Dynamic Interactions of Environment, Brain and Behavior

Dynamic Interactions of
Environment-Behavior and Neuroscience
May 27-30, 2015

Westin Bonaventure
Los Angeles, CA
EDRA46LosAngeles Sponsors and Exhibitors

The Environmental Design Research Association gratefully acknowledges the following 2015
sponsors for their generous financial and in-kind support:
Urban Communication Foundation
Ball State University
Radford University
EDRA Organizational Members

American Art Resources
Andrews University
BBH Design
HKS Inc
Kansas State University
Kuwait University
Rutgers Center for Green Building
The Pennsylvania State University
Texas Tech University - College of Architecture
Universite de Montreal
University of Colorado Boulder Program in Environmental Design
University of Idaho - College of Art & Architecture
University of Manitoba
Urban Communication Foundation
WorkingSpaces
EDRA Placemakers
Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi
Keith Diaz Moore
Peter Hourihan
Susan Mazer
Lynn Paxson
EDRA Wayfinders
Sherry Ahrentzen
Cherif Amor
David Boeck
Paula Horrigan
Robin Moore
Katherine Morris
Thierry Rosenheck
April Spivack
Dan Stokols
Rich Elliot Wener
Greetings EDRA conferees!
Greg Allen Barker, AIA
Our concept for this years theme: Brainstorm: Dynamic Interactions of Environment-Behavior
and Neuroscience, came together quite quickly. Both of us had already been thinking about how
rapidly developing advances in neuroscience might inform our knowledge base and practice of the
relationships between the built environment and human behavior. Locating the conference in
Los Angeles put us within a comfortable drive of at least four institutions at the forefront of linking
architecture and neuroscience. The time and place were perfect to create a venue to welcome
neuroscientists, scholars, and design professionals to an interdisciplinary gathering that we hope
will enrich and invigorate our research work.
In line with the conference theme, we actively sought what we will call strong neuroscience
submissions those that used constructs and methods used by neuroscientists and their
collaborators from other disciplines. While we were not able to fill an entire track with neuroscience
presentations as we had first planned, we hope that you find the numerous sessions that are in the
program to reflect the best traditions of scholarly research.
Nisha A. Fernando, PhD
While we have chosen to highlight relevant research in neuroscience, you will find that the program
continues to reflect the diverse and broad interests that characterize EDRA. We have been able to
assemble numerous sessions for a number of topics; including design that promotes health in our
buildings, neighborhoods, and cities; the impacts of natural features in our urban settings; designing
for human behavior that supports sustainability; cultural aspects of design; design education;
the impacts of healthcare settings on treatment outcomes; and effective schools and childrens
environments. These are only the most frequently occurring topics along with neuroscience, and we
are sure that everyone will find numerous topics that appeal to their interests in the balance
of the program.
Those traveling from outside Southern California will also find opportunities to experience the
unique character of Los Angeles: the real, the imagined, and their inherent tensions. There is
a plenary session that presents and exploration of the diverse intersections between cinema,
cities, and environmental design that plays off the citys best known industry. Then there is a
mobile session to two parks of the Big Wild, a successful development that overcame greed and
clandestine relationships.
Finally, we want to welcome the members of EDRAs sibling organizations that share our goal of
advancing the E-B body of knowledge. For many years we have enjoyed collegial relationships
with IAPS, MERA, and PAPER. This year we reached out to the Academy of Neuroscience for
Architecture (ANFA) to help us spread word of this conference, review submissions, and share the
work of its members. We hope this years EDRA conference will further strengthen the growing
collaboration between ANFA and the other organizations that share the same core interests.
With the welcomes conveyed, it is time to turn out attention to sharing, learning, and networking.
We hope you find the conference both enriching and enjoyable.
Sincerely,
Greg Allen Barker, AIA
EDRA46 Los Angeles Co-Chair
Nisha A. Fernando, PhD

EDRA46 Los Angeles Co-Chair
Schedule at a Glance
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015
5:00pm-7:00pm
Registration
SAN DIEGO REGISTRATION BOOTH
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015

7:30am-7:30pm
Registration
8:30am-5:00pm
Book Display
SAN DIEGO
8:30am-5:30pm
Mobile Intensive
CALIFORNIA FOYER
8:30am-5:30pm
Design Education Intensive
SANTA ANITA C
8:30am-5:30pm
Graduate Student Workshop
SAN GABRIEL A & B
8:30am-5:30pm
Residential Environments Intensive
SANTA ANITA B
8:30am-12:30pm
Natural Settings Intensive
PALOS VERDES
8:30am-12:30pm
Work Environments Intensive
SANTA ANITA A
1:30pm-5:30pm
Cross Cultural Issues Intensive
PALOS VERDES
1:30pm-5:30pm
Research Practice Intensive
SANTA ANITA A
6:00pm-8:00pm
Welcome/Great Places Awards Reception
PLAZA DECK 4TH FLOOR
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015
7:30am-6:30pm
Registration
7:30am-8:30am
Environment-Gerontology Network Meeting
LOS CERRITOS
7:30am-8:30am
Historic Environment Network Meeting
LA BREA
7:30am-8:30am
Residential Environments Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
8:30am-5:00pm
Book Display/Exhibit Hall
SAN DIEGO
8:30am-10:00am
Active Neighborhoods Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL B
8:30am-10:00am
Childrens Environments Paper Session 1
PALOS VERDES
8:30am-10:00am
Design Education Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA B
8:30am-10:00am
Environmental Design Research Trends Symposium 1
SANTA BARBARA A
8:30am-10:00am
Natural Settings Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
8:30am-10:00am
Neuroscience Related To E-B Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA A
8:30am-10:00am
Sustainable Design Symposium 1
SAN GABRIEL A
8:30am-10:00am
Universal Design Workshop 1
SANTA ANITA C
8:30am-10:00am
Urban Greening Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL C
8:30am-10:00am
Walkability Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA B
10:00am-10:30am
Break
SAN DIEGO
10:30am-12:00pm
Building Performance Symposium 1
SAN GABRIEL A
10:30am-12:00pm
Design Education Paper Session 2
SAN GABRIEL B
LOS AN G E LE S
10:30am-12:00pm
Health and Active Living Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
10:30am-12:00pm
Natural Settings Paper Session 2
SANTA ANITA B
10:30am-12:00pm
Neuroscience Related To E-B Paper Session 2
SANTA ANITA A
10:30am-12:00pm
Research Practice PDT 1
SAN GABRIEL C
10:30am-12:00pm
School and Educational Environments Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA A
10:30am-12:00pm
Sustainable Design Paper Session 1
PALOS VERDES
10:30am-12:00pm
Theory Development Workshop 1
SANTA BARBARA B
10:30am-12:00pm
Womens Healthcare Environments Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA C
12:30pm-1:30pm
Cultural Aspects of Design Network Meeting
LA BREA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Environmental Design Research Education Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Interior Design Network Meeting
LOS CERRITOS
12:30pm-1:30pm
Poe/Programming Network Meeting
LOS FELIZ
1:30pm-3:00pm
Action Research Symposium 1
SANTA BARBARA B
1:30pm-3:00pm
Design Education Symposium 1
SAN GABRIEL B
1:30pm-3:00pm
EDRAShorts- Thursday
SANTA ANITA C
1:30pm-3:00pm
Neuroscience Related To E-B Workshop 1
SANTA ANITA A
1:30pm-3:00pm
Preservation of Heritage Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL A
1:30pm-3:00pm
Research Practice Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA B
1:30pm-3:00pm
Urban Greening Symposium 1
SANTA BARBARA A
1:30pm-3:00pm
Urban Planning Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
1:30pm-3:00pm
Wayfinding Paper Session 1
PALOS VERDES
1:30pm-3:00pm
Work Environments Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL C
3:00pm-4:00pm
Poster Session - Thursday
SAN DIEGO
4:00pm-5:30pm
Design Education Symposium 2
SAN GABRIEL C
4:00pm-5:30pm
Environmental Perception Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL A
4:00pm-5:30pm
Gerontology Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
4:00pm-5:30pm
Healthcare Environments Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL B
4:00pm-5:30pm
Healthy Environments Symposium 1
SANTA ANITA C
4:00pm-5:30pm
Publishing Workshop 1
SANTA ANITA A
4:00pm-5:30pm
Residential Environments Symposium 1
PALOS VERDES
4:00pm-5:30pm
SANTA BARBARA A
4:00pm-5:30pm
Socio-Politics of Environments Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA B
4:00pm-5:30pm
Urban Greening Paper Session 2
SANTA ANITA B
6:00pm-7:00pm
Keynote Address: Towards A Neuroscience for Architecture
SAN JOSE
Schedule at a Glance
Friday, May 29, 2015
7:30am-6:30pm
Registration
7:30am-8:30am
Nature & Ecology Network Meeting
LOS CERRITOS
7:30am-8:30am
Participation Network Meeting
LA BREA
7:30am-8:30am
Work Environments Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
8:30am-5:00pm
SAN DIEGO
8:30am-10:00am
Cross-Cultural Issues Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA C
8:30am-10:00am
Healthcare Environments Paper Session 2
PALOS VERDES
8:30am-10:00am
Healthcare Environments PDT 1
SAN GABRIEL C
8:30am-10:00am
POE/Programming Symposium 1
SANTA ANITA B
8:30am-10:00am
Reflective Environments Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL B
8:30am-10:00am
Restorative Environments Paper Session 1
SANTA ANITA A
8:30am-10:00am
SANTA BARBARA C
8:30am-10:00am
Universal Design Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA A
8:30am-10:00am
Urban Planning Symposium 1
SAN GABRIEL A
8:30am-10:00am
Wayfinding Paper Session 2
SANTA BARBARA B
10:00am-10:30am
Break
SAN DIEGO
10:30am-12:00pm
Plenary Session I:
Cinema and the People-Environment Relationship:
Cities on the Silver (and other) Screens
SAN JOSE
12:30pm-1:30pm
Children, Youth & Environment Network Meeting
LA BREA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Communication Network Meeting
PALOS VERDES
12:30pm-1:30pm
International Housing Research Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Movement in Designed Environments Network Meeting
LOS CERRITOS
12:30pm-1:30pm
Sustainable Planning, Design & Behavior Network Meeting
LOS FELIZ
1:30pm-3:00pm
Autism and Environment Symposium 1
PALOS VERDES
1:30pm-3:00pm
EDRAShorts - Friday
SANTA BARBARA B
1:30pm-3:00pm
Environmental Perception Paper Session 2
SAN GABRIEL C
1:30pm-3:00pm
Lighting In Environments Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL B
1:30pm-3:00pm
Neighborhoods Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL A
1:30pm-3:00pm
Neuroscience Related To E-B Symposium 1
SANTA ANITA C
1:30pm-3:00pm
Residential Environments Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
1:30pm-3:00pm
Sustainable Design Workshop 1
SANTA ANITA B
1:30pm-3:00pm
Walkability Paper Session 2
SANTA ANITA A
3:00pm-4:00pm
Poster Session - Friday
SAN DIEGO
LOS AN G E LE S
4:00pm-5:45pm
Be-Cause: Brainstorming Directions for Change Diversity
SANTA BARBARA
4:00pm-5:45pm
Be-Cause: Brainstorming Directions for Change Information
PALOS VERDES/SAN FERNANDO
4:00pm-5:45pm
Be-Cause: Brainstorming Directions for Change Happiness
SANTA ANITA
4:00pm-5:45pm
Be-Cause: Brainstorming Directions for Change Resilience
SAN GABRIEL
6:00pm-7:00pm
EDRA Members Meeting
SAN JOSE
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015

7:30am-4:30pm
Registration
7:30am-8:30am
Building Process Alliance Network Meeting
LA BREA
7:30am-8:30am
Cyberspace & Digital Environments Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
7:30am-8:30am
Health Network Meeting
LOS CERRITOS
7:30am-8:30am
Student Network Meeting
LOS FELIZ
8:30am-4:00pm
SAN DIEGO
8:30am-10:00am
Network Chairs Meeting
SANTA BARBARA A
8:30am-10:00am
Autism and Environment Paper Session 1
SAN GABRIEL B
8:30am-10:00am
Everyday Environments Workshop 1
SAN GABRIEL C
8:30am-10:00am
Health and Active Living Paper Session 2
SAN GABRIEL A
8:30am-10:00am
Neuroscience-Related To E-B Paper Session 3
SANTA ANITA B
8:30am-10:00am
Publishing Symposium 1
SANTA BARBARA B
8:30am-10:00am
PALOS VERDES
8:30am-10:00am
SANTA ANITA C
8:30am-10:00am
Urban Public Spaces Paper Session 1
SANTA BARBARA C
10:00am-10:30am
Break
SAN DIEGO
10:30am-12:00pm
Plenary Session II: Designing for the Spectrum:

From Neuroscience to Design Actions
SAN JOSE
12:30pm-1:30pm
Active Living by Design Network Meeting
LA BREA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Cities & Globalization Network Meeting
LA CIENEGA
12:30pm-1:30pm
Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology

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LOS CERRITOS
12:30pm-1:30pm
International Connections Network Meeting
LOS FELIZ
1:30pm-5:30pm
Gerontology Mobile Session I
1:30pm-5:30pm
Preservation Of Heritage Mobile Session II
1:30pm-5:30pm
Wayfinding Mobile Session III
1:30pm-5:30pm
Natural Settings Mobile Session IV
3:00pm-4:00pm
Poster Session - Saturday
SAN DIEGO
6:00pm-9:00pm
EDRAAwards Banquet
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Newcomers Guide to the EDRA Conference

The purpose of this guide is to help to acquaint youthe first or second time attendeeto the EDRA
conference so you can make the most of it.
How Important Is It For Me To Go To The Welcome Reception Even If I Dont Know

Anyone There?
The reception may seem a bit overwhelming if you dont know anyone there, however this is a
wonderful opportunity to connect with other first-time attendees, as well as long-time EDRAites.
Feel free to introduce yourself to anyone and everyoneand help celebrate the best and the
brightest as we recognize this years Great Places Awards recipients.
What Are Knowledge Network Meetings and Should I Go?

EDRA Knowledge Networks are collections of people with very similar research and practice
interests who make it a point to get together every year to discuss their shared interestsand
meet who is new in their own field. This year, Network members have the opportunity to visually
represent their network with ribbons for your badge, providing another opportunity to meet people
who share your interests in an informal setting that encourages conversation. The Knowledge
Network Meeting is a business meeting where you can become part of the core of the community by
volunteering to take on a role with the network. This is the best place to go from being an outsider to
an insider. See page 10 for location information.
What Is The Book Display?

Kathleen Demsky, from the EDRA Archives at Andrews University, coordinates a wonderful display
of hundreds of books of interest to EDRA researchers and practitioners. It is well worth blocking an
hour early in the conference to browse through the display in the San Diego room. Kathleen will have
order forms for most all of these books, many of them offered at a conference discount. Kathleen is
also an excellent resource for EDRA related text, journals, and library materials.
I Am Presenting A Paper. What Should I Know About This?

