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2020 ACSA Fall Conference: Request for Proposals

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Deadline: February 27, 2019

The ACSA invites proposals from member schools to host the 2020 ACSA Fall Conference. This ACSA Fall Conference will be thematic in focus and feature scholarly presentations, based on peer-reviewed abstracts, and a digital proceedings that will be available in ACSA’s permanent online archive.

The Fall Conference is an opportunity for the host school to bring educators from across North America and beyond to their campus. The thematic focus can highlight a school’s strengths and demonstrate educational excellence to upper administration. Other goals for the new format include strengthening social opportunities for participants with common scholarly interests and bringing concentrated visibility to the work being done in the topic area.

Attendance at the Fall Conference is anticipated to be 100-200 people, with host schools using campus facilities or other appropriate venues (including a local hotel or conference center) for conference sessions. Joint proposals from neighboring schools and partnerships with other groups (such as those formed around the thematic area) are welcome.

Final proposals will be reviewed and selected through the ACSA Board of Directors, Research & Scholarship Committee.


Proposals should be 3 pages or less, excluding supporting documents, and should include:

1)   A title and paragraph-length description of the conference that clearly identifies the theme.

  • Further explanation for the theme is encouraged. However, a separate brief description of the conference is required.

2)   Proposed dates for the conference.

  • The Fall Conference should occur in late September or October, typically a Thursday–Saturday.

3)   The name of the conference chair or co-chairs, as well as any other relevant organizers.

  • Identify one or more faculty members to act as chair and whose area of expertise relates to the proposed theme. The chair(s) will be responsible for the academic portion of the conference and will work with ACSA staff on logistical details, communication with partners, and other planning and promotion duties.

4)   A description of other potential conference features: partnerships, sponsors, keynote speakers, tours, etc. that would enhance the conference.

5)   Clear expression of interest by school.

  • Show evidence of support from the school’s dean, provost, or other appropriate university representatives through letters and/or supporting documents.

6)   A description of other resources available for the conference.

  • This includes potential venues for conference sessions, keynote lectures, and receptions; potential tour sites; or other local connections to enhance the conference.
  • Fall Conferences are normally funded by income from registration fees and sponsorship. This income pays for expenses related to meeting space, audio-visual equipment, invited speaker travel and honoraria, and food and beverage.
  • ACSA will provide the following support: international promotion of the conference, from the call for papers through the proceedings publication; an online system (including staff support) for submission, review, and upload of scholarly material; publishing services for conference programs and proceedings; and other planning services, such as negotiation and coordination of meeting facilities.
  • In-kind support from the school is requested for invited speaker costs, a/v equipment, meeting space, student volunteers, etc. Schools providing in-kind support will be recognized for their contribution in promotional materials, and participation of students and faculty in the conference will be invited.


ACSA Fall Conferences from the last few years:

2019 ACSA Fall Conference  |  Less Talk / More Action: 
Conscious Shifts in Architectural Education – Coming Soon!
Location: Stanford, CA
Host Schools: Stanford University & Yale University
Co-chairs: Amy Larimer, Stanford U. & Sunil Bald, Yale U.

2018 ACSA Fall Conference  |  PLAY with the Rules
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Host School: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Co-chairs: Jasmine Benyamin, Nikole Bouchard, Whitney Moon, Kyle Reynolds, & Mo Zell, UWM

2017 ACSA Fall Conference | Crossing Between the Proximate and Remote
 Location: Marfa, TX
Host School: Texas Tech University
Co-chairs: Urs Peter Flueckiger, Texas Tech University & Victoria McReynolds, Texas Tech University

2016 ACSA Fall Conference | Building for Health & Well-Being
 Location: Honolulu, HI
Host School: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Co-chairs: Sara Jensen Carr, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Billie Faircloth, KieranTimberlake & Howard Frumkin, University of Washington 

