SmartGeometry ACADIA / IAI TAP Workshop 2004.

Introduced by:

Lars Hesselgren - KPF

Hugh Whitehead - Foster and Partners

Robert Aish - Bentley Systems

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The SmartGeometry group conducted a 3 day workshop (8 November - 10th November) exploring the use of parametric CAD technology in generating components for direct manufacturing in architectural context.

The event follows the successful 3 day Workshop in Cambridge UK in the Summer of 2003. The tutors are all volunteers from professional and academic backgrounds who are all actively involved in utilising the technology and extending technical and conceptual boundaries.

The event is addressed to active 3D CAD design AEC professionals and advanced students (Masters or Ph D Students). It will provide a unique opportunity for networking and actively exploring advanced technology.

Click the author's name on the right tomove to each presentation.

Details of this event are online at the
ACADIA conference website

Matthew Jogan
Yale University
Surface populated with parametric component

Judit Kimpian
EEA Architects
Arches driven by B-spline curves

Roland Hudson
University of Bath
Wall made of a fixed length linking system

Mark Cichy
University of Waterloo, Ontario
Exercise in twisting, interlocking and ‘not quite’ touching geometries.

Oliver Osterwind
Buro Happold N.Y.
Hoberman sphere geometries for deployable structures

Gregory Epps
Mechanics of folding curved sheet materials

Neri Oxman
Architectural Association
Component surface population

Achim Menges
Architectural Association
Generative components to populate double curved surfaces

Wilson Chang
Simon Fraser University
Parametric model of roofstructure for The World Expo pavilion

Jeffrey Krause
Black Square
Louver system which reacts towards local and global parameters

Chris Kabatsi
Greg Lynn Architects
Complex double curved surfaces with ribstructures

Dan Strube
Parametric cladding system

Shane Burger
Grimshaw N.Y.
Generative Components - N.Y. subway station transit centre