October 11-13, 2018 | Milwaukee, WI

2018 ACSA Fall Conference

PLAY with the Rules

Schedule

May 2, 2018

Abstract & Design Proposal Deadlines: Extended

June 2018

Abstract & Design Proposal Notification

October 11-13, 2018

ACSA Fall Conference | PLAY with the Rules

November 14, 2018

Final Full-paper Deadline for Proceedings Publication

Event Schedule

Following is the preliminary conference schedule, which is subject to change. Please check back for the most up-to-date information.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

9:00am	Optional Tours
2:00pm	Portmanteau Exhibit @ Milwaukee Art Museum – Camouflage: Architectural Origins Everywhere and Nowhere Edward Becker, Virginia Tech – GLEEcerin: Notational Models Alberto de Salvatierra, Joshua Vermillion & Samantha Solano, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas – Border Game Lindsay Harkema, Syracuse U. – Piiiiiissssssssssst Pascal Hachem & Rana Haddad, American U. of Beirut – #nofilter ;) Justine Humble, California College of the Arts – Undoing the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) Dongsei Kim, New York Institute of Technology – Contra-Band: Hidden in Plain Sight Gregory Spaw, American U. of Sharjah Lee Su Huang, U. of Florida – Hedges of the World: Folio Edition Mira Henry, Southern California Institute of Architecture – Design as Play! The Sea Level Rise Board Game Gabriel Kaprielian, Temple U. – Seeing Double: The Portmanteau Portmanteau Joseph Altshuler & Zachary Morrison, School of the Art Institute of Chicago – A Meditation on the Portmanteau: Overnight Bags for Architecture Greg Snyder, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte – Baggage Ashley Bigham & Erik Herrmann, The Ohio State U. – All Covered With… (Co-drawing the Future City) Antje K. Steinmuller & Christopher Falliers, California College of the Arts
6:00pm	Opening Keynote: Alexandra Lange @ Milwaukee Art Museum
7:00pm	Reception

