Study Architecture 
ProPEL SCHEDULE: THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025
Below is the schedule for Thursday, March 20, 2025, featuring session descriptions. You can read the research abstracts by clicking HERE. The conference schedule is subject to change.
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).
Conference Registration Hours:
Thursday, March 20 at 9:00am-6:00pm
Board Office Hours:
1:30pm – 2:30pm
ABSTRACT BOOK
9:00am-1:00pm
Ticketed Events
Tour Leaders: Emilie Taylor Welty & Byron Mouton, Tulane University
Description:
Tour of recent projects by Tulane’s two award winning design-build programs, URBANbuild and Small Center. This tour is a mixture of built projects, projects under construction, and a mini geography lesson on the crescent city. In the nearly 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, Tulane’s design build programs have built over 50 structures in the city. Tour stops include award winning affordable housing prototyping approaches from URBANbuild and community-engagement based efforts such as Grow Dat Youth Farm and Parisite Skatepark. These projects showcase a breadth of scale and scope that can be accomplished in university-based design build settings.
Workshop Leader: Corey Gracie-Griffin, Penn State University
Description:
This workshop will offer guidance on the entire grant writing process from finding funding opportunities to preparing your best proposal with an emphasis on all research fields within architecture. Led by Corey Gracie-Griffin, Professor of Architecture, former Associate Dean for Research, and recipient of over $2.5M in external funding, participants will receive feedback on concept papers and biosketches as well as understand the larger role of external grants in the promotion and tenure process. This workshop is unique as it will provide specific advice for architecture faculty members from a peer. Participants with no previous grant writing experience as well as those who have experience are welcome to attend.
9:00am-12:00pm
Workshop
Workshop Leaders: Ann Boudinot, NAAB Director of Accreditation & Matt Stillman, NAAB Manager of Accreditation
Description:
This three-hour workshop is designed for programs who are in any stage of the process of writing their APR – just getting started or doing a last check before submission. The workshop includes a review of the 2020 Conditions and evidence requirements, introduces programs to the components of the APR, provides guidance for writing the APR from start to finish, and reviews the resources available to programs during the process. The workshop will include interactive exercises and discussions to help participants assess both their process and the effectiveness of their responses.
CONFERENCE | THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025
1:30pm-3:00pm
Research Sessions
Society + Community: Community Repair and Participatory Design
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Sandra Callies, South Dakota State University
And All That I Knew Of Love: A Cenotaphic Surrogate For Identities Erased
A. Katherine Ambroziak, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Parks in Action – Community Climate Action Hubs
Victor Perez-Amado, Toronto Metropolitan University
Fadi Masoud, University of Toronto
Radical Middle Grounds: New Agendas for Medium-Density Housing
Martin Hättasch, University of Texas at Austin
Creative Achievement Award
Aging Together – Exploring the Housing Challenges of 2SLGBTQI+ Older Adults
Victor Perez-Amado & Sam Casola, Toronto Metropolitan University
Health: Healthy Infrastructure
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Altaf Engineer, University of Arizona
Movement, Mobility, Accessibility & Architecture in Established Urban Environments – An Architecture & Physical Therapy Design Studio Collaboration
Stephanie Muth, David Kratzer & Louis Hunter, Thomas Jefferson University
Integrating Artificial Intelligence (Ai) And Feminist Urban Design. A Methodology Approach For Informal And Peripheral Neighborhoods In South American Cities
Diana Mosquera & Francisco Gallegos, Diversa
Ana Medina, Universite de Montreal
Nueva Reforma – Healthcare Design in Rural Latin America
Madelene Dailey, University of Southern California
Building Science and Technology: Digital Technology and Modeling
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Mahesh Daas, Boston Architectural College
Impact of Climate-Responsive Shading System: Assessment of Energy Performance for the Future Adaptation of Houses in Louisiana
Soo Jeong Jo, Yilin Zheng, Angeline Asa & Victoria Lopez Serrano, Louisiana State University
New Faculty Teaching
Soo Jeong Jo, Louisiana State University
New Faculty Teaching Award
Cognitive Blueprint: A Data-Driven Approach to Neuroarchitecture Using EEG and VR
E.J. Shin, Columbia University
AIAS CRIT Scholar
Pedagogy: Drawing and Decolonizing
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Liz Martin-Malikian, NOW: Collaborative Built Futures
Argumentative Analytical Drawing: A Pedagogical Tool for Architectural Repair
Gonzalo Lopez Garrido, California Polytechnic State University
Old Drawings New Pedagogies: Archival Drawings as Generative Design Tools
Francis Lyn, Florida Atlantic University
Dormant Stratum: Disentangling The Overlapping Layers Of Contamination And Waste That Shaped New Jersey’s Landscape, And Their Potential For Change
Laura del Pino, Kean University
Restoring the Rupture: Decolonizing Narratives of Architectural Education
Farhat Afzal, University of Cincinnati
1:30pm-3:00pm
Special Focus Sessions
Meet the New Distinguished Professors
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator:
Marilys Nepomechie, Florida International University & Chancellor, College of Distinguished Professors
Presenters:
Julian Bonder, Roger Williams University
Katsuhiko Muramoto, Pennsylvania State University
Douglas E. Noble, University of Southern California
Teresa Rosano, University of Arizona
Mitchell Squire, Iowa State University
Description:
In this session you will meet and hear from the newest members of the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors. The ACSA Distinguished Professor Award recognizes individuals who have had a positive, stimulating, and nurturing influence upon students over an extended period of time and/or have engaged in teaching which inspired a generation of students who themselves have contributed to the advancement of architecture.