EDRA is a friendly conference, so you should anticipate a friendly and helpful audience. If you
ask people to provide feedback and suggestions after your talk, you will likely get some. Your
paper session will have a Session Chair who will manage the flow. Allow 25 minutes maximum for
presentation and five minutes for Q&A.
Should I Go To The EDRA Members Meeting?

The EDRA general Membership Meeting is on Friday at 6:00pm in the San Jose room. It is open to
everyone at the conference. This is the best place to find out about EDRA administration and longterm strategic directions.
Where Is The Best Place To Get Information While I Am At The Conference?

The EDRA registration desk is staffed through the entire conference. The people at that desk or
wearing green ribbons saying Conference Committee, Staff, Volunteer, or Board of Directors will
be your best sources for schedule and logistical information. If you are looking for recommendations
for places to eat or things to do in Los Angeles, we recommend contacting the hotel concierge, or
finding a California native within the attendees .
General Information
Registration
Volunteer Opportunities with EDRA
EDRA46 Los Angeles Registration is located at the San

Diego Registration Booth. Please visit the desk to pick
up your registration packet, including tickets purchased
for Mobile Sessions and reception drink coupon.
Registration will be open during the following hours:
Tuesday, May 26
Wednesday, May 27
Thursday, May 28
Friday, May 29
Saturday, May 30
5:00pm 7:00pm
7:30am 7:30pm
7:30am 6:30pm
7:30am 6:30pm
7:30am 4:30pm
Badges/Tickets
You must wear or have on your person your conference
badge throughout the conference to be admitted into
sessions and receptions. Additionally purchased items
such as Mobile Sessions tickets, extra banquet seating and
drink coupon for special events will be placed in your badge
holder. Please return your badge holder at the close of the
conference to the registration desk for recycling.
Message Boards
A message board is located next to the registration area for
schedule changes, announcements, attendee messages and
general information. Information tables are also available
where you can leave program or institutional information
and announcements, as well as presentation handouts.
Online Itinerary Planner and Mobile App

To help you plan your brainSTORM experience, we invite you
to check out our new online itinerary planner and mobile app.
Features include a detailed schedule, maps, and abstracts
previously only found in our Conference Proceedings. The
online itinerary can be found at
https://edra46.abstractcentral.com/planner.jsp
Have a mobile device? Downloading the EDRA46 app is
quick and easy. The MyItinerary app is available as both a
native iOS (iPhone/iPad) app through the iTunes App Store
by searching MyItinerary, or as an HTML5 Web app for all
major mobile devices (iPhone/iPad, Android, Blackberry 7
and above). Once either version is downloaded to your device
(be sure to select EDRA46 Los Angeles as your meeting!),
it can be run without the need for an active Internet
connection. In addition, you can sync an itinerary that you
created online with the app by entering your unique itinerary
name. Make sure to allow Push Notifications to receive
important announcements..
LOS AN G E LE S
A volunteer application with a number of different

opportunities for engagement within EDRA can be found in
your registration packet or at the registration desk. Please
complete and return to the registration desk or to any of the
student volunteers.
Interactive Sessions (Posters)

EDRA46 Los Angeles Poster Sessions are located in the San
Diego room on the ground floor. While the formal display session
runs for one hour each day from 3:00pm-4:00pm, presenters
are encouraged to hang their posters as early as 8:00am on
the day of their presentation. Presenters are expected to be
available to answer questions regarding their displays during the
sessions. Each poster must be removed by 6:00pm.
EDRA Book Display

The Architecture Resource Center at Andrews University
houses EDRAs extensive collection of volumes related to
environmental design and environment behavior research.
Each year, Kathleen Demsky and her assistants bring this vast
collection, including many EDRA authored works, for display.
You are invited to browse these titles and pick up order forms,
but please leave these texts so that they can be returned to
the library collection at Andrews University. The book display
is open in the San Diego room Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday from 8:30am 5:00pm and Saturday from 8:30am
4:00pm. Ms. Demsky is onsite to answer questions you have
about ordering copies of these texts from the publishers, in
addition to questions about the EDRA Archives at Andrews.
Student Attendees
EDRA46 Los Angeles is thrilled to welcome students from
all around the world. We invite you to join the EDRA Student
Network Meeting for a brief discussion that focuses on
the EDRA Student Network and ways in which EDRA can
support and encourage students in environmental design.
We will also discuss how you can get the most out of your
EDRA conference experience.
This years meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 30 from
7:30am-8:30am in Los Feliz. For more information, contact
Marwa Abdelmonem, EDRAs Student Representative at
studentrep@edra.org.
American with Disabilities Act Statement

EDRA wishes to take those steps required to ensure no
individual with a disability is excluded, denied services,
segregated or otherwise treated differently than other
individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aides or
services. If you need any of the auxiliary aids or services
identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act in order
to participate in the conference, please communicate your
needs to a member of the EDRA staff.
EDRA46 Los Angeles On the Go!

EDRA is pleased to offer a mobile version of the online itinerary planner found at
http://edra46.abstractcentral.com/planner.jsp.
With over 100 sessions to choose from, its easy to get overwhelmed by scheduling
options. With MyItinerary, you have the option of using printed meeting materials or
browsing and searching the entire EDRA46 Los Angeles program online and creating a
personalized itinerary with a mobile version of the Itinerary Planner.
MyItinerary allows you to:
l Browse sessions, events, and presentations
l View presentatation details, including individual presentation abstracts
l Add individual presentations or entire sessions to your itinerary
l View schedule conflicts and withdrawls
l Search for items based on session title, abstract title, location or author name
l View the hotel floorplan
l Get up-to-date conference information as it happens
The MyItinerary app is available as both a native iOS (iPhone/iPad) app through the iTunes App Store, or as
an HTML5 Web app for all major mobile devices (iPhone/iPad, Android, Blackberry 7 and above). Once either
version is downloaded to your device, it can be run without the need for an active Internet connection. In
addition, you can sync an itinerary that you created online with the app by entering your unique itinerary name.
MyItinerary Mobile App

For optimal use, we recommend: iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (3rd generation+), iPad iOS 4.0 or later
You can download the MyItinerary app by searching for MyItinerary in the App Store
directly from your mobile device. Alternatively, you can access the link below or scan the QR
code to access the iTunes page for the app.
http://tinyurl.com/edra46mobileapp
Once the MyItinerary app is downloaded, select the meeting EDRA46 Los Angeles
MyItinerary Web App

For optimal use, we recommend: iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (3rd generation+), iPad iOS 4.0 or later; most mobile devices
using Android 2.2 or later with the default browser; Blackberry Torch or later device using Blackberry OS 7.0 with the
default browser
Download the MyItinerary app by accessing the link below or scanning the QR code
http://tinyurl.com/edra46webapp
Once downloaded, you can bookmark the site to access it later or add a link to your home
screen.
Special Events
Welcome/Great Places Awards Reception
WEDNESDAY, May 27, 6:00pm 8:00pm
Kick off EDRA46 Los Angeles with drinks, hors doeuvres
and a special recognition of our Great Places Award
recipients.
Rain location: California Foyer
Be-Cause: Brainstorming Directions

for Change
FRIDAY, May 29, 4:00pm-5:45pm
SANTA BARBARA
POLOS VERDES/SAN FERNANDO
SANTA ANITA
SAN GABRIEL
This interactive networking session will feature
an opportunity for EDRA Knowledge Networks to
collaborate with one another on timely EnvironmentBehavior topics, while contributing to future research
and practice agendas. Dont miss this unique opportunity
to help to establish EDRA policy and/or values positions
and interact with the greatest minds in the field.
EDRA Members Meeting

FRIDAY, May 29, 6:00pm 7:00pm
SAN JOSE
Members and non-members alike are welcome to attend
this meeting highlighting EDRAs recent achievements,
progress and changes. Meet and ask questions of the
EDRA Board of Directors, and learn ways to participate
in EDRA to get the most out of your membership.
EDRA Awards Banquet

SATURDAY, May 30, 6:30pm-9:30pm
SAN FRANCISCO/SACRAMENTO
Commemorate the environment and behavior
professionals who have risen to the top in the 2014-2015
year, as we present the EDRA Awards, including the
Career & Service Awards, the Michael Brill Award, and
the EDRA46 Los Angeles Best Paper and Poster Award.
One banquet ticket is included with a full conference
registration. Additional tickets can be purchased for $90
at the EDRA registration desk.
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LOS AN G E LE S
EDRA Knowledge Network Meetings

THURSDAY, May 28
7:30am 8:30am
Environment-Gerontology Network Meeting LOS CERRITOS
Historic Environment Network Meeting - LA BREA
Residential Environments Network Meeting LA CIENEGA
12:30pm 1:30pm
Cultural Aspects of Design Network Meeting - LA BREA
Environmental Design Research Education Network
Meeting - LA CIENEGA
Interior Design Network Meeting - LOS CERRITOS
POE/Programming Network Meeting - LOS FELIZ
FRIDAY, May 29
7:30am 8:30am
Nature & Ecology Network Meeting - LOS CERRITOS
Participation Network Meeting - LA BREA
Work Environments Network Meeting - LA CIENEGA
12:30pm 1:30pm
Children, Youth & Environment Network Meeting LA BREA
Communication Network Meeting - PALOS VERDES
International Housing Research Network Meeting LA CIENEGA
Movement in Designed Environments Network Meeting LOS CERRITOS
Sustainable Planning, Design & Behavior Network
Meeting - LOS FELIZ
SATURDAY, May 30
7:30am 8:30am
Building Process Alliance Network Meeting - LA BREA
Cyberspace & Digital Environments Network Meeting LA CIENEGA
Health Network Meeting - LOS CERRITOS
Student Network Meeting - LOS FELIZ
8:30am-10:00am
Knowledge Network Chairs Meeting - SANTA BARBARA A
12:30pm 1:30pm
Active Living by Design Network Meeting - LA BREA
Cities & Globalization Network Meeting - LA CIENEGA
Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology Network
Meeting - LOS CERRITOS
International Connections Network Meeting - LOS FELIZ
Keynote and Plenary Sessions

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Thursday, May 28, 2015 6:00pm-7:00pm

TOWARDS A NEUROSCIENCE FOR ARCHITECTURE
Neuroscience is a new research discipline in the armament of longstanding efforts to understand the
influence of built environments over human mental function and behavior. Using a variety of powerful
experimental approaches, and focusing efforts on the information processing capacities of the brain,
we have begun to develop an empirical understanding of how design features influence the acquisition,
organization and use of information present in the built environment. Based on this understanding, we
argue that selective pressures over the course of human evolution have yielded a visual brain that has highly
specific and tunable organizational properties for representing key statistics of the environment, such as
commonly occurring features and conjunctions of features. Simple visual pattern types, which are commonly
used in architectural and decorative design, mirror these environmental statistics. These patterns are
readily seen without scrutiny, yielding a sense of order because they tap into existing neuronal substrates.
A fuller understanding of these relationships between organizational properties of the brain and visual
environmental statistics may lead to novel design principles.
homas D. Albright is Professor and Conrad T. Prebys Chair in Vision Research at the
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where he joined the faculty in 1986. Albright is
also Director of the Salk Institute Center for the Neurobiology of Vision, Adjunct
Professor of Psychology and Neurosciences at the University of California, San
Diego, and Visiting Centenary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Albright is an authority on the neural basis of visual perception, memory and visually
guided behavior, probing the relationship between the activity of brain cells and
perceptual state. His laboratory seeks to understand how visual perception is
affected by attention, behavioral goals, and memories of previous experiences. His
discoveries address the ways in which context influences visual perceptual
experience and the mechanisms of visual associative memory and visual imagery. An
important goal of this work is the development of therapies for blindness and
perceptual impairments resulting from disease, trauma or developmental disorders
of the brain. A second aim of Dr. Albrights work is to use our growing knowledge of
brain, perception and memory to inform design in architecture and the arts, and to
leverage societal decisions and public policy. Albright received a Ph.D. in psychology
and neuroscience from Princeton University. He is a recipient of numerous honors for
his work, including the National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in
Research. Albright is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, and an associate of the Neuroscience Research
Program. He is past-president (2012-2014) of the Academy of Neuroscience for
Architecture, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science,
Technology, and Law, and serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Indian
National Brain Research Center.
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PLENARY SESSION: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:30am-12:00pm

CINEMA AND THE PEOPLE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP: CITIES ON THE SILVER (AND OTHER) SCREENS
Sponsored by
Our vision of the city is not dependent upon being there because media take us there. Our preconceptions precede an
experiential reality. The photographer and reporter, the computer and the media take us there. We have all been there
without having been there. The media/city relationship is central to understanding these sites as lived communicative
environments. The Cinema is a uniquely significant and powerful medium influence on perceptions of the city. Cities are
frozen in time by cinematic imagery. How do filmmakers make use of urban spaces? How does the cinema shape our
conception of urban people-environment relationships? How is the architect and urban planner influenced by the cinematic.
This plenary will explore the diverse intersections between cinema, cities, and environmental design.
oderator Gary Gumpert (Ph.D, Wayne State University) is Emeritus Professor of Communication at
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Queens College of the City University of New York and President of the Urban Communication Foundation.
His creative career as a television director and academic career as a scholar spans over 60 years. In 1960 he
directed the Gutenberg Galaxy in which Marshall McLuhan articulated the premise of his forthcoming book.
He is series editor of Urban Communication Series for Peter Lang Publishing. He has authored and edited
books include Talking Tombstones and Other Tales of the Media Age, The Urban Communication Reader and
Regulating Convergence and Regulating Social Media: Legal and Ethical Considerations. He is a recipient of the
Franklyn S. Haiman Award for distinguished scholarship in freedom of expression, the Louis Forsdale Award
for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology, and in 2011 received The Neil Postman Award for
Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. His primary research and theory agenda focuses on the
impact of communication technology upon social and urban space. He has been a faithful EDRA member
since 1990 and co-chair of the EDRA Communication network.
incent Brook teaches media studies at UCLA, Cal-State LA, and Pierce College. He has published dozens
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of journal articles and anthology essays and is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of six books,
most recently Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles (Rutgers 2013), Woody on Rye:
Jewishness in the Films and Plays of Woody Allen (Brandeis 2013, co-editor), and Silver Lake Chronicles:
Exploring an Urban Oasis in Los Angeles (History Press 2014, co-author).
lex Cutlers career spans three decades of media administration, film production, and teaching. While
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attending UCLAs MFA producer program and Southwestern Law School, Cutler began his media career at
Republic Pictures, where he was responsible for business and legal matters relating to one of the industrys
most extensive motion picture and television libraries. His Australian producing career culminated with the
Warner Bros-released THE DELINQUENTS, one of the highest-profile Australian films of all time. Since
arriving in New York in 2009, Cutler co-produced an award-winning new feature film, PIG, completed a
master in media studies at New School University, and has consulted to non-profit youth media pioneer,
Educational Video Center, and the Urban Communication Foundation. He is the executive producer of The
Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) and Don Peyote (2014)
ouis Wasserman, M.Arch, graduated from the University of Illinois and Harvards Graduate School of
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Design. Prior to establishing his own office, Louis Wasserman gained experience in the offices of Ben
Thompson, Cambridge Seven, ADD Inc., Harry Weese, and the City Architect of Chicago. Louis also taught in
architectural programs in Massachusetts, California and Wisconsin. Wasserman & Associates was
established by Louis Wasserman and M. Caren Connolly as a multidisciplinary firm concentrating on
architecture, landscape architecture, award winning research and publication. Their examination of theme
parks/recreational planning is the only research work ever to have received the Progressive Architecture
First Award. The companion study on Film Design received a Citation from Progressive Architecture
Magazine. Work on recreational planning has received national recognition from Design Arts Magazine, The
Urban Land Institute and Progressive Architecture Magazine.
Peter Haratonik is currently a member of the faculty and the former Chair of the Department of Media Studies
and Film at The New School in New York. He was founding member of the faculty and has developed new
programs and taught at Antioch College, Hofstra University, and New York University. Currently a Fellow at The
Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College, he has recently served as consultant for
InHolland University, Rotterdam, and the Dublin Institute of Technology.
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PLENARY SESSION: Saturday, May 30, 2015 10:30am-12:00pm

