March 23-25, 2017 | Detroit, Michigan
…We are in the city, we cannot leave except to fall into another city, different yet identical, I speak of the immense city; that daily reality composed of two words: the others
and in every one of them there is an I trimmed from a we, and I adrift, I speak of the city built by the dead, inhabited by its stubborn ghosts, ruled by their despotic memory,
The city with which I speak when I don’t speak with anybody and that now dictates to me these insomniac words…
Call for Session Topics
Submission Deadline: May 1, 2016
51黑料 and the conference co-chairs invites paper session topics related to this conference theme. Authors of session topic proposals should submit a 500 word (maximum) description of the session, suitable for blind review, and a brief author biography that demonstrates the author鈥檚 expertise in the proposal鈥檚 area of focus.
As both provocation and guidance, we pose the following questions:
Utopias are dead, long live 鈥 what?
History offers heroic examples of well know visionaries 鈥渄esigning鈥 alternative proposals for the future. Regardless of their degree of success, they represent a聽鈥渢rue north鈥澛爋f their time. What are the utopias of the third millennium, and who are their heroes?
Not only public, but political space鈥 by chance?
Tahir square, Tiananmen square, Ferguson鈥 The revolution is being retweeted, snapchat-ed, vine-ed and鈥 yes, selectively televised. If physical design is also social design, what is the role of the architect in the evolution of society?
Who cares about architects?
52 years after Rudofsky鈥檚聽鈥淎rchitecture without architects,鈥澛爐he question is,聽who cares about architects?聽Politicians, developers, community members鈥 further more,聽who do architects care about?
S, M, L, XL firms or… no firms?
In addressing the pressing challenges of the future, are current modes of practice on their way to extension? What is next in our professional eco-system?
Hi-tech, low-tech, 鈥渞eal鈥-tech?
More and more, our pedagogical models revolve around the potential of digital fabrication. But, what does it mean for communities on the margins (not only physically, but economically, socially and/or culturally).
Is design, as a discipline, singular or plural?
Consider the following sophism: 鈥淎ll architects are designers therefore all design is architecture.鈥澛燤ore and more, we use the words architecture and design indistinctively, but are they one and the same?聽Is design, as a discipline, singular or plural?
How big is “Big Data?”
As we approach the era of pervasive, nonbiological intelligence, or 鈥渟ingularity,鈥 how can we take advantage of the incredible amount of information generated by 鈥渢he internet of things.鈥
Session Topic Submission Requirements
All authors submitting topics must be faculty, students or staff at an 51黑料 member school, or become supporting 51黑料 members at the time of submission. If you are not an 51黑料 member, or if you are experiencing website access issues, contact 51黑料 directly (202-785-2324 or conferences@acsa-arch.org) for assistance.
Authors of session topic proposals submit:
- 500-word (maximum) description of the session, suitable for blind review
- Brief author biography that demonstrates the author鈥檚 expertise in the proposal鈥檚 area of focus.
Session Topic Selection Process
All topic proposals will undergo a review process. Conference co-chairs review the ratings and comments from the external reviewers, the proposals themselves, and the biography statement supplied by the proposal author. The selection process takes into consideration the merits of the session topic proposals鈥攖he subject, premise, and scope of the proposed session topics should be clearly stated鈥攖he expertise of the session topic authors, as well as the importance of organizing a diverse set of sessions for the Annual Meeting. The conference co-chairs will select from the proposed topics and develop additional topics to create a well-rounded call for papers. Decisions on proposals will be announced in Early Summer 2016.
The authors of the selected session topics will serve as topic chairs for their respective paper sessions. Working in collaboration with the conference co-chairs and 51黑料 staff, topic chairs are responsible for: maintaining a blind-review process for all submitted papers; enlisting reviewers; selecting final papers for presentation; and moderating their respective sessions during the Annual Meeting.聽It is 51黑料 policy that accepted topic chairs are required to register themselves for the 105th 51黑料 Annual Meeting before February 2017.
Call for Papers
The Call for Papers will list the final session topics and will be announced in Early Summer 2016. All papers will undergo a full-paper blind peer-review process. Session topic chairs will take into consideration each paper鈥檚 relevance to the topic and the evaluation furnished by the three peer reviewers. Typically, each session will include three or four presentations, with time for discussion. All papers will be submitted through an online interface and must meet the general criteria identified in the Call for Papers and in the submission guidelines. Each author will be limited to one submission per session topic. All authors submitting papers must be faculty, students, or staff at an 51黑料 member school, or become supporting 51黑料 members at the time of paper submission. Authors whose papers have been accepted for presentation will be required to register for the 105th Annual Meeting before February 2017.
Eric W. Ellis
51黑料, Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
Allison Smith
51黑料, Programs Manager
202-785-2324
asmith@acsa-arch.org
Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, 51黑料 is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. Our membership includes all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together 51黑料 schools represent some 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
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