2015 ACSA Fall Conference | Between the Autonomous & Contingent Object
 Location: Syracuse, NY
Host Schools: Syracuse University
Co-chairs: Roger Hubeli & Julie Larsen, Syracuse University

2014 Fall Conference | WORKING OUT: thinking while building 
 Location: Halifax, NS
Host School: Dalhousie University
Co-chairs: Ted Cavanagh, Dalhousie University; Ursula Hartig, Technical University of Berlin & Sergio Palleroni, Portland State University 

2013 ACSA Fall Conference: SUBTROPICAL CITIES 
 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Host School: Florida Atlantic University
Co-chairs: Anthony Abbate, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Lyn, Florida Atlantic University; Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology 

2012 ACSA Fall Conference: OFFSITE / Modular Building Institute
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Host Schools: Temple University
Co-chairs: Ryan E. Smith, University of Utah; John Quale, University of Virginia; & Rashida Ng, Temple University

2011 ACSA Fall Conference: Local Identities / Global Challenges
 Location: Houston, TX
Host Schools: Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University
Co-chairs: Ikhlas Sabouni, Prairie View A&M University & Jorge Vanegas, Texas A&M University

Schools interested in hosting are encouraged to contact the ACSA to discuss potential arrangements prior to making a proposal.


SUBMISSION AND INFORMATION
Please submit your proposal, by February 27, 2019, and questions to:
    Eric Wayne Ellis
    Director of Operations and Programs
    email: eellis@acsa-arch.org
    phone: 202.785.2324

From the President: ENGAGING THE WORLD

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This year’s Administrators Conference took place at the end of October in Québec City, in Canada, under the theme of “Engaging the World.” Myriam Blais from Université Laval, the host school, and Sharon Matthews from Wentworth Institute of Technology co-chaired the conference. Approximately 200 members and guests attended this thematically rich event, with most of the sessions showcasing how our member schools are engaging the world, through study abroad programs, international research partnerships, exchanges of students and faculty, international dual degrees, etc. Anupama Kundoo and Anna Heringer delivered powerful keynote presentations, showing their work in different parts of the world, working with local communities and relying on local building traditions to “build knowledge to build communities” as Kundoo noted during her lecture.

The overall goal of the conference was to encourage further internationalization of our member schools and to deepen the conversation on a variety of topics, from student recruitment and study abroad to how our association should engage sibling organizations around the world. It reflects the ACSA Board’s intent to address international engagement as one of the key initiatives this year, which was started three years ago under the leadership of past president Marilys Nepomechie. This year we are attempting to make some progress.

The Board charged the Leadership Committee to develop a set of recommendations regarding ACSA’s international engagement. They took the conference as an opportunity to do this, holding a closing session that summarized the various session tracks. From their work the Board expects to explore issues such as how the association should engage related organizations around the world, whether it should expand its international membership, and whether it should play a greater role in facilitating international activities of our member schools.

We managed to gather in Québec not only our members interested in international engagement, but also the leadership of our sibling organizations from around the world – AASA, ASINEA, EAAE, UDEFAL, UIA. Besides Ilaria Valente, vice president of EAAE, and Marilys Nepomechie, co-chair of UIA’s Education Commission, we also had with us Marcos Mazari Hiriart, president of ASINEA, Asociacion de Instituciones de Ensenanza de la Arquitectura de la Republica Mexicana, which has over 100 member schools. Chris Knapp from AASA, Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia, joined the Board meeting remotely from Sydney in Australia.

In discussing the challenges and opportunities that our organizations face, we agreed that our shared goal is to build communities so we could build knowledge. Together we could assemble a global alliance of architectural educators and researchers that could help our societies tackle issues that need to be addressed around the globe, such as rapid urbanization and accelerating climate change. We made the first steps in that direction in Québec City, with blue flags of the United Nations fluttering in the cold northerly wind on the plaza in front of Le Chateau Frontenac, the conference venue.

