RCA 2018

Call for Papers

Call for Papers (pdf)

We invite all researchers and practising architects to participate in this conference. You are welcome to submit abstracts for presentations and posters, which will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. We are interested to get a wide range of topics, which emphasise actual important research fields in architecture.

Keynote Speakers:

• Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, RWTH Aachen, Germany 
• Margitta Buchert, LUHHannover, Germany 
• Christian Derix, Woods Bagot SuperSpace, Sydney, Australia
• Michael Hensel, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) Oslo, Norway 
• Caitlin Mueller, MIT Cambridge, USA 
• Eike Roswag-Klinge, TU Berlin, Germany

Round Table Discussion "research between theory and practice":

Moderation: Georg Vrachliotis, KIT Karlsruhe, Germany

In addition to the Keynote lectures, we invite students, doctoral students, academics, researchers, professors and practising architects to participate in this conference. In this call for papers we invite you to submit abstracts for papers, presentations and posters. Topics include, but are not limited to: 

Construction, Material and Practice

Support structures, facade concepts, timber-constructions, timber-concrete-composite construction, concrete structures, sustainable building, space concepts, modular building, building components and connections, 3D modelling, architectural geometry, digital fabrication, … 

Architectural Theory and Design Methods

Perception and design, spatial concepts, performance-oriented design, neuro-architecture, history and design, reflection of methods, representation as design method, representation and simulation, algorithmic and generative processes, parametric design concepts, …

In the spirit of our conference theme, we suggest that you discuss your investigations within the wider context of architectural research.

Questions could be:

• Are the interrelations between material and form in architecture changing?
• How can sustainability bring disciplines together?
• How is the role of geometry changing in the architectural design processes?
• How is human perception considered in your research?
• Which kind of representations can help to visualize the design methods in architecture?
• How did historical research affect architecture at its time?
• How can architectural history have an impact on architectural design today?
• How does the filter bubble affect research and practice?
• How does practice benefit from architectural research?
• What can new theories of embodiment and neuroscience bring to architectural design?
• Does your technological research consider society issues?
• How does your research address human challenges such as migration, demographic changes and climate change?
• Is the role of technology in architecture changing?
• How do we evaluate the performance of architecture?
• What is the impact of machine learning and artificial intelligence on architecture?

The Scientific Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts based on the originality of the topic, the clarity of the used research methods and the presentation, under consideration of the diverse research aspects. Abstracts will be accepted either for presentation in the form of a 15-minute talk, or a poster on display for the duration of the conference. All accepted abstracts (talks and posters) will be distributed in a booklet during the conference. A limited number of the accepted abstracts will be invited to develop their work into full research papers for publication in a book after the conference, together with articles from our keynotes and round table discussions.

what to submit

• Extended Abstract for blind reviews in English, between 600 and 1000 words
• max. 2 images with captions
• 3-5 references
• The abstract should follow the structure:  Title, Introduction, Research, Conclusion, References, Keywords.    

The abstract should be supplied as pdf or word document.

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rca2018

Maria da Piedade Ferreira, Cornelie Leopold, Christopher Robeller, Peter Spitzley and Ulrike Weber  FATUK, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

Bayer, Dirk - TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; Beirao, Jose Nuno - FAU Lisbon, Portugal; Blancafort, Jaume - ETSAE, Cartagena, Spain; Brandt, Stefanie - STEPHANIE BRANDT Studio, Germany; Braumann, Johannes - UFG Linz, Austria; Dähne, Chris - TU Darmstadt, Germany; Darling, Elizabeth - Oxford Brooks, UK; Dillenburger, Benjamin - ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Friedrich, Eva - Google San Francisco, USA; Graf, Jürgen - TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; Graff, Uta - TU München, Germany; Hagen, Hans - TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; Hagg, Catharina - TU Berlin, Germany; Hauser, Susanne - UdK Berlin, Germany; Henriques, Goncalo Castro - Unifederal, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Hild, Andreas - TU München, Germany; Krötsch, Stefan - Hochschule Konstanz, Germany; Langenhan, Christoph - TU München, Germany; Lindenberg, Katharina - Berner Fachhochschule, Switzerland; Paio, Alexandra - ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal; Palti, Itai - Bartlett, UCL, UK; Palz, Norbert - UdK Berlin, Germany; Pogacnik, Marco - IUAV Venezia, Italy; Ruskowski, Martin - TU Kaiserslautern/DFKI, Germany; Schindler, Christoph - Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland; Schubert, Gerhard - TU München, Germany; Schwinn, Tobias - Uni Stuttgart, Germany; Sedrez, Maycon - TU Braunschweig, Germany; Sousa, José Pedro - FAUP Porto, Portugal; Spaeth, A. Benjamin - Cardiff, UK; Stavric, Milena - TU Graz, Austria; Sunguroglu Hensel, Defne - TU München, Germany; Symeonidou, Ioanna - AUTH, Greece; Tersluisen, Angèle - TU Kaiserslautern, Germany; Vrachliotis, Georg - KIT Karlsruhe, Germany; Wang, Xiaohong - CAFA Bejing, China; Winkels, Andreas - TH Bingen, Germany; Zupancic, Tadeja - UL-FA, Slovenja