3:00pm-3:30pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm-5:00pm
Research Sessions
Society + Community: Spatial Practices and Cultures
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Kathryn Anthony, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Soil in our Hands: Rammed-Earth Community Kitchen for a Deaf Immigrant Advocacy Farm
Christina Chi Zhang, Lehigh University
Hannibal Newsom, Syracuse University
Lauren Scott, Syracuse University
Collaborative Practice Award
Chicago Sukkah Design Festival
Joseph Altshuler, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Collaborative Practice Award
Mining Memory: Remembering the River
Amanda Aman, University of Texas at Arlington
Practice: Practice & Repair
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Iowa State University
Efficient, Resilient, Affordable – New Modes of Practice in New Orleans
Emilie Taylor, Tulane University
The Practice Component: A Model for Practice-Integrated Design Education
Bethany Lundell Garver, Ashley Tannebaum , Maria Sardinas & Tina Maceri Bolden, Boston Architectural College
Practice + Leadership Award
Building Science and Technology: Ecology and Sustainability
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Sara Carr, Northeastern University
Energiesprong Alabama: Net-Zero Energy Retrofit Strategies for Alabama’s Public Housing
David Shanks, Auburn University
Sensing the Forest
John Folan & David Kennedy, University of Arkansas
Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS)
Design Build Award
Pedagogy: Sustainable Construction
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Alexis Gregory, Mississippi State University
Afterlife: Repair and Reuse as Design Drivers in Construction Education
Matan Mayer, IE University
Scaffold Thinking: Transformable Assemblages for a Housing Community in Flux
Radu Remus Macovei, ETH Zürich
Repetition and Difference: Collective Living, Biophilia, and Mass Timber on the Campus of IIT in Chicago
Ryan Roark & Michael Glynn, Illinois Institute of Technology
Housing Design Education
Pedagogy: Rethinking Theory and History
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Stephen White, Roger Williams University
Alternate Teaching Structure and Concept for Architectural History/Theory Core Courses
Scott Bernhard & Iñaki Alday, Tulane University
Other No More: Navigating the Issue of Canon within the Architectural Theory Course
Alexander Webb, University of New Mexico
Biospherics as a Pedagogical Approach to the Anthropocene
Meredith Sattler, California Polytechnic State University
3:30pm-5:00pm
Special Sessions
Decarbonizing Curriculum: Now is the time Workshop
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Organizers:
Liz Martin-Malikian, NOW: Collaborative Built Futures
Description:
Calling All Beautiful Sustainable Minds. Decarbonizing the curriculum in higher education represents a critical step toward equipping students with the knowledge and skills to address the global climate crisis. Many, if not all faculty, bring issues of sustainability and/or climate change into their courses. However,implementing a decarbonized curriculum involves not only revising course content but also rethinking pedagogical approaches to encourage active problem-solving, systems thinking, and critical analysis. Educators and administrators face challenges, such as developing new teaching materials, training faculty, and securing institutional support. Additionally, collaboration with industry partners can provide practical insights, ensuring that students gain relevant skills to create a more nature-positive built environment and green economy.
5:00pm-5:30pm
Coffee Break
5:30pm-7:00pm
Plenary
OPENING Plenary
1.5 AIA/CES LU
2025 ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION AWARDS CEREMONY
Please join us in celebrating your peers’ achievements and distinguished award winning work.
2025 AIA/ACSA TOPAZ MEDALLION
THOMAS FISHER
This Plenary includes a keynote by 2025 Topaz Laureate: Thomas Fisher, University of Minnesota.
7:00pm
Networking
Opening Reception
Continuing Education Credits
Obtain Continuing Education Credits (CES) / Learning Units (LU), including Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) where applicable. Registered conference attendees will be able to submit sessions attended for Continuing Education Credits (CES). Register for the conference to gain access to all the AIA/CES credit sessions.
Conference Partners
Michelle Sturges
Conferences Manager
202-785-2324
msturges@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
