ICCAU Conference

  • Objectives & Scopes
  • Organizing Committee
  • Keynote Speakers
  • Publication opportunities
  • Paper Guidelines
  • Important Dates
  • Registration Fee
  • FAQs

Anant National University, in collaboration with Alanya University, is organising the 7th International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism, ICCAUA2024. The conference will feature in-person sessions at Alanya University and online sessions hosted mutually by Anant National University. It will bring together all the theories, manifestos, and methodologies on contemporary architecture and urban spaces to raise the understanding of the future of architecture and urban planning. The event aims to bridge theory and practice in the built environment by reporting on the latest research findings, innovative approaches, and methodologies for creating, assessing, and understanding contemporary built environments.

The conference’s scope includes peer-reviewed original research articles, case and technical reports, reviews and analyses, papers, short communications, and notes to the editor.

Scholars, practitioners, professionals, researchers, and policymakers across disciplines, such as Arts, Architecture, Landscape, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning and Urban Design, interested in architecture and urban design are encouraged to share their research. Research of the highest quality and impact will also be published.

 

The primary themes (sections) and their sub-sections for the conference are:

 

A: Architecture and Technology

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Smart Buildings
  • Smart Skin, Envelope, Building Facade
  • Green Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Climate and Building
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Interior Architecture
  • Architectural History and Theory
  • Architectural Planning and Design
  • Sustainable Environmental Design and Technology
  • Biophilic Architecture
  • Design and Technology of Building Structures
  • Computers in Architecture
  • Energy Conservation
  • Genius loci
  • Education
  • Artificial Intelligent (AI)
  • Space and Place Studies

 

B: Sustainability and Urban Design

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
  • Sustainable Urban Development
  • Smart City, Digital Age
  • Urban Ecology
  • Economic Dimension
  • Housing and Urban Environments
  • Urban Aesthetics
  • New Urbanism
  • Urban Transport Planning, management and Strategies
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Urban Sprawl
  • Healthy and Productive Economy
  • Chemicals, Waste and Air Quality
  • The Urban and Architectural Philosophy
  • Landscape
  • Social and Behavioral Studies
  • Public Places Urban Spaces

 

C: Heritage and Cultural Landscapes

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Revitalisation
  • Gentrification Cultural studies
  • Adaptive Reuse
  • Regeneration and Urban Renewal
  • Morphology
  • Urban Identity, Authenticity
  • Tourism Management Perspectives
  • Archaeology, Reconstruction and Restoration
  • Conservation
  • Computer and Digital Applications
  • Space and Place Studies

 

D: Habitat Studies / Infra Habitation

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Infra Habitation
  • Emerging Cities
  • Gated Communities
  • Conflict and Divided Territories.
  • Slums
  • Affordable houses.
  • Resilience, Disaster and Conflicts
  • Pandemic and Disease Management
  • Vernacular Studies
  • Agricultural Studies
  • Housing Studies
  • Demographic Studies
  • Rural Studies

 

E: Salutogenic Architecture

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Public Health
  • Beyond Health Architecture
  • Visual Comfort
  • Wellbeing in Architecture and Built Environment
  • Healing Environment
  • Aesthetic Design and Health
  • Sustainable Acoustic Design System
  • Thermal Comfort
  • Comprehensibility in Architecture
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Manageability in Architecture
  • Meaningfulness in Architecture
  • Sick Buildings

 

Civil Engineering

 

Sub-Sessions:

  • Theoretical and Advanced Technology of Engineering Structures
  • Highrise Buildings and Large Span Structures
  • Bridge and Tunnel Engineering
  • Newer Structures and Special Structures
  • Engineering Structure Safety and Disaster Prevention
  • Structural Reliability, Durability and Health Monitoring
  • Project and Construction Processes
  • Educational Topics in Civil Engineering
  • Reuse and Recycle Wastewater
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Geographic Information Systems (GISs)
  • Construction Management Engineering

Conference Chair

 

