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).
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 08/Apr/2026 | ||||
| 11:00am - 1:00pm |
Registration: Conference Registration and Badge Collection Location: Candler Note that registration tables are placed at the Candler Pre-function Foyer. |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
W1: Design for Health and Wellbeing 1 Location: Pittman 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 Smarter Solar Energy: Evaluation of Machine Learning Models to Predict Economic Performance of Distributed Solar PV systems University of North Carolina Charlotte, United States of America |
H1: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 1 Location: Ardmore Square Plan + Air Wall: Negotiating the Universal and the Contextual Pennsylvania State University, United States of America Porous Housing: Reimagining Urban Domesticity Through Thresholds Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America Evaluating and Retrofitting Historic Buildings in Hot Arid Regions for Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency: A Novel Digital Simulation-Based Method 1: JM | A+D, Prescott, Arizona, United States; 2: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States |
P1: Pedagogies of Engagements 1 Location: Centennial Local Environment and Virtual Reality in Technology Education University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Evaporative Cooling Pedagogy: 3D-Printed Ceramic Systems for Sustainable Design Education Texas Tech University, 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 Arguing for the Integration of Active, Embodied Graphics Learning Methods in Architectural Structures Pedagogy (+ Results 2021-2025) Kennesaw Sate University, United States of America |
T1: Technologies of Place 1 Location: Candler 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 |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm |
CB_08_1: Coffee Break 1 Location: Breakout Hallway |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
W2: Design for Health and Wellbeing 2 Location: Pittman Design for Overcast Sky: Improvement in Windows University at Buffalo, United States of America Perforated and Solid Shading Towards Optimizing Shading Devices for Enhanced Daylight Performance Across Diverse Climates University of Texas at San Antonio, 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 |
H2: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 2 Location: Ardmore Community Engagement and Revitalization of Civic Buildings: Case Study of the Liberty Park Greenhouse 1: University of Utah, United States of America; 2: University of Kansas, United States of America A Methodological Inquiry Into Raleigh’s Morphological Urban Growth North Carolina State University, United States of America |
P2: Pedagogies of Engagements 2 Location: Centennial Cartographies of the North: Mapping Spatial Narratives in Storytelling Fields University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America Co-Designing Affordable Housing Through Faith Based Networks in the Lehigh Valley Lehigh University, United States of America Reimagining Refuge: The New Tent and the Power of Collective Agency 1: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States of America; 2: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States of America |
T2: Technologies of Place 2 Location: Candler 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 |
| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Welcome Remarks: Conference Openning Session Location: Mercer Salon I |
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| 5:00pm - 6:00pm |
Keynote 1: Keynote Speaker: Jaron Lubin - Safdie Architects Location: Mercer Salon I Session Chair: Barbara Klinkhammer, ARCC |
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| 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Reception 1: ARCC-EAAE 2026 Welcome Location: Overlook West |
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| Date: Thursday, 09/Apr/2026 | |||||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
KSU: Transportation to KSU |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
WK 1: Emerging Student Researchers Location: Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center, Room 2221 Session Chair: Nooshin Esmaeili, University of Calgary |
WK 2: Publishing a Book with an Academic Press Location: Robin and Doug Shore Innovation Center, Room 1115 Session Chair: Alexandra Staub, ARCC |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
CB_09_1: Coffee Break 1 Location: Gallery |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
W3: Design for Health and Wellbeing 3 Location: Classroom 1 - N173 Urban Residential Outdoor Space (UROS) Provisions: Scale-Development and Application University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Thinking Globally and Designing Locally in Architecture Studio Pedagogy 1: University of Maryland, United States of America; 2: Al-Nahrain University Reimagining the Open-Air School in a Warming World: Toward a Pedagogy for Porosity University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States of America |
