SCHEDULE: SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2026
Below is the schedule for Saturday, July 11, 2026, featuring session titles & descriptions for the 2026 AASA/糖心vlog International Conference: Planetary Practice. The conference schedule is subject to change.
You can read the peer reviewed abstracts in the Abstract Book.
Conference Registration Hours:
Saturday, July 11 at 8:30am-4:00pm
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2026
9:00am
Transportation
Bus to Gold Coast
Meet at QUT to bus to Bond University in Gold Coast.
11:00am-1:00pm
Welcome & Lunch
Welcome & Lunch
Provided
1:00pm-2:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
Architecture, Identity, and Planetary Culture
Planetary Cultures, Research Session
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Daniela Ottmann, Bond University
Architecture of Intangible Heritage: Translating Saint Lucian Folklore into Design Principles
Lydia Sammy & Lucky Tsaih, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
A Lineage of Material Layering: From Victorian Patina to Bioplastics
Ryan Roark, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Taura Here: A Spatial Exploration Of T奴rangawaewae
Amber Ruckes, Auckland University of Technology
Architectural Education and the Carceral State: A Decade of Design Research in Correctional Reform in Hawai驶i
Cathi Ho Schar, University of Hawai驶i at M膩noa
Pedagogies for Planetary Futures
Planetary Pedagogies, Research Session
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: Andrew Burgess, Auckland University of Technology
From Reflection to Projection: Mobilising Design Practice Research for Built Environment Decarbonization
Ben Milbourne & John Doyle, RMIT University
Plastic Reimagined: Post-Natural Pedagogies for Planetary Practice
Hyojin Kwon & Darby Fly, Georgia Institute of Technology
Planetary Scaffolds: Destabilisation and Epistemic Apprenticeship in First-Year Architecture Education
Jhana Pfeiffer-Hunt, Rachel Couper, & James Fletcher, Monash University
Learning with Owls, Apprenticing to Trees: Teaching Plausible Ways to Better Futures
William Ward & Stanislav Roudavski, University of Melbourne
Planetary Practices
Situated Practices at Scale, Research Session
1.5 AIA/CES HSW
Moderator: TBD
Material Stories: Centralizing Marginalized Material Practices & Research
Malini Srivastava & Madelyn Gulon, University of Minnesota
The Open South: Towards a Theory of Practice and Place in the New, New South
Jori Erdman, James Madison University
Evolving Practices: Transforming Architectures in the Climate of Change in India
Shweta Ranpura, Harvard University
Evolving From the Galapagos: Towards a Regenerative Wood Architecture
David Heymann, University of Texas at Austin
Architecture for Planetary Designs
Tools for Planetary Design, Research Session
1.5 AIA/CES LU
Moderator: Brice Pannetier, Bond University
Multidisciplinary Teaching the Digital Interactive Preservation: Games for Global Knowledge
Atia Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology & Alissa de Wit-Paul, Rochester Institute of Technology
Bridging Words and Worlds: Latent Space Alignment for Text-Conditioned 3D Architectural Generation
Yi Zhang聽 & Weisheng Lu, The University of Hong Kong
Against the Prompt: Reclaiming the Language of Architecture
Sampath Pediredla, New Jersey Institute of Technology
From Tradition to Technology: Repositioning Indigenous Weaving as a Contemporary Design Practice
Tania Ursomarzo, American University of Sharjah
2:30pm-3:00pm
3:00pm-4:00pm
Plenary
David Kaunitz is an architect and co-founder of Kaunitz Yeung Architecture, an Australian practice internationally recognised for community-led design with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across remote and regional contexts.
Ka Wai Yeung co-founded Kaunitz Yeung Architecture to create socially responsible, culturally sensitive and humane architecture. At the heart of her work is a deep commitment to co-design and co-building with local communities. Together with her team, she has demonstrated how architecture can empower people, sensitively integrate with Country, and maximise social impact at every stage of the process.
Marni Reti is a proud Palawa and Ng膩ti Wai woman, born and raised on Gadigal, D鈥檋arawal and Bidjigal Country with ties to Redfern, Waterloo and wider inner-city/inner-west Aboriginal communities. She is a registered architect in NSW. Previously an Associate at Kaunitz Yeung Architecture whom she still collaborates closely with. She currently holds a position as Senior Lecturer at USYD.
4:00pm
Transportation
Bus to Brisbane
Meet at Bond University to bus back to QUT in Brisbane.
Continuing Education Credits
Obtain Continuing Education Credits (CES) / Learning Units (LU), including Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) where applicable. Registered conference attendees will be able to submit sessions attended for Continuing Education Credits (CES). Register for the conference to gain access to all the AIA/CES credit sessions.
Conference Partners

Michelle Sturges
Conferences Manager
202-785-2324
msturges@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
Sr. Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org

