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MARCH 24-26, 2021 | Virtual Conference

109th Annual Meeting

Expanding the View: Prospect(s) for Architectural Education Futures

Schedule

July 1, 2020

Abstract Deadline

July 1, 2020

Special Session Deadline

September 2020

Author Notification

November 18, 2020

Full Paper Deadline

January 2021

Final Presenter Notification

Schedule-at-a-Glance

This year’s 109th Annual Meeting will be held virtually from March 24 – 26, 2021. The virtual conference is designed for educators, practitioners, researchers, and students to explore and discuss the latest research, ideas, and practices in architecture, education, and allied disciplines.
Schedule-at-a-Glance

Below is the Schedule-at-a-Glance. To see the full schedule along with session descriptions and research abstracts, click the daily schedule. The conference schedule is subject to change. Please check back for the most up-to-date information.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021

4:00pm-5:30pm EDT /
1:00pm-2:30pm PDT

Pre-Conference
Workshop

THE LAST FRONTIER:
Decolonizing Content and Promoting a Culture of Inclusion in Design Studios and More

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

11:00am-12:00pm EDT /
8:00am-9:00am PDT

Plenary

Opening Keynote

Expanding the View of the Profession

– COFFEE BREAK –

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Session V

12:30pm-1:30pm EDT /
9:30am-10:30am PDT

Special Focus Sessions

Grounding: Seeding Long-Term Change in a Time of Reaction

On Constructing a Digital Archive

Teaching Suburbia Now

Pulling Back the Curtain: TAD – Matter and Methods

Questions for Architectural Research in Hybrid Reality

– COFFEE BREAK –

2:00pm-3:30pm EDT /
11:00am-12:30pm PDT

Research Sessions

Environmental Logics

Emergent Production Modes

Theory

New Modalities

Addressing the Common Good

90-minute

Lounge & Tour

Networking & Exhibitor Lounge
Tour 

St. Louis Architecture and Urbanism

5:00pm-6:30pm EDT /
2:00pm-3:30pm PDT

Research Sessions

Craft and Material in Design

Technology-Enabled Spatial Productions

Inclusion

Urban Pedagogies

Engaged Practices and Projects

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Session V

11:00am-12:00pm EDT /
8:00am-9:00am PDT

Special Focus Sessions

Encountering Architecture: The Future of Fieldwork in Architecture Education

Speculative Practice in Pedagogy

Federal and State Advocacy: Bringing it to the Studio

Careers in Architectural Education: Distinguished Professors Posit the Future

Advancing Scholarship on Equity and Justice in Built Environment

– COFFEE BREAK –

12:30pm-2:00pm EDT /
9:30am-11:00am PDT

Research Sessions

Beyond Normative in Design

Teaching Ecological Matters

Culture & Heritage

Mediations

Justice, Memory, and Design

90-minute

Lounge & Tour

Networking & Exhibitor Lounge
TOUR

Cultural Preservation as Community Development: Workshop with 4theVille

3:30pm-5:00pm EDT /
12:30pm-2:00pm PDT

Research Sessions

Scales of Urbanity

Tracing Resources

Criticism

Inclusive Pedagogies

Building Bridges, Building Community

– COFFEE BREAK –

5:30pm-7:00pm EDT /
2:30pm-4:00pm PDT

Plenary

2021 Architectural Education Awards

Awards Toast & Topaz Keynote: Kathryn H. Anthony

Friday, March 26, 2021

Session I

Session II

Session III

Session IV

Session V

11:00am-12:00pm EDT /
8:00am-9:00am PDT

Special Focus Sessions

The Divided City // Pedagogical Explorations of Spatial Injustice in and with St. Louis

Remembering for the Future: Using Storytelling in Design to Engage Complicated Histories

Implementing 2020 Conditions & Procedures: NAAB

Course Development Prize: Architecture, Climate Change, and Society

– COFFEE BREAK –

12:30pm-2:00pm EDT /
9:30am-11:00am PDT

Research Sessions

Activist Architectures

History

Pedagogical Innovations

Expanding Urban Agencies

Material Practice

90-minute

Lounge & Workshop

Networking & Exhibitor Lounge
Workshop

Grounding Mass Timber: Experiments, Environments, Ethics

3:30pm-5:00pm EDT /
12:30pm-2:00pm PDT

Research Sessions

Design Process and Methods

Embedded Pedagogies

Engaged Urban Practices

Emerging Healthy Environments Methodologies

Agency in Practice

– COFFEE BREAK –

5:30pm-7:00pm EDT /
2:30pm-4:00pm PDT

Plenary

Tau Sigma Delta, Gold Medal Keynote

Closing Keynote: Johnpaul Jones

FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2021

3:00pm-4:30pm EDT /
12:00pm-1:30pm PDT

Post-Conference
Webinar

Expanding the View into Post-Professional Degree Programs

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

3:00pm-6:00pm EDT /
12:00pm-3:00pm PDT

Post-Conference
Workshop

Alternative Frameworks for Architectural Practice: The Cooperative Network
Conference Partners
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