H3: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 3 Location: Classroom 2 - N174 Canada’s Quiet Housing Revolution: What the Public–Private–Philanthropic–Provider Model Teaches Us About Scalable Global Solutions 1: University of Calgary, Canada; 2: Athabasca University From Design to Habitation: The Occupancy Challenges of Le Corbusier’s Duplex in the Weissenhof Estate (Weissenhof Siedlung Houses 14 and 15) Pennsylvania State University, United States of America Descending into Form: Josef Albers, Mesoamerican Architectonics, and the Activation of Negative Space Texas Tech University, United States of America |
P3: Pedagogies of Engagements 3 Location: Classroom 3 - N175 Field Notes Cartographic Papers. A pedagogical tool to investigate land-based crises. Cal Poly CAED San Luis Obispo, United States of America Forecasting as Method: Architectural Futures after Coal Norwich University, United States of America Constructive Integration: The Pedagogical Value of Visiting Construction Sites Kennesaw State University, United States of America |
T3: Technologies of Place 3 Location: Classroom 4 - N176 Morpho: A Multi-Objective Design Exploration Tool for Designer-in-the-Loop, Performance-Informed Design University at Buffalo, United States of America Post-Disaster Housing: Analyzing Environmental Sustainability of Modular Construction through Simulation-Based Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-Objective Design Optimization Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America Multi-Objective Beam Optimization: A Metric-Based Design Framework for Sustainable and Efficient Construction 1: Kennesaw State University, United States of America; 2: University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli; 3: Woodbury University |
D1: Policy as a Design Catalyst 1 Location: PIT - N145 Who Leads on Embodied Carbon? Structural Drivers of Policy Adoption Across 37 Countries University of Notre Dame, United States of America “A Family Affair” – Exploring Family-Owned Rural Housing Cooperatives Auburn University, United States of America Reframing Urban Heat Resilience: A Literature-Based Identification of Neighborhood-Scale Mitigation Strategies for Policy Development 1: The Pennsylvania State University; 2: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
L1/P1: Plenary Session 1 + Lunch Location: D2 Auditorium |
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| 2:00pm - 3:30pm |
WK 5: Doctoral Students Workshop Location: Classroom 2 - N174 Session Chair: Ihab Elzeyadi, University of Oregon / Department of Architecture / HiPE Lab Activating the Building Envelope: Micro Wind Energy Harvesters for Integrated Urban Energy Generation CORNELL UNIVERSITY, United States of America Climate Action as Ethical Imperative: Revisiting the Moral Foundations of the Sustainable Development Goals McGill University, Canada Designing Cool Neighborhoods: Community-Guided Heat Mitigation Strategies in Baltimore 1: Pennsylvania State University; 2: Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology Placekeeping: Tracing Community Assets Morgan State University, United States of America Resilience as a Collaborative Practice: The Case of Indianhead-Lehigh University of Florida The Impact of Four Strategies on Building and Occupant Factors on the East and West Facades of Office Buildings NC State University, United States of America Towards Transcendental Design: Exploring Contemplation, Compassion, & Moderation in Architecture for Eudaimonia and Self Actualization Inspired by Principles of Sufism School of Architecture + Planning + Landscape (SAPL), Univesrity of Calgary, Canada |
WK 4: Zero Emission Neighborhoods Location: Classroom 3 - N175 Session Chair: Kelly Riedesel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
WK 3: Developing Your Research Agenda Location: Classroom 4 - N176 Session Chair: Mahyar Hadighi, Texas Tech University Presenter: Adil Sharag-Eldin, Kent State University |
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| 3:30pm - 4:30pm |
CB_09_2: Coffee Break 2 Location: Gallery |
CB_09_3: Parallel Poster Presentations and Exhibit Location: Gallery Re-Naturalizing Obsolescence: Local Ecologies of Coexistence in the Built Environment 1: Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay; 2: Louisiana State University, LA Augmented Engagement: Community‑Centered AR Workflows for Participatory Design‑Build Systems Texas Tech university From Factories to Cultural Hubs: Adaptive Reuse of Tehran’s Industrial Architecture 1: Texas Tech University, United States of America; 2: University of Tehran, Iran; 3: Isfahan University of Art, Iran Empowering Local Innovation through Life Cycle Assessment: Two Student-Led Projects in Sustainable Building Design University of Florida, United States of America Comparison of Wellness Conditions in Two Schools in Southern California and Nairobi, Kenya California Baptist University, United States of America Reviving Lost Heritage Through AI: A Hybrid Design Approach in Downtown El Paso texas tech, United States of America Fragments of the Past, Architectures of the Present: Lola Álvarez Bravo and Collage as a Projective Tool Universidad Anáhuac México, Mexico Design Futures Exchange Arizona State University, Center of Building Innovation Assessment of Thermal