Friday, October 12, 2018

8:30am	Welcome
9:00am	(tactical) OPERATION I Disrupter: Jose Arnaud-Bello, Lupe Toys – Active Class Space Ulysses Sean Vance, U. of Michigan – Creative Activism A. Sameh El Kharbawy – Cultivating a ‘New Normal’ Absalom Jabu Makhubu & Tariq Toffah, University of Johannesburg – Participatory Design through Responsible Games Chu-Yun Cheng, The Cooper Union
	LIFE (style) I Disrupter: Jennifer Newsom, University of Minnesota – Checking Out Jonathan Boelkins, U. of Arkansas – Creative Accounting Ashlie Latiolais, U. of Louisiana – Lafayette Jonathan Boelkins, U. of Arkansas – Life & Hanging Out Your Own Shingle Ruth Connell, Morgan State U.
	(tongue) TWISTER I Disrupter: David Benjamin, Columbia University – Laughing Matter: Architecture and Physical Comedy Thom Moran, U. of Michigan – No Frills Ang Li, Northeastern U. – On Form, Function, and Ambiguity Molly Hunker & Gregory Corso, Syracuse University – Playing out the Pattern Roger Hubeli & Julie Larsen, Syracuse University
	MONOPOLY (poly-opoly) I Disrupter: James Graham, Columbia University – Banal by Design Brent Sturlaugson, U. of Kentucky – Regulation, Profit, and Power Tait Johnson, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – Rules of the Game Marc Maxey, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln – The Architect as Corporation Randy Nakamura, California College of the Arts – The Commoners Paolo Sanza & Awilda I. Rodriguez, Oklahoma State U.
10:30am	Coffee Break
11:00am	(tactical) OPERATION II Disrupter: Jose Arnaud-Bello, Lupe Toys – Architectural Operations in Informal Neighborhoods Aaron Paul Brakke, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – Gaming for Tactical Urban Design Mine Hashas-Degertekin, Kennesaw State U. – The Vertical Fulfillment Center David Salomon, Ithaca College Julian Varas, U. Torcuato Di Tella
	LIFE (style) II Disrupter: Jennifer Newsom, University of Minnesota – Living the Double Life Jacob A. Gines, Mississippi State U. – Practice or Perish! Nischolan Pillay, U. of Johannesburg Yashaen Luckan, U. of Kwazulu Natal – Teaching Empowerment and Agency Through Design Clare Olsen, California Polytechnic State U. – Risky Matter Julie Larsen & Roger Hubeli, Syracuse U.
	(tongue) TWISTER II Disrupter: David Benjamin, Columbia University – Fonseca’s Imaginary Playground Samriddhi Sharma, The Cooper Union – Form(al) Follies A. Sameh El Kharbawy – Negotiating of the Site Towards Creating an Architectural Expression Sean Burns, Ball State U. – Piles and Parlor Games Jean Jaminet, Kent State U. – Twisting Tesseract Jodi La Coe, Virginia Tech
	MONOPOLY (poly-opoly) II Disrupter: James Graham, Columbia University – A Variation of ‘A Variation on a Theme Park’ Andrew Santa Lucia, Portland State U. – Architecture, Fast and Slow Sara Khorshidifard, Bowling Green State U. Hannah Dewhirst, Bowling Green State U. – Play: The Spaces, Bodies, and Rules of Games and Public Spaces Jeremy Voorhees, Drexel U. – Who Needs a Lexicon? Sarah Deyong, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln
12:30pm	Lunch + The Pavilion Plenary MIES.zip: Compressed Constructions James Lowder, The Cooper Union Misako Murata, University of Pennsylvania
2:30pm	(tactical) OPERATION III Disrupter: Jose Arnaud-Bello, Lupe Toys – Another Rough Sketch for a Sample Lesson for a Hypothetical Course Antonio Furgiuele, Wentworth Institute of Technology – Architectonics Shantanu Bhalla, The Cooper Union – Play in Architectural Pedagogy Malini Srivastava & Mike Christenson, North Dakota State U. – The Ghost in the Machine Damon Caldwell, Louisiana Tech U.
	LIFE (style) III Disrupter: Jennifer Newsom, University of Minnesota – Sold Out Gregory Corso & Molly Hunker, Syracuse University – The Architecture Exhibition as an Environment for a Radical Redesign of the Discipline Charlott Greub, North Dakota State University – The Mobile CoLaboratory Shannon Criss & Nils Gore, U. of Kansas
	(tongue) TWISTER III Disrupter: David Benjamin, Columbia University – For When Shape Falls Flat / Re-Valuing Profile Jonathan Scelsa, Pratt Institute John Paul Rysavy, And-Either-Or – Go Figure Adam Marcus, California College of the Arts – Playing with Growth Patterns Frank Melendez, City College of New York Nancy Diniz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
	MONOPOLY (poly-opoly) III Disrupter: James Graham, Columbia University – A New Guilded Age Leonard D. Yui, Roger Williams U. – An Interactive Approach to Planning for Informal Urbanisms Trevor Ryan Patt, Singapore U.of Technology and Design – Challenges and Possibilities in the Making of Modern Middle Eastern Oil Cities Leila Saboori, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Sidewalk Skirmish Therese Kelly
4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:30pm	(tactical) OPERATION IV Disrupter: Jose Arnaud-Bello, Lupe Toys – Beyond the Capitalization of Life Ryan Ludwig, U. of Cincinnati – Hybrid Practices Edward Becker, Virginia Tech – The Language of Traditional Architecture in Contemporary Ghanaian Architectural Practice Dahlia Nduom, Howard U. – The Softest Power Fionn Byrne, U. of British Columbia
	CANDY LAND (scape) I Disrupter: Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Charles Moore’s Watermelon Pyramid Lori Smithey, U. of Michigan – Confetti Urbanism Clark Thenhaus, California College of the Arts – Lessons from Polo Joseph Altshuler, Illinois Institute of Technology Julia Sedlock, Cosmo Design Factory – Pop-things Benjamin J. Smith, Tulane U.
	(tongue) TWISTER IV Disrupter: David Benjamin, Columbia University – Balancing Act David Newton, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln – Playing with Geometry and Physics Clare Olsen & Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State U. – Poker as a Design Analog Eric J. Jenkins, Catholic U. of America – Punning as Process Sarah Hirschman, U. of California, Berkeley
6:30pm	“Wander + Ponder” the Installations throughout Villa Terrace
7:30pm	Informal Pavilion Exhibition Q+A between Artists/Designers + Audience
7:30pm	Meet + Eat / Think + Drink
	Pavilion Exhibits – The Thrill of Threshold or Circle, Jerk McLain Clutter & Cyrus Penarroyo, U. of Michigan – Pavilion of Fluff Karen Lange, California Polytechnic State U. – XYYXXY Accessible Restroom Pavilion Peter Tolkin & Sarah E. Lorenzen, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona – Rock n’ Ruin: A Material Catalog for Concrete Rubble Ang Li, Northeastern U. – Plural Territories: No Permission Required Brian Strawn & Karla Sierralta, U. of Hawaii At Manoa – Shelf Life Adam Fure, Ellie Abrons, Meredith L. Miller, & Thom Moran, U. of Michigan – Ground Game Ashley Bigham & Erik Herrmann, The Ohio State U. – Commodity, Plumpness and Delight Casey Benito & Emily White, California Polytechnic State U. – Material Agency Brian Osborn, California Polytechnic State U.
	Also at Villa Terrace: House of Risk by Vanessa Diaz and Sylvie Rosenthal (October 18th 2018 – January 27th 2019)