—Branko Kolarevic, ACSA President

 

University of Texas At San Antonio

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Edward R. Burian, Professor, has had his introduction to a monograph on the noted Mexican architect Manuel Cervantes Cespedes recently published in El Croquis. Last fall he delivered a lecture on his current research at the University of Oregon entitled, “Beach Atmospheres: Seaside Hotels of Mexico as Constructed Experience.”

Ian Caine, Associate Professor, is the incoming Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research, which will investigate the forms, processes, and impacts of metropolitan and megaregional expansion. He recently completed publications in Housing Studies, MONU, Log, Lunch, Scenario, and Sustainability. In spring 2018 he was visiting faculty in urban design at Washington University in Saint Louis, leading a studio that focused on urban growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He also received the prestigious University of Texas Regent’s Outstanding Teaching Award and joined the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars.

Sedef Doganer, Associate Professor, is the new Department Head of the UTSA Dept. of Architecture. Dr. Doganer’s research interests lies in the areas of architecture and tourism, tourist cities, hospitality design, globalization and multi-cultural design practices, cultural heritage, and sustainability tourism.

Hazem Rashid-Ali, Associate Professor, is currently running for a second term as president of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC).  Dr. Rashid-Ali has chaired the ACSA Research + Scholarship Committee that has concluded their work on its white paper on “STEM in Architecture.” A draft of the report was publicly released last March, and the final white paper was released to all ACSA members this past June.  

Neda Norouzi, Adjunct Assistant Professor, with Dr. Sedef Doganer as the Principal Investigator, recently received a $100,000 grant from UTHSCSA to work on research, design, and preplanning for the new San Antonio State Hospital. Dr. Norouzi’s architecture students spent the spring semester on analysis, campus planning, and the design of a therapy plaza to better serve both patients and staff. This past summer was spent conducting interviews with doctors, nurses, psychologists, staff members, and patients as well as creating behavior observation maps to better understand the needs of the clients. These findings will be utilized in an architecture studio taught by Dr. Norouzi and interior design studio by Prof. Analy Diego during the fall semester.

Antonio Petrov, Associate Professor, has had his book on megachurches recently accepted for publication by Actar. He has also established the, “Urban Futures Lab,” an innovative think tank, research, and teaching lab which has recently explored urban issues related to infrastructure, water, and economic development.

Candid Rogers, Lecturer, has published had his House 117 published in a book by Hannah Jenkins, “Texas Modern, Redefining Houses in the Lone Star State,” Images Publishing, (2017). He has also recently been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

 

North Carolina State University

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Students from NC State College of Design Honored with Architecture Award during the 2018 Venice Biennale

An inquiry of innovation, forward thinking, and global design has inspired the work of students at North Carolina State University’s College of Design School of Architecture. Eleven students who participated in an advanced architecture studio, Airport Design (ARC 503), were invited to exhibit their work, “Airports of the Future: Global Design Thinking,” during the 2018 Venice Biennale. This exhibition has been honored by the European Cultural Center (ECC) with The Architecture University Project Award 2018 for its contribution to research, for highlighting the significance of airport space, and for valuing the experiential journey.

Five student teams each created designs for airports in different cities around the globe, integrating advanced transportation technologies while considering their location’s culture, geography, and economy. Starting with the concept of the airport as a vital urban site of connection and exchange, the student teams developed radical new building typologies—pushing the limits of what an airport can be in an increasingly networked world. With the guidance of  Professor of Architecture Wayne Place, Ph.DP., and Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA; Ana-Maria Drughi; and Joshua Stephens, AIA, NCARB, of Fentress Architects, the student teams developed comprehensive strategies for their chosen sites, including proposals that focused on issues of sustainability, ecology, building technology, and social justice.

Their project models and video concepts are on display through November 25, 2018, in Venice at the Time Space Existence exhibition hosted by the European Cultural Centre. The exhibition explores imaginative concepts of future innovation in air travel and anticipates the constantly evolving global challenges of airport design.

