"Rationalizing Architecture Through Research"
April 9-10, 2026
The main aim of the symposium is to reflect on the role of research in architecture, with specific attention to issues of information and embodiment. Another aim is to gauge the potential for interdisciplinarity between two School of Architecture program areas: Health and Well Being and History, Theory, Preservation.
Presenters:
Stuart Lesley (keynote): Johns Hopkins University Department of History of Science and Technology
Didem Ekici: UIUC School of Architecture
Geoffrey Goldberg: University of Chicago Department of Art History
Kathryn Holliday: UIUC School of Architecture and Department of Landscape Architecture
Avigail Sachs: University of Tennessee School of Architecture
David Theodore: McGill University Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture
Julie Zook: UIUC School of Architecture and Carle Illinois School of Medicine
Co-chairs: Julie Zook (contact) and Kathryn Holliday
