November 7-9, 2019 | New Orleans, LA

2019 Administrators Conference

UNCERTAINTY

Schedule

November 7, 2019

Day One: Pre-conf. Workshops
Tour, Keynote & Reception

November 8, 2019

Day Two: Sessions
Breakfast, Lunch & Evening @ Tulane
Keynote & Reception

November 9, 2019

Day Three: Sessions
TSD Breakfast & Keynote
Tours

Schedule

Following is a conference schedule and is subject to change. Please check back for the most up-to-date schedule and information.

Thursday, November 7th

1:00pm	SOUTH MARKET DISTRICT TOUR ($60)
1:30pm	ACCESS TO ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION: Community Colleges and Four-year Programs (Sponsored by NAAB) Bruce Lindsey, Washington University in St. Louis John Barton, Stanford University Robert González, Texas Tech University Marilys Nepomechie, Florida International University Randy Steiner, Montgomery College Cindy Urness, North Dakota State University Douglas Vail, El Centro College Anthony Viscardi, Lehigh University This interactive session will discuss how to collectively increase interest and access to architectural education through community college and four-year architecture programs. The discussion will be hosted by a NAAB-appointed task force charged with exploring topics that include articulation agreements, certification, and dissemination of best practices with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students who study architecture. Educators and administrators who have experience with community college partnerships, those who have an interest to do so, and those who are involved with four-year programs are invited to attend and participate.
3:30pm	THE FUTURE OF ACCREDITATION: NAAB ARForum19 Update Kevin Flynn, 2018-19 NAAB President Barbara A. Sestak, 2019-20 NAAB President Ellen S. Cathey, NAAB Join the NAAB to discuss the proposed changes to accreditation! Following the “draft 0” public comment and review period and the Accreditation Review Forum 2019, the NAAB released “draft 1” of the 2020 Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation on September 9, 2019 for a 75-day public comment and review period, ending November 22, 2019. This session will include an update outlining the major changes between “draft 0” and “draft 1,” and allow for in-person discussion of the proposed changes, including direct feedback from participants.
6:30pm	KEYNOTE: PANKAJ VIR GUPTA, University of Virginia
7:30pm	OPENING RECEPTION