Dr Hourakhsh A. Nia, Associate Professor, Alanya University, Alanya, Antalya, Türkiye

 

Conference Co-Chair

 

Snehal Nagarsheth, Dean of School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

 

Conference Co-Convenors

 

Archana Baghel, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

Shreya Parikh, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

 

Organising Committee Members

  • Aahan Jain, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Haard Shah, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Mohit Ayalani, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Gaurav Dalwadia, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Pratham Nagrecha, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Amrita Goyal, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Lawrence Berkmans, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Joel Jose , School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Ayush Garg , School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Aneri Vaghela, School of Architecture, Anant National University
  • Divyang Kothiya , School of Architecture, Anant National University

 

Members of the Scientific Committee

 

Dr Rohan Dutta
Associate Professor, Anant School for Climate Action, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

Area of specialty: Climate Action, Energy and Sustainability and Technology, Carbon Capture

 

Prof. Snehal Nagarsheth

Dean of School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

Area of specialty: Architecture and Technology, Sustainability, Building Technology,
Urban Design, Heritage and Conservation,Space Design and Interior Architecture

 

Poonam Trambadia
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad

Area of specialty: Heritage and Conservation, Architecture, Cultural Landscape, Temple Architecture, Building Material and Construction Technology

 

Archana Baghel
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad

Area of speciality: Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction & Technology, Building Material

 

Professor Urvi Desai
School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad

Area of specialty: Communities and resource use(especially water), Urban Commons and
Public Space, Co-design, Spatial Practices of the everyday, Socio-spatial structures in the
collective production of space, gender and the city, child-friendly cities, everyday urbanism and Research Methods

 

Associate Prof. Sandeep Paul
School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad

Area of speciality: Urban design, Place-making, Transit Oriented Development, Streets, Urban form, Morphology, Multi-modal interchange

 

Ashish Tiwari
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India

Area of specialty: Architecture Theory, History, Construction and Technology

 

Shreya Parikh
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Anant National University, Ahmedabad

Area of specialty: Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction & Technology, History of Architecture

 

Scientific Review Committee:

 

  • Dr Anna Catalani, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Dr Avlokita Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
  • Dr Ayşe Sirel, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
  • Dr Stephen SY LAU, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Dr Ahmed Kadhim Hussein, University of Babylon, Iraq
  • Dr Alfredo Brillembourg, ETH Zurich, Institut für Städtebau, Switzerland
  • Dr Yun Hye Hwang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Dr Mustafa Aziz Amen, Cihan University, Iraq
  • Dr Arshia Khajooria Hazarika, Nitte School of Architecture, Bangalore, India
  • Dr Siqing Chen, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Dr Daniel Foroughi, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey
  • Dr Aykut Karaman, MSGSU, Altınbaş University,İstanbul, Turkey
  • Dr Alev Erarslan, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
  • Dr Esen Gökçe Özdamar, Namık Kemal University, Turkey
  • Pedro Soares Neves, Lisbon University, Portugal
  • Dr Ufuk Fatih KUCUKALI, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
  • Dr Funda Türe Kibar, Baskent University, Turkey
  • Dr Eren Kömürlü, Giresun University, Turkey
  • Mahtab Fuladlu, University of Tehran, Iran
  • Dr Silvia Covarino, German University of Cairo, Egypt
  • Dr Didem Telli, İstanbul Aydın Univeristy, Turkey
  • Dr Sertac ORUC, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Turkey
  • Dr Dilek YASAR, İstanbul Aydın University, Turkey
  • Dr Abd Al-Aziz S. Al-Sharkawy, Egyptian Russian University, Egypt

Coming Soon

Accepted papers will be published in

  • Conference Proceedings Abstract Book with ISBN number.
  • Electronically in the Conference Proceedings Full Book with ISBN number and a Crossref DOI number.

