9:00 am – 10:30 am
Living Plane
Regenerative Design for the Urban Roofscape of Old Delhi, India. This project investigates the potential of existing underutilized rooftops in a dense urban fabric of the city of Shahjahanabad – the walled city within Delhi; to explore the opportunities to reintroduce urban green space for the improvement of ecological conditions while integrating it with the socio-cultural life of the community.
Presented By: Megha Dubey, University of Cincinnati
Mycelium as a Remediator of the Anthropocentric Condition
This research project probes the ways in which future architects might challenge the brute force implications of progressive assembly with mycelial self-assembly. In addition, Sinan explores novel approaches to storytelling and teaching.
Presented by Sinan Goral, Carnegie Mellon University & Harvard Graduate School of Design
Yippee-Cai-Yay: An Energy Case Study
This case study investigates how energy literacy initiatives can be multifaceted and site-specific. The study proposes devices that engage community members of Canyon, TX, at an agricultural and individual human scale.
Presenter: Madison Russ, Rhode Island School of Design
Panel: Q&A with Presenters
Megha Dubey, Sinan Goral, and Madison Russ
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Mapping the Legacy of Redlining
This research project took a critical look at public spaces and what types of experiences they create for its users. Pushing further, the research focused on ways to engage people in conversations about how to create and design spaces that are and feel inclusive to all people.
Presented By: Kristen Hoover, Morgan State University
Living Building Challenge
This research focused on third-party certification systems, greenwashing in architecture, and the role of third-party incentives in sustainable design. The scholar used questions to reframe what is possible and what is greenwashing in the world of modern sustainable design.
Presented By: Samantha Pires, New Jersey Institute of Technology
The HOME incUBATOR and RE_TOLD
RE_TOLD and the HOME Inc.UBATOR are community outreach and engagement tools which are attached to a bike. Initially the UDBS will deploy it in Pittsburgh’s East End Communities (East Liberty, Garfield, Homewood, and Larimer) this Spring to help engage residents in conversation about housing and housing related issues. RE_TOLD is a mechanism for residents to be heard. It is a container for video and audio equipment that will be used to record narratives by local residents so that they can be re-broadcast/re-told. The hope is that recordings and narratives captured with this mobile recording studio can aid in breaking biases related to socio-economic condition.
Presented By: CMU’s Urban Design Build Studio
Panel: Q&A with Presenters
Kristin Hoover, Samantha Pires, and CMU’s UDBS
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch On Your Own
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Research in Practice Workshop
As a Building Scientist, Andrea’s interests are in pushing the performance and minimizing the environmental impact of her projects. She also enjoys building Payette’s knowledge and intuition about sustainability through research endeavors and project explorations. This session is an introduction to research in the profession with tips and tricks for those wishing to start a project.
Presenter: Andrea Love, Payette
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Buses depart the Westin for the Carnegie Museum Keynote and Reception
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
ACSA Closing Keynote – Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu
Location: Carnegie Museum
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
ACSA Closing Reception
Location: Carnegie Museum
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
AIAS CRIT Live Reception hosted by AIAS CMU
Location: Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture
*Please visit ACSA’s 107th Annual Meeting Conference Schedule for the pre- and post- conference events you are welcome to attend.
Check out the tours being offered by ACSA