DESIGNING FOR THE SPECTRUM: FROM NEUROSCIENCE TO DESIGN ACTIONS
This plenary demonstrates how environment-behavior research and theory can build upon neuroscience research to apprise
how the physical environment can be designed and developed to enhance the daily lives and aspirations of a broad spectrum
of individuals with the focus on adults with autism living in their homes and residential communities. With backgrounds in
environment-behavior studies, housing, architecture and landscape architecture, presenters Sherry Ahrentzen and Kim Steele
faced a challenge in 2008 when asked to consider the best ways to design housing for adults on the autism spectrum and what
the evidence showed as most effective strategies for doing so because the research was thin and examples scarce. Since then
they have developed a research-informed approach that they will share with the audience, demonstrating how neurobiological/
perceptual research findings of autism often reverberate with fundamental environment-behavior principles and theories. They
will draw on the work described in their book At Home with Autism: Designing for the Spectrum, being published in summer 2015.
A number of architects and housing developers have used their work to design and construct residences for adults with autism,
and examples of this built and occupied work will be presented. Following the presentation, discussant Eve Edelstein will comment
upon the merits, limitations, and potentialities of the process from the perspective of neuroscience and the emerging changes
in the design profession; and bring to the discussion a neuro-architectural process that she developed and used in practice that
applied game-changing neuroscientific and engineering technologies and long-standing methods from environmental psychology.
herry Ahrentzen, PhD,, is a Shimberg Professor of Housing Studies at the University of Florida. Prior, she was
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Associate Director of Research at the Stardust Center for Affordable Homes, Arizona State University; and
before then, Professor of Architecture at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Ahrentzen is a recognized
leader in understanding the social justice dimensions within the built environment and design education,
championing the needs of underserved and marginalized populations who are often left out of the design and
planning process. Her research focusing on housing and community design that fosters the physical, social and
economic health of households has been published extensively in journals and books, and presented at national
and international conferences. She has over 60 published articles, chapters, and reports, and has received more
than 30 research and instructional grants from various agencies. In 2003 she received the Distinguished
Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; in 2009 she received the Career
Award from the Environmental Design Research Association; and in 2014, she was the recipient of the ARCC
James Haecker Award for Distinguished Leadership in Architectural Research.
im Steele is Director of Urban and Health Initiatives at The Elemental Group where she works with
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communities and organizations to develop policies and strategies to increase opportunities for healthy, active
living. Prior to this position she was Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Design School and
Assistant Professor at Auburn University in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Ms. Steele received a Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of
Colorado, Denver, as well as a Master of Arts from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research
and professional work focuses on improving community health through design across multiple scales, which
she is further advancing in her doctoral research at UCLA. She has published numerous research reports and
routinely presents her work at national and international conferences. As a parent of a severely autistic child,
Ms. Steele devotes significant time to researching issues related to disability and the environment.
ve Edelstein, PhD, EDAC, Assoc., AIA, F-AAA, consults on the worlds largest NICU and infant hearing screening
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program, and NASAs noise-induced hearing loss in space station astronauts. With the Academy of
Neuroscience for Architecture, NewSchool of Architecture, the Salk Institute, and the University of California
San Diego, Edelstein developed and taught courses, internships and research studies that apply neuroscience to
architecture. Dr. Edelstein is a Fellow of the Berkeley Prize, integrating neuroscience, architecture and universal
design objectives. Dr. Edelstein consults with Innovative Design Science to inform design decisions that
influence cognition, error, intelligibility, wayfinding, well-being and human outcomes. Her practice-based
neuro-architectural process informed large through small-scale international architectural projects, now built
in Canada, China and the US. Edelstein is faculty at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design, and as a member
of the AIA Design + Health Research Consortium, leads an innovative translational center for healthy
environments, a collaborative with the University California San Diego and international leaders in planning and
public health.
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Mobile Sessions
EDRA46 Los Angeles is pleased to offer Mobile Sessions with in situ education sessions that highlight Los Angeles
culture and history. All mobile sessions will convene in the San Diego Registration area at 8:30am on Wednesday and at
1:30pm on Saturday, before proceeding to the transportation option available for their destination.
Wednesday, May 27, 8:30am-5:00pm

CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES MOBILE INTENSIVE: Share/Collaborate/Learn/Advance: Democratic Design
Without Borders
SESSION LEADER: Jeffrey Hou, Ph.D., M.Arch, M.L.A., Professor, University of Washington
Democratic design in forms of citizen participation and community engagement has risen in prominence
in areas around the world. From North America to East Asia, community design practitioners and
advocates have made significant progress in democratizing environmental design and planning practice
in one project after another. Founded in Berkeley in 1998, the Pacific Rim Community Design Network
has been a forum that facilitates continued exchange and learning between community designers in
East Asia and North America. The network has further led to active collaboration between individuals
across the Pacific. The purpose of this Intensive is to bring the ongoing exchange to EDRA to engage
a broader audience beyond the Pacific Rim. More specifically, the program is intended to foreground
democratic design as continuously evolving practice that can be enriched through critical sharing and
exchange of experiences, success stories, and pitfalls. This daylong Intensive will include presentations
by practitioners and scholars, roundtable discussion, and a field trip to a local site in Los Angeles.
Topics will include broad reflections on democratic design practices in diverse settings as well as
case studies of projects that address issues ranging from the use of social media to the participation
of elderly and young people. The daylong session will focus simultaneously on how democratic
design can transcend border and how such practices operate in particular cultural, geographical, and
institutional contexts. Presenters will come from Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan,
and throughout the United States. Participants are invited to join actively in the discussion.
Saturday, May 30, 1:30pm-5:30pm

GERONTOLOGY MOBILE SESSION: Sustainable Connections - Aging in Community in Los Angeles
SESSION LEADER: Emily Roberts, Ph.D., M.A., M.Arch, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
The impending age wave can be a creative motivator and Los Angeles has both a creative and aging
population who wish to remain in community. While policy in urban communities like Los Angeles should
be accessible, adaptable and healthful for older residents, it also needs to be sustainable for healthy
environments in terms of energy, water use, and waste. Crafting communities that address all of these
issues concurrently is a special challenge for planners, and designers, creating national and international
opportunities for change. This tour of two Los Angeles landmarks will include one creatively renovated
historic hotel as well as new construction housing in a vibrant arts community. The first stop will be
the Dunbar Hotel, an adaptive reuse project which is now senior and family apartments in Watts. The
Dunbar, which opened in 1928, was designated as a city Historic-Cultural Landmark in 1974 and placed on
the National Register of Historic Places two years later. The original Art Deco motif has been preserved
through a collaboration between Thomas Safran & Associates, the nonprofit Coalition for Responsible
Community Development and the citys Housing Authority and Community Redevelopment Agency.
Once home to the LA African- American music scene, the hotel welcomed guests like Cab Calloway,
Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. There are 115 units and the $30-million renovation includes another
42 apartments in two neighboring buildings that have also been refurbished for low-income family
housing. The second stop will be the North Hollywood (NoHo) Senior Arts Colony, a new construction
senior residence apartment community for active senior artists. Residents are given the opportunity
to live in housing within an artistic community with courses and tools to engage in theater, art,
exploration and education. This is a $42 million community with 126 one and two bedroom units
for renters 62 and older.
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PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE MOBILE SESSION: Palos Verdes Estates: The Romantic Dreams of a New
California City
SESSION LEADER: Christine Edstrom OHara, Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo
The evolution of the city of Palos Verdes Estates extends over 75 years and continues today. The site for
the new city has a storied land-use history: from Native American villages to Spanish ranchos, and home
to Portuguese whalers and Japanese farmers. However, even with centuries of diverse land occupation,
the landscape was still largely un-developed by the early 1900s. Beginning in 1914, The Palos Verdes
Project was designed as a complete new town, the city developed during a period of critical regionalism.
Its aim was to showcase the native California landscape and a new approach to design in architecture and
planning, specific to the history and ecology of California. Modeled after Mediterranean city, architectural
and landscape design, Palos Verdes Estates blended the design concepts of developer Frank Vanderlip,
the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm, city planner Charles Cheney and architect Myron Hunt.
Looking to other regions with the same ecology provided a design framework to develop a new American
typology uniquely Californian. Together their 1920s visions resulted in Palos Verdes Estates representing
the paradigm of an American expression of Mediterranean design and an early ecological approach to
landscape design in arid California. And through architectural control, the historic design has remained
intact since the citys inception.

WAYFINDING MOBILE SESSION: Google Glass Navigation - Testing Parahippocampal Place Area
Involvement*
SESSION LEADER: Paul Platosh, PhD Scholar, Design and Human Environment, Geospatial Information
Systems, Oregon State University
Human wayfinding behavior is a complex interaction of perception, spatial cognition, sense of direction,
and memory systems. We employ different strategies to navigate in spaces such as survey, landmark,
route, and pointer. Each of these strategies relies on a different form of cognition and to some extent,
activates different parts of the brain. Because of the complex nature nature of wayfinding, humans have
long relied on technology to mediate between environment and their spatial recollections. Since GPS
and other stimulus-response wayfinding strategies are less effective at promoting the accurate creation
of cognitive maps, could other technological interventions offer better results? The form-factor and
interface of an optical head-mounted display (OHMD), like Google Glass, is different than that of handheld devices, potentially providing more successful cognitive mapping and spatial recall. This session will
allow participants to test Google Glass to experience an alternative way of viewing their environment,
navigating various waypoints in the neighborhood.
*Note: Participants will need to have a 4G smartphone with the ability to download the MyGlass application and
activate the Bluetooth capabilities as the Glass can only receive signal when tethered to a 4g cellular network.

NATURAL SETTINGS MOBILE SESSION: The Big Wild Wilderness Parks: Sex, Lies, and Real Estate
SESSION LEADER: Randy Hester, Director for the Center for Ecological Discovery, University of
California Berkeley
The Big Wild was developed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to provide both wilderness
recreation for adjacent communities and migratory support for species such as the mountain lion.
Separate community participation processes for each segment and adjacent community served as a
foundation for the design and development of the string of parks. Complicating the process were wide
variations in different communitys interests, politics, a competing freeway proposal, and hidden agendas
and relationships among the parties. Randy Hester will be joined by some original members of the design
and development team to describe the process and challenges that had to be overcome for these parks to
reach successful completion. The tours will focus on two very different segments: LA96C, a former Nike
missile site that utilizes some ruins of the facility in the design and Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway
Park, a major trailhead with gorgeous city and mountain views.
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Continuing Education Opportunities

EDRA is pleased to be an approved provider of the following continuing education systems:
AIA/CES
LA CES
APA
IDCEC
Sessions at EDRA46 Los Angeles that have been approved for continuing education credits are noted in the schedule
found on pages 22-31 of this program, in the continuing education certificate found in your registration packet, and
indicated on the signage outside each session itself. Each awarding organization has its own individual requirements,
which are listed below. Every approved session will have a Session Chair also serving as a designated continuing
education monitor, who will have copies of necessary paperwork at the back of each room.
Individuals wishing to obtain continuing education credits must complete, sign and return the continuing education
certificate of completion form found in your registration packet. These certificates can be turned in to the continuing
education table found next to registration or mailed or emailed back to EDRA Headquarters within two weeks of
completion of the conference. After verifying attendance with the session attendance sheets, this document will be
authenticated, signed by EDRA Headquarters and returned to each individual within one month of the conclusion
of the conference. EDRA will submit all necessary attendance records and forms to each accrediting body, but it is
the responsibility of the individual who is seeking credit to verify credit has been received and accounted for with
the awarding organization. Individuals seeking credits from APA and IDCEC will need to submit additional necessary
paperwork in order to receive credit. If you are applying for credits, please read this information carefully.
AIA/CES Learning Unit (LU)

The designated continuing education representative will send around an Attendance Record form
during the session. Your name and information must be on this form in order to receive credit.
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All courses available for credits are included on the continuing education certificate found in
your registration packet. You must check off which AIA LU sessions you attended and tally the
total number of hours at the end of the certificate. This form must be returned to the continuing
education table or to EDRA Headquarters within two weeks of the end of the conference in order
for these credits to be submitted AIA/CES. The certificate will be authenticated post-conference
and returned via email within one month of the conclusion of the conference.
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Every participant desiring AIA LU credits must fill out and return a course evaluation form directly
after each session in which they participated. Course evaluations can be found at the Continuing
Education table near registration. Participants may sign in to their AIA membership account and
fill out a confidential online course evaluation form if they so desire.
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One contact hour (i.e. a one hour session) equals one Learning Unit (LU). Approved hours are
indicated on the certificate of completion.
Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES)

Professional Development Hours (PDH) and Continuing Education Units (CEU)
All courses available for credits are included on the continuing education certificate found in your
registration packet. You must check off which LA CES and LA CES HSW sessions you attended
and tally the total number of hours at the end of the certificate. This form must be returned to
the continuing education table or to EDRA Headquarters within two weeks of the end of the
conference in order for these credits to be submitted LA CES. The certificate will be authenticated
post-conference and returned via email within one month of the conclusion of the conference.
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The designated continuing education representative will send around an Attendance Record form.
Your name and information must be on this form in order to receive credit.
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Every participant desiring LA CES credits must fill out and return a course evaluation form
after each session in which they participated. Evaluation forms can be found at the continuing
education table next to the registration desk.
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One contact hour (i.e. a one hour session) equals one Professional Development Hour (PDH); one
contact hour equals 1/10th of one Continuing Education Unit (CEU). Approved hours are indicated
on the certificate of completion.
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APA Certification Maintenance Hours (CM)

All courses available for credits are included on the continuing education certificate found in your
registration packet. You must check off which sessions you attended and tally the total number
of hours at the end of the certificate. This form must be returned to the continuing education
table or to EDRA Headquarters within two weeks of the end of the conference in order for the
certificate to be validated. The certificate will be authenticated post-conference and returned via
email within one month of the conclusion of the conference.
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Every participant desiring APA CM credits must fill out and return a course evaluation form
directly after each session in which they participated. Participants may sign in to their APA
membership account and fill out a confidential online course evaluation form if they so desire.
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One contact hour (i.e. a one hour session) equals one Certification Maintenance Hour (CM).
Approved hours are indicated on the certificate of completion.
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Attendees must register the CM credits in their individual event log in order to receive credit.
Instructions on how to do this can be found at the continuing education table on the second floor.
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IDCEC Continuing Education Units (CEU)

