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: 30th Apr 2026, 08:59:40pm PDT
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Daily Overview | |
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Location: Candler Loews Atlanta Hotel 1065 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 https://maps.app.goo.gl/B8CY7Lv3DBFfxeig7 |
| 11:00am - 1:00pm |
Registration: Conference Registration and Badge Collection Location: Candler Note that registration tables are placed at the Candler Pre-function Foyer. |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
T1: Technologies of Place 1 Location: Candler Session Chair: Roberto Cavallo, European Association for Architectural Education and Delft University of Technology Mundane Resistance in Zafertepe: Local Adaptations - Global Implications Belmont University, United States of America Environmental Performance of Metal Roofs: A Multi-Regional Analysis 1: University of Florida, United States of America; 2: Erciyes University, Turkey; 3: Rivers State University, Nigeria; 4: Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Nigeria; 5: Agebin Nigeria Limited, Nigeria Restoring with Sargassum: Nature-Based Infrastructure for Climate Resilience in Tourist Cities 1: Cornell University, United States of America; 2: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3: University of California, Berkeley, United States of America |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
T2: Technologies of Place 2 Location: Candler Session Chair: Robin Puttock, Kennesaw State University Additive Manufacturing of Artificial Bird Habitats: Comparing 3D-printed Formwork and Clay 3D Printing University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Biochar-Infused 3D Concrete Printing for Carbon Sequestration Iowa State University, IA, United State Accessible Climate-Resilient Fabrication: Democratizing Soil-Based 3D Printing for Semi-Arid Construction Texas Tech University, United States of America |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
D3: Policy as a Design Catalyst 3 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 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 |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
D4: Policy as a Design Catalyst 4 Location: Candler Session Chair: James Doerfler, Kennesaw State University 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 |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
O: Open Topic Location: Candler Session Chair: Jinoh Park, University of Arkansas 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 |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
D5: Policy as a Design Catalyst 5 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 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 |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
W9: Design for Health and Wellbeing 9 Location: Candler Session Chair: Soo Jeong Jo, Louisiana State University Could Spatial Distributions on School Campuses be Correlated with Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior? 1: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America; 2: University of Porto, Portugal; 3: University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil 8:50am - 9:10am Preserving Women’s Social Networks in Informal Housing Redevelopment: Local Strategies for Gender-Equitable Urban Futures University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America 9:10am - 9:30am Environmental Design Factors in Telehealth Spaces: A Spatial Response to the Global Crisis of Unequal Healthcare Access 1: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; 2: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 9:30am - 9:40am 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 |
