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, 08:58:18pm PDT
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Daily Overview | |
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Location: Pittman Loews Atlanta Hotel 1065 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 https://maps.app.goo.gl/B8CY7Lv3DBFfxeig7 |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
W1: Design for Health and Wellbeing 1 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Traci Rider, North Carolina State University, United States of America Urban Design for Care: Neuroarchitecture in Open Public Spaces University of Houston, United States of America P to the Fourth Power: Evaluating the Impact of Public–Private–Philanthropic–Provider Collaboration in Canada’s Housing Response and Its Global Potential 1: University of Calgary, Canada; 2: Athabasca University |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
W2: Design for Health and Wellbeing 2 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Mine H Hashas-Degertekin, Kennesaw State University Design for Overcast Sky: Improvement in Windows University at Buffalo, United States of America Dual-Axis Dynamic Shading System for Enhanced Daylight and View Performance in Office Buildings Illinois institute of technology, United States of America AR Street Art is for Everybody: An AR Street Art Method that Provides Real-Time Community Engagement Services Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
H5: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 5 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Trace Gainey, Kennesaw State University 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 |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
W6: Design for Health and Wellbeing 6 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 1: California State University Northridge; 2: University of Oregon Loneliness by Design: Critically Considering Tokyo’s Urban Planning, Architecture + Elderly 1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio Inc., Calgary, AB Cross-Scalar Strategies for Re-Localized Food Production and Urban Metabolism Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
H7: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 7 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Mahyar Hadighi, Texas Tech University Rethinking Earthen Architecture in Latin America: Culturally Authentic and Sustainable Contemporary Design in Peruvian Schools Louisiana State University, United States of America The Voices of a People: Homes in the Native Village of Tyonek, Alaska University of Florida, United States of America Designing a Heritage Documentation Workflow: Field-Based Insights from Sacred Heart Church Texas Tech University, United States of America |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
H8: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 8 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Mania Taher, UIUC 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 |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
H9: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 9 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Jinoh Park, University of Arkansas Beyond the Spectacle: Reclaiming Vernacular Planning through Quanzhou’s PuJing Temple System 1: Cornell University, United States of America; 2: National University of Singapore, Singapore Reimagining Heritage: Adaptive Reuse of Atlanta’s 1922 Carnegie Library Emphasizing Sustainability, Health, and Community Connectedness 1: Perkins&Will, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; 2: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; 3: SPIKE Studio Pahlavani Playground: Participatory Urban Repair in Zahedan’s Informal Settlements (Iran, 2020–2021) University of Cincinnati, United States of America |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
W10: Design for Health and Wellbeing 10 Location: Pittman Session Chair: Traci Rider, North Carolina State University, United States of America Streets of Heat and Hazard: A Pre-Relocation Architectural Analysis of White Horse Road through Adolescent Eyes Clemson University, United States of America Illuminating Spaces Between: The Compressed, Quiet + Sacred Urban Typologies of Tokyo 1: University of Calgary, Calgary, AB; 2: sinclairstudio Inc., Calgary, AB Data Centres and Their Integration to Local Environments in Three Distinct Areas of Metro Atlanta Kennesaw State University, United States of America |