All EDRA46 sessions have been approved for continuing education credits from IDCEC. You
must check off which sessions you attended and tally the total number of hours at the end
of the certificate. This form must be returned to the continuing education table or to EDRA
Headquarters within two weeks of the end of the conference in order for the certificate to be
validated. The certificate will be authenticated post-conference and returned via email within one
month of the conclusion of the conference.
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Every participant desiring IDCEC credits must fill out and return a course evaluation form
after each session in which they participated. Evaluation forms can be found at the continuing
education table next to the registration desk.
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Approved hours are indicated on the certificate of completion.
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Attendees must be registered with NCIDQ Continuing Education registry and must mail or fax in a
copy of their certificate of completion and the NCIDQ CE Registry Participant Form with payment
to NCIDQ in order to receive credits. The conference code is CONF-10295.
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Recognize
outstanding
work and
achievements
Join us during
these special
events!
Great Places Awards
during the Welcome Reception
Wednesday, May 27, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Plaza Deck 4th Floor
Career Award, Service Award,
Best Paper and Poster Awards,
Michael Brill Award
during the EDRA Banquet
Saturday, May 30, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
San Francisco / Sacramento
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

5:00PM-7:00PM
SAN DIEGO
REGISTRATION BOOTH
REGISTRATION
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

7:30AM-7:30PM
SAN DIEGO
REGISTRATION BOOTH
REGISTRATION
8:30AM-5:00PM
SAN DIEGO
BOOK DISPLAY
8:30AM-5:30PM
MOBILE INTENSIVE
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Share/Collaborate/Learn/Advance:
Democratic Design without Borders
Jeffrey Hou, Randolph Hester, Henry Sanoff,
Evrim Demir Mishchenko, Rachel Berney,
Kathleen Dorgan, Masato Dohi, Keiro Hattori,
Yun-Geum Kim, Patsy Owens, David de la
Pena, Sheryl-Ann Simpson, Todd Simmons,
Deni Ruggeri, Ching-Fen Yang, Mingjie Zhu,
Kin Wai Siu, Yongqi Lou, Tianxin Zhang,
Kofi Boone, Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Kumi
Tashiro, Paula Horrigan, Celen Pasalar,
Nadezda Snigireva
8:30AM-5:30PM
SANTA ANITA C
SANTA ANITA A
DESIGN EDUCATION INTENSIVE
WORK ENVIRONMENTS INTENSIVE
AIA/APA/IDCEC
AIA/APA/IDCEC/LA CES
Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching

Students How to do Environmental Design
Research: Part One (morning)
Karen Keddy, Nisha Fernando,
Caitlin DeClercq, Galen Cranz, Jesse Voss,
Azizi Arrington-Bey, Daisy-Olice Williams,
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Eleftherios Pavlides,
Kimberly Rollings, Giyoung Park
Helping Creativity Happen: Designing

Spaces to Support Creative/Innovative
Thinking
Sally Augustin, Melissa Marsh,
Claire Rowell, Martin Hodulak,
Christine Kohlert, Ardis Hanson,
Sheila Gobes-Ryan
Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching

Students How to do Environmental Design
Research: Part Two (afternoon)
Georgia Lindsay, Jeremy Wells,
Arezou Sadoughi, Julia Robinson,
James Wheeler, Kapila Silva, Gowri Gulwadi,
LaDan Omidvar, Eleftherios Pavlides,
Bradley Nobbe, Karen Keddy,
Andrew Mirabito
8:30AM-5:30PM
SAN GABRIEL A & B
1:30PM-5:30PM
PALOS VERDES
CROSS CULTURAL ISSUES INTENSIVE

Cultural Practices, Events, and
Transformation of Culture Space
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Nisha Fernando,
Maria Montero, Hirofumi Minami,
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Karen Franck,
Shampa Mazumdar, Vibhavari Jani,
Shunsuke Itoh
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP WS 1
1:30PM-5:30PM
8:30AM-5:30PM
SANTA ANITA B
RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS
INTENSIVE
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Re-Planning, Redesigning: Residential
Renovations for Multi-Generational
Inhabitation and Aging-in-Place
Manasvinee Pramod, Susan Thering,
Elisa Laurini, Sara Bartumeus,
Robert Habiger, Lynne Dearborn
8:30AM-12:30PM
PALOS VERDES
NATURAL SETTINGS INTENSIVE

Landscapes and Human Health
Chun-Yen Chang, William Sullivan
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8:30AM-12:30PM
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SANTA ANITA A
RESEARCH PRACTICE INTENSIVE

Research Basics 101
Ann Devlin, Jack Nasar
6:00PM-8:00PM
WELCOME/GREAT PLACES AWARDS

RECEPTION
See page 10 for more information.
Thursday, May 28, 2015

7:30AM-6:30PM
SAN DIEGO
REGISTRATION BOOTH
REGISTRATION
7:30AM-8:30AM
LOS CERRITOS
7:30AM-8:30AM
LA BREA
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT NETWORK

MEETING
LA CIENEGA
RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS NETWORK

MEETING
8:30AM-5:00PM
SAN DIEGO
BOOK DISPLAY
8:30AM-10:00AM
DESIGN EDUCATION PS 1
Learning Regions as Visionary and Strategic
Tools for the Planning Course Possible
Cities
Helena Tervinen
Designing With the Metaphor of Brain
in Mind
Brian Schermer, Amin Mojtahedi
Developing Neuroscientific and
Psychological Approaches to Teaching
Drawing and Design
Fernando Magallanes
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA A
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RESEARCH

TRENDS SYM 1
SAN GABRIEL B
ACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS PS 1
Walking, Obesity, and Urban Design in
Chinese Neighborhoods
Mariela Alfonzo, Zhan Guo, Kristen Day
Childrens Travel Related Physical Activity
in Conventional and New Urbanist
Neighborhoods
Jong Seon Lee
The Power of Perception: The Perceived
Quality of the Streets and Reported
Walking in Three Different Socioeconomic
Status Neighborhoods
Zeynep Toker
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA B
ENVIRONMENT-GERONTOLOGY
NETWORK MEETING
7:30AM-8:30AM
8:30AM-10:00AM
PALOS VERDES
CHILDRENS ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
Design and Analysis of a Pathway to
Maximize Behavioral Affordances for
Children and Families
Adina Cox
Classroom Environment and Students
Emotional StatesBringing in Mobile EEG in
Environmental Psychology Study
Dongying Li, Rose Schmillen,
William Sullivan
Housing and Neighborhood Physical
Quality: Childrens Mental Health and
Chronic Physiological Stress
Gary Evans, Nancy Wells, Kimberly Rollings,
Yizhao Yang, Amanda Bednarz
Emerging Directions of Environmental

Design Research
Daniel Stokols, Shalini Misra, Richard Wener,
Susan Saegert, Allan Wicker
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA C
NATURAL SETTINGS PS 1
Nearby Nature and Mental Wellbeing:
The Mediating Role of Neighborhood
Satisfaction and Use Pattern
Sara Hadavi
Letting the Landscape Speak: Lessons for
Landscape Architecture and Design
Joni Palmer
Recording and Assessing Environmental
Quality in Woodlands: An Environmental
Audit Tool
Eva Silveirinha de Oliveira,
Catharine Ward Thompson, Simon Bell,
Peter Aspinall, Jenny Roe
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA A
NEUROSCIENCE RELATED TO E-B PS 1

Neuroaesthetic Studies in Architecture:
Insights from Neuroscience on Aesthetic
Experience
Troy Brummel, Ji Young Cho
Effects of Short-Term In-Situ Exposure to
Man-Made Nature on EEG and Perceived
Affective State: A Pilot Experiment
Zheng Chen, Xueqian Zhai, Yingqian Zhang
Urban Economic Geography and

Environmental Psychology: Theoretical
View and Comparative Perspective
David Stea
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL A
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN S1
Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behavior:
People + Energy + Place
Julie Kriegh, Lynne Manzo, Linda Steg,
Joel Loveland
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA C
UNIVERSAL DESIGN WS 1
Effectiveness of Design Standards in
Improving Residence Hall Usability and
Satisfaction
Jonathan White, Sue Weidemann,
Elyse Skerker
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL C
URBAN GREENING PS 1
Expanding the Role and Value of Historic
Urban Parks in Diverse Urban Settings
Maren King, Sarah Krisch
Envisioning a New Downtown Park:
Enabling Community-Directed Urban
Placemaking in Urbana, Illinois through
University-Community Action Research
Keith Miller
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA B
WALKABILITY PS 1
Barriers to Walks in the Neighboring Green
Area: A Case Study in Norway
Helena Nordh, Kine Halvorsen Thorn
The Role of Configuration on Residential
Location Choices and Walkability to Work:
Space Syntax Exploration of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Girmay Berhie, Saif Haq
Evaluating Post-Development of the
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway Using
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Ha Pham
10:00AM-10:30AM
SAN DIEGO
BREAK
21

10:30AM-12:00PM
SAN GABRIEL A
BUILDING PERFORMANCE SYM 1

Modeling Occupant Behavior in Buildings
Clinton Andrews, Tianzhen Hong,
Bing Dong, Khee Lam
10:30AM-12:00PM
SAN GABRIEL B
DESIGN EDUCATION PS 2
Students Use of Environment-Behavior
Research Findings in Their Design Process
and Their Attitudes towards EvidenceBased Design
Sibel Dazkir
Challenges and Opportunities in the
Formation of Design Professionals
Margarita Greene, Yves Schoonjans,
Kris Scheerlinck
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA BARBARA C
HEALTH AND ACTIVE LIVING PS 1

The Impact of Walkable Environment
on Improved Health Outcomes among
Saudi Adults: A Conjoint Research Study
of Physicians and Architects in Alfaisal
University, Saudi Arabia
Aliaa Elabd, Baraa Alghalyini
Addressing the Needs of Older Adults in
Public Rights-of-Way: An Opportunity
to Promote Independence, Social
Participation, and Active Living
Molly Ranahan
Promoting Activity among Patients
with Dementia in Acute Care Hospital
Environments
Kathrin Bter, Gesine Marquardt
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA ANITA B
NATURAL SETTINGS PS 2
How Much Green? Measuring Exposure to
Green Spaces and Students Psychological
Well-Being
Dongying Li, William Sullivan
Developing Design Guidelines for Urban
Spaces in Support of Mental Wellbeing
Using Theoretical Frameworks from
Environmental Psychology and Aesthetics
MaryCarol Hunter
22
The Agricultural Urbanism Toolkit: Using

Health and Wellness to Create New Urban
Infrastructures
Nadia Anderson, Courtney Long
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA ANITA A
NEUROSCIENCE RELATED TO E-B PS 2

Digitized Videotape Analysis: A Tool to
Assess the Impact of University Learning
Spaces on Student Classroom Behavior
Mary Anne Akers, Christine Hohmann,
Jim Determan
Autism, Lighting, and Neuroscience:
Impact of Neural Data on the Future of
Architecture and Design
Cherif Amor, Gerard Moeller, M.D.
The Work of Gilbert Gottlieb:
A Framework for the Integration of
Neuroscience into Design
Sarah Little
10:30AM-12:00PM
SAN GABRIEL C
RESEARCH PRACTICE PDT 1

Two Monologues Do Not Make a Dialogue:
Communication between Researchers
and Designers
Emily Chmielewski, Amy Huber,
Nicholas Watkins, Lori McGilberry
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA BARBARA A
SCHOOL AND EDUCATIONAL

ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
Effects of Good Urban Design on Social

Sustainability: A Survey Study in UK
Neighborhoods
Derya Oktay
Examining Demographic and Environmental
Factors Associated with Changes in
Sustainability Culture: Findings from a
Longitudinal Study of Students at the
University of Michigan
Robert Marans, Noah Webster,
John Callewaert
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA BARBARA B
THEORY DEVELOPMENT WS 1
Confluence of Approaches to Environmental
Messages: Communication Theory,
Representation, and Social Construction
Gary Gumpert, Susan Drucker, Peter Hecht,
Peter Haratonik, Matthew Matsaganis
10:30AM-12:00PM
SANTA ANITA C
WOMENS HEALTHCARE
ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
The Influence of Australian Hospital Birth
Unit Design on Womens Birth Supporters
J. Davis Harte, Susan Stewart,
Athena Sheehan, Maralyn Foureur
Evidence-Based Design for Childbirth
Environments: The Impacts of Daylight
Exposure on Analgesia Usage of PostCesarean Section Women
Chia-Hui Wang, Kathryn Anthony,
Nai-Wen Kuo
Architecture for Learning and Knowing
in a Changing Landscape
Amin Mojtahedi
Green Schools as a Platform for Students
Health and Teaching Environmental
Stewardship: Cross-Case Analysis of LEED
and Non-LEED Elementary Schools in
the Midwest
Jung-Hye Shin, Joy Huntington
10:30AM-12:00PM
PALOS VERDES
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN PS 1
12:30PM-1:30PM
LA BREA
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF DESIGN

NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LA CIENEGA
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN RESEARCH

EDUCATION NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LOS CERRITOS
INTERIOR DESIGN NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
Processes for People: The Practice of

Strategic Creativity in Innovation
Diana Nicholas, Shivanthi Anandan
POE/PROGRAMMING NETWORK
MEETING
LOS AN G E LE S
LOS FELIZ
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA BARBARA B
ACTION RESEARCH SYM 1

Video that Says a Thousand Words!
The Capacity of Video in Community-Based
Research and Teaching
Laura Lawson, Shenglin Chang,
William Atwater
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL B
DESIGN EDUCATION SYM 1

How Do We Revitalize the Hyphen in
Environment-Behavior Research?
David Seamon, Karen Franck, Galen Cranz,
Hirofumi Minami, Julio Bermudez
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA C
EDRASHORTS - THURSDAY
Urban Education: Building Citizenship and
Sociability in Elementary Public Schools in
Brazil
Clarissa Albrecht Silveira, Maristela Siolari,
Geraldo Ribeiro Filho
Panoramas of Environment Research
Communicating User Experiences in Three
Dimensions
Kate Tregloan, Libby Callaway
Emotions Follow Form: Examining the
Connection between Architectural Space
and Emotions
Avishag Shemesh, Yasha Grobman
Choreographing Non-Place for Human
Well-Being
Claire McAndrew, Anna Mavrogianni,
Sonali Wayal
Factors Related to Commuting Stress
among Inland Empire Commuters
Juliana Fuqua, Kaitlin Schellack,
Bernadette Martinez, Alexis Randles,
Carina Anderson
Coming Down From 30,000ft:
Immersive Community Engagement to
Uncover the Lived Experience
Debarati Mimi Majumdar Narayan,
C. Eisenbarth Hager
The Naturerfahrungsraum and the
Construction of Urban Wilderness
Experiences: Designing Space for Cognitive
Development
Marcus Owens
The Workplace as Laboratory: An In Situ

