March 12-14, 2020 | San Diego, CA

108th ACSA Annual Meeting

OPEN: Reinvented Annual Meeting

Conference Notice: COVID-19

In light of the recent public health updates regarding COVID-19, the ACSA Board of Directors has decided not to hold the 108th ACSA Annual Meeting in San Diego next week. Recognizing the scholarly work that is shared throughout the conference is important and timely, we are exploring alternate options to deliver the conference content by virtual means. We regret having to make this decision, but determined we must prioritize the health and safety of our conference attendees.

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Schedule

June 5, 2019

Paper/Project Submission Deadline

September 25, 2019

Call for Special Sessions Deadline

December 2019

Presenters Notified

January 2019

Registration deadline for presenters

Workshops

Border Consortium Workshop

$50 USD

A joint event between Asociación de Instituciones de Enseñanza de la Arquitectura (ASINEA) & the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

For Actionable Spatial Practice and Research
The US/Mexico border is home to unique spatial practices and resources, locally grounded but geographically distributed along its 1,954-mile length. This workshop provides a rare opportunity to condense this distributed content by convening a diversity of spatial practitioners, researchers, and educators in one space, in order to outline challenges and opportunities specific to the border context, to forge new partnerships, and develop shared knowledge and resources.

Passport / VISA by US & Mexican government has to be prepared by each participant.

Border Consortium Workshop      $50 USD

Bus transportation and meals included in ticket price

You may purchase a ticket along with your conference registration to the ACSA 108th Annual Meeting. Additional & individual tickets can be purchased HERE

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Tijuana, U. Iberoamericana Tijuana
1:00pm
2:00pm
2:30pm-5:30pm
6:00pm-7:00pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
US group meet at Omni Hotel & bus to PedWest (Tijuana)
Meeting Point PedWest (Tijuana)
Tour & Explore Tijuana
Introduction & Presentations
Dinner (included)
PedWest (San Diego) & US group return to Omni Hotel via bus
Thursday, March 12, 2020 in San Diego, Woodbury San Diego
8:00am
9:00am-9:30am
9:30am-10:30am
10:30am-11:30am
11:30am-12:00pm
12:00pm-1:00pm
1:00pm
MX group meet at PedWest (San Diego) & bus to Woodbury
Overview & Prep for Group Work
Working Groups (three)
Working Groups (three)
– Break –
Outcomes & Manifesto
Bus will drop-off at Omni Hotel then return to PedWest (San Diego)

Working Groups
Border Research: discussion of methodological challenges, barriers to spatial research in the borderland, identification of cross-boundary research initiatives and resources.
Leaders: Ersela Kripa & Stephen Mueller, Texas Tech University

Border Pedagogies: identify experimental regional pedagogies and possible institutional partnerships
Leaders: Pablo Hernández Quiñones, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Jim Williamson, Texas Tech University, Dora Epstein Jones, Texas TechUniversity, & Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Woodbury University

Border Imaginaries: identify common narratives, counter-narratives, and miscommunications of borderland spatial practices, challenges and opportunities for clearer communication within the region and beyond.
Leaders: Cesar Adrian Lopez, University of California, Berkeley & Nathan Friedman, Universidad Iberoamericana

Trading Borders: catalog capacities and nascent shifts in regional manufacturing, trades, tools and techniques, and speculate on productive and mutually-supportive alliances
Leaders: Kathy Velikov, University of Michigan, Geoffrey Thün, University of Michigan, & Marcelo López-Dinardi, Texas A&M

Borderless: identify needs and experiences of spatial practitioners working on border issues remotely
Leaders: Nélida Astrid Escobedo Ruíz & Ruben Segovia, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Borderlines: adopt mechanisms for the support and promotion of border-positive projects, and structures for advocacy against exploitative practices
Leader: Denise Luna, Iberoamericana Tijuana

Research & Action Workshop

$125 USD

Defining Your Research

Organized by TAD: Technology | Architecture + Design

Defining Your Research explores methods and dissemination for new knowledge created through research. Designed for tenure-track faculty, particularly those in the early stages of the tenure process, this interactive workshop is useful for anyone who wants to strengthen or refresh their research and promote it through peer-review publication. The workshop is structured with presentations, small group discussion, and a hands-on work session. The workshop format allows participants to discuss research methods, apply concepts to their research and comment on others. Editors for Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) and the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE) will lead the workshop and facilitate the exercises.

Writing A Successful Grant Proposal

Organized by Building Technology Educators’ Society 

The goal of this workshop is to provide an understanding of the grant writing process, discuss overall strategies, and help participants develop skills to carry ideas from conceptualization to fundable proposals. The workshop will begin with an introduction to various steps involved in writing successful proposals and discuss the contrasting approaches of academic writing versus grant writing. Through the presentation and workshop activities, the participants will learn how to plan a proposal, how to organize a team, write a grant application, and develop a budget consistent with proposal objectives.

Thursday, March 12, 2020
9:00am-12:00pm                      Defining your Research
12:00pm-1:00pm                       Lunch (included)
1:00pm-2:00pm                        Writing a Successful Grant Proposal

Research & Action Workshop      $125 USD

Lunch included in ticket price

You may purchase a ticket along with your conference registration to the ACSA 108th Annual Meeting. Additional & individual tickets can be purchased HERE

Allison Smith
Programs Manager
202-785-2324
asmith@acsa-arch.org

Eric W. Ellis
Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org

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