THEMATIC PROGRAM
At DLA2026 there will be TWO FULL DAYS of Facilitated Conversations with ALL PARTICIPANTS, organized into 8 THEMATIC sessions, 4 each day:
DAY 1 Thursday 28 May
— ARRIVAL 8:15 – 8:55
— WELCOME & INTRODUCTION 9:00 – 9:25
— SESSION 1: 9:30 AM – 11 AM.
Digital Workflows & Modeling
Facilitators: Stephen Ervin, Joerg Rekkitke
| Development of a data model for lossless exchange of data in landscape planning –XPlanung in Germany | |
| The Low-Altitude Data Platform: A New Paradigm for Dynamic and Interactive Digital Landscape Architecture | |
| Hybrid Terrain Modeling: A Multidimensional Landscape Design Method | |
| Urban Transformation Between Built and Natural Systems by Means of an Adapted Wave Function Collapse Approach | |
| Virtual planning and design of complex planting schemes in a Landscape Information Model | |
| A Comparative Review of BIM-Based Software in Landscape Design: Vectorworks VS Autodesk Revit | |
| A Speculative Guide for 3D Reconstruction Techniques in Planning and Landscape Architecture |
— BREAK: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
— SESSION 2: 11:30 AM – 1 PM (13:00)
Urban Ecology & Green Infrastructure
Facilitators: Pia Fricker, Brent Chamberlain
| Toward urban forest resilience: An application for as-sessing and comparing local-level urban street tree di-versity and equity |
| A Threshold-Driven Method to Urban Ecological Security Zoning Management: |
| Quantifying the Effects of Tree Species, Time, and Street Spatial Form on Visible Greenery in Urban Streets |
| Indicating Infiltration – Monitoring Plant Migration in Rural Coastal Towns |
| Repeat Multispectral Drone Imagery: A Case Study in Capturing Seasonal Change |
| Improving Riparian Preservation and Restoration through a Low-Cost Cross-Scale Digital Workflow: A Case Study of the Selamat River Corridor, West Kalimantan, Indonesia |
— LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 1PM – 2:30 PM (13:00 – 14:30 )
— SESSION 3: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (14:30 – 16:00) Participation, Perception & Public Space
Facilitators: Carl Steinitz, Tess Canfield
| From Visual Metrics to Public Perception: Mapping Nighttime Streetscapes in Nanjing’s Old City, China |
| Toward a Framework for AI Ethics in LA |
| Operationalizing Kairos: Digital-Twin Supported Participatory Action Research for Community-Driven Design |
| Flood Sandbox: Participatory Planning Through Digital Gamification |
| A Multi-Faceted Technological Approach to Citizen Participation: The Dundrum by Design Initiative |
– BREAK: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (16:00 – 16:30)
— SESSION 4: 4:30 PM – 6 PM ( 16:30 – 18:00)
Visualization & Immersive Representation
Facilitators: Maximillian Schob , Joseph Claghorn
| Playful Complexity: Using a Serious Game with Immersive 3D Visualization To Balance Economy, Ecology, and Landscape Impact of Photovoltaic Plants |
| Prototyping an App for Teaching Soundscape Design and Evaluation |
| Mapping Recovery, Digital Narratives of Bushfire-Affected Roadside Landscapes in New South Wales |
| Transcending the Pie Chart: Public Life Study datascapes that visualize space and time through algorithmic analysis |
| Treespotting AR (TSAR): Re-Enchanting Minimal Phygital Ecologies |
| Interpersonal Interaction in Virtual Landscapes: The Effect of Color |
| Examining Anthropocentric Stimuli and Streetscape Design using Virtual Reality |
| Visualizing the Invisible: Drawing Attention to Temporal Patterns in Spatial Dynamics |
— 7:30 PM (19:30) PUB SESSION / DINNER ON YOUR OWN:
R McSorley’s 5 Sanford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
