ACADIA 2014
The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. We facilitate critical investigations into the role of computation in architecture, planning, and building science, encouraging innovation in design creativity, sustainability, and education.
USC | LOS ANGELES, CA
Will Wright
Zaha Hadid
Casey Reas
Keynotes
Neil Gersenfeld
Imagine a future where not only do we better understand how urban systems work, but those systems better understand how we work.
Will Wright
Sim City | The Sims | Spore
Casey Reas
Conditional Systems as Art
Neil Gersenfeld
How to Make [Almost] Anything
Zaha Hadid
Starchitect | Lack Luster Speaker
Projects
DOT/O
Centennial Chromagraph
Pure Tension Pavilion
Eskenazi Hospital
Chelsea Workspace
Design Agency
Fabrication Agency
Parametric Agency
Temporal Agency
Material Agency
Data Agency
Paper Sessions
Material Agency
Skylar Tibbits | 4D Printing
Skylar Tibbits | Programmable Wood
Skylar Tibbits | Programmable Textile
Fabrication Agency
Tobias Schwinn | Behavioral Strategies
University of Stuttgart | Research Pavilion
Ammar Kalo | Bug Out Fabrication
Design Agency
Expert
Hacker
User
Thinker
Understands capabilities
Can utilize existing tools
Can modify and adapt existing tools
Can build sophisticated tools from scratch
NBBJ | Degree of Understanding
NBBJ | Design Computation Group
NBBJ | Sunbreak
NBBJ | Travel Distance
NBBJ | Samsung Headquarters Analytics
Our Projects
We do Cool Stuff too
Gateway Arch | Geometry Generator
Haymarket Arena | Panel Generation
TR Museum | Physics Simulation
BVH | Topography Retreiver
BVH | Computational Parking Generator
Custom Tools | Ex. Site Retreiver
[Grasshopper]
Dropstore | Schema-less Social Datastore
So What?
How does benefit BVH?
Expert
Hacker
User
Thinker
Understands capabilities
Can utilize existing tools
Can modify and adapt existing tools
Can build sophisticated tools from scratch
Degree of Understanding
function drawCircle(radius){
new Circle(radius);
}
function expression(x,y){
return x*(1+y)
}
drawCircle(expression(2,4));x*(1+y) = radius
x∗(1+y)=radius
Many Tools, Many Ways to do Many Things
Grasshopper
Javascript
Expression:
Thank you!
Let me know about opportunities to incorporate these tools in your projects
ACADIA 2014
By Zach Soflin
