2026 ARC PRO

1. Alejandro Lapunzina, Professor of Architecture and Director, Study Abroad Program, Barcelona-El Vallès, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.
   Title: The Archicities and Archilandscapes of Clorindo Testa.
2. Renato Leao Rego, Professor, State University of Maringá, Brazil.
   Title: Contemporary Brazilian Architecture: Principles in Question.
3. James Irwin, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.
   Title: Le Corbusier and the Parthenon as Rhetoric Form.
4. Atlihan Onat Karacali, Lecturer, University of Lancashire, UK.
   Title: Redefinition of the Interior Design Concept through Storytelling: Findings and Fusion.

1. Monika Maria Cysek-Pawlak, Associate Professor, Lodz University of Technology, Poland.
   Aleksander Serafin, Assistant Professor, Lodz University of Technology, Poland.
   Title: Urban Form and Safety: How Built Environment Characteristics Shape Perceptions of Insecurity.
2. Eliza Lakoma, PhD Student, Lodz University of Technology, Poland.
   Title: Health Impact Assessment as a Tool for Supporting Public Decision-Making in Poland: Challenges and Opportunities.
3. Gregorio Froio, Adjunct Professor, University of Calabria, Italy.
   Title: Contemporary Urban Utopias and other Heterotopias.
4. Valentina Michel Pinto, Student, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico.
   Mariel Organista Camacho, Research Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico.
   Title: From Neutrality to Expressive Abundance: Identity, Memory and Maximalist Tendencies in Contemporary Mexican Architecture.

1. Christo Vosloo, Emeritus Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Karoo Deco: Art Deco Architecture of the Karoo Region of South Africa.
2. Rogerio Paulo Vieira de Almeida, Professor, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.
   Title: In Search of Space: Cross-readings and Analogies.
3. Federica Parlato, PhD Candidate, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy/University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
   Francesco Trovo, Professor, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy.
   Title: Tools for the Conservation of UNESCO Sites: Reflections on the Role of the Conservation Management Plan.
4. Sherin Karawia, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Qatar.
   Ghazal Farjami, Assistant Professor, Daneshpajoohan Pishro Higher Education Institute (DHEI), Iran.
   Safoora Mokhtarzadeh, Assistant Professor, Daneshpajoohan Pishro Higher Education Institute (DHEI), Iran.
   Title: Morphological Transformation and Spatial Resilience in Mosque Architecture: A Comparative Study of Iran and Qatar.

1. Artur Myna, Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
   Title: Spatial Policy, Development Policies and Spatial Planning and the Complexity of Land Use Conflicts on the Example of City of Radom.
2. Toshiaki Mizuma, Architect, Director & PhD Student, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan.
   Title: Morphological Features and Chronological Transformations of Mid-Block Trails in Manhattan, New York City.
3. Martina Velkovska, PhD Student, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia.
   Title: Spatial Leftovers and their Role in the Everyday Use of Open Spaces: Types, Characteristics, and Meanings in the Case of Skopje’s Central City Area.
4. Amira Elkchaou, PhD Candidate, Kyushu University, Japan.
   Title: Urban Microclimate and Passive Cooling Mechanisms in the Historic Fabric of the Medina of Tunis: Field Measurements, CFD Analysis, and Thermal Perception Assessment.

1. Irina Ustinova, Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, USA.
   Title: AI For Good and Bad in Teaching and Research.
2. Marija Liudvika Drazdauskiene, Professor Emerita, WSB University, University Centre in Warsaw, Poland.
   Title: A Few Questions when Thinking about Academic Values Today.
3. Artur Myna, Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland.
   Title: Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Threats, and Opportunities for the Future of the Modern University.
4. Thanos Patelis, Lead Psychometrician, University of Kansas, USA.
   Title: Is The Mission of Institutions of Higher Education Affecting the Closure of Colleges and Universities in the US? 

Interventions: 

1. Krasimir Kabakciev, Deputy Director, Arts, Humanities and Education Division, Athens Institute.
2. Ziona Strelitz, Director, ZZA Responsive User Environments, UK.
3. Simona Elena Tomozii, Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China.
4. Jane Anastassopoulou, Retired Professor, National, Technical University of Athens, Greece.

1. Sirma Bilir, Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Türkiye.
   Title: Variation and Creativity in Architectural Design: From Oulipian Production Techniques to Artificial Intelligence Tools.
   
2. Guliz Tasdemir, Assistant Professor, TED University, Türkiye.
   Ozgur Tasdemir, Assistant Professor, Bozok University, Türkiye.
   Title: Repatriation/Removal Centers and Spatialities: From Turkey ’s Context to a Global Discussion.
3. Armin Stocker, Professor, Graz University of Technology, Austria.
   Title: Constructive Fundamentals of Architectural Design.
4. Niloufar Alenjery, Faculty Member, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
   Tommy CheeMou Yang, Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
   Title: Making as Meaning: Recalibrating Architectural Knowledge through Embodied Practices and Tools of Worldmaking.

This is not a guided tour, and participation in this visit is not included in any conference registration fee. It requires pre-booking. It includes visits to Aristotle’s Lyceum, the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro), the National Garden, the statues of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, and Syntagma Square, where the tour concludes in front of the Hellenic Parliament. Click here for more details.

1. Rosalba Pinto, Adjunct Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Mexico.
   Title: Is Architecture a Hybrid Discipline?
2. Ziona Strelitz, Director, ZZA Responsive User Environments, UK.
   Title: Student Experience of a Transforming University Campus: Time-Series User Research at London School of Economics, 2011-2023.
3. Mariasole Dassie, Independent Researcher, Italy.
   Lidia Spaventa, Independent Researcher, Italy.
   Title: Design for Social Protagonism. A Reflection from Quarticciolo, Rome.
4. Abdallah Daoud, PhD Student, University of Seville, Spain.
   Title: The Agent Intellect in Crisis: Architectural Education between Philosophical Tradition and Computational Displacement.

1. Amos Bar Eli, Senior Lecturer, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT), Israel.
   Title: Choreographies of Space: Flâneurism and the Evolution of Contemporary Interior Architectural Spaces.
2. Egemen Kaymaz, Research Assistant, Bursa Uludağ University, Türkiye.
   Bahar Aras Baylan, Administrative Staff, Bursa Uludağ University, Türkiye.
   Title: Daylighting Performance, Visual Comfort, and Energy Efficiency in University Classrooms: A Case Study of the Bursa Uludağ University Campus.
3. Ekin Ucler Bilmez, PhD Candidate, Başkent University, Türkiye.
   Title: When Interiors Remember: Adaptive Reuse against the Forgetting of Modernity.

1. Zenovia Toloudi, Associate Professor, Dartmouth College, USA.
   Title: Outward Forms, Material Publics: Notes from Olot, Spain.
2. Meliti Dikeos, Associate Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, USA.
   Title: Local Action, Lasting Impact: A Cross-Disciplinary Model for the Design of “New Landscapes”.
3. Archana Sharma, Associate Professor, Morgan State University, USA.
   Title: Edifying Indian Garden and Spatial Design.
4. Francesco Airoldi, PhD Candidate, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
   Title: DIY Architecture as an Alternative for Antifragility.

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