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Research Papers and Works In Progress

The nature of practice and design pedagogy continues to oscillate between developing beautiful forms and the methods of discovering the intent of the designer. The software used today is as pluralistic as the profession itself. Often, architects need to utilize several platforms to generate, export, and assemble meaningful design relations. Further to this end, manufacturers add an additional layer of technology to manifest this designed vision. It is within this context, real and the imagined and between the real and the believable that practice and pedagogy exist. The critical shift from a hyper-realized landscape to topological variation has allowed the architects, to form a synthetic environment between the natural and artificial through this adaptable and plastic practice art. The inter-operability of software platforms, collaborative partnerships, and place making has hastened discovery and production. In the process, the need for place-making has moved beyond compositional strategies to include meaningful collaborations with a wide-range of disciplines that typically would not intersect with the architectural discipline. The conference call for the 2006 ACADIA Conference in Kentucky will focus on the convergence of design and production as it moves through this synthetic formulation to embrace the Synthetic Landscape of Architectural Design, Practice, and Pedagogy. The Subheading entitled Digital Exchange will accept research papers and works-in-progress under the headings of Digital Design Research, Pedagogy, Making, and Dissemination. Topics under these categories include a range of opportunities that extend from the methods of discovery to emerging changes in design interface to material explorations to scaled construction to the tolerances often associated with the precision of our design process, theory, and making.

[On Dissemination]
[On Making]
[On Pedagogy]
[On Research]

Submission and Review Information

ABSTRACT and PAPER SUBMISSION
Abstracts due: March 31, 2006
Papers due: May 05, 2006 (Papers/Works-in-Progress can be submitted even
without having submitted an abstract)
Notification of Acceptance: June 16, 2006
Final papers due: July 13, 2006 (Authors must pre-register between 16 June and 13 July to guarantee publication in the proceedings)

In order to received early-bird registration rates, all conference attendees must pre-register by 31 July 2006. After 31 July 2006, full conference registration fees apply.

WHITE PAPERS, PLENARY SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, and PANEL DISCUSSION PROPOSALS
Proposals due: March 31, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: June 16, 2006
Position papers due (panels): July 13, 2006 (Authors must pre-register between 16 June and 13 July to guarantee publication in the proceedings)

In order to received early-bird registration rates, all conference attendees must pre-register by 31 July 2006. After 31 July 2006, full conference registration fees apply.

[Download the 2006 Call for Proposals]
[Online Paper Submission]
[Submission style sheet (.doc)]
[Consent to Publish (.doc)]