FABRICATE Conference

FABRICATE Conference is coming up and the schedule if finalised. Here are all the keynotes, chair and speaker. I excited to say I think its going to be a great event. If you’re in London in April please do try and make it.
http://www.fabricate2011.org/

Keynotes Mark Burry, Neri Oxman, Matthias Kohler, Philip Beesley
Chairs Hanif Kara, Mette Ramsgard Thomsen, Michael Stacey, Robert Aish

Speakers
* Tim Lucas (Price and Myers)
* Asbjørn Søndergaard & Per Dombernowsky (Aarhus School of Architecture)
* Al Fisher & Benjamin S. Koren (Buro Happold & 1:One Computational Geometry)
* Marco Verde, MarkDavid Hosale & Jelle Feringa (TU Delft)
* Achim Menges, Simon Schleicher & Moritz Fleischmann (Institute for Computational Design, Stuttgart University)
* Skylar Tibbits (MIT)
* Hanno Stehling (Design to Production)
* Ho-Yin Ng (AL_A)
* Marta Malé-Alemany (AA – IaaC)
* Wes McGee (Taubman College)
* Cristiano Ceccato (Zaha Hadid Architects)
* Xavier De Kestelier (Foster + Partners)
* Nat Chard (University of Manitoba)
* Phil Ayres (CITA)
* Enric Ruiz Geli (Cloud9)
* Chiara Tuffanelli (Arup)

FABRICATE is an International Peer Reviewed Conference with supporting publication and exhibition to be held at The Bartlett School of Architecture in London from 15-16 April 2011. Discussing the progressive integration of digital design with manufacturing processes, FABRICATE will bring together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Discussion on key themes will include: how digital fabrication technologies are enabling new creative and construction opportunities, the difficult gap that exists between digital modeling and its realization, material performance and manipulation, off-site and on-site construction, interdisciplinary education, economic and sustainable contexts.

Cloud 9 Architects – Enric Ruiz-Geli speaking on Day 2 of Fabricate

FABRICATE has emerged as the first in a series of focused events from the highly successful ‘Digital Architecture London’ Conference and ‘Digital Hinterlands’ Exhibition in September 2009. Organised by The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, FABRICATE frames discussion around the presentation of built or partially built works by individuals/collaborators in research, practice and industry selected through our Call for Works (Now Closed). From more than 240 submissions our international panel of experts have independently blind reviewed and selected an innovative range of projects to feature in FABRICATE’s conference, exhibition and publication.

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Upcoming Conference in London

Here’s a conference coming up at London Metropolitan University, Interactive Architecture 2010 will look at interactive design and architecture featuring some of Londons key players. See lineup below

Conference Website

THEMES AND SPEAKERS

Sensory: Sound and Light
Jason Bruges > Jason Bruges Studios
Michael Spencer > Sound Strategies
Usman Haque > Haque Design and Research
Alexandros Tsolakis > UnitedVisualArtists

Metaphysical: Materials/Structures, skins, information systems and the internet of things
Armand Terrulli > Vector Foiltec
Duncan Wilson > Arup Foresight
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino > Tinker London

Art and Play: community and interaction
Ghislaine Boddington > B>D>S
Eva Rucki > Troika
Scott Burnham> Urban Play

Experiential and Experimental Architecture
Alex Haw > Atmos
Mike Stubbs > FACT
Various Plenary Speakers

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Constructing Realities

Alan Worn – Discordant folly encountered at daybreak, at the foot of the mountain

‘Constructing Realities’ is the summer exhibition at Arup’s Phase 2 Gallery presenting some of the best of London’s young graduate architecture students work. It follows last years Digital Hinterlands exhibition which brought together masters student work from across London’s four leading architecture schools, the AA, the Bartlett, Westminster and RCA.

Justin Goodyre – A Prototype for an Adaptive Bloom

This years exhibition focuses on the best work from the new Postgraduate Certificate Course in Advanced Architectural Research, set up at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, to give students with Masters degrees the opportunity to take their work to a further stage development. The exhibition shows how some of the best Masters portfolios and theses contain the seeds of serious design research proposals, and how these might be taken forward to create new types of place, novel interactive building elements and new façade and structural systems.

Tetsuo Nagata – Monomyths

Architecture and engineering have a history where research and practice go hand in hand, where many great practices have grown as a result of fundamental research and where many research projects arise from groundbreaking design. This is especially true during periods of economic inactivity when recent modes of working are called into question and new modes (sometimes based on rediscovered historical precedent) are established. This can lead to the formation of innovative practices and to the start of academic careers in research and teaching.

Matt Shaw – Subverting the LiDAR landscape

Constructing Realities only shows the tip of the research iceberg these students have gone through turning dozens of drawings, experiments, physical and software prototypes into standalone pieces. Work presented includes a prototype responsive screen proposed as a speculative stage set, site specific responsive installations investigating themes of digital participatory storytelling, virtual environments exploring maze and labyrinths as apposing models for spatial navigation, and laser scanning drawings exploiting the potential for error, mistruth, mistake and subversion within their production.

Vlad Tenu – Minimal Surfaces as Architectural Prototypes

The exhibition runs until the 1st October 2010

website

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FABRICATE Conference Call for Work

I’m pleased to announce my new conference to be held in London in 2011.

FABRICATE is an International Peer Reviewed Conference with supporting publication and exhibition to be held at The Building Centre in London from 15-16 April 2011. Discussing the progressive integration of digital design with manufacturing processes, and its impact on design and making in the 21st century, FABRICATE will bring together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Discussion on key themes will include: how digital fabrication technologies are enabling new creative and construction opportunities, the difficult gap that exists between digital modeling and its realization, material performance and manipulation, off-site and on-site construction, interdisciplinary education, economic and sustainable contexts.

Keynote Speakers (clockwise): Mark Burry, Matthias Kohler, Philip Beesley and Neri Oxman.

FABRICATE has emerged as the first in a series of focused events from the highly successful ‘Digital Architecture London’ Conference and ‘Digital Hinterlands’ Exhibition in September 2009. Organised by The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London in collaboration with The Building Centre London, this conference intends to frame discussion around the presentation of built or partially built works by individuals or collaborators in research, practice and industry selected from submissions through our Call for Works (deadline 10 September 2010).

Gramazio & Kohler’s R-O-B. Brick fabrication robot which will be exhibited alongside the conference

Representing the broad disciplinary spectrum from design to production, the presentation of built work will contribute alongside leading invited speakers from Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. A significant and supportive context for the event will be provided by London’s extensive network of global creative consultancies, many no more than a short stroll away from the venue.

We welcome original, innovative and pioneering projects for the Call for Works and we would also encouraged works in progress to enter too. Submission requirements emphasize strong and informative visual material with succinct analytical text and project synopsis. Selected conference submissions together with articles from keynote speakers will be featured in ‘FABRICATE: Making Digital Architecture’ published by Riverside Architectural Press and launched at the conference.

Add comment August 10th, 2010 Article by Ruairi (440)