Interdisciplinary Design for Studying
Restorative Workplace Distractions
Meredith Banasiak, Casey Lindberg,
Brian Green, Marc Berman
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA A
NEUROSCIENCE RELATED TO E-B WS 1

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Infusing
Person-Environment Questions in Studies
of Mental Health
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Julia Robinson,
Austin Young, Gail Bernstein
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL A
PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE PS 1
Heritage Conservation through the Lenses
of Environment-Behavior Research and
Conservation Social Science
Jeremy Wells
Towards a Holistic Understanding of
Authenticity of Cultural Heritage:
An Analysis of World Heritage Site
Designations in the Asian Context
Kapila Silva, Julie Lawless
Use of a Mixed Methodology in Historic
Preservation: Perception of Visual and
Physical Features in Preserving Urban
Historic Districts
You-Kyong Ahn, Traci Montgomery
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA B
RESEARCH PRACTICE PS 1
A Multidisciplinary Survey of Home
Modification Professionals: A Snapshot on
the State of Practice
James Lenker, Danise Levine, Karen Kim,
Sue Weidemann
Global Architects Meet the Place:
Information and Communication
Technology as a Strategy for Co-Design
Yael Perez
Practitioner Profiles: Civic Lives,
Motivations, and Habits of Practice
Paula Horrigan, Mallika Bose
THURSDAY 5.28
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA BARBARA A
URBAN GREENING SYM 1

Urban Wilds: Vacant Land, Nature, and the
Unraveling City
Susan Dieterlen, Catalina Freixas,
Sarah Cowles, Angela Loder
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA BARBARA C
URBAN PLANNING PS 1
Environmental Perception of Teenagers
Regarding the Public Open Spaces
Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi
A Diachronic and Synchronic Study of
the Urban Morphology of Baghdad Using
Transects
Dhirgham Alobaydi, Mahbub Rashid
Impressions of Plaza Lighting After Dark
Jack Nasar, Saleheh Bokharaei
1:30PM-3:00PM
PALOS VERDES
WAYFINDING PS 1
Spatial Cognition of the Blind during the
Wayfinding Process
Didem Kan Kilic, Fehmi Dogan
Walking With Your Head in the Clouds:
The Influence of Pathway Design on
Mindfulness, Recall, and Affective State
William Whitfeld
Generational Differences in Project
Research Approaches
Amy Huber
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL C
WORK ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
Desk Personalization: A Heightened Communicator of Self in the Open Workplace
Melissa Marsh, Ingrid Erickson,
Claire Rowell, Scott Leinweber
Forecasting Performance of Collaborative
Workplaces: Case Studies to Explore Social
Sensing Technology
So-Yeon Yoon, Alan Hedge, Sheila Danko,
Ying Hua, Lauren Bigalow
Cross-Cultural Study on Space Use and
Behavioral Patterns in Workspace
Lisa Lim, Craig Zimring
23

3:00PM-4:00PM
SAN DIEGO
4:00PM-5:30PM
SAN GABRIEL B
POSTER SESSION - THURSDAY
HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
See page 33 for listing of all posters

presented at this time.
4:00PM-5:30PM
SAN GABRIEL C
DESIGN EDUCATION SYM 2

Neuroscience and Environmental Design:
Implications for Education
Meredith Banasiak, Margaret Tarampi,
Eve Edelstein, Claire Gallagher
4:00PM-5:30PM
SAN GABRIEL A
The Importance of Creating Sustainable

Places of Respite in Saudi Arabia Hospitals
Fatma Jobran, Kristi Gaines, Cherif Amor
Emerging Trends in the Planning and Design
of PICUs (Pediatric Intensive Care Units) in
Japanese Childrens Hospitals
Akikazu Kato, Shiho Mori, Masayuki Kato
Environmental Needs of Adolescent
Surgical Patients in Hospital Settings:
Promoting Psychological Well-Being
Eun-Young Kim, Hyunsoo Lee
ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION PS 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
4:00PM-5:30PM
Cross-Cultural Environmental Aesthetics

Using Neuroimaging and Psychophysiology
Measures: Eastern and Western Womens
Appraisal of Hotel Guest Room Interiors
So-Yeon Yoon, R. Nathan Spreng,
Sun Woo Kim
Design to Enhance Cognition: A Neuro
Considerate Approach
Angela Bourne
Dynamic Experience of the Built
Environment: Path Selection as a Measure
of Preference
Vedran Dzebic, Colin Ellard
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA BARBARA C
GERONTOLOGY PS 1
Homelike as a Physical Setting: Creating
a Therapeutic Environment for the Elderly
with Dementia
Tetsuya Akagi, Kei Adachi
Older Peoples Well-Being Affordances
at the Local High Street: A Study of Local
Town Centres in Edinburgh.
Luca Brunelli
An Exploratory Study of Long Term Care
Concerns in the LGBT Community in
Western New York
Molly Ranahan
SANTA ANITA C
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS SYM 1

Microbial Environment-Design Research:
How Home and Community Design Affect
the Human Microbiome and Health
Richard Wener
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA ANITA A
PUBLISHING WS 1
Meet the Editors
Barbara Brown, Jack Nasar, Andrew Seidel
PALOS VERDES
RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS SYM 1

Attachment to Contemporary Planned
Environments: Emotion, Meaning, Objects,
and Processes
Yurika Yokoyama, Kaiho Nakamura,
Hiroko Mizumura, Katsuki Yokoyama,
Shunsuke Itoh, Toshie Koga,
Sanjoy Mazumdar, Natsuko Nagasawa,
Kuniko Hashimoto
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA BARBARA A

ENVIRONMENTS PS 2
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Developing Sense of Place Attachment
and Place Identity in Urban School
Environments
Manpreet Kaur
24
LOS AN G E LE S
Empowering Young Children: Multi-Method

Exploration of Young Childrens Preference
for Natural or Manufactured Elements in
Outdoor Preschool Settings
Zahra Zamani
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA BARBARA B
SOCIO-POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
The Artifact Model of Architecture:
Integrating Buildings and Social
Environments
Lubomir Popov
Environmental Design and Societal
Institutions: The Architectures of
Capitalism and Fascism
David Stea
Placemaking and Citizen Participation
Lubomir Popov, Franklin Goza
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA ANITA B
URBAN GREENING PS 2
4:00PM-5:30PM
From Theory to Application: How

Educational Movements Influenced School
Design
Ece Altinbasak, Henry Sanoff
Understanding Urban Greening and Tree
Canopy as Part of an Ideal Neighborhood
Jane Buxton, Robert Ryan
Do Preferred Landscapes Reduce Stress?
Bin Jiang, Pongsakorn Suppakitpaisarn,
William Sullivan
Research on Landscape Plant Species
Selection Based on Environmental
Psychology
Huiwen Zhang, Deshun Zhang, Zhen Wang
6:00PM-7:00PM
SAN JOSE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Towards A Neuroscience for Architecture
Thomas D. Albright

7:30AM-6:30PM
SAN DIEGO
REGISTRATION BOOTH
REGISTRATION
7:30AM-8:30AM
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL C
HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS PDT 1

AIA/APA/IDCEC
LOS CERRITOS
NATURE & ECOLOGY NETWORK MEETING

7:30AM-8:30AM
LA BREA
Analytical and Empirical Methods for

People-Centered Healthcare Facility
Design: A Case Study on Spatial CognitionDriven Design at the New Parkland Hospital
Mehul Bhatt, Gena English, Lori McGilberry,
Robert Agosta, Carl Schultz
PARTICIPATION NETWORK MEETING

8:30AM-10:00AM
7:30AM-8:30AM
LA CIENEGA
WORK ENVIRONMENTS NETWORK

MEETING
8:30AM-5:00PM
SAN DIEGO
BOOK DISPLAY
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA C
CROSS-CULTURAL ISSUES PS 1
Nacirema Revisited: Expanding the Cultural
Terrain of Interior Environments
Marsha Cuddeback, T.L. Ritchie
Food Connections as Trans-Cultural
Landscape Dialogues: Community
Networking from Burma to Taiwans Golden
Triangle Longgang, Taoyuan
Shenglin Chang
The Amis Urban Tribal Landscape as
the Cultural Design: The Danshui River
Ecosystem in Metropolitan Taipei
Jin-Yung Wu, Shenglin Chang
8:30AM-10:00AM
PALOS VERDES
HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS PS 2
Measuring the Impacts of Hospital Nursing
Floor and Patient Room Layouts on
Patients Experience with Care in a Major
Teaching Hospital
Lorissa MacAllister, Craig Zimring
The Impact of Nursing Unit Typologies on
Nurses Distribution and Communication:
An Explorative Case Study on Two Old and
Two New Chinese Nursing Units
Hui Cai
Connecting Research and Design: The
Development of an Evidence-Based Tool
for Designing and Evaluating Hospital
Inpatient Rooms
Xiaobo Quan, Anjali Joseph
SANTA ANITA B
POE/PROGRAMMING SYM 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
IBPE Symposium: Building Performance
Evaluation Research Projects and Case
Studies From Around the World
Ulrich Schramm, Shauna Mallory-Hill,
Mohamed Ouf, Leila Scannell,
Anne-Mareike Chu, Karen Bartlett,
Murray Hodgson, Craig Brown,
Mark Gorgolewski, Adrian Turcato,
Martin Hodulak, Akikazu Kato, Shiho Mori,
Rotraut Walden, Carlotta Fontana
Scholastic Restorative Environments

Architectural Settings: Their Effects on Our
Perceptions, Spearheading New Cognitive
and Neural Restoration Methods
Peter Smith
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA C
Leveraging Urban Ecosystems for
Comprehensive Climate-Adaptive Design:
An Approach Framework for Landscape
Architects
Joshua Cerra
Redefining the Building-Behavior Interface
through the Lens of Green Citizenship
Erin Hamilton, Meaghan Guckian
Our Changing Climate: Resilience Networks
at the Community Scale
N. Claire Napawan, Sheryl-Ann Simpson
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA A
UNIVERSAL DESIGN PS 1
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL B
REFLECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
The Benefits of Viewing Sacred Landscapes
Don Burger
The Oklahoma City National Memorial
and Museum: Reenactment, Embodiment,
and Civic Performance as Transitional
Phenomena
Martin Holland
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Designing for Diversity: A Research
Informed Design Study on Universal
Workspaces
Gourab Kar, Abir Mullick
Primary Factors Inhibiting Visual
Accessibility in Interior Spaces
Erin Schambureck
Bridging the Gap: The Role of Community

Engaged Design Advocacy in the High
Himalaya
Carey Clouse
Moving Together: Choreographic Mappings

of Children with Diverse Dis/abilities and
Their Neurological Responses to a DancePlay Event
Coralee McLaren, Cheryl Missiuna,
Geoffrey Edwards, Tom Chau,
Sheila Bennett, Barbara Gibson
8:30AM-10:00AM
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA A
RESTORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
SAN GABRIEL A
URBAN PLANNING SYM 1
The Influence of Exposure to Restorative

Environments in the Brain Resting State
Networks
Joel Martnez-Soto, Leopoldo Gonzales Santos,
Fernando Barrios
Communication, Public Advertising, and

Income Disparity
David Boeck, Gary Gumpert,
Matthew Matsaganis, Peter Haratonik,
Susan Drucker, Bryce Lowery
Attention Restoration Theory at 20

William Sullivan
25

8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA B
PALOS VERDES
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL C
WAYFINDING PS 2
AUTISM AND ENVIRONMENT SYM 1
ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION PS 2
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Examining Eye Fixations during Wayfinding

in Unfamiliar Environments
Hessam Ghamari, Debajyoti Pati
Healthy Environments for Autism

Jaques Black, Catherine Lord
Visual Preference Surveys: A

Methodological Recommendation Applying
Point Pattern Analysis
Melanie Duffey, Mickey Lauria
Flying Solo: Improving Airport Wayfinding

for Older Adults and Travelers with
Disabilities
Sheila Bosch, Arsalan Gharaveis
Wayfinding Design as a Tool for Community
Empowerment and Storytelling: A Case
Study from Central Appalachia
Emily Carlson, Mallika Bose
10:00AM-10:30AM
SAN DIEGO
BREAK
10:30AM-12:00PM
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA BARBARA B
EDRASHORTS - FRIDAY
Translating Health into Design: Lessons
from a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) for
a Public Housing Redevelopment.
Debarati Mimi Majumdar Narayan
Mobility, Mood and Place: Understanding
the Role of the Environment on Brain
Activity
Chris Neale, Peter Aspinall, Jenny Roe,
Sara Tilley, Panos Mavros, Richard Coyne,
Neil Thin, Catharine Ward Thompson
SAN JOSE
The Effects of Gardening Activities on the

Prefrontal Area of the Brain
Masahiro Toyoda, Yuko Yokota
Cinema and the People-Environment

Relationship: Cities on the Silver (and
Other) Screens
Sponsored by the Urban Communication
Foundation
Vincent Brook, Alex Cutler, Louis Wasserman,
Gary Gumpert (moderator)
The Mobility of Methods in Environmental

Neuroscience
Kelton Minor
12:30PM-1:30PM
Obon and Environmental Perception in

Japantown
AnnaMarie Bliss
PLENARY SESSION
AIA/APA/IDCEC
LA BREA
CHILDREN, YOUTH & ENVIRONMENT

NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
PALOS VERDES
COMMUNICATION NETWORK MEETING

12:30PM-1:30PM
LA CIENEGA
INTERNATIONAL HOUSING RESEARCH

NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LOS CERRITOS
MOVEMENT IN DESIGNED
ENVIRONMENTS NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LOS FELIZ
SUSTAINABLE PLANNING, DESIGN &

BEHAVIOR NETWORK MEETING
26
1:30PM-3:00PM
Scholastic Restorative Environments

Mobile Electroencephalograh Tool: Measure
Restorative Environments through
Brainwaves
Peter Smith
Interaction with the Environment to Reduce

Study-Related Stress: A Study on Places of
Respite in Graduate Student Class Room
Fatma Jobran
Accessible Evacuation: Improving Fire
Safety and Building Evacuation for People
with Disabilities
Olivia Asuncion
Hawaiian Paradise or Mid-West Missouri
Vernacular: Peoples Psychophysiological
Responses to the Urban Forest
Andy Kaufman, Beverly Bass, Paul Bolls,
Aarthi Padmanabhan
A Vision for the Future of a Historic District
in Boston, Massachusetts Retrofitting
the Back Bay Neighborhood with Green
Infrastructure
Yiwei Huang
LOS AN G E LE S
The Value of Park Facilities: From the

Visitors Perspective
Hungju Chien, Grace Chang
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL B
LIGHTING IN ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
The Role of Daylighting in Skilled Nursing
Short-Term Rehabilitation Facilities
Arsalan Gharaveis, Mardelle Shepley,
Kristi Gaines, Gilbert Carrasco
Objective and Subjective Evaluation of
Acoustics and Lighting in Canadian Green
Buildings
Craig Brown, Leila Scannell,
Shauna Mallory-Hill, Karen Bartlett,
Murray Hodgson, Anne-Mareike Chu,
Mark Gorgolewski
1:30PM-3:00PM
SAN GABRIEL A
NEIGHBORHOODS PS 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Gentrification and Community
Development Groups: Boston Area
Aqsa Butt
The Influence of Spatial Environment on
Sense of Neighborhood: Does Layout of
Housing Influence Sense of Neighborhood?
Atieh Ameri, Niusha Esmaeilpoor
Exploring the Association between Built
Environment Characteristics and Place
Identity within TOD Neighborhoods
Ozlem Demir
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA C
NEUROSCIENCE RELATED TO E-B SYM 1

