SCHEDULE
The Preliminary Schedule has been published as of January 12, 2026. Details are subject to change.
Unless otherwise noted, all conference programming will take place on the UNM Campus in George Pearl Hall, School of Architecture and Planning
9:00 - 5:00 | Registration | George Pearl Hall Lobby
9:00 - 10:30 | Opening Session | George Pearl Hall Auditorium
10:45 - 12:15 | SESSION 1
1A: REFRAMING FOUNDATIONS
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: David Turturo
Intro/Arch/Core - Adjusting Perspectives to Expand Creativity in Architecture in a First-Year Interdisciplinary Studio Sequence — Rachel Lavine Lee (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Conceptual Urban Imaginaries: A First Semester Architecture Studio — Julia Jamrozik (Toronto Metropolitan University)
The Material Study Library: Developing Shared Inquiry in a First-Year Design Curriculum — Sarah M. Young (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
Our Work, Their Future: Mainstreaming Performance Analysis in the Beginning Design Studio - Thomas Provost (University of Detroit Mercy), James Leach (University of Detroit Mercy)
1B: HYBRID WORKFLOWS
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Marcia Lopes de Mello
Everyone’s a Critic: Augmented Studio Methods in the Context of Ubiquitous AI — Nathaniel J. Elberfeld (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) , Andrew Kudless (University of Houston)
Misuse the Tool: Adapting a Pedagogy in Translation — Kory A. Beighle (Kansas State University)
Prompt to Prototype: AI Form-Finding and Integrative Multi-Modal Fabrication Workflows — Lee-Su Huang (Lawrence Technological University)
Uncertain Matters: Rapid Prototyping Through Emerging Technologies in Material Education — Clark J. Malchow (Louisiana Tech University)
1C: DESIGNING SYSTEMS
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Alexander Maymind
The Ideological Cube — Matthew J. Shea (University of Colorado Denver), Weiling He (Texas A&M University)
Terra Mutare: Observing, Understanding and Representing Change in Foundational Design — Andrea Galinski (University of Florida)
Projective Objects: Form Follows Components — Blake D. Mitchell (Oklahoma State University)
MycoKnit Design Research Studio: Integrating Research on Knitted Textiles and Fungal Biomaterials into Architectural Education— Ali Ghazvinian (Texas Tech University), Farzaneh Oghazian (Louisiana State University), Felecia Ann Davis (The Pennsylvania State University), Benay Gürsoy (The Pennsylvania State University)
Designing the Design Process: Shape Grammars in the Architectural Design Studio, Again — Heather Ligler (Florida Atlantic University)
1D: STUDIO CULTURE(S)
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Mark Rukamathu
Rethinking Studio Culture: Meeting the Needs of Working Students - A Systematic Review — Gina Fernandes (Ferris State University), Venesa Alicea-Chuqui (Kean University)
A Colloquium’s Setting-up Students’ Transdisciplinary Trajectory in a New Design Program — Beth M. Weinstein (University of Arizona)
Equipping Equity: Material Access, Mentorship, and Coordinated Pedagogy in the First-Year Studio — Isaac A. Mangual (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University), Danielle Dottin (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University), Kamryn Brown (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University), Lauren N. Rodgers (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University)
Projective Pedagogies: Calibrating Studio Structure through Feedback Loops — Suncica Milosevic (University of Kansas)
Where Design Meets Direction: Career Exploration in the Foundation Year — Marianne B. Holbert (University of Colorado, Boulder)
1E: PROJECT SESSION
Location: GPH 101 / Moderator: Jieun Yang
Fictional Characters in Real Places: A Studio Exploration of Story, Identity, and Form — Roland Sharpe Flores (California State University, Chico)
From Fiction to Form: Calvino in Beginning Design — Sergi Serrat (Tulane University)
Fighting the Exclusivity of Jargon: Diagram as the Tool of Communication — Lyndsey Weisman (University of Florida), Michael Dieffenthaller (University of Florida)
Replicant Architecture — James C. Garnett (Auburn University)
