November 2008

What is SmartGeometry and where should it go? (part 2)

Submitted by Jeroen Coenders on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 18:07

In my last article on this site “What is Smartgeometry and where should it go? (part 1)” I promised to give some of my views what SmartGeometry has achieved so far, what we are currently exploring and where interesting fields for the future might lie. The first I’ll cover in this article, the last two will be covered in the next parts of this series.

SmartGeometry on LinkedIn

Submitted by Jeroen Coenders on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 17:52

If you are on LinkedIn, SmartGeometry is too!

Find it here:

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=891377&trk=hb_side_g

Book Review: Architectural Geometry

Bentley’s tome marks the shape of things to come

18 April 2008

This massive book is a valuable aid to understanding architectural geometry, says Marc Thomas of Architects Design Partnership

At a time when non-rectilinear forms are becoming increasingly common in architecture, it’s essential to gain a better understanding of the geometry that is used to generate them. Advanced geometrical concepts come into play as soon as you pick a cad tool that plots anything more complex than an ellipse.

Welcome to the new SmartGeometry website!

Submitted by Shane Burger on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 14:44

Starting today, SmartGeometry.org has a new home with a host of new features.

You will find frequent articles and blog postings by SG members and friends, reviews of recent conferences and software (with photos/video), and an open forum on a variety of topics for your participation.

This new site also contains content from the previous conferences and workshops as well as information about future events. It will be the gathering place prior to the next SG International Conference for workshop attendees and speakers.

Become a member, and come back often and take part in the future development of architectural design computation!

SG 2008 Workshops

The SmartGeometry workshops offer participants a unique opportunity to meet and work with tutors from some of the leading practices exploiting new parametric technologies as design methodologies.

Realizing Performance-based Architecture

The following is text from a talk given by Steve Sanderson as part of the Complexity Panel Discussion at SIGGRAPH 2008

As a practitioner, I’ve decided to give myself the uncomfortable task of taking an ideological position without relying upon my work to do the speaking for me. This is due to the fact that I have been invited to participate on this panel precisely because of my fervor for the very subject of my criticism… ‘drinking the kool-aid,’ as one might say. Yet I feel the stakes are high enough to risk being regarded as a heretic. I see this panel as an opportunity for one big group confession. My name is Steve, and I am a nonbeliever.