Read Full Story: https://design.ncsu.edu/architecture-studio-honored-with-award-during-venice-biennale/

University of Texas at Austin

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Professor Elizabeth Danze, FAIA, has been selected to join The University of Texas System Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the System’s highest honor for educators. Tamie Glass, Interior Design program director and associate professor, has been recognized and will receive the 2018 American Society of Interior Designers/ASID Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award. The Center for American Architecture and Design recently released CENTER 21: The Secret Life of Buildings. Edited by Michael Benedikt and Kory Bieg, the publication features essays by Graham Harman, Patrik Schumacher, and alumnus Craig Dykers [BArch ’85], among others. The Constant Springs Residence by Alterstudio Architecture, firm of professor Kevin Alter and partners Ernesto Cragnolino [BArch/ BArch Engineering ’97] and Tim Whitehill [BArch ’02], is featured on the cover of Dwell magazine. Professors Simon Atkinson and Larry Speck participated in Think Tank events with METROPOLIS editor-in-chief Susan Szenasy Descendant House by Matt Fajkus Architecture, firm of associate professor Matt Fajkus, was featured on the April AIA Austin Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) tour. Dr. Sarah Lopez, assistant professor, participated in Tatiana Bilbao‘s US-Mexico “Two Sides of the Border: Redefining the Region” studio series at Columbia University and Cooper Union, where she also gave a talk based on her book, The Remittance Landscape. The work of associate dean Juan Miró’s firm, Miró Rivera Architects, has received international media attention in the Mexican news magazine EntreMuros. Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom, professor of Community and Regional Planning, was one of three experts funded by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to provide testimony to the new Massachusetts Commission on the Future of Transportation. Dr. Danilo Udovicki, associate professor, was invited to present a paper in Athens for the annual International Conference of History and Archeology. Dean Michelle Addington served on the 2018 AIA COTE Top Ten Buildings award jury in Washington, DC. Sid W. Richardson Centennial Professor Kevin Alter‘s firm, Alterstudio Architecture, LLP., won a Residential Architect Design Award from Architect Magazine for their South 5th Street Residence. Coleman Coker, Fellow of the Ruth Carter Stevenson Chair in the Art of Architecture, presented a lecture at the Tulane University School of Architecture’s Small Center in February, where he discussed UTSOA’s Gulf Coast DesignLab. Assistant Professor Junfeng Jiao was is featured in an interview by Wired UK on Uber, the London bus system, and Transportation Network Company’s (TNC) impact on transit deserts. Edna Ledesma, Emerging Scholar Fellow in Race and Gender in the US Built Environment, was recently elected as the chair of the Latinos and Planning Division (LAP) of the American Planning Association (APA).  Assistant Professor Katherine Lieberknecht served on a Reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) panel with the Planet Texas 2050 team at this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference. Assistant Professor Gian-Claudia Sciara‘s multi-disciplinary research for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has been recognized by the California Association of Environmental Professionals as its 2018 Outstanding Environmental Resource Document. Associate Professor Allan W. Shearer, Director of the Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture, participated in “Design & Environment: An Intensive, Interdisciplinary, and Output-Oriented Workshop” held at University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Call for Nominations: 2018 ACSA Representative on NAAB Visiting Team Roster

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2018 ACSA Representatives on NAAB Visiting Team Roster
Deadline: February 28, 2018

The ACSA Board of Directors seeks nominees for 2018 ACSA representatives on the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) school visitation team roster member for a term of four years. The final selection of faculty members participating in the accrediting process will be made by NAAB. 

Nominating Procedure

  1. Members of ACSA schools shall be nominated annually by the ACSA Board of Directors for inclusion on a roster of members available to serve on visiting teams for a term of four years.
  2. Proposals for nomination shall be solicited from the membership via ACSA News. Proposals must include a 2-page curriculum vitae (please include any accreditation experience).
  3. The ACSA Nominations Committee shall examine dossiers submitted and recommend to the board candidates for inclusion on visitation team rosters.

