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ProPEL SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2026
Below is the schedule for Friday, March 27, 2026, featuring session titles & descriptions. The conference schedule is subject to change.
You can read the peer reviewed abstracts in the Abstract Book, check out the 2026 Award Winners, and the AIAS CRIT Scholars abstracts.
+ Abstract Book
+ 2026 Award Winners
+ AIAS CRIT Scholars
Conference Registration Hours:
Friday, March 27 at 8:30am-6:00pm
Exhibit Hall Hours:
Friday, March 27 at 8:30am-4:30pm
ABSTRACT BOOK
CONFERENCE | FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2026
9:00am-10:30am
Research Sessions
Pedagogies on Carbon and Computation
Pedagogy Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Ming Hu, University of Notre Dame
Rowhouse Redux: On Thinking Computationally to Refabricate a Block
Heather Ligler, Florida Atlantic University
Computational Design as a Mode of Inquiry: Teaching Paradigms Unplugged
Jinmo Rhee & Eunjoo Oh, University of Calgary
Pedro Veloso, University of Arkansas
Design Thinking for Climate Resilience: A Pedagogical Framework for High-Performance and Net-Zero Design Studios
Tian Li & Yujia Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Yi Lu, Carnegie Mellon University
Pedagogies of the Plasticene: Material Agency and Civic Architecture
Hyojin Kwon & Darby Fly, Georgia Institute of Technology
Structuring Relationships: Design Education and Community Practices
Society+Community Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Richard Mohler, University of Washington
With the Workforce
John Folan & Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS) AR HOME CoLAB,
University of Arkansas
Collaborative Practice Award
Breaking Cycles: Planning and Design Tools for Systems Change
Cathi Ho Schar, Dan Milz & Lorinda Riley, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Co-Design In the Studio: Voicing the Community Perspective
Timothy Griffin, Savannah Steele, Kayla Ignatowicz, Anukriti Misra & Julia Robinson, University of Minnesota
Architecture after Participation: Co-design as a Decolonial Project
Lola Sheppard, University of Waterloo
Mason White, University of Toronto
A Queery on Space: Intersectional Identities and Programming for Asian Queer Individuals
Kody Cheung, Drexel University
AIAS CRIT Scholar
Systems of Architectural Inquiry
Digital Technology Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Gregory Luhan, Texas A&M University
The Virtue Of Misalignment: Visual Superimposition As A Method For Architectural Inquiry
Mike Christenson, University of Minnesota
Reciprocal Lattice Column: A Self-Balancing Interlocking Tension- and Compression-Bearing Spatial System
Sina Mostafavi, Bahar Bagheri, Tahmures Ghiyasi, Edgar Montejano Hernandez & Cole Howell, Texas Tech University
Dumbing Down: A Tactical Repositioning of Fabrication through Computation
Blair Satterfield, University of British Columbia
Marc Swackhamer, California Polytechnic State University
In the Shadow of the Cloud
Ali Fard, University of Virginia
Faculty Design Award
AR-Mediated Sequential 3D Printing Using Robotic Arms
Julia Kasper, Carnegie Mellon University
AIAS CRIT Scholar
Urbanism & Community
Short Papers
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Marwan Ghandour, Louisiana State University
Revisiting Genius loci: A Temporal Critique via Mandegari (Māndigārī)
Shahead Maghreby, Blinn College
Tales from a Colmado: An Evolution of Architecture and Infrastructure
Amy Trick, University of Texas at Arlington
Creating a Wildfire Vulnerability Index of Los Angeles County by Integrating Socioeconomic, Health and Built Environment Indicators
Peng Du, Thomas Jefferson University
Trisha Kawa, Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission
Shenandoah Valley Accessories; Survey as Practice
Dylan Krueger, James Madison University
Pedagogies Scaled Beyond Architecture
Pedagogy Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Liane Hancock, University of New Mexico
What Do You Mean “They Do The Design”? Lessons From An Interdisciplinary Urban Design + Civil Engineering Capstone
Bára Šafářová, Nara Almeida & Sarah Nelligan, University of Washington, Tacoma
De Facto Providence: Experiments in Assemblages
Stephanie Rae Lloyd, Rhode Island School of Design
Visualizing Values: Charts as Tools for Architectural Pedagogy
Leonie Bunte & Andrea Alberto Dutto, University of Idaho
New Faculty Teaching
Leyuan Li, University of Colorado Denver
New Faculty Teaching Award – Full Time
9:00am-10:30am
Special Focus Session
TAD Journal: Demystifying the Peer-Review Process
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderators: Timothy Adekunle, University of Utah
Dimitris Papanikolaou, National Technical University of Athens
Patricia Kio, University of Florida
Yun Kyu Yi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presenters: Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez, University of Houston
Thomas Schroepfer, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Description:
Discussion with TAD authors focusing on the process of developing, reviewing, submitting, and editing a manuscript. Panel discussion with TAD Editorial Board discussing changes in publishing and new directions in research and scholarship. Audience question-and-answer period with authors and editorial board members.
