All activities will take place in "Crown Hall" unless indicated otherwise.
DAY 1: November 16, Thursday
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Check-in
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Welcome
1:45 PM – 2:10 PM
Introduction Symposium Themes by IGSS23 Steering Committee
Economical, Alejandro Saldaña Perales, PhD Candidate
Political, Sasha Zanko, PhD Student
Social, Cicek Karatas, PhD Student
Ecological, Aamena Mubarak Bakarmom, PhD Student
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Keynote – ECONOMICAL
Karen Hinojosa, National Director of Urbanism Program, Monterrey Tech, Mexico
2:30PM – 2:50 PM
Keynote – POLITICAL
Jan Doering, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM
Keynote – SOCIAL
Christine Macy, Professor, School of Architecture, Dalhousie University, Canada
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Keynote – ECOLOGICAL
Edoarda Corradi Dell’Acqua, Associate Professor, IIT Armour College of Engineering
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Program
Venue
College of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology
S. R. Crown Hall
3360 S. State Street
Schedule
All activities will take place in "Crown Hall" unless indicated otherwise.
DAY 1: November 16, Thursday
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Check-in
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Welcome
Reed Kroloff, Dean of the College of Architecture
Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor and Director of PhD Program
1:45 PM – 2:10 PM
Introduction Symposium Themes by IGSS23 Steering Committee
Economical, Alejandro Saldaña Perales, PhD Candidate
Political, Sasha Zanko, PhD Student
Social, Cicek Karatas, PhD Student
Ecological, Aamena Mubarak Bakarmom, PhD Student
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Keynote – ECONOMICAL
Karen Hinojosa, National Director of Urbanism Program, Monterrey Tech, Mexico
2:30PM – 2:50 PM
Keynote – POLITICAL
Jan Doering, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada
2:50 PM – 3:10 PM
Keynote – SOCIAL
Christine Macy, Professor, School of Architecture, Dalhousie University, Canada
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM
Keynote – ECOLOGICAL
Edoarda Corradi Dell’Acqua, Associate Professor, IIT Armour College of Engineering
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Round Table, Moderated by Vedran Mimica, Professor, MS Director
Participants: Edoarda Corradi Dell’Acqua, Jan Doering, Karen Hinojosa, Youngjin Hwang,
Ryan Roark, Junko Taguchi, Maria Villalobos
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
DAY 2: November 17, Friday
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Check-in and Coffee
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Welcome
Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor and Director of PhD Program
Vedran Mimica, Professor, MS Director
9:10 AM – 9:20 AM
Theme 1 (Economical – Political) Introduction by Session Chair
Alejandro Saldaña Perales, PhD Candidate
Sasha Zanko, PhD Student
9:20 AM – 9:35 AM
Sasha Zanko, IIT CoA
New! Coastal Ecologies. Toward an alternate model for the future architecture and infrastructure of mass tourism along the European Mediterranean coast. Croatian coast as a case study.
9:35 AM – 9:50 AM
Kaitlin Murphy, Dalhousie University, Canada Reimagining Wastewater Management Through Ecological Integration in Inverness, Nova Scotia
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM
Hashika Nekkanti, IIT CoA
Urban Intimacies: Mapping the Intersection of Socio-Cultural Factors and Urban Environments on Sexual Behavior in North America
10:05 AM – 10:20 AM
Davide Galleri, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Raising the Stakes to Preserve the Robie House: A Political Challenge to Save a Modern
Landmark
10:20 AM – 10:35 AM
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM
Theme 2 (Social) Introduction by Session Chair
Çiçek KarataÅŸ, PhD Student
11:10 AM – 11:25 AM
Bhavana Reddy Vurukonda, IIT CoA
Children and the Developing Urban Environment
11:25 AM – 11:40 AM
Gamze Akyol, Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey
Adaptive Reuse of Abandoned Buildings with The Help of AI
11:40 AM – 11:55 AM
Çiçek KarataÅŸ, IIT CoA
Documenting the Cultural Significance of Religious Buildings Damaged by the Turkey Earthquake in 2023:
A Project for Preserving Heritage and Advancing Spiritual and Cultural Sustainability
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM
12:10 PM – 12:25 PM
12:25 PM – 12:40 PM
Ahmed Abdullah Obaid Ba tis, IIT CoA
Alternative Strategies for Housing Global Refugees and Displaced People
A comparative analysis of Cox's Bazar refugees in Bangladesh, and the Kharaz displaced camp in Yemen
12:40 PM – 12:55 PM
12:55 PM – 1:30 PM
Yang Yang, University of Sheffield, UK
Japanese Ma Revisit: In-Between Concept within Kengo Kuma’s Design Project in North America
Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
Publishing Guidelines for Prometheus and for getting a dissertation published
Piyush Khairnar, Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
1:45 PM – 1:55 PM
Theme 3 (Ecological) Introduction by Session Chair
Aamena Mubarak Bakarmom, PhD Student
1:55 PM – 2:10 PM
2:10 PM – 2:25 PM
Benjamin Okenwa, Cardiff University, UK
Spaces for Physical Activity: Using Computation to Predict the Suitability of Urban Open Space for Physical Activity
2:25 PM – 2:40 PM
2:40 PM – 2: 50 PM
Coffee Break
2: 50 PM – 3:05 PM
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM
Aamena Mubarak Bakarmom, IIT CoA
Field Investigation of Indoor Thermal Environments in Traditional and
Contemporary Houses in Hot-Dry Climates
3:20 PM –3:35 PM
Abdulmalik Mohammad Saleh, IIT CoA
Legislative Strategies for Sustainable Development on the Aseer Coast, Saudi Arabia
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM
Concluding Remarks and Thank You
Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor and Director of PhD Program
By organizers: Aamena Bakarmom, Çiçek KarataÅŸ, Alejandro Saldaña Perales, Sasha Zanko
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Private Reception for Symposium Participants