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1st February 2006 - British Museum, London
sponsored by the Building Centre Trust.
Agenda:
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8:00 - Registration, until 9:00
9:00 - Welcome, Setting the scene and SG futures - Lars Hesselgren KPF
9:20 - Software design and GC Futures - Robert Aish, Bentley
9:40 - Transformability - Chuck Hoberman
The capacity to transform is a trait of all living organisms. In his talk, Chuck Hoberman will demonstrate how designed objects can behave like organisms, transforming their size and shape in a complete, continuous manner. Hoberman will speak about his theory of transformability, and describe his work in architectural environments, deployable shelters, consumer products and medical instruments
10:20 - Report from Group #1 - Performance and Behaviour
Tutors:
Jalal El-Ali - Buro Happold,
Lisa Matthews - Bath ,
Kyle Steinfeld - KPF,
Kaustov DeBiswas - MIT
11:00 - Q&A Group #1
11:20 - Coffee
11:40 - Tutors views #1
Axel Kilian - MIT
12:00 - Report from Group #2 - Form and Computation
Tutors:
Rob Woodbury - Simon Fraser
Achim Menges - AA
Volker Muller - NBBJ
Neri Oxman - MIT
12:50 - Q&A Group #2
13:10 - Lunch
14:10 - Automating design - how far can we go? - J Parrish, Arup Sport
14:30 - Another Level of Preciseness – Hanif Kara, AKT
Structural engineering often relies on the ability to decompose the form into clear and independent subsystems, where the precondition to ‘design’ the structure is premised on the clarity of such arrangements. Contemporary architecture often escapes this and subsystems have to morph as much as the architectural form. The new analysis tools are essential to; avoid severing and isolation of systems, handle complex geometries, harness the efficiency of interconnected subsystems, and most of all manufacturing schedules, with speed.
15:10 - Report from Group #3 - Composition and Components
Tutors:
Chris Williams - Bath
Marty Doscher - M0rphosis
Judit Kimpian - Aedas
Roly Hudson - Bath
Xavier De Kestelier - Foster and Partners
16:00 - Q&A Group #3
16:20 - Tea
16:50 - Tutors views #2 - Chris Williams, Bath
Chris Williams will show how simple numerical rules can generate complex geometries and structural forms - such as the Great Court Roof. Sometimes these rules mirror physical models like those used by Gaudí and Frei Otto and sometimes they are purely abstract. Even though the rules are simple, deciding what they should be to achieve a given end requires endless trial and error.
17:10 - Report from Group #4 - Language and Logic
Tutors:
Axel Kilian - MIT,
Stylianos Dritsas - KPF,
Francis Aish - Foster and Partners,
Al Fisher - Bath
18:00 - Q&A Group #4
18:20 - How we do it - Hugh Whitehead, Foster and Partners
18:40 - Closing remarks - Spencer de Grey, Foster and Partners
18:50 - CLOSE CONFERENCE
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19:00 - RECEPTION IN GREAT COURT OPENS
All Conference delegates are invited free of charge.
19:30 - Drinks Reception welcoming remarks
Greg Bentley, CEO Bentley Systems
21:00 - Great Court closes
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