ASA2026 Call for Papers

[CAADRIA]

Dear CAADRIANs,

Please see the following call for papers below:

Resilient Futures: 59th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA)

 

The Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) and Xi’an Jiaotong–Liverpool University (XJTLU), with its Design School, invite you, as well as researchers, practitioners, educators, and industry leaders from architecture, civil engineering, and related fields, to submit your work to the 59^th International Conference, "Resilient Futures." In an era marked by rapid climate change, technological disruption, and shifting social paradigms, the pursuit of resilience has become both a central challenge and an opportunity for the built environment.

The 2026 conference seeks to explore and define the pathways toward a resilient, adaptive, and equitable future. We are interested in how architectural and building science, at the intersection of art, technology, and environment, can provide the critical tools, methods, and philosophies not only to withstand the shocks and stresses of our time but to thrive through them. This year, we place a special emphasis on the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a catalyst for innovation and change, the imperative of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration to address the polycrisis of the 21st century.

 

Conference Themes & Topics

We welcome your high-quality, research-based and practice-oriented contributions that align with the scope of the ASA and the conference theme, "Resilient Futures." 

Topics include, but are not limited to:

   Architectural Science and Civil Engineering for a Changing Climate:

• Architecture, design, and environmental performance
• Resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems
• Structural resilience, disaster mitigation, and adaptive building codes
• Building and energy simulation, prediction, and evaluation for extreme weather
• Geotechnical and hydraulic engineering for climate adaptation
• Life cycle analysis, circular economy, and regenerative design principles across projects of all scales
• Indoor environmental quality and occupant well-being in a warming world

 

   The Intelligence-Augmented Design and Construction Frontier:

• Generative AI for sustainable design exploration, optimisation, and structural integrity
• AI-driven building performance simulation and smart infrastructure control systems
• Machine learning in urban analytics, transport planning, and outdoor environmental modelling
• Digital fabrication, robotics, and mass customisation in architecture and civil engineering
• BIM/CIM, digital twins, and AI for construction management and asset lifecycle
• The ethics, philosophy, and societal impact of AI in architectural and engineering practice
• Extended Reality for the simulation of the Design, Construction and Operation Environments

 

   Integrated Urban Systems and Social Equity:

• Resilient cities, Smart City, infrastructure networks, and adaptation planning
• Socially just transitions and community-led design and development
• Outdoor environmental quality, public space, and urban health
• Practice, policy, and industry engagement for sustainable development
• Architectural and civil engineering theory in the context of global challenges
• Circular Economy in the Built Environment
• Intelligent Built and resilient Environment

 

   Materials, Innovation, and Cross-Disciplinary Education:

• Low-carbon and advanced construction materials (e.g., smart composites, bio-based materials)
• Innovations in construction technologies and methods
• Integrating resilience, AI, and SDGs into architectural and engineering andragogy
• Novel methods in design education and transdisciplinary research
• Community co-design and participatory action research
• Exploring the new landscape of higher education in Architectural Science
• Theory, philosophy and methodology in Architectural Science
• Interconnectivity between research and industry

 

All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process, and selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Detailed formatting guidelines and submission templates will be available on the conference website.

 

Key Dates

 

   Abstract Submission Deadline:      April 26, 2026

   Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 26, 2026

   Camera Ready Due:                               September 01, 2026

   Conference Opening:                            November 25, 2026

 

 

Why Participate?

The 59^th International ASA Conference is a premier interdisciplinary forum, with over 60 years of frontier research, for the dissemination of high-quality innovations in architectural/building science, as well as their convergence with architectural and civil engineering. You will:

·         Contribute to the critical discourse on building a resilient future.

·         Publish in the official ASA conference proceedings.

·         Engage with a global network of leading academics, researchers, and practitioners.

·         Explore cutting-edge exhibitions and workshops on emerging technologies and methods.

 

Join us in shaping the discourse and co-creating the tools for Resilient Futures.

 

For more information and to submit your work, please visit: www.asa2026.net