Birds are Real: Constructing Distinction— Andrew Shaver (Virginia Tech), Collin Caywood (Virginia Tech)
Architecture As Mediation — Brian Price (California College of the Arts)
Designing Early Online Learning Experiences: Defying Barriers of Time and Space for All — Dr. Elena Rocchi (Arizona State University)
Near and Far: Strategic Seeing and Tactical Knowing in the Beginning Design Studio — John Maze (University of Florida), Breanna McGrath (University of Florida)
Screening Architecture: Transforming Pedagogy through Moving Images — Xinyu Chen (California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo)
Material Appropriation: Reinterpreting Architectural Precedents through Regional Material Literacy — Jongwan Kwon (Carnegie Mellon University)
Transmigratory Architecture: Rethinking Housing in Riyadh — Margaret McManus (Colorado State University - Fort Collins)
UN. Beauty as Framework of Resilience Disobedience: Rethinking Aesthetic Agency in Beginning Design Education - Carla Brisotto (University of Florida)
Teaching Pedagogy for Freehand Analytical Drawing Based on the Polanyian Philosophy of Embodied Learning — Ryadi Adityavarman (Colorado State University)
12:30 - 1:45 | Lunch Break | George Pearl Hall / 1st Floor Crit Bridge and Gallery
1:45 - 3:15 | SESSION 2
2A: MEDIA AND MEANING
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Lee-Su Huang
Avoiding the Digital Cliff: Methods for Integrating Mixed-Media in Foundational Design — Ken Filler (University of Maryland at College Park)
Curious Constructs: Investigation into Architectural Representation through Multiplatform 3D Workflow — Masataka Yoshikawa (Lawrence Technological University)
Projective Environments: ePortfolios as Diagnostic and Projective Tools in Beginning Design Education — Marcia Lopes de Mello (Miami University - Oxford)
Crafting Agency: Hybrid Pedagogies for Beginning Design in the Age of Automation and GenAI — Pedro Veloso (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Alyssa Kuhns (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville), Kate McLean (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)
2B: READING OTHERWISE
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Burak Erdim
Expanding the Canon: Precedents in Post-Colonial Structural Design — Mohamed Ismail (University of Virginia)
A (dis)Quieted Rebellion,Toward a Pedagogy of Reparation and Reunion in the Art-Architectural History Survey — Mary R. Springer (Louisiana Tech University), Joss Kiely (University of Cincinnati)
Skim, Scroll, Swipe - Close Reading and Distracted Attention… — Alex Maymind (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities)
Mapping Plural Modernities: Integrating Design Thinking into the Global History Survey — Diana Cristobal (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo)
A Dollar General for Your Dreams: The Possibilities of Extra-Ordinary Architecture — Sarah Aziz (University of New Mexico)
2C: FROM SURFACE TO SYSTEM
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Michael Swisher
Agency Through Surface: Repositioning Image Literacy in Architectural Technology Education — Leanna M. Humphrey (Hampton University), Sujin Kim (Hampton University)
The Analytique: Synthetic Observation and the Representation of Complexity — Jeremy Leonard (North Carolina State University)
Making a New Verblist: Building Collective Knowledge Through Dynamic Analog–Digital Workflows in Beginning Design Studio — Shirley Dongwei Chen (University of Colorado, Denver), Nikolas Mäkelä (University of Colorado, Denver), Seth Donnell (University of Colorado, Denver), Michelle Frankel (University of Colorado, Denver), Kurt Streich (University of Colorado, Denver)
Surface to Volume: A Form-Making Strategy — M. Saleh Uddin (Kennesaw State University)
2D: PEDAGOGIES OF CARE
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Thomas Sofranko
Welcome Aboard! Introductory Activities for Long-term Success — Adrienne Wright (University of Central Oklahoma ), Amy Jacobson-Peters (University of Central Oklahoma)
Balancing the Playing Field: The Impact of Open Enrollment on Architecture Education at HBCUs — Daya Irene Taylor (Hampton University), Farzaneh Soflaei (Hampton University)
Reclaiming Early Design Pedagogy: Can we still teach what machines cannot do? — Hala Barakat (Washington State University)