Use of Neuroscience Concepts and
Measurements in Environment Behavior
Research: Challenges and Opportunities
Newton Dsouza, Asha Kutty, Upali Nanda,
Bimal Balakrishnan, Karen Dobkins
SANTA BARBARA C
3:00PM-4:00PM
SAN DIEGO
RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS PS 1
POSTER SESSION - FRIDAY
AIA/APA/IDCEC

Understanding Homeowners Willingness to

Adopt Low-Impact Development Practices
for Outdoor Water Conservation
Johanna Stacy, Robert Ryan
No Vacancy: Uncovering the Architectural
Contributions to the Social and Economic
Sustainability of Housing
Christina Bollo
Social Interaction in Student Residence
Halls through an Architectural Lens:
A Method for Categorizing Student
Residence Halls
Sohrab Rahimi, Alexandra Staub
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA B
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN WS 1
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Filling the Gap: A Review of Alternate
Strategies for Addressing Blind Spots in
Green Building Ratings Systems
Meredith Sattler
Which Kinds of Stormwater Green
Infrastructure Do People Prefer?
Pongsakorn Suppakitpaisarn,
William Sullivan
1:30PM-3:00PM
SANTA ANITA A
WALKABILITY PS 2
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Walkable Street: The Effect of Perceived
Attributes of Environment on Willingness
to Walk
Hao-Ting Lien
Walking Behaviors and Preferences Related
to Park Characteristics: A Multi-Method
Approach
Robby Layton, Ece Altinbasak
Perception and Participation: Comparing
the Community Design Process between
Matured Neighborhoods in Developed and
Developing Countries
Keng Hua Chong, Kien To, Zheng Jia
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA BARBARA
4:00PM-5:30PM

PALOS VERDES/
SAN FERNANDO
4:00PM-5:30PM
SANTA ANITA
4:00PM-5:30PM
SAN GABRIEL
BE-CAUSE: BRAINSTORMING
DIRECTIONS FOR CHANGE
Featuring four concurrent sessions, these
facilitated and illustrated discussions
provide an intensive face-to-face
networking opportunity.
Choose from among these topics:
Diversity, SANTA BARBARA
Happiness, SANTA ANITA
Information, PALOS VERDES/SAN
FERNANDO
Resilience, SAN GABRIEL
Each session will allow for a facilitated
brainstorm on how participants
understand or relate to the topics in an
environment and behavior context and on
where the gaps are for future research and
practice. An illustrator will represent the
discussion graphically. These illustrations
will be exhibited on poster boards and
easels and recorded through various media.
Discussion outcomes and illustrations will be
presented at the EDRA Members Meeting
on Friday, May 29, 6pm, San Jose.
Dont miss this unique opportunity to
help establish EDRAs value positions and
interact with the greatest minds on the
field.
6:00PM-7:00PM
EDRA MEMBERS MEETING
SAN JOSE
friday 5.29
1:30PM-3:00PM
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

7:30AM-430PM
SAN DIEGO
REGISTRATION BOOTH
REGISTRATION
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL A
HEALTH AND ACTIVE LIVING PS 2

AIA/APA/IDCEC
7:30AM-8:30AM
LA BREA
BUILDING PROCESS ALLIANCE NETWORK

MEETING
7:30AM-8:30AM
LA CIENEGA
CYBERSPACE & DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS

NETWORK MEETING
The Built Environments Role in Aging

Actively at Home: A Systematic Review
of the Research Literature
Sherry Ahrentzen, Elif Tural
Factors Influencing Walking Behavior in
Older Adults: The Impact of Environmental
Perceptions, Personal Characteristics,
and Neighborhood Type
Jordana Maisel, Molly Ranahan
STUDENT ENVIRONMENTS NETWORK

MEETING
Seniors Walkability Audit in

Neighbourhoods (SWAN): Development
of a User-Led Observation Tool to Evaluate
Urban Design Features that Foster Mobility
and Age-Friendly Design in Urban
Neighbourhoods
Atiya Mahmood, Habib Chaudhury,
Frank Oswald, Nadine Konopik
8:30AM-4:00PM
8:30AM-10:00AM
7:30AM-8:30AM
LOS CERRITOS
HEALTH NETWORK MEETING

7:30AM-8:30AM
LOS FELIZ
SAN DIEGO
BOOK DISPLAY/EXHIBIT HALL
SANTA ANITA B
NEUROSCIENCE-RELATED TO E-B PS 3
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA A
NETWORK CHAIRS MEETING

8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL B
AUTISM AND ENVIRONMENT PS 1

Evidence-Based Design Guidelines and
Future Research Considerations for
Autism-Friendly Physical Environments
Jin Gyu Phillip Park
Designing for Autism: A Case Study Garden
Design for a Residential Group Home for
Severely Autistic Adults
Christine Reed
Inclusive Educational Spaces for Children
with Autism; Development of Ethically
Appropriate Research Tools
Rachna Khare, Abir Mullick
8:30AM-10:00AM
SAN GABRIEL C
EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS WS 1
Human Activity in Everyday Built
Environments
Molly Cannon, Douglas Amedeo
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The Brain and the Virtual Environment:

Applying a Scientific Approach to
Visualization
Ruth Westervelt
[Creatively] Perceiving-in-Action:
Extending Gibsons Affordance Theory
with Neuroscience to Understand
Person-Environment Relationships
during Creativity
Laura Malinin, Alison Williams,
Katharine Leigh
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA B
PUBLISHING SYM 1
Rewriting the Field
Mark Childs, Vikas Mehta, Jeffrey Hou
8:30AM-10:00AM
PALOS VERDES

ENVIRONMENTS PS 3
Increasing School Garden Participation
through Design
Patsy Owens, Erica Van Steenis
LOS AN G E LE S
Red Leaf, Green Leaf - Go, Go, Go!:

Examining the Impacts of a School
Ground Greening Project on Childrens
Environmental Behaviours and Perceptions
Eli Paddle, Janet Loebach
Systematic Observation for Design
Implementation: Exploring Childrens
Cognitive Play Behavior Interaction in
Natural, Mixed, or Manufactured
Behavior Settings
Zahra Zamani
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA ANITA C
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Achieving the Potential of Green
Infrastructure through Systems Thinking
Tobiah Horton
Green Street Oriented Planning and Design
Process: Promoting Multiple Benefits for
Community Sustainability
Joowon Im, Dean Bork, Patrick Miller
A Green Lesson: Measuring the Impacts of
LEED Certification Credits on People, Planet
and Profit of K-12 Schools
Ihab Elzeyadi
8:30AM-10:00AM
SANTA BARBARA C
URBAN PUBLIC SPACES PS 1

AIA/APA/IDCEC
Typology as Methodology: Types of

Spatial Configuration and Publicness
Profiles in College Towns
Anirban Adhya
Exploring Aesthetic Design Principles on

Linear Infiltration Systems along Urban
Streets
Frank Sleegers
10:00AM-10:30AM
SAN DIEGO
BREAK
10:30AM-12:00PM
SAN JOSE
PLENARY SESSION
AIA/APA/IDCEC
Designing For the Spectrum: From
Neuroscience to Design Actions
Sherry Ahrentzen, Kim Steele, Eve Edelstein
LA BREA
ACTIVE LIVING BY DESIGN NETWORK

MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LA CIENEGA
CITIES & GLOBALIZATION NETWORK

MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LOS CERRITOS
ENVIRONMENTAL & ARCHITECTURAL

PHENOMENOLOGY NETWORK MEETING
12:30PM-1:30PM
LOS FELIZ
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
NETWORK MEETING
1:30PM-5:30PM
CALIFORNIA FOYER
MOBILE SESSION I - GERONTOLOGY

AIA/APA/IDCEC
Sustainable Connections - Aging in
Community in Los Angeles
Emily Roberts
See page 16-17 for more information.
1:30PM-5:30PM
CALIFORNIA FOYER
MOBILE SESSION II - PRESERVATION OF

HERITAGE
Palos Verdes Estates: the Romantic Dreams
of a New California City
Christine Edstrom OHara
1:30PM-5:30PM
CALIFORNIA FOYER
MOBILE SESSION III - WAYFINDING

Google Glass Navigation - Testing
Parahippocampal Place Area Involvement
Paul Platosh
1:30PM-5:30PM
CALIFORNIA FOYER
MOBILE SESSION IV - NATURAL SETTINGS
3:00PM-4:00PM
SAN DIEGO
POSTER SESSION - SATURDAY

6:00PM-9:00PM
SACRAMENTO
SAN FRANCISCO/
EDRA AWARDS BANQUET

saturday 5.30
12:30PM-1:30PM
AIA/APA/IDCEC
The Big Wild Wilderness Parks: Sex, Lies,
and Real Estate
Randy Hester
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Announcing Call for Proposals for the
2015 EDRA $2000 Student Research Grant

Student generated research is integral to EDRAs mission of advancing and
disseminating environmental design research that improves our understanding of
the interrelationships between people and their environments and facilitates the
creation of environments responsive to human and environmental needs.
EDRA is pleased to announce the call for applications for the second annual
Student Research Grant. The award provides $2,000 USD educational grant and
one complimentary registration to EDRA47Raleigh to one EDRA student member
for the 2015-2016 year.
EDRAs Student Grants are designed to support and foster the next generation
of environmental design educators,researchers, designers, scholars, and
practitioners.
An applicant must be registered as an EDRA student member and prepare a
single authorship proposal submission that meets grant criteria.
Applications are due on June 30, 2015.
Please see www.edra.org and go to Events & Programs and click the tab EDRA
Student Research Grant for submission details and criteria.
For inquiries, please contact Dr. Rula Awwad-Rafferty, Director at Large,
at rulaa@uidaho.edu or Marechiel Santos-Lang, Executive Director at
msantoslang@edra.org.
3:00PM-4:00PM
1. Digital Technology Augmenting
Expression and Experience of Green
Urban Spaces
Clarissa Albrecht Silveira
2. Evaluating Atriums in University
Buildings: Why are Some More
Successful than Others?
Amir Amirzadeh, Kathryn Anthony
3. Behavior-Space Correlations in
Special Care Units for Individuals
with Dementia: Examining the Role
of the Physical Environment
Christine Apple, Katharine Leigh,
Laura Malinin
4. Design of Outdoor Space for
Residents with Dementia in a LongTerm Care Setting
Brooke Astles, Habib Chaudhury
5. Barriers to Adoption of Green
Infrastructure
Abhinandan Bera, Brian Orland,
Stuart Echols, Richard Ready,
Yau-Huo Shr
6. Gentrification and Community
Development Groups: Boston Area
Aqsa Butt
7. The Physical Activity in Inner City
at Night
Grace Chang, Nianci Wang,
Mei-Chih Chen
8. Pilot Study on Group Homes
for Socially Disadvantage Class of
Elderly in Rural Area, S. Korea
Byungsook Choi, Suntae Kim,
Inho Kang, Jung A Park,
Hyun-Jeong Lee
9. Building a Guidance-Sign System
to Improve Efficiency of Waste
Separate Collection at Movie
Theatres
Eun Young Chun, Yeji Kim,
Sang Mi Hwang, Jinkyung Paik
10. Can Levels of Energy Literacy
Predict Energy Consuming
Behaviour?
Runa Das, Russell Richman
11. The Appearance of Healthcare:
How a Hospitals Exterior Influences
Healthcare Decisions
Sarah Fishman, Shira Goldsmith,
Ann Devlin
12. A Conceptual Framework for
Occupants Engagement and Positive
Energy Behavior in Green Buildings
Ihab Elzeyadi
Poster Session Thursday

13. Consumers in Retirement:
Indoor and Outdoor Environmental
Features That Aid Wayfinding (and
Sense of Belongingness) in Older
Adults during Liminal Transitions
En Fu, Beverly Roskos,
Stephanie Sickler
14. Informing Organizational
Workplace Programming through an
Examination of Telework Research
Shelia Gobes-Ryan, Ardis Hanson
15. Home Safe Home: Home Health
Survey for People Aging with
Parkinsons Disease
Debra Eilering, Arlena Hines,
Roberta Null, Joy Potthoff,
Christa Robinson
16. A Study on the Landscape for
Preservation Districts for Group of
Historical Buildings: A Basic Study
of Creative Preservation Method
Focusing in an Area
Akimi Hirayama, Hiroshi Tsuchida
17. Spatial Configuration in Adult
Day-Care Centers for People with
Dementia
Congsi Hou, Gesine Marquardt
18. Accessory Dwelling Unit Design
for Older Korean Family
Melissa Haas, Nicolette Thompson,
Eunju Hwang
19. Actively Retrofitting Lakeside
Laboratory
Evan Jeanblanc, Andrea Ytzen,
Ulrike Passe, Clark Colby
20. How Do Perceptions Of The
Physical Environment Change in
Later Life? Focusing on the Sense
of Control
Daejin Kim, Margaret Portillo
21. A Comparison of Actual Housing
Condition and Preference between
Two Types of Elderly Households
in Korea
Hyunjung Kim, Yeunsook Lee,
Changhoun Ahn, Jaehyun Park
22. Planning Issues Renovation of
Variable Buildings for Child Welfare
Facilities
Asuka Yamada, Ayano Kitano
23. A Study of the Outing Behavior
of Residents in Senior Housing
Services
Chisana Kobayashi, Asuka Yamada
24. Exploring Energy Efficiency,
Indoor Environmental Quality, and
Occupant Satisfaction of LEEDCertified Campus Cafeteria
Eunsil Lee, April Allen
SAN DIEGO
25. Development of a Holistic

Conceptual Frame for Understanding
Shared Housing
Yeunsook Lee, Ting Qi, Jiyeong Ko,
Jingyu Cui
37. Study on Making the

Environments for Day-Services
Facilities for Children with
Disabilities
Arisa Shibata
26. Walls as a Reflection of Society

and Culture
Daniel Levi, Vicente Del Rio Nascimento
38. A Study of Adult Impressions in

Their Childhood Homes Based Upon
Their Memories
Aika Takahashi, Asuka Yamada
27. A Research on Perception of

