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The Committee on the Environment (COTE®) is an AIA Knowledge Community working for architects, allied professionals, and the public to achieve climate action and climate justice through design. We believe that design excellence is the foundation of a healthy, sustainable, and equitable future. Our work promotes design strategies that empower all AIA members to realize the best social and environmental outcomes with the clients and the communities they serve.

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Call for Abstracts for the 2020 ACSA Intersections Symposium: Design For Climate Action

  • 1.  Call for Abstracts for the 2020 ACSA Intersections Symposium: Design For Climate Action

    Posted 09-09-2019 01:44 PM
    I am reaching out here regarding a current call for abstracts for the 2020 ACSA Intersections Symposium: Design For Climate Action, which i am co-chairing with Prof. Phoebe Crisman, University of Virginia. Submission details here:


    https://www.acsa-arch.org/programs-events/conferences/intersections-symposium/2020-intersections-symposium


    The deadline is Sept 25th, and it will be held in Los Angeles in partnership with the 2020 AIA Conference on Architecture.


    In support of the recent AIA Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Climate Action, we encourage submissions of research and projects that explore intersections between the following questions and that address climate change across scales-from building, to community, to the planet.

    • How are specific issues of climate justice and environmental equity being identified, prioritized and addressed through design, architectural research, education, practice and advocacy?

    • What innovative economic models and practices might transform decision-making and hasten the decarbonization of the built environment?

    • How can the imperative for Climate Action be translated and scaled from the production of relatively few, singular works of sustainable architecture to evidence-based processes for achieving climate goals across virtually all buildings, landscapes and infrastructure?

    • What new theories, research, tools, technologies, processes, and collaborations are needed to educate and support architects in designing and implementing effective interventions?

    • How can architects help foster and realize community-based visions of equitable development and climate responsive design?

    Educators, Practitioners, Researchers and Students are all encouraged to submit!

    best,

    -Kyle

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    Kyle Konis, AIA, Ph.D
    Assistant Professor
    School of Architecture, WAH 204
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA 90089-0291
    http://arch.usc.edu/faculty/kkonis
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