Saturday, October 13, 2018

9:00am	(CANDY LAND (scape) II Disrupter: Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Are We There, There?! Nicole McIntosh, Syracuse U. – Double Take Jean Jaminet, Kent State U. – Prince Karl’s Rock Candy Courtyard Steven Lauritano, U. of Michigan – Sweet Affects? Political and Ecological Aesthetics in Architecture Andrea Wheeler, Iowa State U.
	CLUE (-d in or out) I Disrupter: Tamar Zinguer, The Cooper Union – Draw Story Karla Sierralta, U. of Hawaii At Manoa – Gaming the Dream House Greg Snyder, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte – Growing up Modern Julia Jamrozik, U. At Buffalo, SUNY – Scripting Space Brian M. Ambroziak, U. of Tennessee-Knoxville
	CHUTES AND LADDERS (and ethics) I Disrupter: Julia McMorrough, University of Michigan – City as Camp, Architect as Camper Ellen Donnelly, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln – Neighborhood Houses as Moral Place Mania Tahsina Taher, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Nomadic Details. Methodologies for Ludic Construction Nicholas Boyarsky, RMIT U. – Poverty and Poop Trains R. Todd Gabbard, Kansas State U.
	RISK (taking) I Disrupter: Anne Rieselbach, The Architectural League of New York – Against Permanence Lindsay Harkema, Syracuse U. – New Rules for the Radicals Aaron Paul Brakke, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – Transverse Landscapes of Learning Yoonjee Koh, Boston Architectural College – Speculation, Intention, and Imagined Lives Charles A. Debelius, Appalachian State U.
10:30am	Coffee Break
11:00am	CANDY LAND (scape) III Disrupter: Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Generative Misbehavior At Play Naomi Frangos, New York Institute of Technology – Precarious Playgrounds Sandy Litchfield, U. of Massachusetts, Amherst – Reinventing Familiar Design Tools Ebrahim Poustinchi, Kent State U. – The Egg Hunt Jonathan Scelsa, Pratt Institute
	CLUE (-d in or out) II Disrupter: Tamar Zinguer, The Cooper Union – A Seemingly Serene Scene Andreea Mihalache, Clemson U. – Distorted Optics Farnoosh Farmer, The Cooper Union – Notes on Hashtag Architecture Galo Canizares, The Ohio State U. – Perspectives on Interiority Florence Twu, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
	CHUTES AND LADDERS (and ethics) II Disrupter: Julia McMorrough, University of Michigan – Objects at Rest Will Stay at Rest until Acted Upon by an Unbalanced Force Molly Hunker & Gregory Corso, Syracuse University – Repository of the Unnecessary Juliette Dubroca, Washington State U. – Tender Processes Jesse LeCavalier, New Jersey Institute of Technology – Underground is for People Erica Allen-Kim, U. of Toronto
	RISK (taking) II Disrupter: Anne Rieselbach, The Architectural League of New York – Encouraging Risk Taking through Ignorance, Failure, Nonsense & Play George Epolito, De Montfort U. – Fleshy Buildings Penn Ruderman, Wentworth Institute of Technology – iPlace Rana Haddad, American U. of Beirut – Who’s at the Table? Shannon Criss & Nils Gore, University of Kansas
12:30pm	Lunch (on your own)
2:30pm	CANDY LAND (scape) IV Disrupter: Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Design as Play! Gabriel Kaprielian, Temple U. – Irrational Operations Amir W. Alrubaiy, U. of Colorado Denver – Keeping the Discipline in Play Doug Jackson, California Polytechnic State U. – Reading the Matrix as Terrain Pasquale De Paola, Liane A. Hancock, & Damon Caldwell, Louisiana Tech U.
	CLUE (-d in or out) III Disrupter: Tamar Zinguer, The Cooper Union – Clues to a Mystery in Banff Kendra Schank Smith, Albert C. Smith, III, Yew Thong Leong, & Zaiyi Liao, Ryerson U. – MacGuffin Julia Capomaggi, U. of Illinois at Chicago – Rooms of Display Jimmy Carter, U. of Illinois at Chicago – The Scene of the Crime Constance Vale, Washington U. in St. Louis
	CHUTES AND LADDERS (and ethics) III Disrupter: Julia McMorrough, University of Michigan – A Transgressive way to Play! Jose Luis Mateluna, The Cooper Union – Amusement Elijah Huge, Wesleyan U. – Graphic Fields Hans Peter Tursack, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – The Castle of Pertinacity Margarita McGrath, Virginia Tech – The Situational Ambience of Play Shang Wei Lin, The Cooper Union
	RISK (taking) III Disrupter: Anne Rieselbach, The Architectural League of New York – Lives Sacrificed to a Beautiful Building Sergio Preston, Cornell University – Passeggiata James Fowler Eckler, Jr., Marywood U. – The State of the Public Palace Ashley Bigham, U. of Michigan
4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:30pm	CANDY LAND (scape) V Disrupter: Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Computer Worlds Ellie Abrons & Adam Fure, University of Michigan – Flavor-Town Filip Tejchman, Hoda Barzegar Ganji, & Nasim Shareghi, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Glimmering Wildness Nathan Hume, U. of Pennsylvania – Thermally Active Narratives Alex Timmer, U. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
	CLUE (-d in or out) IV Disrupter: Tamar Zinguer, The Cooper Union – No Glue Margarita McGrath, Virginia Tech – Rules and Rulers Pasquale De Paola, Louisiana Tech U. – The Invented Toy Steven Quevedo, U. of Texas at Arlington – The Practice of Domesticity vs the Ideal of Domesticity in Accra, Ghana Dahlia Nduom, Howard U.
	(tongue) TWISTER V Disrupter: David Benjamin, Columbia University – A Twisted Mind – The New Concrete PLAYbook Julie Larsen & Roger Hubeli, Syracuse U. – Cartesian Concrete Spiel Sasa Zivkovic & Leslie Lok, Cornell U. – Cloud Formations Johan Voordouw, Carleton U.
	RISK (taking) IV Disrupter: Anne Rieselbach, The Architectural League of New York – “A Fur on a Rock, Next to a Fire, in a Cave” Shannon Starkey, U. of San Diego – Risk-taking, Risk-learning Julia Jamrozik, University At Buffalo, SUNY – Undoing the Demilitarized Zone Dongsei Kim, New York Institute of Technology
7:00pm	Disrupters Closing Plenary Interloper \| Moderator: Dora Epstein Jones, UC Berkeley Disrupters – Jose Arnaud-Bello, Lupe Toys – David Benjamin, Columbia University – James Graham, Columbia University – Julia McMorrough, University of Michigan – Jennifer Newsom, University of Minnesota – Anne Rieselbach, The Architectural League of New York – Antonio Torres, University of Illinois at Chicago – Tamar Zinguer, The Cooper Union