Making with Care in Design Studios — Christopher Welty (Kennesaw State University), Arief Setiawan (Kennesaw State University)
2E: PROJECT SESSION
Location: GPH 101 / Moderator: Ali Ghazvinian
Beyond Material Neutrality: A Pedagogical Framework for Biodesign as Resistance — Maxwell Fertik (Indiana University - Bloomington)
Crafts, Materials, and Embodiment: Making as Inquiry through Reframing a Saudi First-Year Design Studio — Ghassan M. Alserayhi (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and King Khalid University)
AI and Craft: Design to Fabrication of Materials with Generative AI — Virginia Melnyk (Iowa State University)
Lines in the Sand: Material Agency and Computational Thinking through Robotic Casting — Zach Seibold (Norwich University)
Projecting Material Thinking: From 2D Printmaking to 3D Form Exploration — Yaoyi Zhou (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Material Pedagogies — Claudia Wainer (Cal Poly Pamona)
Design Build as Practical Radicality: A Fiesta — Magdalena P. Valdevenito (Syracuse University)
Turf Herd: Case Study in Small-Scale Design-Build— Jason Scroggin (University of Kentucky)
Waste Audits: A Catalyst for Positive Change — Amanda Gale (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Helen Turner ( University of Kentucky)
Tools, Technique, Memory, and Taste: A Culinary Approach to Studio — Adam Molinski (Auburn University)
Reflective Surfaces: Pedagogies of Water, Geometry, and Generative Play - Kentaro Tsubaki (Tulane University of Louisiana)
Beginning with AI: Frontloading Computational Thinking and Making in Second Year Design Education — Sabri Gokmen (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Alexis Andrikanich (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Jeff Balmer (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Jefferson Ellinger (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
3:30 - 5:00 | SESSION 3
3A: FROM HOUSE TO CITY
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Jeremy Leondard
Literal, Abstract, Ephemeral: A Layered Pedagogy for Projective Neighborhoods — Jieun Yang (CUNY New York City College of Technology)
Speculative Domesticities: Reimagining the Starter Home in Beginning Design Studio — Shirley Dongwei Chen (University of Colorado Denver)
The City as Classroom: Pedagogical Approaches to Socio-Spatial Research — Samar Halloum (American University of Sharjah)
Maki’s Methods: How Collective Form Can Be Used as a Pedagogical Tool for Critiquing American Expansion - Dr. Jared Macken (Oklahoma State University)
3B: PROJECTING SELF
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Adam Molinski
The Places That Make Us: Environmental Autobiography for Beginning Design Pedagogy — William Mangold (Drexel University)
Demonstration of Knowledge: Student-Centered Design Education Through Performance Practice — Steven Chodoriwsky (University of Utah)
Studio Pedagogy and the Projection of Futures: A Framework for Speculative Practice — Claudia E. Hernandez Feiks (CUNY New York City College of Technology), Ting Chin (CUNY New York City College of Technology)
Writing in Design Pedagogy: Investigating the Struggle Behind Writing Practices of Architecture Students in Dhaka — Farhat Afzal (University of Cincinnati)
Projective Environments: Towards a Critical Project and a Project of Critique — Shubhra Raje (University of Colorado Boulder)
3C: MEDIATING THE CITY
Location: GPH TBD / Moderator: Catherine Harris
Façade City: Quotidien Collaboration as Urbanism Pedagogy — David Turturo (Texas Tech University)
Projective Environments: Cinematographic Urban Mapping as a Research and Design Tool in Architectural Education — Charlott Greub (North Dakota State University)
Projective Pedagogies: Mediating Environment, Society, and Technology — Constance Vale (Washington University in St. Louis), Zahra Safaverdi (Washington University in St. Louis), Sharvari Mhatre (Washington University in St. Louis), Kelley Van Dyck Murphy (Washington University in St. Louis) Chandler Ahrens (Washington University in St. Louis) Aaron Schump (Washington University in St. Louis), Ryan Abendroth (Washington University in St. Louis)
