The University of Texas at San Antonio

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

 

 

 

Leadership in Architectural Research, between academia and the profession

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM

DAY I  DAY II  DAY III  DAY IV

DAY III: FRIDAY 4/17/2009

8:00 - 9:00 REGISTRATION
   
9:00 - 12:00 TOUR:
  Contemporary San Antonio: The Emerging Metropolis
   
12:00 - 1:00 BROWN-BAG LUNCH
   
1:30 - 3:00 SESSION 8A: Place Making in Urban Design
         - Sense of Place in Everyday Spaces: Lessons for Urban Design 
                      Vikas Mehta, University of South Florida 
         - The urban Square: From Space to Place
                      Nadia Charalambous, University of Cyprus
         - The Law of Indies as the First Precedent of Urban Design in the
         Americas
                      Roberto Rodriguez, University of Texas San Antonio
         - Place Making as a Sustainable Community Planning Strategy:
         Serenbe Community
                      Phillip Tabb, Texas A&M University
   
1:30 - 3:00 SESSION 8B: New Models for Architectural Education
         - Collaborative Research: A paradigm shift in architectural
         education?
                      Joyce Noe, Marja Sarvimaki, & Sam Haagenson, University of
                    Hawaii
 
         - Interdisciplinarity as a Sustainable Pedagogical Tool
                      R. Todd Gabbard, Kansas State University
         - Closing the Implementation Gap: A Critical Model for Architectural
         Research
                      Ash Ragheb, Lawrence Technological University
         - Searching for a New Paradigm in Architectural Education
                      Irina Solovyova, University of Texas San Antonio
   
3:00 - 3:30 TEA / COFFEE BREAK
   
3:30 - 5:00 SESSION 9A: International Perspectives on Urban Design
         - Reaching out and Reining in: Four Proposals for Planning
         Community
                      Alexandra Staub, Pennsylvania State University
         - Environmental Adaptation of Urban Design for Desert Settlements
         in Upper Egypt
                      Amal Aldeberky, University of Minia
          - A' Vernacular Approach' to Re-Shaping the Built Environment in
          Arid Zones .
                      Hanaa Shokry, Higher Technological Institute
         - Practice and Theory in Greek Urban Design
                      Konstantinos Ioannidis, University of Thessaly
3:30 - 5:00 SESSION 9B: Innovations in Architectural Education
         - Building Systems Integration for Enhanced Environmental
         Performance
                      Kenneth MacKay, State University of New York at Buffalo
         - Integrating Environmental Performance Criteria in Architectural
         Design Studios
                      Hazem Rashed-Ali, University of Texas San Antonio
         - Material | Formation Materially Driven Approach to Design
                      Vera Parlac, University of Calgary
   
6:00 - 9:00 CONFERENCE DINNER

DAY I  DAY II  DAY III  DAY IV

 

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