Study Architecture 
ProPEL March 15-17, 2018 | Denver, Colorado
106th ACSA Annual Meeting
THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE
Schedule
April 2017
Call for Papers/Projects announced
October 4, 2017
Paper/project submission deadline
November 2017
Notifications sent to authors
January 2018
Conference registration deadline for presenters
Housing & Community Development Workshop
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
9:00am – 6:30pm (includes lunch) | Requires additional registration
Avenues of Exchange: Building Equitable, Healthy, and Resilient Cities
A partnership between the AIA Housing and Community Development Network & ACSA
Guest Speaker: Damon Rich, AICP, 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow
Increasingly, cities are challenged with ensuring equitable growth and ecological health in the face of redevelopment. Architecture and community development professionals are at the forefront of this effort. Using Denver as a springboard, educators and practitioners will gather to learn more about housing and community development projects and practices that promote equity and ecology in the built environment.
Panel sessions will focus on The Denver Story, exploring successes and lessons learned from mixed-income multifamily developments in the fast-growing city, and a discussion on maintaining affordability and preventing displacement nationwide. Workshop participants will also hear from a national leader in development that promotes healthy neighborhoods that are responsive to both community and environmental priorities and tour the recently completed Mariposa District, among other Denver sites.
Defining Your Research
Thursday, March 15, 2018
9:00am – 2:00pm | Includes lunch
Hosted by TAD: Technology | Architecture + Design Journal
Architects are stewards of the built environment who rely on the advancement of current social, environmental, and technical knowledge and innovation for their practice. The architectural discipline has the ethical responsibility to conduct research and contribute to the advancement of these vital areas.
Defining Your Research explores the creation of new knowledge and how, or in which modes, it is being developed into research. Designed for tenure-track faculty, particularly those in the early stages of the tenure process, the interactive workshop will be useful to anyone who would like to strengthen or refresh their research and peer-review publication skills.
During the Research workshop, participants engage in exercises to:
- Formulate research questions (the need)
- Understand the inter/disciplinary contexts these questions/queries operate within (literature review and precedent)
- Identify appropriate research methodologies (how)
- Examine evidence collection (data)
- Evaluate findings (validation)
- Communicate these findings (dissemination)
This research framework review will relate modes of creative/innovative inquiries from a broad range of disciplines, including design, engineering, and physical and social sciences.
This workshop will be accompanied by webinars and online interaction that will precede and conclude the workshop. The webinars will showcase speakers from academia, the profession, and industry. It is not required for workshop participants to attend all webinars, which will also be made available on demand.
Accreditation Changes
Thursday, March 15, 2018
9:00am – 12:00pm | Free for Registered Annual Meeting Participants
Hosted by ACSA & NAAB
With NAAB preparing to revisit the Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation in 2019, ACSA and NAAB will co-host a workshop to collect feedback on the existing process as well as begin to explore specific ways to strengthen and streamline the accreditation process for schools. The session will be facilitated by NAAB Interim Executive Director Helene Dreiling, with small-group interactions appropriate for faculty and administrators alike.
New Faculty Workshop
Friday, March 16, 2018
9:00am – 12:30pm | Free for Registered Annual Meeting Participants
Hosted by the College of Distinguished Professors (DPACSA)
Fees & Cancellations
Registration for the workshops can be added to full conference registration & includes lunch.
Visit the Registration page for all Workshop Fees and Cancellation policy.
Questions
Eric W. Ellis
ACSA, Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
Allison Smith
ACSA, Programs Manager
202-785-2324
asmith@acsa-arch.org