NAAB Standards Revision Input Session
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Presenters: Mark Mistur, Kent State University & NAAB President
Jeff Day, University of Nebraska-Lincoln & NAAB Past President
Tanya Tamarkin, NAAB Executive Director
Marc Medwed, NAAB Director of Accreditation
Description:
Envisioning Next Set of NAAB Accreditation Standards
Join NAAB to provide input on current NAAB Conditions to help inform the next set of accreditation standards. This session will consist of a structured, topic-focused discussion informed by themes emerging from the stakeholder survey conducted by NAAB in anticipation of the input sessions. Program directors, faculty, university administration, students, NAAB site visitors, and representatives from related organizations are encouraged to attend the session to reflect on their experience with the current accreditation criteria and contribute to the vision for the next iteration of accreditation standards.
9:00am-12:30pm
Workshop
Transforming Architecture Education for a Sustainable Future – A Unified Approach
3.5 AIA/CES HSW
Presenters: Rob Fleming, University of Pennsylvania
Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, Kean University
Robin Z. Puttock, Kennesaw State University
John Dwyer, Thomas Jefferson University
Jeremy Fretts, NCARB
Description:
It’s high time. For too long, the academies and the profession have struggled to fully address the dramatic consequences of the accelerating climate catastrophe. As architects we signed an oath to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public we serve. While there has been some progress to be proud of, we know, deep down, that we are simply not doing enough. This ends now! This workshop features a cross section of academics and professionals collaborating with attendees to develop a permanent, cross organizational, unified effort towards achieving an authentic, measurable and achievable sustainability education platform.
10:30am-11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am-12:30pm
Research Sessions
Pedagogies on Research and Practice
Pedagogy Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Nea Maloo, Howard University
Applied Research in Practice: Industry-Academy Consortium for Post-Professional Education
Malini Srivastava & Molly Dalsin, University of Minnesota
Informal Learning Accelerator: Designing a Mid-Degree Immersion to Rebuild Architecture’s Tacit Learning Ecology
Margarita McGrath, Virginia Tech
Vernacular Typologies as Climate-Responsive Strategies: Comparative Lessons for Architectural Pedagogy
Asma Mehan & Sina Mostafavi, Texas Tech University
From Studio to Systems: A Research-Based Model for Architectural Education
Ming Hu, University of Notre Dame
AIA/ACSA Practice + Leadership Award
Making Cultural Places: Participatory Processes
Society+Community Topic
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: June Williamson, City College of New York
Connector or Disconnector: Sweet Auburn Green and Equitable (SAGE) District
Elizabeth Martin-Malikian, Miami University
Giovanni Loreto, Kennesaw State University
Where Is Denver’s Chinatown?
Leyuan Li, University of Colorado Denver
Creative Achievement Award
Other Spaces and the Spaces for Places Toolkit
Karla Sierralta & Brian Strawn, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Reclaim, Reformat, and Resist: Social Practice Art and Urban Regeneration in Chicago
Daniel Martinez, Indiana University
AI Methods and Design Intelligence
Digital Technology Topic
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Blair Satterfield, University of British Columbia
From AI Representation to Performative AI: A Method Framework for Leveraging Diffusion Models to Learn Ecological Design Strategies
Shermeen Yousif, University of Texas at Arlington
Automating Multi-Modal Dataset Workflows in Architecture
Sabri Gökmen & Andrei Vince, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
GANs for Communication and Engagement in the Urban Design Process: A Case Study in Philadelphia
Erick Romero & Peng Du, Thomas Jefferson University
Cool Memories: On Re-Animated Personification, Pixelization, and Generative-AI
Jesus Melendez Vazquez, Maireliz Luciano & Oscar Santiago, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Digital Tools & Pedagogy
Short Papers
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Mara Marcu, University of Cincinnati
Material-Semantic Consolidation for Web-Ready Planning: A Workflow from Rhino to ArcGIS with Grasshopper Shangde Gao, Karla Saldana Ochoa, Changjie Chen, University of Florida
Muyun Xiao, Columbia University
Decoding/Encoding: Towards Semantic Space of Architectural Meanings
