June 2008
SmartGeometry 2007 New York
Information to be added very soon!
SmartGeometry 2008 Munich
The 2008 SmartGeometry Conference featured a day long agenda focused on advanced computational and parametric design. Industry leaders discussed the issues of design, technology, and methodology through their presentations. Parametric design tools and consequential manufacturing technology are allowing new forms of architectural and structural expression which are changing radically the world of the built environment. Sessions also included a selection of highlights from the four day workshop that preceded the conference — providing a wonderful immediacy to the issues and concepts discussed.
SmartGeometry Workshops and Conferences
SmartGeometry Events
2003 SmartGeometry Summer School Cambridge, UK
2004 SmartGeometry at ACADIA Cambridge, Ontario Canada
2006 SmartGeometry Workshop and Conference Cambridge, UK
2007 SmartGeometry Workshop and Conference New York, New York USA
2008 SmartGeometry Workshop and Conference Munich, Germany
2009 SmartGeometry Workshop and Conference San Francisco, California USA
2009 SmartGeometry Fall Event: Open Platform TU Delft, Netherlands
Workshops with SmartGeometry Representation
2004 DCC Workshop MIT
2007 ACADIA Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
2008 ACADIA Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2008 BJ Parametric Design Workshop Beijing, China
The Parametric Design Repository contains many of the files (including scripts) created during past conferences. This resources is hosted by the Canadian Design Resource Network (CDRN).
SG Members
SmartGeometry Directors:
Lars Hesselgren PLP Architects
J Parrish Arup Sport
Hugh Whitehead Foster + Partners
SmartGeometry Core:
Francis Aish Foster + Partners
Jalal El-Ali Generative Geometry, Buro Happold
Mirco Becker KPF
Shane Burger Grimshaw
Jeroen Coenders Arup / Delft University of Technology
Kaustuv De Biswas MIT
Xavier De Kestelier Foster + Partners / University Gent
What is the SmartGeometry Group?
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.
The SG community is built on an annual workshops and an international conference.
As the SmartGeometry group has developed it is moving its focus from tools and techniques to a forum where the new critical language of emerging architecture can be formed.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the SmartGeometry Group?
The SmartGeometry Group (SG) is a non-profit organization started to encourage collaboration between AEC professionals in Practice, Academia and Research who are interested in/using computational and parametric approaches to design.
What does SG do?
SG has a belief that doing is as important as theorizing. Hence it runs an annual event consisting of a hands-on Workshop followed by a Conference. It also provides this website as an independent forum for interchange between interested professionals, academics and students.
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