Performance and Energy Efficiency of Multi-Layer Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) Cushions Independent Research The EarthArcs Series: Codifying the Place-Moment P.A.S.S. Protocol UNC Charlotte, United States of America Restoring and Revitalizing Biloxi’s Main Street Mississippi State University, United States of America CFD-Based Analysis of Courtyard Ventilation Performance in a School Building in Kashan, Iran 1: Texas Tech University, United States of America; 2: Poznan University Of Technology, Poland "AEC Professionals Perceptions of Mixed-Mode Ventilation (MMV) Systems for Low-Rise Commercial Buildings in Texas" Overland Partners Architecture & Urban Design, United States of America A Framework For Collaboration With Beginning Design Students 1: University of Florida, United States of America; 2: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University AR Street Art is for Everybody: An AR Street Art Method that Provides Real-Time Community Engagement Services Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Architecture and Shade Equity: Urban Tree Schools in Miami University of Miami, United States of America Climate Action as Ethical Foundation: Reframing the SDGs through a Justice Lens McGill University, Canada Energy Performance Shifts in Office and Apartment Typologies Under Future Climate Scenarios 1: Texas Tech university, United States of America; 2: Department of Design, Texas Tech University, United States of America Exploring Alternative Workflows for Building Energy Simulation in the Early Design Process Huckabee College of architecture, Texas Tech university, United States of America Ground Rules University of Arkansas, United States of America Informality as Infrastructure: Tea Stalls as Socio-Financial Catalysts of Urban Placemaking in the Global South 1: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; 2: JM|A+D, Prescott, Arizona, USA Investigation Of The Effect Of Plan Geometry And Curvature Of The Building Body On The Seismic Behavior Of Tall Buildings By Using Hexagrid Structure 1: Clemson University; 2: University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 3: Eastern Mediterranean University Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals in Undergraduate Architectural Education: An Analysis of Current Curriculum to Identify Opportunities and Gaps for Better Alignment South East Technological University, Ireland Variable Pin Moulds and the Architecture of Local Matter Univeristy Of Kentucky, United States of America The Secret Ecology Between Walls: Reawakening Forgotten Spaces through Culture and Cultivation Wenzhou Kean University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China The Aniakchak Protocols: Autonomous Construction for Remote and Climate Vulnerable Sites Univeristy Of Kentucky, United States of America Sustainable Design for Urban Childcare: The Little Bridges Center as a Climate-Responsive, Inclusive Model texas tech, United States of America Reviving Feng Shui as Vernacular Spatial Knowledge: From Huizhou Villages to Global Reflections on Environmental and Sensory Design 1: Institut Parisien de Recherche : Architecture, Urbanistique, Société (IPRAUS); 2: École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSA Paris-Belleville); 3: Université Gustave Eiffel Radius Of Repose Louisiana State University, United States of America Pop-Top ADUs, Affordable, Garage-top Housing Units Modeled on Truck Camper Shells Thomas Jefferson University, United States of America |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
W4: Design for Health and Wellbeing 4 Location: Classroom 1 - N173 Fractal-Based Architecture: Testing the Impacts of Fractal Spatial Patterns on Human Perceptions and Wellbeing in Real and Virtual Environments 1: University of Oregon / Department of Architecture / HiPE Lab, United States of America; 2: University of Oregon / Department of Psychology; 3: University of Oregon / Department of Physics Virtual Reality Exploration of Three-Dimensional Spatial Configuration and Lighting Effects on Occupants’ Emotion and Productivity 1: Clemson University, United States of America; 2: Arizona State University, United States of America Field Notes to Global Blueprints: Insights from Hempcrete Occupants Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States of America |
H4: Historical Perspective and Grounded Practices 4 Location: Classroom 2 - N174 Feng Shui and Geobiology: Toward a Comparative Method of Spatial Diagnosis for Healthy Habitat 1: Institut Parisien de Recherche : Architecture, Urbanistique, Société (IPRAUS); 2: École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Paris-Belleville (ENSA Paris-Belleville); 3: Université Gustave Eiffel Radius Of Repose Louisiana State University School of Architecture, United States of America Redefining Museum Experiences: A Spatial Inquiry Into Interpretive Participation Kadir Has University, Turkey |
P4: Pedagogies of Engagements 4 Location: Classroom 3 - N175 From Survivors to Solutions: Integrating Case-Based Learning Across Construction, Inquiry, and Life Cycle Assessment 1: Texas A&M University, United States of America; 2: University of Florida, United States of America (Dis)Assembly from Finiteness: Regional Approaches to Circular Construction Carnegie Mellon University Container Architecture for Climate Migration: Adaptive Modular Urbanism for Evolving Settlements University of Texas at San Antonio, United States of America |