Chang He & Yanfeng Chen, University of Florida
Pedagogical Reverberations II: Artificial Intelligence and the Meta-Layer of Design Studio Learning
Ting Chin & Claudia Hernandez Feiks, New York City College of Technology
Designers as Mediators of Rurbanity: Designing Governance Interfaces for Platformized Villages in China
Sufeng Xiao, Harvard University
The Cultural Twin: Reclaiming Urban Ontology as Civic Knowledge Infrastructure
Seung Ra, Oklahoma State University
Designing with Living Infrastructures
Ecology Topic
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Jori Erdman, James Madison University
Predictive Model for Optimal Growth and Benefits of Exterior Building-Integrated Vegetation
Keith Van de Riet & Eiman Graiz, University of Kansas
TAD Research Contribution Award, Volume 8.1: Climate
Natural Infrastructure for Environmental and Community Resilience: A data-driven decision-making framework for urban development
Mohamed Dardir, South Dakota State University
Jeffrey Wilson, University of Waterloo
Umberto Berardi, Toronto Metropolitan University
The Puddle Pavilion
Neal Hitch, Texas Tech University
Kristina Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Hitch, Arizona State University
Biodiverse Walls: An Architecture for Non-Humans
Delphine Lewandowski, Pennsylvania State University
Robert Le Roy Paris-Malaquais, National School of Architecture — PSL
Philippe Clergeau, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Sophie Deramond, ChartierDalix architects
11:00am-12:30pm
Special Focus Sessions
Centering Impact: Empowering Collaboration Among Academic Centers and Labs
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Presenters: Linda C. Samuels, Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas Klein, University of Miami
Susan Rogers, University of Houston
Ann Yoachim, Tulane University
Nico Larco, University of Oregon
Teresa Córdova, University of Illinois Chicago
Description:
Across the US, schools of architecture support a diversity of initiatives through centers, labs, or institutes. Many have deep legacies of collaboration in their communities resulting in positive impacts over years, even decades; some are new – or renewed – and are facing increasingly challenging issues around climate, equity, and environmental justice. All this is in the midst of plummeting political will, tightening budgets, and more pervasive climate change-induced disasters. This convening of centers will enable participants to share their strategies for moving work forward in the current environment, inviting an exchange of ideas from across geographies and facilitating future collaborations.
12:30pm-2:30pm
Lunch (on your own)
12:30pm-2:00pm
Invitational Lunch
Tau Sigma Delta (TSD) Lunch
The Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society Grand Chapter cordially invites all ACSA conference attendees—including students, faculty, school administrators (Deans, Department Heads/Chairs, and Center and Program Directors), and Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society Faculty Advisors—to join us for a sponsored luncheon (provided).
12:30pm-2:30pm
Ticketed Event
Tour Leaders: TBD
Description:
Completed in 1984, the Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center is unabashedly Postmodern, with colorful details and a central atrium that draws it inspiration from the dome of the old Federal Center in Chicago. Originally designed as a consolidated state governmental building the structure is being reimagined as the new Chicago headquarters for Google. In addition to making a bold first impression, its design was intended to communicate a message. The openness and transparency of the building are meant to symbolize the state’s commitment to serving the people.
The Thompson Center construction is converting the 1.2 million-square-foot building into a state-of-the-art, all-electric, LEED Platinum-certified office. This repositioning is being led by Jahn/, the firm of the building’s original architect. The project will retain the signature 17-story atrium while replacing the outdated facade with energy-efficient triple-pane glass.
2:30pm-4:00pm
Research Sessions
Design
Short Papers
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Dahlia Nduom, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Relative Radius: a New Metric for the Formal Analysis of Fillets
Motomi Matsubara, Sharif, Lynch: Architecture
(P)recast: Sustainable Masonry Unit Prototyping
Dillon Pranger, Illinois Institute of Technology
Sutureline: An Epistemology Of The Cut In Architectural Alphabetization
Camila Mancilla Vera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
But Is It “entirely New”?
