Mini Symposia explores novel experimental topics that extend the general conference themes. Each mini symposia is formulated by expert researchers and gathers key contributions on the symposia theme in up to 4 sub-sessions of up to 6 speakers. All interested authors are entitled to propose a mini-symposia and to submit contributions to the mini symposia for review.
SPECIAL SESSIONS
Special Sessions are sessions exploring novel experimental topics that extend the general conference themes. Each special session is formulated by expert researchers and gathers up to 6 speakers presenting key contributions on the session theme. All interested authors are entitled to propose a special session and to submit contributions to the special sessions for review.
The Detail as the Convergence of Structure and Architecture: History, Theory, and Articulation
This session investigates the architectural detail as a site of collaboration and invention between the disciplines of architecture and structural engineering. Far from being a purely technical component, the detail represents a microcosm of larger disciplinary relationships: it is where conceptual intent meets material behavior, where structural logic becomes visible, and where technological innovation acquires cultural meaning. By foregrounding the detail, this session invites contributions that reveal how architecture and structures co-produce form, performance, and expression. This session welcomes academic and practice-based research related to past or present instances of details representing building concepts based on technological innovation, material studies, or formal trends
For more information, please refer to: https://www.icsa2027.com/programme/mini-symposia-special-sessions/