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ProPEL Oct. 19 – 21, 2023 | Amherst, MA
2023 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference:
MATERIAL ECONOMIES
Fall Conference
SCHEDULE + ABSTRACTS: THURSDAY
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Below is the schedule for Thursday, October 19, 2023, which includes session descriptions and research abstracts. 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). Register for the conference today to gain access to all the AIA/CES credit sessions.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
1:00pm-4:00pm
Ticketed Event
3 LU Credit
“Dive into the world of plant-based building materials with Hempstone’s introduction to Hempcrete, a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder that can be used for construction and insulation. Trusted around the world as a robust, high-performance sustainable building system, Hempcrete entered the US market a decade ago and is poised to take the natural building industry by storm because it is net carbon storing, non-toxic and flame, water and pest resistant.”
5:00pm-6:30pm
Plenary
1 HSW Credit
Opening Keynote: Mae-ling Lokko
Mae-ling Lokko, Yale University
Mae-ling Lokko is an Assistant Professor at Yale University’s School of Architecture and Yale’s Center for Ecosystems in Architecture (Yale CEA). She is an architectural scientist, designer and educator from Ghana and the Philippines whose work focuses on the upcycling of agrowaste and biopolymer materials. Her research integrates a broad range of technical, environmental, social and cultural criteria to evolve contemporary material-value systems and accelerate business models for upcycling between the Global North and South. Lokko is the founder of Willow Technologies, Ltd. focused on the research, design and development of biobased building materials. Lokko was the Director for the Building Sciences Program and Assistant Professor at Rensselaer’s School of Architecture from 2018-2021. Lokko’s recent projects have been exhibited globally including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands; Museum of the Future, Dubai; Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, Belgium; Somerset House; London and Triennale Milano, Italy. Lokko holds a Ph.D. and Masters of Science in Architectural Science from the Center of Architecture, Science and Ecology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and B.A from Tufts University.
Conference Partners
Questions
Melanie De Cola
AIA, Manager, Architectural Research
202-626-7574
melaniedecola@aia.org
Eric Wayne Ellis
ACSA, Senior Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