Nominee Qualifications

  • The candidate should demonstrate:
  • Reasonable length and breadth of full-time teaching experience;
  • A record of acknowledged scholarship or professional work;
  • Administrative experience; and
  • An association with several different schools.

Each candidate will be assessed on personal merit, and may not answer completely to all these criteria; however, a nominee must be a full-time faculty member in an accredited architectural program (including faculty on sabbatical or on temporary leave of absence.)

ACSA Nominee Selection
Candidates for NAAB team members shall be selected to represent geographic distribution of ACSA regional groupings. The number of candidates submitted to NAAB will be limited in order to increase the likelihood of their timely selection by NAAB for service. 

Description of Team and Visit
Pending acceptance of the Architectural Program Report (APR), a team is selected to visit the school. The site visit is intended to validate and supplement the school’s APR through direct observation. During the visit, the team evaluates the school and its architecture programs through a process of both structured and unstructured interactions. The visit is intended to allow NAAB to develop an in-depth assessment of the school and its programs, and to consider the tangible aspects of the school’s nature. It also identifies concerns that were not effectively communicated in the APR.

The visit is not independent of the other parts of the accreditation process. The visiting team submits a report to NAAB; NAAB then makes a decision regarding accreditation based on the school’s documentation, the team report, and other communications.

Team Selection
The visiting team consists of a chairperson and members selected from a roster of candidates submitted to NAAB by NCARB, ACSA, the AIA, and AIAS. Each of these organizations is invited to update its roster annually by providing resumes of prospective team members. 

A team generally consists of four members, one each from ACSA, NCARB, AIA, and AIAS. NAAB selects the team and submits the list to the school to be visited. The school may question the appointment of members where a conflict of interest arises. The selection of the chairperson is at the discretion of NAAB. The board will consider all challenges. For the purposes of a challenge, conflict of interest may be cited if:

  • The nominee comes from the same geographic area and is affiliated with a rival institution;
  • The nominee has had a previous affiliation with the institution;
  • The school can demonstrate that the nominee is not competent to evaluate the program.

NAAB tends to rely on experienced team members in order to maintain the quality level of its visits and reports, and to comply with COPA and U.S. Department of Education guidelines. Each team member shall have had previous visit experience, either as a team member or observer, or shall be required to attend a training/briefing session at the ACSA Administrators Conference or ACSA Annual Meeting.

Nominations Deadline and Calendar
The deadline for receipt of letters of nomination, including a 2-page curriculum vitae (please include any accreditation experience), is February 28, 2018. E-mail nomination preferred; please send all nomination information to eellis@acsa-arch.org. ACSA will notify those nominees whose names will be forwarded to NAAB by May 2018. ACSA nominees selected to participate on a visiting team will be required to complete and submit a standard NAAB Visiting Team Nomination form. NAAB will issue the roster of faculty members selected for 2018-2019 team visits in November 2018. 

Nominations should be sent to:

    Eric Wayne Ellis (ACSA, Board Nominations)
    1735 New York Avenue, NW 
    Washington, DC 20006
    Email: eellis@acsa-arch.org

2019 ACSA Fall Conference: Request for Proposals

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Deadline: February 28, 2018

The ACSA invites proposals from member schools to host the 2019 ACSA Fall Conference. This ACSA Fall Conference will be thematic in focus and feature scholarly presentations, based on peer-reviewed abstracts, and a digital proceedings that will be available in ACSA’s permanent online archive.

The Fall Conference is an opportunity for the host school to bring educators from across North America and beyond to their campus. The thematic focus can highlight a school’s strengths and demonstrate educational excellence to upper administration. Other goals for the new format include strengthening social opportunities for participants with common scholarly interests and bringing concentrated visibility to the work being done in the topic area.