Sonic Environment and the Control
of Behavior While Practicing and
Playing the Piano
Ayako Matsuo, Takeshi Akita
28. Good, Better, Best: Evaluating
Hospital Playroom Design on
Child Life Goals and Biophilic
Features
Beth McGee, Nanci Weinberger,
Allison Butler, Phyllis Schumacher
29. Persian Gardens and Power
Maziar Memar
30. Landscapes Transformations
in Presidente Kennedy, Esprito
Santo, Brasil
Eneida Mendona, Tuane Meireles
31. Application of EnvironmentalBehavioral Design Research in
Practice, Recognition of the
Field through National Award
Programs
Ali Momen Heravi
32. Privacy within Openness:
Developing an Open Floor Plan that
Accommodates Islamic Principles of
Privacy and Gender Segregation
in the Design of Spaces
Ghada Najjar
33. The Effect of the Urban
Environment on Brain Activity:
A Pilot Study
Chris Neale, Jenny Roe,
Catharine Ward Thompson, Neil Thin,
Richard Coyne, Sara Tilley,
Panos Mavros, Peter Aspinall
34. Actual Conditions and
Chief Nurses Needs for Spatial
Composition of Geriatric Hospital
Chan Ohk Oh
35. The Effectiveness of CreatedNature Scenes in Healthcare
Environments
Michelle Pinson, Kristi Gaines
36. The Near Environment
The Within-Reach Realm of
Multi-Disciplinary Design and
Development
Dave Richter-OConnell
39. Prioritizing the Prioritization:

A Geodesign Experience for
Development of Vacant Properties
in Philadelphia
Nastaran Tebyanian
40. Helsinki City Master Plan
Process in the Public Discussions
in the Beginning of 2015 How to
Use the Process as a Learning
Tool for Architect Students in
Communication and Argumentation?
Helena Tervinen
41. Collaborative Learning and
Campus Building Design: A Case
Study
Elif Tural, Seunghae Lee,
Marilyn Read, Silia Sequeira
42. Stilt Settlements: Hope in the
Sense of Community
Dario Vanegas
43. Attention Restoration Theory
and Workplace Design Strategies:
A Critical Review of Recent
Literature
Denise Wilder, Wendy Hynes
44. Landscape Nostalgia: Collective
Social-Ecological Memories
Douglas Williams
45. Demographic Changes and
Needs for Remodeling House
Helena Yoon
46. Modules and Architecture
Mengran Hu, Zhe Wang
47. Community-Engaged Research
to Inform Hospital Campus
Planning in an Underserved Urban
Neighborhood
Jeri Brittin, Sheila Elijah-Barnwell,
Yunwoo Nam, Ozgur Araz,
Bethany Friedow, Andrew Jameton,
Wayne Drummond, Terry Huang
48. Cross-Cultural Study of the
Perception of Prototype on
Aesthetic Preference in Public
Building Design
Ji Young Cho, Heejoon Whang,
Seung Woo Lee
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3:00PM-4:00PM
Poster Session Friday
1. Differences in Evaluations of
the Ease of Breaking into Houses
between Criminals and NonCriminals: A Japanese Case Study
Mamoru Amemiya,
Nozomi Iwakura
12. Life on the Streets: The Design,

Building, and Testing of a Portable
Homeless Shelter
Joan Dickinson, Kelsea Stafford,
Krissy Klingenberger,
Chasity Hanchey, Megan Dryer
2. Individual Differences in the

Workplace: An International
Study Assessing Distractions and
Workplace Enclosure
Casey Lindberg, Brian Green,
Meredith Banasiak
13. Next University: Informing

College Active Learning Classrooms
Adriana Perez-Leyva, Julie Emminger
3. DesignSpace: Cognitive
Technologies for People-Centered
Spatial Design
Mehul Bhatt, Carl Schultz
4. Use of Drawings in Understanding
Childrens Perceptions of a School
Designed to Promote Health
Leah Frerichs, Jeri Brittin,
Loren Intolubbe-Chmil,
Kiersten Kaufman, Dina Sorensen,
Matthew Trowbridge, Terry Huang
5. Designing of Information Grounds
in a College Town as a Medium for
Facilitating Communication and
Social Interaction
Kyoungmee Byun
6. Ways to Promote Activity in
Patients with Dementia in Acute
Care Hospitals
Kathrin Bter, Gesine Marquardt
7. Landscape in Healthcare Facilities:
Considering Diverse User Groups
Grace Chang, Hungju Chien,
Hsin-I Chen
8. A Case Study on the CommunityBased Support for Elderly Dementia
Patients of a Community-Based
Integrated Care System in Japan
Heewon Choi
9. Recipe for an Engaging Farmers
Market: Ethnographic Study and
Redesign of Heart of the City
Farmers Market
Kevin Chong
10. A Study on Design Improvements
for the Information on the Tickets of
Multiplex Cinemas for Conservation
of Resources
Eun Young Chun, Yeji Kim, Yubin Park,
Sang Mi Hwang, Jinkyung Paik
11. Using a Health Equity Lens to
Describing Neighborhood Food
Access: Insights from the Taking
Neighborhood Health to Heart Study
Jessica Cook, Debbie Guenther,
Steven Lockhart, Deborah Main
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14. A Comprehensive Behavioral

Model for Design for Sustainable
Behavior
Danya Hakky, Lisa Tucker,
Patrick Miller, Debra Lilley,
Elizabeth Grant
15. Evidence-Based Design for
Underutilized Social Spaces in
University Student Housing
Sharmin Kader
16. Relationship between Students
Based on Consultation Acts and
the Characteristics of Consultation
Group: Basic Study on Physical
Education Environment Preparation
in Practice of CAD Class
Tetsuya Akagi, Kunihiko Kashiwagi
17. Study On Townscape with the
Manga Characters: Comparison of
Mizuki Shigeru Road and Ishinomaki
Manga Road
Kodai Kawahara, Yoshihiro Kametani
18. The Opportunities for Developing
Cultural Awareness and Global
Practice through the International
Design Workshop
Hyung-Chan Kim, Jiwon Paik
19. Attitude toward Shared
Housing According to Lifestyle of
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
in Korea
Jaewoo Chang, Yeunsook Lee,
Hyunjung Kim
20. A Study on Characteristics of
Urban Office Building Facades
Jisoo Kim, Hyewon Park,
Yeonsook Hwang
21. Can Placemaking Art
Promote Resilience in Inner City
Neighborhoods? A Conceptual
Framework
Joongsub Kim
22. Visual and Auditory Coherence:
The Effect of Simulated Nature
Experiences on Tranquility
Jun Kim, Evan Coulson, Jaesung Park
23. Residential Conditions and
Support Status of Non-Housing
Residents in Seoul
Jiyeong Ko, Yunsoo Kim,
Yeunsook Lee, Jingyu Cui
LOS AN G E LE S
24. Meaningful Experiences:

Representation of Intangible
Attributes in Spatial Design
Jain Kwon, Tad Gloeckler
25. A Study on Spatial Planning
Factors for Improving Child-Safety
in Child Education Facilities - Focused
on Indoor Space of Kindergartens
and Daycare Centers
Juyeong Kwon, Jonghyuk Lee,
Sook-ha Kim, Gi-Dong Byun,
Mikyoung Ha
26. A Case Study on Group Home
for Rural Korean Elderly Women
Byungsook Choi, Suntae Kim,
Youngwoon Hwang, JongHa Kim,
Hyun-Jeong Lee
27. Family-Friendly Community
Space as Alternative Housing for
Post-Retirement Baby Boomers
Jinwoo Lee, kyoung Sook Nam,
Haven Knight
28. A Study on Environmental
Planning Factors for Preventing
Safety Accident in Outdoor Spaces
within Child-Care Facilities: Focused
on Child-Care Facilities in Korea
Jonghyuk Lee, Juyeong Kwon,
Gi-Dong Byun, Mikyoung Ha
29. Hospital Lobby Spaces Using
Natural Elements (For Creating
Healing Environments)
Joo-Young Lee, Haven Knight
30. Residential Conditions of the
Disabled People Staying at Home in
Urban Areas of Korea
Yeunsook Lee, Ji-Young Park,
Dongjoo Lee
31. Extending the Work of the
Kaplans and Ulrich to Include
Neuroscience
Sarah Little, Art Rice
32. Architectonic and Restorative
Qualities of Comparative Nature and
Built Environments
Joel Martnez-Soto,
Ryadi Adityavarman
33. Perception, Place and Conflict:
Landscapes of Energy in Germanys
Ammerland Region
Mary McCall, Jenna Harris
34. Evidence-Based Strategies
for Sustainable Lighting Design in
Grocery Stores
Majedeh Modarres Nezhad,
Laura Cole
35. Re-Imagining Environment of Care
Ali Momen Heravi, Kimia Erfani
SAN DIEGO
36. A Study on the Type of Joint
Residential Facility for the Elderly in
South Korea Suitable For the Aged
Living Alone
Ja young Moon, Kyung joo Shin
37. Influences of Amenities and
Recovery Environment Design in
Intensive Care Units (Icus) -The Study
of Improvement of ICU Environment
Design (2)
Maki Murakawa, Asuka Yamada
38. The Courtyard Houses as the
New Modern Living Style
Ghada Najjar
39. Influence of Awe-Inducing
Interior Spaces on Feelings of
Religiosity and Spirituality
Hanna Negami, Colin Ellard
40. Processes for Communities:
Human Centered Design and
Community Projects
Diana Nicholas
41. Housing Improvement Direction
for Local Origin College Students
based on Actual Condition and
Demand
Yeunsook Lee, Chan Ohk Oh,
Eu-ddeum Lee
42. Rethinking Classroom Design:
Role of Sensory Integration and
Assistive Technology in Shaping
Learning Environments for Autism
Spectrum Disorder
Haroon Sattar
43. The Proposal for Basic Design
for Fashion Flagship Store -Through
Inspections Fashion Flagship Store
in Seoul Myeongdong
In Su Hwang, Kyung Joo Shin
44. Participatory School Design
by Students and Making Community
of Practice
Kumi Tashiro
45. The Proposal of the New
Guidelines Which Plan For the
Components of Urban Space -The
Relationship between Residents and
Visitors in Tourism Planning
Masahiro Watanabe, Hiroshi Tsuchida
46. The Production of Varieties of
Presence: Toward a Culture of Empathy
James Wilson
47. The Mechanism and the Effects
of Using Continuous Sound Cues For
Guiding the Visually Impaired
Nana Fukuda, Ryuzo Ohno,
Yasushi Shimizu, Satoshi Nasu
3:00PM-4:00PM
1. Cognitive Processing Mechanism
of Auditory Information in Sonic
Environment from the View Point of
Auditory Event Related Potentials in
Brain Waves
Takeshi Akita
2. Symbiosis between Traditional
Forms and Contemporary
Aspirations: The Qatari Majlis
Metamorphosis
Shaikha Almahmoud, Cherif Amor
3. Possibility Architecture! The
Emergence and Transformation
of the Crystal Cathedral
Sarah Angne, Benyamin Schwarz
4. I Belong!: Immigrants, Identity
and the Built Environment
Umbreen Ashraf
5. Accessible Evacuation: Improving
Fire Safety and Building Evacuation
for People with Disabilities
Olivia Asuncion
6. Voices & Lessons from the
Ground: Spatial & Cultural Agency in
Amman, Jordan
Rula Awwad-Rafferty
7. Can I Reach The Kleenex?
Accessibility within Grocery Stores
and Older Adults Ability to Age
in Place
Valerie Baiton, Atiya Mahmood
8. Elements of Community
Vitalization Used in Village Making
Projects in Korean Rural Areas
Byungsook Choi, Hyun-Jeong Lee,
Sulim Kim
9. Living and Learning in a Net Zero
1920s Bungalow
Denise Wilder, Zoohee Choi
10. The Effect of Architectural
Lighting on Affective Appraisals
of Environments
Robert Davis
11. Visual Complexity Predicts
Interest but Not Pleasantness in
Interior Environments
Vedran Dzebic, Colin Ellard
12. Choice Experiments and
Design Decisions
Robyn Edwards, Christopher Ellis,
Byoung-Suk Kweon
13. Street Design and Route Choice:
Interaction between Street MicroSpatial Attribute and Transit User
Perception
Mohsen Ghiasi Ghorveh, Robin Moore
Poster Session Saturday

14. Multi-Functional Infiltration:
WaterSmart Management for
Campus Landscape
Wonmin Sohn, Ruisi Guo,
Jun-Hyun Kim
26. Smart Technology Uses and

Perceptions in Care Facilities in
South Korea
Sunhyung Lee, Seunghae Lee,
Soyoung Choun
15. Study on Small Multi-Care

Facilities Institutionalized As Part of
Ongoing Regional Support Measures
for Elderly Care in Japan
Takuya Imamiya, Asuka Yamada
27. A Comparison of Actual

Housing Condition and Preference
According to the Elderly House
Type in Korea
Yeunsook Lee, Jaehyun Park,
Changhoun Ahn, Hyunjung Kim,
Jiyoung Lee
16. Study on Boundary Space of

University Campus
Yuki Inoue, Hiroshi Tsuchida
17. Effects of Green Infrastructure
on Human Health
Xiangrong Jiang
18. Development of Hospice
Environmental Assessment
Protocol (HEAP): A Post Occupancy
Evaluation Tool for Hospice Facilities
Sharmin Kader
19. Wayfinding System in an
Educational Environment
Shireen Kanakri, Minna Ketters,
Nik Seiber, Nicole Palmer,
Erin Powichroski, Paytin Krutzsch,
Sydney Spurgeon
20. Pilot Study of Youth
Participatory Evaluation: Effective
Methods to Engage With Youth in
Evaluating Their Experiences
Yohei Kato
28. Design Characteristics of

Cultural Spaces in Traditional
Cultural Areas Using the Concept
of Space Marketing
Yu Ri Lee, kyoung Sook Nam,
So-Yeon Yoon
29. Designing Efficient Residential
Environment for Alzheimers
Patients (Design for Active
Engagement in Space)
Sahar Mihandoust
30. How Does Scale-Down of
Facilities Affect the Japanese
Nursing Home?
Shiho Mori, Akikazu Kato,
Seng Kee Chan
21. The Effect of Outdoor Vs. Indoor

Setting on Restorative Experience
Jun Kim, Evan Coulson
31. Exchange Relationships of the

Elderly and Their Demand for Future
Residence in the Temporary Housing
Units in Ofunato City, Japan:
Study on the Prevention of Social
Isolation of the Elderly in Stricken
Area of the Tohoku Earthquake
Mitoko Nakashima
22. Evidence-Based Design for

People with Autism Spectrum
Disorder: A Review of Literature
Min-Kyoung Kim, Nam-Kyu Park
32. Preference of Old Peoples for

Interior Images of Bedroom and
Living Room
Chan Ohk Oh
23. A Suggestion for Design

Improvement for Activated Use
of the Volume-Rate Garbage Bags
(Standard Plastic Garbage Bags)
Yeji Kim, Eunyoung Chun,
Hwasil Kim, Sang Mi Hwang,
Jinkyung Paik
33. Trans-Disciplinary Research

and Community Design in Practice:
Engaging in Community Change
and Promoting Social Equity
Celen Pasalar, George Hallowel
24. Imagining Options: Ways of

Moving Forward for Cities with
Suddenly (Almost) Vacant Land
as a Result of FEMA Buyouts
Sarah Krisch
25. A Study on Color Environment
of School Elementary Health Room
in South Korea
Minjae Lee, Park Heykyung
SAN DIEGO
37. From Garden City to New