T4: Technologies of Place 4 Location: Classroom 4 - N176 Soft Solar Shading: Localized Adaptive Shading with Knitted Textiles and Micro-Controlled Mechanisms Iowa State University, United States of America The Architecture of the Well-Sensed Environment Carleton University, Canada Integrating Urban Heat Island Effect And Solar Energy Potential At NC State Campus North Carolina State University, United States of America |
D2: Policy as a Design Catalyst 2 Location: PIT - N145 Digital Fabrication and Community Engagement in Post‑Industrial Site Reuse Texas Tech University, United States of America Envisioning The Potential Of Localized Middle Housing To Increase Housing Production University of Oregon, United States of America Technologies of Consensus: Interactive Design Visioning for Affordable Housing Lehigh University, United States of America |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
Keynote 2: Keynote Speaker: Martha Thorne Location: Dance Theater Session Chair: Barbara Klinkhammer, ARCC |
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| 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
Reception 2: Sponsored by KSU Location: STEM Building |
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| 8:30pm - 9:00pm |
KSU 2: Transportation back to Loews |
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| 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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| Date: Saturday, 11/Apr/2026 | ||||
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
H9: Historical Persperctive and Grounded Practices 9 Location: Pittman Designing a Heritage Documentation Workflow: Field-Based Insights from Sacred Heart Church Texas Tech University, United States of America 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 |
P9: Pedagogies of Engagements 9 Location: Ardmore Social Cohesion | Playful Artful Temporary Artifacts Kennesaw State University, United States of America Emergent Collaboration Through Rule-Based Fabrication University of Texas at San Antonio, United States of America Analog Precision In Localized Resilient Fabrication University of Texas at San Antonio, United States of America |
T9: Technologies of Place 9 Location: Centennial Deployment Control of Reconfigurable Polyhedral Structures for Designing Emergency Shelters 1: Clemson University, Clemson, SC; 2: Clemson University, Clemson, SC; 3: University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 4: University of Maryland, College Park, MD Streamlining the Architectural Design Process of High-Performance Buildings with Analytical Target Cascading Clemson University, United States of America Plastic Infrastructures: Local Material Networks and Pedagogies of Engagement in Circular Design GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, United States of America |
W9: Design for Health and Wellbeing 9 Location: Candler 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 Preserving Women’s Social Networks in Informal Housing Redevelopment: Local Strategies for Gender-Equitable Urban Futures University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America 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 |
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
CB_11_1: Coffee Break 1 Location: Breakout Hallway |
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm |
W10: Design for Health and Wellbeing 10 Location: Pittman 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 |
T10: Technologies of Place 10 Location: Ardmore From Local Prototype to Global Paradigm: Recrafting Housing with New Technology 1: LTU and houm PLLC, United States of America; 2: Three Squared Inc and houm PLLC, United States of America; 3: Royal Development, United States of America Towards a Fungal Architecture? A Study on the Acceptability of Mycelium through Focus Groups with Construction Professionals University of Liège, Belgium Growing Bricks: Mycelium as Building Material Oklahoma state university, United States of America |
T11: Technologies of Place 11 Location: Centennial Soft Shells: Carbon-Absorbing Concrete Structures through Fabric Formwork Thomas Jefferson University, United States of America Embedding Structural Behavior Through Stitching in Fabric Formwork for Thin Concrete Shells Clemson University, United States of America From Hanging to Standing: Fabric-Formed Catenary Arches as Scalable Concrete Building Components 1: Clemson University, United States of America; 2: Clemson University, United States of America; 3: Clemson University, United States of America; 4: University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
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PL3: Plenary Session 3 Location: Mercer Salon I |
L3/P3: Boxed Lunch To Go Location: Mercer Salon |
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| 1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Tour_1: Atlanta's Beltline |
Tour_2: Portman's Atlanta |
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