Today the convergence of design, engineering and architectural technologies are breeding a new material practice in architecture. This important shift can be defined as a highly dynamic synthesis of emerging principles of spatial, structural and material ordering integrated through the application of material and fabrication technologies.
The symposium will present and discuss the emerging relationships between architectural design, engineering and fabrication in architectural research and practice.
14:00 15:30 / Session 1
Introduction and Architectural Theory
- Rivka Oxman and Robert Oxman; IIT: «Introduction to the New Structuralism»
- Nina Rappaport; Yale: «A Deeper Structural Theory»
- Helmut Pottman; TU Wien: «Architectural Geometry as Design Knowledge»
- John Chilton; NTU: «Heinz Islers Infinite Spectrum: Form-finding in Design»
16:00 17:30 / Session 2
The New Structuralism: Structuring in Design
- Fabian Scheurer; DESIGNTOPRODUCTION: «Materialising Complexity»
- Wolf Mangelsdorf; Buro Happold: «Structuring Strategies for Complex Geometries»
- Klaus Bollinger, Manfred Grohmann, Oliver Tessmann; B+G, Frankfurt: «Structured Becoming: Evolutionary Processes in Design Engineering»
- Julio Martinez Calzon, Carlos Castanon; MC2, Madrid: «Weaving Architecture: EMBT Spanish Pavillion for Expo 2010 Shanghai»
18:00 19:30 / Session 3
Emergent Roles of Design Fabrication
- Neri Oxman; MIT: «Structuring Materiality»
- Yves Weinand and Markus Hudert; EPFL: «Timberfabric»
- Gramazio & Kohler; ETHZ: «Encoding Material»
- Martin Bechthold; Harvard: «The Return of the Future»
