1941 - 2008
Associate Professor, School of Architecture
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

A long-time member and steadfast supporter of ACADIA and its goals, Thomas set and maintained high standards for aesthetic integrity and pursuit of knowledge. Our hearts go out to his family, friends, colleagues and students. He will be greatly missed.

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The discounted early registration period ends tomorrow (Friday, August 15) at midnight (central US time). Please register soon to received significantly savings in your registration costs.

We have uploaded all of the paper abstracts for the conference. Please check out all of the great papers that will be presented in October.

Thursday, Oct. 16
Morning A: Concepts of Nature and Technology / Biomimetics
Morning B: Generative Design Strategies for Complex Geometry
Afternoon A: Differentiated Systems, Landscapes, and Cities
Afternoon B: Approaches to Environmental Performance and Analysis

Friday, Oct. 17
Morning A: Complexity, Emergence and Self-Organization
Morning B: Materials and Craft Inspired by Nature
Afternoon A: Evolutionary Computation
Afternoon B: Non-Standard Production Techniques

Saturday, Oct. 18
Morning A: Spatial Mapping and Interaction
Morning B: Computational Methods for Data Integration

We are planning an architecture tour on Sunday morning (10am-1pm) around the Minneapolis/St.Paul area. This is a great opportunity for those attendees who have a afternoon flight on Sunday, Oct. 19. The itinerary is still being planned, but will include The Walker Art Center by Herzog & de Meuron, the Weisman Art Museum by Frank Gehry, and the Guthrie Theater by Jean Nouvel. Please see the Local Architecture page for more images of some of the great architecture of the area. If you are interested, simply sign up for the free ticket when you register for the conference.

This afternoon the paper/project acceptance emails for the ACADIA 08 conference were sent out. We are extremely excited about the group of papers and projects this year. The number of submissions was very large so it made the task difficult and longer than expected. We would like to thank all of the authors for their patience and the reviewers for their hard work. Out of 174 submissions, we have accepted 56 papers and 13 projects.

Over the next few weeks we will begin to release the abstracts for each of the papers and projects and create an online gallery of work. Are are now in the process of curating the papers into their appropriate session. Please check back soon for more info.

In addition, we have posted the names of our amazingly dedicated group of reviewers. Please explore the reviewer links and see some of the great work they are doing in both practice and academia.

Conference and Workshop registration is now open. The discounted early registration lasts until August 15 so buy now for the lowest rate. Please visit the registration page for more details.

Papers and Exhibition Projects are currently being reviewed. The process will end on July 6 and you will be notified if your paper has been accepted or rejected on the following day, July 7. If your paper/project has been accepted, you will have until July 20 to make any final edits to prepare it for publication.

If you are are reviewer, please login in the the OpenConf review system.

The call for nominations is now out for the 2008 ACADIA Award of Excellence. Nominations are due on June 23, 2008. For more information on the awards, please see here.

We have been overwhelmed with requests for the paper and exhibition project submission deadline to be extended. This is a busy time of year for everyone so we have extended the deadline 1 month! Please submit your papers or projects by Friday, May 23, 2008.

Another question that has been asked by many of you is whether you can submit both a paper and a project for the exhibition. The answer is YES. We would love to have a strong correspondence between the papers presented and the exhibition posters.

If you have any questions please email conference@acadia.org.

Click to Submit Papers and Projects

Paper abstracts are due April 04, 2008. (Optional, but encouraged)

Full papers are due April 25, 2008.

Project submissions for exhibition are due April 25, 2008.

Submission Guidelines
Abstract: Should be less then 500 words. Please use the “Abstract” field in the submission form to submit your abstract (no upload is necessary). Abstract submissions will only be used to ascertain the number of reviewers and session topics. Authors who are unable to submit abstracts may still submit full papers for review.

Full Papers: Use standard 8.5″x11″ or A4 format saved as PDF. Should be less then 2500 words. Images w/ captions can be included. If the paper is accepted, the author will be asked to make revisions based on the blind review comments and to reformat according to a more specific set of formatting guidelines for publishing. Your paper and filename may not include any identifying marks or author’s name.

Projects: A slide presentation, maximum of 10 slides, 96dpi each, in .pdf format. One of ten slides must include a project description, 500 words or less. Your slide presentation and filename may not include any identifying marks or author’s name.