Study Architecture 
ProPEL SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
Below is the schedule for Friday, September 26, 2025, featuring session descriptions. You can read the research abstracts by clicking HERE. The conference schedule is subject to change.
Continuing Education Credits
Obtain Continuing Education Credits (CES) / Learning Units (LU), including Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) when applicable. Registered conference attendees will be able to submit session attended for Continuing Education Credits (CES).
ABSTRACT BOOK
9:00am-10:00am
Roundtable
Moderator: Ryan Thomas, Wentworth Institute
Panelists:
Neil Leach, Florida International University
Sandra Manninger, New York Institute of Technology
Andrew Witt, Harvard University
Description:
Roundtable conversations bringing together leading scholars and designers to engage and highlight key figures and critical topics in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning design practices. The first roundtable will focus on AI Computational Creativity & Pedagogy. What currently and may continue to distinguish human creativity from Machine Learning?
10:00am-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30am-12:00pm
Research Sessions
Spatial Organization
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator:Andrew Witt,
Harvard University
Machine learning-based Unit Floor Plan Retrieval and Comparison: Unit Finder
Shivani Bhawsar, Benjamin Novacinski, Sunghoon Lee, & Amar Sen,
Handel Architects
Toward a Fallible Machine: Computational Design Beyond Optimization
Ryan Whitby, Cornell University
Hybrid Workflows: AI and Digital Sketching
Olivier Chamel, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Positioning Histories
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Samuel Maddox,
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Sensus Artificialis / Augmented Architectural Historiography in the Age of AI
Eliyahu Keller Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Mar kJarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eytan Mann, Delft University of Technology
Composite Histories: AI-Generated Comparative Imagery as a Pedagogical Tool
Lori Smithey, University of Idaho
Utopia’s Afterlife: Urban Visions Through Human and Machine Collaboration
Laura del Pino, Kean University
Use of AI to Develop Critical Thinking in Architectural History: Research and Writing
Cecilia López de la Rosa, Rocio Hernandez-Larriba, & Lilian Salazar Díaz Instituto,
Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Imaging Workflows
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Jose Luis Garcia del Castillo y Lopez,
Northeastern University
Algorithmic Fracturing: New Aesthetic and Design Process through AI and Fabrication
Victor Beomseung Jo & Julie Larsen,
Syracuse University
Morphogenetic GANs: Uncovering Morphological Permanence and Adaptation via GAN Workflows
Korbinian Enzinger, Kyushu University
Benjamin Ennemoser, Texas A&M University
Ingrid Mayrhofer-Hufnagl, A[I]rchitectural Minds
Beyond Images: Positioning Large Language Models as Collaborative Agents in Computational Design
Daniel Tish & Seok Min Yeo,
Harvard University
AI Tools and the Design Process: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Formal/Graphic Tools
Nico Larco, University of Oregon
12:00pm-2:00pm
Lunch (on your own)
2:00pm-3:30pm
Research Sessions
Mediating Cultures
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Stacy Scott,
Hampton University
Retraining the Machine: Emancipatory AI for Informality and Border Urbanism
Rene Peralta, University of Oklahoma
Tokenizing African Dialects for Inclusive AI Urban Design: A Policy Framework for Equitable Smart City Development
John Allison, Port Harcourt Polytechnic
Anita Alaere Bala, Covenant University
Decoding Industrial Park Urbanization: AI-Driven Spatial Analysis of Complex Urban Patterns in Southeast Asia
Francesco Carota, University of Kansas
Gustavo Do Amaral, Georgia Institute of Technology
Artificially Imagining the Threshold: A Typological Case Study of Generative AI Responses to Urban Segregation
Fabio Capra-Ribeiro, Louisiana State University
Daniel Belandria, Universidad de Montevideo
Augmented Imaginaries
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator:Jessica Hernandez, Virginia Tech
Michael Frush Oklahoma State University
From Words to Forms: AI-Augmented Poetic Translation in Architectural Meanings
Ghostwritten: On Writing, AI, and Architectural Education
AI, Quantum Physics and 18th Century Revolutionary Drawings: Projecting the Past in Multiple Futures
Michael Gamble, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sensation & Access
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Elizabeth Cooper, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Striking a Pose: Using Pose Estimation Enhanced Computer Vision AI Models to Measure Public Life
Minwook Kang & Sarah Williams,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Exploring Generative AI Workflows for Public-Sector Urban Design Visualization
Yasushi Ishida University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Fostering Community Engagement through Immersive Visualization of Urban Animal Lives
Mark Meagher, A.V. Ronquillo, Kamni Gill, Nathaniel Strohschein, Matthew Glowacki, Ryleigh Bruce, & Owen Swendrowski-Yerex,
University of Manitoba
AI-Accessiblity: Reimagining the Future of Multi-Sensory Space-Making
Andrew Gipe-Lazarou & Luis Borunda,
Virginia Tech
3:30pm-4:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:30pm
Research Sessions
Materializing Possibilities
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Anda French,
Princeton University
Phygital Fabrications: Weaving AI and Material Logics into Architectural Pedagogy
Virginia Melnyk, Iowa State University
AI & Found Objects: Fabrication Experiments from Generative AI’s Misinterpretations of Materials
Jessica Pui Yue Chan & Humbi Song,
University of Toronto
Ornamental AI: Generative Imagery and Code as Procedural Surface Data for Digital Fabrication
Randy Fernando, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Locating Ethics
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Kelly Hutzell,
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Training Architect-Curators: Rethinking Iteration and Environmental Ethics in the Age of AI
Lindsey May, Michael Ezban, & Brittany Williams,
University of Maryland
Augmenting Studio Critique : A Framework for AI Mediated Reflection in Architecture Education
Kaden Beilman, Louisiana Tech University
Ethics as a Design Principle: Shaping AI Integration in Architecture and Design Education
John Stuart, Florida International University
Maya Georgieva, New School
Don’t steal my joy: Integrating ethical AI into design education while prioritizing play and discovery
Dana Ragouzeos, Marjan Khatibi, Leila Ensaniat & Kohar Scott,
San Jose State University
4:00pm-5:30pm
Research Sessions
Book Launch
Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Neil Leach, Florida International University
AI has been unleashed. Nothing is going to be the same again.
Updated to cover all the latest developments, Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence introduces AI for designers and explores its seismic impact on the future of architecture and design. From ChatGPT and smart assistants to groundbreaking diffusion models for video and 3D modelling, this updated new edition investigates the profound effects of AI technologies on architectural practice. It explores how AI transforms every part of the process-from the inspiration and brief, to regulations and copyright, to performance-driven design- and looks beyond discussions of software and functionality to ask more fundamental questions too: How did AI evolve? How does it work? What does it tell us about creativity? And what does it mean for the very future of the profession itself?
Written by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this book is a must-read for all architects wishing to stay at the forefront of the AI revolution.
Continuing Education Credits
Obtain Continuing Education Credits (CES) / Learning Units (LU), including Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) when applicable. Registered conference attendees will be able to submit session attended for Continuing Education Credits (CES). Register for the conference today to gain access to all the AIA/CES credit sessions.
Conference Partners
Michelle Sturges
ACSA
Conferences Manager
202-785-2324
msturges@acsa-arch.org
Eric Wayne Ellis
ACSA
Sr. Dir. of Operations & Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