Dreamed Water Towers: Speculative Pedagogies for New Environments— María Peñalver Izaguirre (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / Texas A&M University), David Jimenez Iniesta (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / Texas A&M University)
3D: PROJECT SESSION
Location: GPH 101 / Moderator: Jonathan Stitelman
Beyond Representation: A Pedagogical Framework for Digital Tectonics — Pelin Alkan Gokmen (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Generative Practice: Thinking through Iterative Modeling — Trace Gainey (Kennesaw State University), Sang Pil Lee (Kennesaw State University)
The Designer as Programmer — Signe Storhaug (Virginia Tech)**
Multilayer Workflows: Parallel Foundations in Beginning Interaction Design Pedagogy — Haeyoung Kim (Carnegie Mellon University)
Twisted Arch: AI-Assisted Analytics for Ultra-Lightweight, Carbon Reducing Concrete Structures — Christopher Romano (SUNY University at Buffalo), Randy Fernando (SUNY University at Buffalo), Michael Hoover (SUNY University at Buffalo)
The Wrong Tool for the Right Job: Exploring the Value of Critical Thinking and Iterative Workflows in Design Studios — Tharique De Silva (University of Idaho)
Learning from Little Caesars — Michael Abrahamson (University of Utah)
Proto Architectures — Syed Omar Ali (Syracuse University)
Object Interpretation: Speaking through Discursive Images — Tiffany Y. Lin (Tulane University)
TOTEM / TOWER — Leen Katrib (University of Kentucky)
Hot Garbage: Custom Furniture from Heat-Pressed Recycled Plastic Waste — John Taylor Bachman (University of Virginia)
Strange Hybrids: Representational Techniques for Spatial Abstraction — Cait McCarthy (Auburn University)
Unconventional Matter: Introducing Emerging Material Ecologies in Early Design Pedagogy — Micah Regier (Texas Tech University), Skylar Perez (Texas Tech University), Ali Ghazvinian (Texas Tech University)
3E: PROJECT SESSION
Location: GPH TBD / Moderators: Clark Malchow and Jeremy Merrill
Toward a Nonviolent Architecture — Thomas Provost (University of Detroit Mercy)
Conceptual Linkage of Connection, Difference, and Reciprocity in Foundational Design - Shauni Priyam Sikder (Washington State University)
Domestic Rituals: Worldmaking and Critical Thinking in the Design Studio — Rene King (Columbia College Chicago)
Microhousing as a Framework for the Pedagogy of Space — R. Todd Gabbard (Kansas State University)
Projecting Spatial Literacy: Cinema as Pedagogical Environment in Beginning Design - Marion L. Forbes (Tulane University)
Designing Forward: The Bridge Experience as a Projective Environment for Beginning Design Students - Raquel Rabago (Virginia Tech)
Design Intent and the Gift of Gab - Thomas A. Sofranko (Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge)
Simultaneous Observation: Designing With All the Senses — Wekeana Lassiter (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Archival, Relational, and Pluralistic Visual Pedagogies in Beginning Design Studios - Laura Foxman (Wayne State University)
Learning from the Margins: Peripheral Environments as Pedagogical Models — Bradley Walters (University of Florida), Chang He (University of Florida)
Reliable Narrators: Diagramming the Gaps in Design Communication — Dayton W. Clark (The University of Oklahoma), Donovan Linsey (The University of Oklahoma)
5:00 - 6:00 | Keynote Reception | George Pearl Hall Crit Bridge and Gallery
6:00 - 7:00 | Keynote Panel | George Pearl Hall Auditorium
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Thursday, February 26
Location: The Predock Center
12:00 - 5:00 | Registration
Afternoon | Early Academics’ Retreat or
Earth Building and Restoration Workshop
6:00 - 8:00 | Opening Reception
Friday, February 27
Location: George Pearl Hall
8:00 - 5:00 | Registration
Daytime | Paper and Project Sessions
5:00 - 7:00 | Reception + Keynote Panel
Designing with Community: Reflections on Pedagogy, Practice, and Partnership
Saturday, February 28
Location: George Pearl Hall
8:00 - 5:00 | Registration
Daytime | Paper and Project Sessions
6:00 - 10:00 | Evening | Closing Dinner
Sunday, March 1
Excursions
Details to come!
The Predock Center
308 12th Street NW, Albuquerque, NW 87102
For Thursday, February 26 events
George Pearl Hall
2401 Central Avenue NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
For Friday and Saturday events