Attendance at the Fall Conference is anticipated to be 100-200 people, with host schools using campus facilities or other appropriate venues (including a local hotel or conference center) for conference sessions. Joint proposals from neighboring schools and partnerships with other groups (such as those formed around the thematic area) are welcome.

Final proposals will be reviewed and selected through the ACSA Board of Directors, Research & Scholarship Committee.


Proposals should be 3 pages or less, excluding supporting documents, and should include:

1)   A title and paragraph-length description of the conference that clearly identifies the theme.

  • Further explanation for the theme is encouraged. However, a separate brief description of the conference is required.

2)   Proposed dates for the conference.

  • The Fall Conference should occur in late September or October, typically a Thursday–Saturday.

3)   The name of the conference chair or co-chairs, as well as any other relevant organizers.

  • Identify one or more faculty members to act as chair and whose area of expertise relates to the proposed theme. The chair(s) will be responsible for the academic portion of the conference and will work with ACSA staff on logistical details, communication with partners, and other planning and promotion duties.

4)   A description of other potential conference features: partnerships, sponsors, keynote speakers, tours, etc. that would enhance the conference.

5)   Clear expression of interest by school.

  • Show evidence of support from the school’s dean, provost, or other appropriate university representatives through letters and/or supporting documents.

6)   A description of other resources available for the conference.

  • This includes potential venues for conference sessions, keynote lectures, and receptions; potential tour sites; or other local connections to enhance the conference.
  • Fall Conferences are normally funded by income from registration fees and sponsorship. This income pays for expenses related to meeting space, audio-visual equipment, invited speaker travel and honoraria, and food and beverage.
  • ACSA will provide the following support: international promotion of the conference, from the call for papers through the proceedings publication; an online system (including staff support) for submission, review, and upload of scholarly material; publishing services for conference programs and proceedings; and other planning services, such as negotiation and coordination of meeting facilities.
  • In-kind support from the school is requested for invited speaker costs, a/v equipment, meeting space, student volunteers, etc. Schools providing in-kind support will be recognized for their contribution in promotional materials, and participation of students and faculty in the conference will be invited.


ACSA Fall Conferences from the last few years:

2017 ACSA Fall Conference | Crossing Between the Proximate and Remote
Location: Marfa, TX
Host School: Texas Tech University
Co-chairs: Urs Peter Flueckiger, Texas Tech University & Victoria McReynolds, Texas Tech University

2016 ACSA Fall Conference | Building for Health & Well-Being
Location: Honolulu, HI
Host School: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Co-chairs: Sara Jensen Carr, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Billie Faircloth, KieranTimberlake & Howard Frumkin, University of Washington

2015 ACSA Fall Conference | Between the Autonomous & Contingent Object
Location: Syracuse, NY
Host Schools: Syracuse University
Co-chairs: Roger Hubeli & Julie Larsen, Syracuse University

2014 Fall Conference | WORKING OUT: thinking while building 
Location: Halifax, NS
Host School: Dalhousie University
Co-chairs: Ted Cavanagh, Dalhousie University; Ursula Hartig, Technical University of Berlin & Sergio Palleroni, Portland State University 

2013 ACSA Fall Conference: SUBTROPICAL CITIES 
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Host School: Florida Atlantic University
Co-chairs: Anthony Abbate, Florida Atlantic University; Francis Lyn, Florida Atlantic University; Rosemary Kennedy, Queensland University of Technology 

2012 ACSA Fall Conference: OFFSITE / Modular Building Institute
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Host Schools: Temple University
Co-chairs: Ryan E. Smith, University of Utah; John Quale, University of Virginia; & Rashida Ng, Temple University

2011 ACSA Fall Conference: Local Identities / Global Challenges
Location: Houston, TX
Host Schools: Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University
Co-chairs: Ikhlas Sabouni, Prairie View A&M University & Jorge Vanegas, Texas A&M University

Schools interested in hosting are encouraged to contact the ACSA to discuss potential arrangements prior to making a proposal.


