COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN CULTURE. Scripting, Simulation, and the Making of Architecture
Friday, Jan 16, 201510 PM — Saturday, Jan 17, 201511 PMEDT
| Wallstr.3 Lüneburg, Germany
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Conference MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany http://mecs.leuphana.de This 1.5-day conference will bring together architects, engineers, software developers and scholars of architectural theory, philosophy of science, and media studies to explore how and in what particular manner computer simulations and scripting techniques have an epistemic and aesthetic impact on the design and making of architecture. Papers and project presentations will offer an insight into the novel modes of code-controlled design and production by discussing the various methods, approaches, strategies, and translations involved within computational processes and fabrication tools. The conference aims to discuss a series of issues that include (but are not limited to) the following questions: How and why do architects and engineers integrate computer simulations in their design and planning processes? What are the selection criteria for parameters and algorithms and how do they have an agency within a simulation or script? How do software and scripting contribute as tools and mediums to analysis, design, and fabrication and what are the implications for architects and engineers in becoming programmers and software developers? What is the potential of design computation for the improvement of communication and collaboration between architects, engineers, and programmers? Furthermore, what are the characteristics of a computational design culture and how do algorithmic practices and techniques affect the ways we describe, experience, and discuss architecture? CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014 09:30 – 10:00 Coffee and Registration 10:00 – 10:15 WELCOME Claus Pias & Martin Warnke, Directors, MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University Lüneburg OPENING REMARKS Nicole Stöcklmayr, MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University Lüneburg 10:15 – 11:00 Achim Menges (Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart / Graduate School of Design, Harvard University): Computational Design and Material Culture 11:00 – 11:45 Jan Knippers (Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart / Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering, Stuttgart, New York, Berlin): Integrative Design in a Computational Environment 11:45 – 12:00 Coffee Break 12:00 -12:45 Matias del Campo & Sandra Manninger (Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan / Tongji University, Shanghai / del Campo Manninger Architects, Vienna, Shanghai, Detroit): Moody Objects 12:45 – 14:15 Lunch Break 14:15 – 15:00 Moritz Heimrath (Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna / Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure, Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Oslo, Melbourne): tba 15:00 – 15:45 Stefan Rutzinger & Kristina Schinegger (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London / Institute of Architectural Sciences, Vienna University of Technology / soma, Vienna, Salzburg): Alchemy and Simulation. Approaching the Formless 15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 – 16:45 Barbara Imhof (Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna / LIQUIFER Systems Group, Vienna, Mumbai): "And The Stars Look Very Different Today." Collaboration, Visualization and Simulation Methodologies in Contemporary Space Architecture Practice 16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break 17:00 – 18:15 KEYNOTE Mario Carpo (The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London / École d‘Architecture de Paris-La Villette, Paris): tba SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014 10:00 – 10:45 Andrea Graser (Studio Okular, Vienna): Coding Light Density 10:45-11:30 Gabriele Gramelsberger (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University Lüneburg): Life/Design/Matter – Towards a Philosophy of Parametric Thinking 11:30 – 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 – 12:45 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 12:45 – 13:00 CONCLUDING REMARKS Nicole Stöcklmayr (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University Lüneburg) The conference language is English. The event is free and open to the public but registration is required. To register, please send an email to [email protected]. Visit http://mecs.leuphana.de for details and updates. Conference venue: Stadtarchiv Lüneburg Wallstr. 4 21335 Lüneburg Concept & organisation: Nicole Stöcklmayr
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