IMPORTANT DATES
Call for papers: August 2008
Abstracts due 10/22/2008
Acceptance notification 11/14/2008
Full paper due 1/9/2009
Acceptance notification 2/9/2009
Early registration deadline 2/23/2009
Final paper due 3/1/2009
Registration deadline 3/30/2009
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Organizing Committee
Hazem Rashed Ali, Ph.D
Shelley Roff, Ph.D.
Department of Architecture
The University of Texas at San Antonio
501 W. Durango Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78207
hazem.rashedali@utsa.edu
shelley.roff@utsa.edu
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The 2009 ARCC Spring Research Conference invites papers by those conducting architectural research in both academia and the profession, which address the issues of leadership in architectural research and the fostering of an integrated research culture between academia and the profession. Papers by PhD candidates and other graduate students are encouraged and will be included in a special session.
In addressing this year’s theme, the conference will explore the following issues:
- Identifying and examining current and future trends with regard to leadership in architectural research and the different roles played by academia and the profession in this regard.
- Investigating the role that architectural research can play in helping meet the challenges facing academia and the profession as well as take advantage of the opportunities they offer.
- Examining different means of strengthening the relationship between academia and the profession with regard to achieving further and stronger integration of architectural research in both fields.
- Exploring the role of collaborative and interdisciplinary research, both between the different professions of the built environment as well as with other professions.
The specific areas of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Architectural design and the historical landscape
- Building case studies
- Building materials and construction
- Building performance studies, zero energy, and carbon-neutral buildings
- Collaborative and interdisciplinary research, education, and design
- Digital approaches to architectural design and education
- Green and sustainable architecture
- Human context: social, cultural, and economic studies
- Innovations in architecture for health and related facilities
- Innovative approaches to architectural education
- New methodologies in architectural research
- Processes of architectural design
- Urban design studies
For abstract submission guidelines and to submit an abstract, please click here.
