deep Pixels: From Text Prompt to Facade Prototyping Lawrence Technological University, United States of America |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
CB_10_2: Coffee Break 2 Location: Breakout Hallway |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
T8: Technologies of Place 8 Location: Mercer Salon I Urban Ontology and AI-Enabled Design Practices: Local Frameworks for Global Impact Oklahoma State University, United States of America From Concept to Completion: AI -powered Design and Construction Kent State University, United States of America From Parametric Optimization to Instant Prediction: An Optimized AI Model for the Design of Deployable Bamboo Structures 1: Clemson University, United States of America; 2: Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia |
H8: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 8 Location: Pittman Flood-Resilient Building Design for Coastal Communities: Leveraging Local Architectural Solutions in Addressing a Global Climate Crisis Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, United States of America Local Frameworks, Global Lessons: Adaptive Reuse as Scalable Cultural Infrastructure Montana State University, United States of America From Global Frameworks to Local Fabric: Computational Design for Historic Neighborhoods Texas Tech University, United States of America |
P8: Pedagogies of Engagements 8 Location: Ardmore Sound, Word, Image: Multimodal Engagements in Architectural Design Education University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America Mapping, Thinking Kennesaw State University, United States of America Reframing BIM: Integrating Digital Tools into Sustainable Design Pedagogy 1: Kennesaw State University, United States of America; 2: Georgia Institute of Technology |
W8: Design for Health and Wellbeing 8 Location: Centennial AI in Smart Buildings: Building the Steps toward the Future Louisiana State University, United States of America Urban Imaginaries in Stealth Mode University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States of America Designing and Fabricating Acoustic Solutions for the Everyday University of North Carolina Charlotte, United States of America |
D5: Policy as a Design Catalyst 5 Location: Candler Rebuilding with Purpose in Asheville: Architectural Pedagogy for a Climate Resilient River Arts District 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 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 LTU, United States of America |
| 6:00pm - 6:30pm |
Walk: Walk to High Museum |
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| 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
Keynote 3: Keynote Speaker: Frank Barkow Location: High Museum of Art - Atlanta Session Chair: Barbara Klinkhammer, ARCC |
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| 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
Dinner: Dinner & Awards Location: High Museum of Art - Atlanta |
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