SUBMISSION AND INFORMATION
Please submit your proposal, by February 28, 2018, and questions to:
    Eric Wayne Ellis
    Director of Operations and Programs
    email: eellis@acsa-arch.org
    phone: 202.785.2324

ACSA Announces 2018 Election Slate; Petition Period Open

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November 10, 2017

The ACSA Board of Directors approved a preliminary slate of candidates for the 2018 Election to the board at its November 4-5 meeting. The candidates came from an open call for nominations and self-nominations reviewed by the board’s Nominations Committee.

For the first time following the organization’s governance changes, ACSA members have the opportunity to petition for the addition of candidates to the slate, following procedures outlined below. The petition period closes on December 13, 2017, at 5 pm Pacific time. The final slate of candidates and election materials are scheduled for release on January 8, 2018. All ACSA Full members are eligible to vote on all positions. The results of this election will be announced publicly online soon after the February 9, 2018, ballot deadline, and introduced at the ACSA Annual Meeting in Denver in March.

Second Vice President
Rebecca O’Neal Dagg, Auburn University
Lynne Dearborn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

At-Large Director
Ahmed K. Ali, Texas A&M University
June Williamson, City College of New York 

At-Large Director (Canadian)
Anne Bordeleau, University of Waterloo
Diogo Burnay, Dalhousie University 


Petition Procedures
Any faculty member of an ACSA Full or Candidate member school may submit a petition nominating another eligible candidate for the above open board positions. Each petition must include a letter of nomination outlining the candidate’s qualifications and interest in the position and the names and email addresses of at least 10 faculty members from 10 different ACSA Full or Candidate member schools who attest to supporting the candidate’s nomination. (In total, there must be at least 10 faculty from 10 schools total who sign the petition, and the petition must be delivered as a single package.) The petition shall also include a statement of interest from the nominee and curriculum vitae or biographical statement. The Nominations Committee shall review all qualified petitions and prepare a report to the Board of Directors confirming eligibility of the petitioners.  

Timeline

December 13, 2017  Deadline for submission of petitions to add candidates to the slate 
January 8, 2018  Final slate of candidates and ballot materials published and sent to ACSA Full Member schools 
February 9, 2018  Deadline for ballot submissions 

 
  
Nominations by petition:

Email (preferred): eellis@acsa-arch.org
Eric Ellis, ACSA Director of Operations and Programs
ACSA Nominations, 1735 New York Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006 

 

University of Buffalo

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Architecture Greg Delaney and his students were presented with the inaugural Studio Prize for Excellence in studio curricula by Architect magazine in April 2017. The studio, entitled ‘Good Grids’, drew inspiration from a 1913 Chicago City Club competition focused on re-energizing an urban grid in turn-of the century America.

Assistant Professor Julia Jamrozik presented the paper ‘Bringing play into the architecture curriculum’ at the 2017 US Play Coalition Conference at Clemson University. Professor Jamrozik was also invited to present the paper at the 43rd. Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Play (TASP) at the Strong Museum in Rochester, NY in Spring, 2017.

Adjunct Professor Virginia Melnyk was awarded a 2017 Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Summer Artist in Residency.

Assistant Professor Jin Young Song’s proposal Metabolic Evolution was awarded first prize on the One Idea Competition for the Self-Evolving City of the Future. The competition was sponsored by the Seoul Museum of Art. http://selfevolving.org/?c=45/46, http://dioinno.com/Connected-Living-Metabolic -Evolution-through-Prefabrication-and.

Assistant Professor Jin Young Song was awarded a 2017 Techne Faculty Fellowship by UB’s Techne Institute for Arts and Emerging Technologies.

