Architectural Research Centers Consortium International Conference

The Architectural Research Centers Consortium International Conference invites researchers, designers, and scholars to explore the dynamic role of architecture in mediating relationships among human and more-than-human bodies, constructed forms, and the environmental and social systems they inhabit. Organized around the interrelated themes of Bodies, Buildings, and Behaviors, the conference emphasizes architecture as a temporal, relational, and agentive practice. It focuses on aspects such as water, movement, sensation, health, and agency, questioning how architecture choreographs lived experiences across various human actors. By examining form, materiality, and design practice, the conference presents buildings as performative apparatuses that modulate energy, climate, and matter over time.Furthermore, the conference expands its scope to encompass systems, ecologies, and societies, investigating how architectural interventions can influence environmental processes, innovative pedagogies, social practices, and usage patterns. The call for papers encourages proposals that aim to measure the unmeasurable and develop metrics that go beyond mere performance optimization. These analytical approaches will provide multiscalar examinations of environmental conditions and the tools that shape their cultural, political, and spatial implications. By integrating theoretical inquiry, empirical research, and design-based experimentation, the conference aspires to foster new frameworks for understanding architectural performance, emphasizing complexity, interdependence, and responsibility in an era marked by environmental and social urgency.