Shannon Chance, Technological University Dublin
Ines Direito, University of Aveiro
Mike Miminiris, University of Liverpool
Watermarks: Public Murals, Abstraction, And The Built Environment
Tiffany Lin, Tulane University
New Housing Frameworks
Pedagogy Topic
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Mike Christenson, University of Minnesota
Housing America: Exploring Ethics in Architecture
Ted Shelton & Tricia Stuth, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Award
Housing Without Displacement
John Dwyer, Thomas Jefferson University
AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Award
Adaptable Housing: Selma, Alabama
Kevin Moore, Auburn University
AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education Award
New Faculty Teaching
Ashley Tannebaum, Boston Architectural College
New Faculty Teaching Award – Part Time
Designing for Ecological Futures
Ecology Topic
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Chad Kraus, University of Kansas
To Retrofit, Or Not To Retrofit, That Is The Question
Naomi Keena, Avi Friedman, Chinmay Satbhai, Daniel Rondinel-Oviedo, Connor Adsett, Lucas Daitchman, Suehayla Eljaji & Martha Pomasonco-Alvis, McGill University
Mojtaba Parsaee & Tarlan Abazari, Mississippi State University
The Biophilic Region: A Vision for a Nature-Connected Future
Mona El Khafif, University of Virginia
Creative Achievement Award
Predictive Modeling and Bench-Scale Analysis of Membrane Fouling for Sustainable Water Management
Josephine Adelegan, Howard University
AIAS CRIT Scholar
Rethinking Urban Design
Urbanism Topic
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Fleet Hower, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Detroit’s Agroecological Apparatus: Actor-Network Theory As A Framework For Urban Design Research
Tithi Sanyal, University of Virginia
Bayou Chronicles: Evolving Urban Watersheds
Dalia Munenzon, University of Houston
Tempe Today: Distributed Nodes of Density
Madeline Shade, Iñaki Alday & Sean Fowler, Tulane University
Rethinking Urbanism through a City-Nature Dialectic: A Post-Disaster Epistemology
Nadia Anderson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Change Starts Small: Implementation of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) as an agent for affordable housing, circularity, and neighborhood revitalization in New York City, with Jamaica, Queens as Case Study
Sherry Aine Te, Columbia University
AIAS Crit Scholar
2:30pm-4:00pm
Special Focus Sessions
Case Studies in Academic–Industry Research Partnerships
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Corey T. Griffin, Pennsylvania State University
Speakers: Chris Raebel, American Institute of Steel Construction
Ed Mitchell, University of Cincinnati
Oleg Afanasyev, Omya
Iker Gil, SOM Foundation
Ian Caine, University of Texas at San Antonio
Description:
This panel presents two case-based models of academic–industry research collaboration from the joint perspective of an academic researcher and an industry partner. The session examines how each partnership was initiated, structured, funded, and sustained, foregrounding the specific institutional, financial, and professional conditions that shaped its trajectory.
Presenters will reflect on roles, expectations, constraints, and organizational cultures from both sides of the collaboration. The discussion will highlight lessons learned, moments of friction, and points of alignment, offering candid insight into how research agendas, timelines, intellectual property, and performance metrics are negotiated across sectors. The session will conclude with a moderated discussion and audience Q&A focused on translating case-specific observations into broader strategies for building durable, mutually beneficial research partnerships within architectural education.
Defining the Field: Toward a Shared Identity in Architectural Education
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Organizers: Kendall Nicholson, ACSA
Casey Breen, SAH Architectural Studies
Luke Joyner, SAH Architectural Studies
Marc Swackhamer, California Polytechnic State University
Liane Hancock, University of New Mexico
Description:
This workshop invites participants to articulate a shared identity for architectural education and to consider the discipline as an expansive and evolving field. Through collaborative exercises, participants will examine the principles, practices, and values that define architectural education across diverse institutional and cultural contexts. This session will foster a collective understanding of architectural education’s boundaries by aligning pedagogical commitments with professional, societal, and environmental imperatives.
Legacy Assumptions, New Challenges & Opportunities in Architecture Education
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Presenters: Rocco Ceo, University of Miami
Andrew Clum, University of Miami
Christopher D’Amico, University of Miami
Marleen Kay Davis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joanna Lombard, University of Miami
Description:
Current research on trends and alignments in architectural education and the profession of architecture has provoked consideration of the legacy assumptions embedded in architecture curricula content and structure as well as new challenges and opportunities. This 90-minute workshop provides a brief overview on current research findings as a foundation for participants to share their own observations and experiences through facilitated table-top discussion groups. After a round of table report-backs, the session concludes with a summary of leading topics for ongoing consideration. Ideally, participants will continue this discussion at their home institutions.
4:00pm-4:30pm
Networking
Break
4:30pm-6:00pm
Plenary
AWARDS CEREMONY & KEYNOTE
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Please join us for a celebratory drink as we honor your peers’ achievements and distinguished, award-winning work.
This Plenary includes a keynote by the 2026 Topaz Laureate: Sarah M. Whiting, Harvard GSD
6:00pm-9:00pm
Event
Casa Dominó is an exhibition and public event that riffs on Le Corbusier’s iconic Maison Dom-ino through a transcultural perspective. Architects and artists are invited to design gathering spaces and furniture with the game of dominoes serving as both program and metaphor. The ideas will orchestrate a convergence between canonical architectural histories and diasporic placemaking. Hosted in Humboldt Park, this event celebrates the neighborhood’s Puerto Rican culture and engages with community members at the local Pe Erre Social Club along Paseo Boricua. There will be live music, Puerto Rican food, and a cash bar. Attendees can register to participate in a domino tournament during the event. Space is limited and registration will be based on a first come, first served basis.
Location: Pe Erre Casa Del Dominó
2558 W Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
This is a free event. Please meet in the lobby of the Loews Hotel at 5:30pm to partner up and grab a taxi or ride-share.
Conference Partners
Michelle Sturges
Conferences Manager
202-785-2324
msturges@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
Sr. Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