Urbanism: The Questionable Success
of Green Open Spaces
Sosseh Taimoorian, Zeynep Toker
38. Different Impression by
Changing Colors of the Floor and
the Wall in LDK
Yuki Takumi, Yoshihiro Kametani
39. Comparing Cognitive Play
Opportunities within Natural,
Manufactured, and Mixed
(natural-manufactured)
Playgrounds
Zahra Zamani
40. Perceptions and Preferences
of Residential Density for Young
Generations in China
Xin Zhang, Jack Nasar
41. How Do We Organize Space?
Testing the Effort Minimization
Hypothesis
Mona Zhu, Evan Risko
42. Outreach: Post Occupancy
Evaluation of Wood Lanes Elder
Haus I & II
Katherine Adams, Amber Birch,
Debra Eilering, Arlena Hines,
Shannon Hurley, Roberta Null,
Joy Potthoff
34. Capacity Building Regarding

Hospital Facilities Programming
Lubomir Popov, Franklin Goza
35. The Relationship between
Human Beings and Nature in an
Urban Context Tehran and the
Natural Structures of 7 RiverValleys: A Design and Planning
Case Study
Sanaz Shobeiri
36. Study on the Sustainability of
Nakagin Capsule Tower Building
Takashi Sugai
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2014-2015 EDRA Board of Directors

Shauna Mallory-Hill, Chair
Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi, Chair-Elect
Paula Horrigan, Secretary
David Boeck, Treasurer
Marwa Abdelmonem, Student Representative
Mallika Bose, Ex-Officio
Jennifer Senick
Rula Awwad-Rafferty
Lubomir Popov
Nick Watkins
Lynda Schneekoth, Emeritus Board Member
EDRA46 Los Angeles Conference Co-Chairs

Greg A. Barker, AIA, Programming Co-Chair
Nisha A. Fernando, Ph.D., Proposals Co-Chair
EDRA46 Los Angeles Conference Committee

Mary Anne Akers
Cherif Amor
David Boeck
Lynne Dearborn
Jay Farbstein
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Esperanza Harper
Nana Kirk
Eunsil Lee
Seunghae Lee
Georgia Lindsay
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Myra Miller
Kate ODonnell
Joni Palmer
Lubomir Popov
Ipek Rohlof
Henry Sanoff
Kapila D. Silva
Sarah Schuster-Tucker
Zhe Wang
Jeremy Wells
Helena Yoon
LOS AN G E LE S
EDRA46 Los Angeles Program Reviewers

Anirban Adhya
Morteza Adib
Sherry Ahrentzen
Mary Anne AAkers
Ahmad Alansari
April D.Allen
Dhirgham Alobaydi
Ece Altinbasak
Susana Alves
Adel Balzahrani
Cherif M. Amor
Ellen Scott Hood Antonello
Michael Arbib
Azizi Arrington-Bey
Jacqueline Ashby
Paramita Atmodiwirjo
Rula Awwad-Rafferty
Bimal Balakrishnan
Meredith Banasiak
Greg Allen Barker AIA
Anne Beamish
Julio Bermudez
Suchismita Bhattacharjee
Lauren Bigalow
Noah Billig
Sahera Bleibleh
David Boeck
Isabel Boggs-Fernandez
Sheila J. Bosch
Mallika Bose
Angela Bourne
Yang Luo Branch
Traci Elllen Brisby
Don Burger
Kathrin Bter
Peter Butler
Hui Cai
Tilanka Chandrasekera
Grace Chang
Shenglin Elijah Chang
Zheng Chen
Chingwen Cheng
Ji Young Cho
Keng Hua Chong
Renee Desneige Christensen
Carey Rose Clouse
Jessica Cook
Adina Jeanne Cox
Marsha R. Cuddeback
Sibel Seda Dazkir
Fiona de Vos
Lynne M. Dearborn
Evrim Demir Mishchenko
Ann Sloan Devlin
Keith Diaz Moore

Pinar Dinc Kalayci
Meredith Frances Dobbie
Newton Dsouza
Melanie Alemany Duffey
Vedran Dzebic
Kate Egan
Hally El Kony
Lindsey Lawry Fay
Nisha A. Fernando
Suzanne Frasier
Kara N. Freihoefer
Garrett Nicholas Fugate
Kristi Gaines
Sergei Gepshtein
Arsalan Gharaveis
Rokhshid Ghaziani
Nandita Godbole
Nizar S. Haddad
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Erin Hamilton
Saif Haq
Laurel Harbin
Deniz Hasirci
Daisaku Hayashida
Nathan Heavers
Peter R. Hecht
Arlene Hopkins
Paula Horrigan
Congsi Hou
Eunju Hwang
Sara M. Ingram
Shareka Iqbal
Parisa Izadpanahi
Xiangrong Jiang
Shan Jiang
Fatma Jobran
Joseph Juhasz
Sharmin Kader
Kathleen Kambic
Didem Kan Kilic
Shireen Mohammad Kanakri
Karen MariaKeddy
Orcun Kepez
David Kepron
Rachna Khare
Eun Young Kim
Karen Kim
Joongsub Kim
Jayoung Koo
Angela Susanne Kreutz
Julie Ann Kriegh
Meena Kumari
EDRA46 Los Angeles Session Chairs

Byoung-Suk Kweon
Joern Langhorst
Julie Williams Lawless
Eliza Lawson
Robby Layton
Alexandria Leadon
Seunghae Lee
Sung-Jin Lee
Eunsil Lee
Isabelle Solange Leysens
Marie Alice LHeureux
Dongying Li
Georgia Lindsay
Janet Loebach
Kara MacLeod
Laura Healey Malinin
Joel Martnez-Soto
Sanjoy Mazumdar
Claire McAndrew
Lindsay Joyce McCunn
Gary C McNay
Katherine Melcher
Eneida Maria Souza
Mendona
Deborah A. Middleton
Kelton Minor
Shalini Misra
Danny Mittleman
Amin Mojtahedi
Jennifer Darby Morris
Abir Mullick
Kavita Murugkar
Upali Nanda
Divya Natarajan
Galen DNewman
Zoha Niazi
Diana Susan Nicholas
Helena Annie Nordh
Kevin Nute
Christine Edstrom OHara
Nkemakonam Patrick Okofu
Shane Hess ONeil
Bryan Orthel
Ahmed Ouf
Isil Oygur
Beril Ozmen
Joni M. Palmer
Jin Gyu Phillip Park
Sang Bum Park
Eleftherios Pavlides
Lynn Paxson
Yael Valerie Perez
Svetlana Perovic
Lubomir Popov
Adriana Arajo Portella

Ashley M. Prince
Xiaobo Quan
Isabel Estrela Rego
Carolyn Rickard-Brideau
William Riehm
Beatriz Rodriguez
Ipek Kaynar Rohloff
Kevin K. Rooney
Nancy Dawn Rottle
Kathleen Ryan
Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi
Hans Sagan
Henry Sanoff
Brian Schermer
Ulrich Schramm
Jung-hye Shin
Stephanie Sickler
Kapila D.Silva
Eva Silveirinha de Oliveira
Sheryl-Ann Simpson
Frank Sleegers
Peter Floyd Smith
Yilin Song
April J. Spivack
David Spooner
Pongsakorn Suppakitpaisarn
Scott Crisman Sworts
Nicola A. Szibbo
Helena Marja Tervinen
Kathryn Terzano
Eleni Tracada
Simone Barbosa Villa
Chia-Hui Wang
Zhe Wang
Nicholas Watkins
Nanci Weinberger
Jeremy C. Wells
Richard Elliot Wener
Stephanie Wilkie
Daisy-Olice Ida Williams
Val Williams
Friedner Wittman
Chen Yang
Yizhao Yang
So-Yeon Yoon
Helena Hye-gyung Yoon
Maryam Yousefi
Sahoko Yui
Zahra Zamani
Huiwen Zhang
Bo Zhang
Xin Zhang
*current as of May 1, 2015. For the most up to date information,

please visit https://edra46.abstractcentral.com/planner.jsp.
Anirban Adhya
Mary Anne Akers
Cherif Amor
Sally Augustin
Mehul Bhatt
David Boeck
Mallika Bose
Sheila Bosch
Angela Bourne
Don Burger
Molly Cannon
Grace Chang
Zheng Chen
Adina Cox
Galen Cranz
Lynne Dearborn
Ann Devlin
Arsalan Gharaveis
Sheila Gobes-Ryan
Tasoulla Hadijyanni
Danya Hakky
Keng Hua Chong
Akikazu Kato
Ashley Kyber
Laura Lawson
Atiya Mahmood
Sanjoy Mazumdar
Eneida Mendona
Diana Nicholas
Derya Oktay
Patsy Owens
Celen Pasalar
Ha Pham
Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi
Brian Schermer
Jung-hye Shin
Eva Silveirinha de Oliveira
Sheryl-Ann Simpson
Zeynep Toker
Richard Wener
Eun Young Kim
Zahra Zamani
Huiwen Zhang
EDRA46 Los Angeles Volunteers

Amir Amirzadeh
Umbreen Ashraf
AnnaMarie Bliss
Jane Buxton
Julia Costa Lourenco
Julie Emminger
En Fu
Mariah Hermsmeyer
Joy Huntington
Gourab Kar
Karen Kim
Elisa Laurini
Ha Pham
Manasvinee Pramod
Molly Ranahan
Elyse Skerker Sigal
Amy Vu
Austin Young
Xin Zhang
EDRA46 Los Angeles Program Design

Denise Adams Design
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Acknowledgements
From our very initial planning efforts, we felt it was
necessary to test the viability of the theme for the
EDRA conference this year: Brainstorm: Dynamic
Interactions of Environment-Behavior and Neuroscience.
We reached out to the Academy of Neuroscience for
Architecture (ANFA), whose interest and cooperation
provided a solid foundation for our core concept. First
and foremost, we would like to thank the Board of
Directors of ANFA, and in particular, Thomas Albright,
President of ANFA, for their enthusiastic support of
our concept, communicating with their members,
providing reviewers for proposals with neuroscience
content, and finally joining us in Los Angeles. Any
success we experience this year is in no small part due
to the participation of ANFA and its members.
We are grateful to have solid and interesting
keynote and plenary speakers providing the foundation
for the conference. We were extremely fortunate
to get Thomas Albright as our keynote speaker, and
thank him for adding this on top of all the other
support he provided for the conference. We thank
Sherry Ahrentzen, Kim Steele, and Eve Edelstein for
providing our bridging plenary between neuroscience
and environment-behavior research. We would like
to acknowledge Gary Gumpert, Alex Cutler, Louis
Wasserman, and Vincent Brook for their development
of a plenary session that grounds the conference in the
unique culture and industry of Los Angeles.
We extend our sincere thanks to the amazing
organizations supporting our conference through
financial and in-kind sponsorships: The Urban
Communication Foundation, Ball State University and
Radford University.
The most demanding task of the conference chairs
is managing the review process. We are both indebted
to the Chair-Elect and the EDRA Board Liaison,
Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi, who persevered with us
during the most intense period of the review process
and consistently reassured us when we carefully
considered the most deserving presentations while
maintaining a high quality double-blind review.
We would also like to thank the group of super
reviewers who readily and diligently helped us
before the final deadline, not only with keen minds,
but also with a willingness to work under pressure.
Going well beyond picking up the reviews that had
not been completed as assigned, the work of these
experienced reviewers was also integral to our efforts
in yielding the fairest possible results in the case
of conflicting reviews. For that, we are immensely
grateful to the following super reviewers: Mary Anne
Akers, Cherif Amor, Rula Awwad-Rafferty, Mallika
Bose, David Boeck, Lynne Dearborn, Newton Dsouza,
Sergei Gepshtein, Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Peter Hecht,
Steven Henriksen, Jayoung Koo, Karen Keddy, Georgia
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LOS AN G E LE S
Lindsay, Sanjoy Mazumdar, Amin Mojtahedi, Joni

Palmer, Lubomir Popov, Ipek Rohloff, Henry Sanoff,
Brian Schermer, Kapila Silva, David Stea, Nick Watkins,
Jeremy Wells, Richard Werner, and Helena Yoon.
Several EDRAites volunteered to conduct a
double blind review of multiple proposals. Without
their enthusiasm and efforts, EDRA46 would not be
successful. We would also like to extend our sincere
gratitude to all proposal reviewers who spared time
from their busy work schedules to provide objective
and fair reviews.
We are also grateful for all EDRA Knowledge
Network Chairs who helped us in grouping potential
presentations together to optimize the sessions.
Jennifer Senick, of the Program Committee also
provided invaluable ideas and guidance while planning
the conference. She was particularly involved in the
evaluation of proposed keynote speakers and plenary
and mobile sessions.
Providing continuing education credits from a
number of professional organizations requires its
own unique set of paperwork requirements. All of us
who receive these credits should be thankful to the
team that prepared the submissions to the various
continuing education systems immediately after the
program was set: Janice Bissell, Jill Eyres, Esperanza
Harper, Nana Kirk, Seunghae Lee, Myra Miller, Sarah
Schuster-Tucker, Zhe Wang and Helena Yoon.
Jay Farbstein took on a diverse set of tasks in
support of our overall efforts. He reached out to
the Los Angeles area architectural firms in search of
sponsors to support the conference and its sessions.
He provided a touchstone for our ideas, helping us
avoid dead-ends and concentrate on those that were
more viable. Finally, anyone who has dined with Jay
will appreciate that he developed the dining guide
provided with your conference materials. Among our
colleagues and members of Gregs family, all that is
needed is an indication that a restaurant meets Jays
standards.
As many may be aware by now, EDRA is just
completing a transition to a new management team
under amicable circumstances. We want to thank Kate
ODonnell, who has been EDRAs Executive Director, for
laying the groundwork for this years conference and
for the professionalism and commitment she continued
to show through the transition process. Similarly, the
work of Hannah Andrews, Lauren Sawicki, and Anita
Parker remained to the highest standard as they
prepared to move on to other responsibilities. We wish
them the best and hope their new clients cherish them
as we have over the last few years.
Nisha Fernando & Greg Barker
EDRA46 Los Angeles Co-Chairs
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
EDRA47
16-22 May 2016

Raleigh, North Carolina
www.edra.org/edra47raleigh
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NC State Design BBH Design
photo: Brian Gassel/TVS Designs
Innovation: Shifting Ground
Environmental Design Research Association
in conjunction with
Fall Translational Research Symposium 2015

Saturday, October 10 Raleigh, NC
Three Sides of the Triangle:

How Design Research Is Shaping the
Health Resiliency Smart Growth of a Region
The Environmental Design Research Association, BBH Design and
North Carolina State University College of Design are pleased to welcome you to the
EDRA Fall Translational Research Symposium 2015

Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:00 am-4:30 pm
James B. Hunt Jr. Library, NCSU Centennial Campus

Duke Energy Hall, 1070 Partners Way
Raleigh, North Carolina
This one-day symposium brings many diverse voices together around the translation of design research
into solutions for three of the Research Triangles present and future challenges:
Health and well-being
Climate change and resiliency
Urban growth
Interact with and learn from practitioners about what makes the Research Triangle a model for other
regions implementing design research at several scales.
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May 27-30, 2015

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