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“This event will complement SmartGeometry’s annual workshop and conference event, bringing many of SmartGeometry’s experienced tutors to guide participants in exploring computational design through a variety of technologies.”

 

about Smart Geometry:

“Architectural design with computational tools

Computation and the use of computer as an intelligent design aid provide the focus for the SmartGeometry Group. It was formed in 2001 as a partnership between Practice, Research and Academia. Some of the world’s leading architectural and engineering practices (Foster+Partners, KPF, Grimshaw, Arup, Buro Happold) and educational institutions (Architectural Association, MIT, Delft Technical University, University of Bath) are represented in its core organisation.

Geometry is one of many systems which are amenable to modeling. Architectural design as a process should, we maintain, exploit the new potential available in computing. To the new generations of architects mathematics and algorithms are becoming as natural as pen and pencil.

The activities of the SmartGeometry Group promote the emergence of a new generation of digital designers and craftsmen, who are able to expolit the combination of digital and physical media. The group’s interests range from parametric design and scripting to digital manufacturing.”

Michael Hansmeyer

i found Michael Hansmeyer’s work around 7 months ago, while searching for information about Algorithmic Architecture and learning how algoithms can work as a design tool. worth to pay it a visit!

“regardless of their complexity, the tasks and decisions involved [when designing a building] can be formalized as an algorithm. As such, algorithms provide a framework for articulating and defining both input data and procedures. This formalization can promote structure and coherency, while systemically maintaining full traceability of all input.”

gt_2P

fresh from the web: parametric design and digital fabrication studio, from Chile.

design modelling symposium berlin

“The Design Modelling Symposium would like to encourage discussion about the target course of this development by exchanging the experiences in appliance of such new technologies. Rather than the prospects of modelling complex geometries and structures, the main focus lies in new concepts and design strategies emerging from the application of new technologies. Another emphasis is the discussion of the role of analogue and digital models in the design and planning process as well as questions regarding realisation of complex geometries and construction systems.”

everything looks nice, but the price… for student’s, the congress and the workshops round up to € 300 (€ 600 for the masterclass) – plus transportation, meals and a place to sleep.

if there’s anyone interested in sponsoring me, i’m eager to go!!

algorithmic architecture – kostas terzidis

A must read, if you’re considering working with “digital architecture” -

not to mention Algotecture (the term Kostas Terzidis applied to shorten Algorithmic Architecture).

You can read it online @ www.scribd.com (click the image).

Please, do!