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, 08:58:11pm PDT
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Location: Mercer Salon I Loews Atlanta Hotel 1065 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 https://maps.app.goo.gl/B8CY7Lv3DBFfxeig7 |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Welcome Remarks: Conference Openning Session Location: Mercer Salon I |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Keynote 1: Keynote Speaker: Jaron Lubin - Safdie Architects Location: Mercer Salon I Session Chair: Barbara Klinkhammer, ARCC |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
W5: Design for Health and Wellbeing 5 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 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 Department of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
H6: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 6 Location: Mercer Salon I Session Chair: Alexandra Staub, ARCC 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 |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
PL2: Plenary Session 2: Material Agency Location: Mercer Salon I Title: Material Agency: Technology and the Making of the Built Environment Speaker(s):
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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. |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
P7: Pedagogies of Engagements 7 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 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 |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
T8: Technologies of Place 8 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 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 |
| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
PL3: Closing Ceremony: AI and the Built Environment / Best Paper and Poster Awards Location: Mercer Salon I Title: AI and the Built Environment: Local Applications of a Global Technology Speakers:
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Description This plenary examines the expanding role of artificial intelligence across the architecture and construction ecosystem. |