University of Buffalo

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Assistant Professor Julia Jamrozik organized the symposium PLAYSPACE at the University at Buffalo on March 8, 2017. The symposium brought speakers from a range of different professions to speak about the spaces of play including:

  • Joy Kuebler, RLA,ASLA/Joy Keubler Landscape Architect P.C.
  • Jen Maigret/University of Michigan/MAde Studio
  • Trevor Smith/Peabody Essex Museum
  • Susan G. Solomon/Curatorial Resources & Research/ Princeton
  • http://ap.buffalo.edu/events/playspace.html

 

Assistant Professor Jin Young Song led the Emboss team with a technical designer and structural engineer at SOM. The entry, Emboss Tower, was a finalist in Metals in Construction magazine 2017 Design Challenge. https://metalsinconstruction.org/conference/2017/ The jury was Lise Anne Couture (Asymptote Architecture) Michael D. Flynn (Pei Cobb Freed & Partners) Hauke Jungjohann (Thornton Tomasetti) Ahmad Rahimian (WSP/PB USA) Craig Schwitter (Buro Happold) and Marc Simmons (Front Inc.) 

“The Face of A Parte” – Assistant Professor Jin Young Song’s research on aged apartments received an Honorable Mention in the 2016 Steedman Fellowship competition.

Three essays written by Assistant Professor Jordan Geiger were published recently. ‘Zero Atmosphere Architecture’ and ‘Alive without us’ address a past and a future, respectively for architecture’s relations to human-computer interaction in space craft. They were published in Bracket 3 (at Extremes), edited by Lola Shepherd & Maya Przyblski and in Star Ark:a living, self-sustainable spaceship, edited by Rachel Armstrong. ‘Phantom Tollbooth Plaza’ analyzed implications of RFID and NEXUS passage at international border crossings and was published in ‘Intelligent Infrastructure’ edited by T.F.Tierney.

Professors Brian Carter and Annette W. LeCuyer were selected to receive 2017 Honorary Fellowships by the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada. The Fellowships, which recognize extraordinary achievement in practice, research and architectural publications, will be awarded at the 2017 RAIC/OAA Festival of Architecture in Ottawa in May 2017.

Associate Professor Joyce Hwang was one of six recipients of the 2017 Urban Edge Award, a program run by the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee that brings architects to the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning to engage students with workshops, a public lecture, and participation in a symposium. In past years, this was awarded to one individual or firm (https://uwm.edu/sarup/make/partners/urban-edge/). This year, they have changed the format to invite several architects instead. Here is an article about it in the Architect’s Newspaper: 
https://archpaper.com/2017/03/2017-urban-edge-award-kick-off/

Associate Professor Joyce Hwang was invited to serve on the 2016 Steedman Prize Jury, a prestigious biennial research and travel award of $50,000 granted to an emerging architect. Other members of the jury included Mason White (chair), Deborah Berke, Elena Canovas, and Jeff Ryan. 
https://steedmanfellowship.wustl.edu/call-for-proposals-2016/

Associate Professor Joyce Hwang  was invited to serve on the AIA Small Projects Awards Jury. Other members of the jury included Jean Dufressne, AIA (Chair), Richard Fernau FAIA, Jack Travis FAIA, and Kulapat Yantrasastw.
https://www.aia.org/awards/7401-aia-small-project-awards-program

 Associate Professor Joyce Hwang was a guest speaker at the 2016 MORE International Conference on Architecture and Gender in Florence, Italy.
http://morecongress.tumblr.com/

Associate Professor Joyce Hwang was invited by the MIT NOMAS chapter to participate as a panelist in “Women in Academia.” 
http://architecture.mit.edu/architecture-and-urbanism/lecture/nomas-power-lunch-women-academia

The book ‘Beyond Patronage’, co-edited by Associate Professor Joyce Hwang and Assistant Professor Martha Bohm. was reviewed by Canadian Architect:https://www.canadianarchitect.com/features/book-review-beyond-patronage-reconsidering-models-of-practice/

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