 

Selected papers will be published

 

  • As a book chapter with the title “New Approaches in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism” with an ISBN number and a Crossref DOI number.
  • As a book chapter with the title of “Contemporary Approaches in Heritage and Habitat Studies” with an ISBN number and a Crossref DOI number.
  • As a book chapter with the title of “New Approaches in Contemporary Civil Engineering” with an ISBN number and a Crossref DOI number.

Selected papers after a successful peer-review process will be recommended for publication in the following journals

Abstract Submission Instructions

 

Participants can submit their abstract to “iccaua2024.conference@anu.edu.in” (.doc or .docx file format). All abstracts submitted to the conference undergo a blind review process by two anonymous reviewers chosen from the conference’s scientific review board. The field coordinators will seek reviewers’ feedback before considering submission for acceptance and e-mail the participant with a decision.

 

Word count: 150 words.

 

Download the given Abstract Template and follow the format carefully. Abstracts not applying the correct format will be rejected.

 

The primary language of the conference is English. American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of them.

 

We encourage you to send an informative abstract (summary of the paper), including its background, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusion.

 

Please submit before the submission deadline to be eligible for Early Bird rates to reserve your seats for the conference.

 

Check writing hints and requirements to publish high-quality abstracts. See: Writing an abstract .

 

Abstracts should be error-free. Use “Grammarly”, a free software, to write clean abstracts. To install Grammarly on Microsoft Word, click here.

 

Participants can share their abstracts based on the above-mentioned requirements. We will assign a manuscript ID to it and inform you within a week. Use the ID for future communication.

 

We will send communication on paper acceptance or rejection with reviewer comments. If the abstract requires revision, share the modified version within a week.

 

Upon acceptance, we will invite participants to register for the conference. We will send a final acceptance letter post-payment. (Note: We will share the letter two weeks before the conference).

 

Submit your abstracts on “iccaua2024.conference@anu.edu.in”

 

What should a good abstract include?

The question that the authors were trying to answer (no more than 1-2 sentences)

A summary of the methods used in the study

A summary of headline findings

A summary of the wider implications of results (no more than 1-2 sentences)

 

Abstracts should not include:

References

Undefined abbreviations

Figure or table numbers

Equations

 

Full Paper Submission Instructions

 

Please follow the link to get details of full paper presentation and video presentation https://www.iccaua.com/page/paper-guidelinese

Before Conference:

 

  • The last date for abstract submission: Deadline Extended to 29 February 2024
  • Early Bird Registration deadline: 23 March 2024
  • The last date for ‘Video presentation’ submission: 23 April 2024
    (This is only applicable for those who will be participating online; for those presenting in person , no need for a video presentation since they will be joining us in Alanya).
  • Last date for ‘Full Paper’ submission: 23 April 2024
  • Participants will receive the first draft of the abstract book two weeks before the conference
  • Conference Dates: 23-24 May 2024
  • Participants will receive the ‘Conference Program’ a week before the conference
  • Participants will receive the final version of abstract book proceedings a week before the conference
  • Participants will receive conference package including ‘Final Acceptance letter’, ‘Name Tag’, ‘Conference Program’, ‘Abstract book final version’, ‘Declaration of International Participation’ a week before the conference

 

After the conference:

 

  • Final official acceptance letter: 25 May 2024
  • Certificate of participation and presentation: 25 May 2024
  • Participants will receive conference photos two weeks after the event
  • A list of selected articles for the journals and book chapters will be announced two weeks after the conference
  • Conference full book proceedings: 23 June 2024
  • Editors of the selected articles for journals and book chapters will contact the authors of selected authors for extra revision and publication process: 23 June 2024
Early Bird Registration
(Till 23rd of March 2024)		 Late Registration
(After 23rd March 2024)
In-person Presentation: English sessions 130 Euro 260 Euro
In-person participation of additional co-author (or spouse) 30 Euro 60 Euro
Online Presentation English sessions 110 Euro 220 Euro
Türkçe Oturum
(not for Online presentation)		 90 Euro 180 Euro

For FAQs, please refer to the link https://www.iccaua.com/page/faqs