Tours

Below are tours being offered during the Play with the Rules | 2018 ACSA Fall Conference.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

1:00pm – 5:00pm: Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Milwaukee $25

Tour led by: Matthew T Jarosz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Explore the history and architecture that Milwaukee offers. Site include Milwaukee City Hall, Pabst Theater, Mitchell Building, Mackie Building, and Loyalty Building.

This is a walking tour in and around downtown Milwaukee.

3:00pm – 5:00pm: Walking Tour of Milwaukee Art Museum $25

Tour Led by Jim Shields, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee Museum Overview, Saarinen War Memorial, Cudahy Gardens, Quadracci Pavilion, MAM addition, and renovated galleries

This is a walking tour in and around the Milwaukee Art Museum.

1:00pm – 5:30pm: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax & the American System Houses $50

Tour Led by Mark Keene, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The SC Johnson Campus global headquarters in Racine, Wisconsin, includes the spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Administration Building and Research Tower and the award-winning Fortaleza Hall, designed by Foster + Partners. The SC Johnson Administration Building was the first Frank Lloyd Wright designed for SC Johnson. The Research Tower opened in 1950. Designed by world-renowned Foster + Partners, Fortaleza Hall includes an 888-square-foot vertical garden and, at its center, the replica Sikorsky aircraft flown by Sam Johnson and his sons to Fortaleza, Brazil.
Wright designed his American System-Built structures between 1911-1917, motivated by his lifelong interest in affordable housing.

This is a bus tour to Racine, WI and returning to Milwaukee.

To add any tours to your existing conference registration, please call the ACSA office at 202-785-2324

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2018 ACSA Fall Conference

PLAY with the Rules

Schedule

May 2, 2018

June 2018

October 11-13, 2018

November 14, 2018

Event Schedule

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Friday, October 12, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Tours

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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