Technology

SmartGeometry is "architectural design with computational design tools".

Objectives

Generative Components is a model-oriented design and programming environment which combines direct interactive manipulation design methods based on feature modelling and constraints, with visual and traditional programming techniques and represents Bentley's response to the requirement for a "programmatic design" environment, that is a fusion of geometric modeling and software development. What we are searching for in the development of Generative Components is the minimal abstraction of design, that when implemented in software and used by creative designers, provides for the most expressability, the most extensibility. The Smart Geometry Summer School will be an excellent opportunity for architects and designers to explore and develop their design concepts with these innovative tools. (Illustration from the design for a conservatory created by Kevin Rotheroe from the FreeForm Design + Manufacturing Studio in New York.)