Friday, November 8th

8:00am	BREAKFAST
8:30am	FEDERAL/EXTERNAL FUNDING & INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Allan Shearer, The University of Texas at Austin Oya Atalay Franck, Zurich University of Applied Sciences Marcos Mazari Hiriart, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Barbara Sestak, Portland State University Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Iowa State University How can schools best seek and administer funded research? How do administrators position faculty and research center directors to develop their research program, particularly when architectural research spans a wide range of disciplinary areas? What are the expectations for funding and research output found in schools in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe?
8:30am	UNCERTAINTY: PATHWAYS TO DESIGN EDUCATION Charlton Lewis, The University of Texas at Austin Karen Nelson, Boston Architectural College Doug Vail, El Centro College Randy Steiner, Montgomery College What pathways and collaborations might be cultivated to expand access to students from community colleges and 4-year programs to professional education and the design professions? How are curricula changing and what alignments are needed?
10:30am	IMPACT AFTER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS Carol Reese, Tulane Denise Hoffman-Brandt, City College of New York Ila Berman, University of Virginia Ann Yoachim, Tulane University What are the roles of schools of architecture and universities?
10:30am	BELONGING, POWER, AND AGENCY: STUDENTS IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION Renee Cheng, University of Washington Malini Srivastava, University of Minnesota Harriet Harriss, Pratt Institute Randy A. Steiner, Montgomery College John Barton, Stanford University Taking the premise that students can do much more than we typical ask of them, this session will explore the relationship between knowledge and power within our studios, classrooms and programs. How does everyone benefit when students gain greater agency over their education? How do we create welcoming and engaging cultures?
12:00pm	ACSA LUNCH President: Rashida Ng, Temple University
2:00pm	DESIGNING WITH WATER Richard Campanella, Tulane University Francisco Javier Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico Anthony Abbate, Florida Atlantic University Marwan Ghandou, Louisiana State University How do we deal with the fluidity of water, the watersheds or the phreatic in the built environment? How does this condition bring architecture to larger physical, social and political scales?
2:00pm	CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE IN AN UNCERTAIN CLIMATE (Sponsored by AIA) Courtney Crosson, University of Arizona Emilie Taylor-Welty, Tulane University Kentaro Tsubaki, Tulane University Dean Gwin, Gate Precast Uncertainty in climate, housing, economy, government, etc., requires creativity and innovative solutions. With the built environment’s impact on climate, we need to be at the forefront, but we need other expertise to work with us. So how do we do it? How can communities, universities and firms address these issues together? Join our panel and take ideas back to your campus and community to begin or improve your efforts to use the power of design for positive change.
2:00pm	ASK NAAB Kevin Flynn, 2018-19 NAAB President Barbara A. Sestak, 2019-20 NAAB President Ellen S. Cathey, NAAB The NAAB is pleased to host all programs with an accreditation visit in 2021 and 2022 for a workshop focused on the 2020 Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation. As the first cohorts to use the new documents, the NAAB will explain the steps being taken to assure programs and teams transition to the new documents smoothly. Programs will be encouraged to ask questions related to their upcoming visit.
4:00pm	EMERGING MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH Richard Sommer, University of Toronto Joyce Hwang, University At Buffalo, SUNY Marshall Brown, Princeton University Christine Theodoropoulos, California Poly State University Allan Shearer, The University of Texas at Austin Michaele Pride, University of New Mexico In what ways does research define the mission of our schools, and the trajectories of faculty within them? Architectural research – even when focused on design – has often hewed, methodologically, to either the social and physical sciences, or the humanities, with the former typically being more open to collaboration than the latter. Some of the most critical and advanced research today in history, ecology, material science, behavioral economics, human health, and urbanism (to name just a few) is being transformed by technologies that generate vast amounts of information, and generally require collaboration within, or across disciplines. What research methods, techniques and distinct bodies of knowledge does architecture bring to these collaborations, and how can schools better cultivate their capacities in this changing arena? Finally, if there are still many genres of research best accomplished on an individual basis, how do we position and support this work in relation to other seemingly ‘grander’ undertakings.
4:00pm	TRANSFORMATIVE PEDAGOGIES Kentaro Tsubaki, Tulane Iñaki Alday, Dean, Tulane University Rafael Beneytez-Duran, University of Houston Julie Ju-Youn Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology Jason Schupbach, Arizona State University As part of an academic institution, schools of architecture must produce knowledge. As the profession continues to push for a greater emphasis on supporting their practices, the discipline of architecture struggles with defining a coherent body of research. How do we make substantive progress in addressing the needs of the profession while developing a robust and coordinated research agenda that will propel the discipline forward? This session will present pedagogical approaches preparing students to critically confronting the challenges faced by society today.
5:30pm	TRANSPORTATION Tulane University, School of Architecture
6:30pm	KEYNOTE: MITCH LANDRIEU Mayor, City of New Orleans (2010–2018)
7:30pm	TULANE RECEPTION

Saturday, November 9th

8:30am	BREAKFAST (Sponsored by Tau Sigma Delta) KEYNOTE: KAREN SETO Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
9:30am	AMBIGUITIES IN THE COMMUNITY AS DESIGNER Scott Bernhard, Tulane University John Quale, University of New Mexico Emilie Taylor-Welty, Tulane University Nadia Anderson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Experienced Panelists will explore the relationship between engagement and expertise in community based design—considering territory between the responsibilities of listening and the responsibilities of professional knowledge.
9:30am	WATER SCARCITY, FLOOD, AND CLIMATE CHANGE Adrian Parr, University of Texas at Arlington Margarita Jover, Tulane University Katherine Lieberknecht, The University of Texas at Austin Margaret Ikeda, California College of the Arts Pankaj Vir Gupta, University of Virginia Is it possible to build a curriculum around the most critical threats to human inhabitation?
11:30am	GRAND CHALLENGES Michelle Addington, The University of Texas at Austin Katherine Lieberknecht, The University of Texas at Austin Robert González, Texas Tech University Branko Kolarevic, New Jersey Institute of Technology As our world wrestles with the impacts of climate change, issues of equity, the pace of urbanization, and the rapidly evolving economic and industrial landscapes, the discipline of architecture has been slow to rise to the challenges. How do we engage in the discourse, directions, and decisions in these “grand challenges” as a discipline that shoulders much of the responsibility yet has heretofore played a small role.
11:30am	PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM (Sponsored by NCARB) Beth Lundell Garver, Boston Architectural College Dan Pitera, University of Detroit Mercy Susan Kliman, University of the District of Columbia Patricia Kucker, Pennsylvania State University Professional practice education in architecture schools typically happens in a one-semester course that covers numerous NAAB Student Performance Criteria. Other courses cover dimensions for professional practice or reinforce what is introduced in the standard course. This session will take up the question why is pro practice at the margins of many curricula and how might curricula better expose students to the varied and evolving realities of architectural practice.
1:00pm	BYWATER NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR ($60 USD)
1:00pm	SHAPING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT TOUR ($30 USD) The work of URBANbuild & The Albert and Tine Small Center for Collaborative Design