Cities in Transformation
Research and Design
International Conference
(CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSED)

Milano, Italy
DEADLINE: 27.11.2011
EAAE European Association for Architectural Education
ARCC Architectural Research Centers Consortium
Politecnico di Milano

The Conference proposal is to discuss the role of architectural research in relation to issues linked to urban transformation, which are more relevant than ever given the widespread urbanization of large parts of the world, given the problems of diametrically opposed so-called shrinking cities and also given the severity of the effects of climate change and energy issues.
Since research in architecture mainly concerns the relationships between nature, technique, history and society, arguments are developed in a thematic matrix in which the issues of sustainability and energy are always included. The general topics are closely related to the problems that architectural research must unavoidably face today,  particularly in cities that can be crucial contributors to climate change.

The Conference invites teachers, researchers and scholars to send in abstracts for papers about Ideas, Methods, Techniques, Tools and Case Studies of urban transformations on the following general themes:
1. Knowledge of the city for Urban Transformation
2. History, Theory and Critisism of Architecture and Urban Design
3. Critisism, Conservation and Restoration
4. Housing and the shape of the city
5. Architecture and Technical Innovation
6. infrastructure Networks and Landscape
7. Education in Architecture

PAPER SUBMISSION
The paper review of this Conference will be conducted in two stages:
1. Abstract
2. Full Paper
Abstracts and papers must be in English

IMPORTANT DATES
27 November 2011
Abstract due
8 January 2012
Acceptance notification
19 February 2012
Full paper Due
25 March 2012
Acceptance notification
30 April 2012
Final full paper due

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Politecnico di Milano
Federico Bucci
Adalberto Del Bo
Giancarlo Floridi
Martina Landsberger
Maurizio Meriggi
Ilaria Valente
ARCC
Leonard Bachman, University of Houston
J. Brooke Harrington, Temple University
Philip Plowright, Lawrence Technological University
Hazem Rashed-Ali, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Katherine Wingert-Playdon, Temple University
EAAE
Per Olaf  Fjeld, Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Maire Henry, Waterford Institute of Technology
Johannes Käferstein, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences
Stefano Musso, Università di Genova
Herman Neuckermans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Aart Oxenaar, Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
David Vanderburgh, Université Catholique de Louvain
Chris Younès, Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACTS:
Cities in Transformation Conference website
E-mail: eaae-arcc.milano@polimi.it