This talk focuses on research conducted into facilitating architectural communities of practice during conceptual design in order for the members of the community to learn together in a participatory environment. The learning is facilitated by digital information environments where the information is recorded, communicated, valued, and reused. These environments have been implemented in architectural/urban education and professional practice.
Theme
Materials::Processes::Tools
Feb 15
12:30 PM
Long Lounge, (7-429)
Mar 01
12:30 PM
Long Lounge, (7-429)
This research proposes a new computational approach for incorporating structural considerations into the earliest stages of the architectural design process. Because structural behavior is most affected by geometrical form, the greatest potential for structural efficiency, creativity, and a harmony of design goals occurs when global formal design decisions are made, in conceptual design.
Mar 08
12:30 PM
Long Lounge, (7-429)
Automatic interpretation of drawings is a problem that has been explored by researchers in artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and computer graphics. A particular focus has been placed on understanding 3D drawings, which if possible would allow designers and architects to leverage their existing artistic skill sets. While many freehand 3D sketches are highly under-constrained, some styles of technical drawing have clear underlying mathematics.
Apr 12
12:30 PM
3-133
Zoe Coombes will speak about her experiences working in the world of contemporary furniture design. Reflecting on both the rate of change within digitized production, and the all-too-contemporary question of how best to learn from the past, Zoe's talk will pose questions about the future of utility and desire in a robotized age.
Apr 26
12:30 PM
Long Lounge, (7-429)
From Electronic Textiles to Technological Minimalism: The Implications of Pervasive Computing in the Age of Environmental Crisis