DAY 2 Friday 29 May
— RETROSPECT & INTRODUCTION 9:00 – 9:25
— SESSION 5: 9:30 AM – 11 AM.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Facilitators: Ulrike Wissen, Philip Fernberg
| A Prompt-to-Image Workflow for Professional Planting Visualization: Evaluating the Use of ChatGPT-4o in Landscape Architecture |
| [AI as Collaborator] Integrating Machine Learning and Interactive Prototyping for Adaptive Public Space Design |
| Prompting Design: Evaluating the Impact of AI on Design Outcomes |
| Next-Gen Landscape Design : Agentic AI + Digital Twins |
| Empty Lots, Hidden Potential: AI-Driven Rethinking of Urban Parking Demand |
| The Landscape Architect as Developer and Designer: Optimisation and Control of Diffusion Models for Landscape Architecture |
| Invited Paper:Radiance Fields a. Spatial Artificial Intelligence / Landscape Modeling with SHARP |
— BREAK: 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
— SESSION 6: 11:30 AM – 1 PM (13:00)
Climate & Hydrological Resilience
Facilitators: Rosanna Rivero, Stephen Ervin
| Quantifying Urban Heat Island Mitigation by Green Roofs through Soil-Informed Hygrothermal Performance Modeling |
| Automating Keyline Planning for Urban Landscapes: A Computational Workflow for Water-Sensitive Design |
| Flood Simulation in Design-Test Loop: An integration with Evidence-based Landscape Design Decision-making |
| A High-Fidelity Microclimate Model Integrating 3D Point Clouds and OpenFOAM for Urban Heritage Tree Microhabitats |
| Towards an Architecture of Shifting Boundaries: A Hydrodynamic Design Approach for Coastal Adap-tation in Singapore |
| Designing like Beavers: A Multi‑Agent Simulation for Landscape Resilience |
— LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 1PM – 2:30 P M (13:00 – 14:30 )
— SESSION 7: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (14:30 – 16:00)
Education, Pedagogy & Professional Practice
Facilitators: Brent Chamberlain, Pia Fricker
| An Empirical Study of Multi-Objective Problem-Based Learning in Landscape Architectural Design Education |
| Reciprocal Action to Responsive Design: The Global-to-Local-to-Global (GLG) Geodesign for Climate Mitigation Workshop |
| Digital Transformation at Half Speed: Fit for BIM or Fit for Yesterday |
| Mapping the Scope of Computational Design |
| Teaching a Situated Design Culture under Constraints in Landscape Architecture |
| Tracking the Digital Shift: Eight Years of Software Trends in Landscape Architecture Curricula |
| A Decade of Geodesign Pedagogy: Advancing Multiscale Digital Planning Through Studio Practices |
– BREAK: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (16:00 – 16:30)
— SESSION 8: 4:30 PM – 6 PM ( 16:30 – 18:00)
Digital Landscape Architecture: Review & Prospect
All Participants, Panelists & Facilitators
— CLOSING REMARKS & INTRODUCTION to DLA2027 6:00-6:30 PM 18:00 – 18:30
— 7:30 PM (19:30) PUB SESSION / DINNER ON YOUR OWN:
Smyth’s Pub, 6 R117, Ranelagh, Dublin
DAY 3 Saturday 30 May – Choose:
1. An Insider Tour of Dublin with Philip Doran:
Meeting at 12:00
Outside Teelings Distillery, Newmarket Square (see map)
2. A Swim in the Irish Sea with Jörg Rekittke:
Meeting at 12:00
Outside Entrance/Exit of Dun Laoghaire Station (see map)
For further information, please email: joerg.rekittke@ucd.ie
Prof. Dr. Jörg Rekittke, DLA Chair 2026, Head of Landscape Architecture (UCD) | School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, College of Engineering and Architecture, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
For more info on JoDLA and DLA, see www.dla-conference.com,
or email: DLA-JoDLA@t-online.de
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