ACADIA 2010 CONFERENCE: LIFE IN:FORMATION
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, The Cooper Union
Aaron Sprecher, Mc Gill University
Shai Yeshayahu, Southern Illinois University

PRELIMINARY WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION


OCTOBER 17TH-20TH OF 2010

SUNDAY OCTOBER 17TH 2010

12pm-3pm
NYU ITP
Workshop Title: Physical Computation I (day 1) @ NYU ITP Program
Instructor: Mustafa Bagdatli ITP Team
Location: NYU ITP Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, www.itp.nyu.edu

 

 

MONDAY OCTOBER 18th 2010

9am-4pm
RMJM
Workshop Title: Conceptual Design
in Autodesk Revit Architecture I
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 1: Theme: Form Making, Parameters
Instructors: Matt Jezyk, Lira Nikolovska, Greg Demchak, Zachary Kron
Software: Autodesk Revit Architecture / Autodesk Revit MEP
Location: RMJM offices: 275 Seventh Avenue, 24th floor, New York , NY 10001-6708, www.rmjm.com

9am-4pm
SOM
Workshop Title: SUSTAINABLE DESIGN WORKSHOP
www.autodesk.com/ecotect
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Marsh, Sr. Principal Engineer, AEC-Simulation + assistants
Software: Performative Design with Autodesk® Ecotect® Analysis
Location: SOM architects, 14 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA, www.som.com

9am-4pm
KPF
Workshop Title: RhinoScript  I
(Day 1), www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Dave Pigram
Software: Rhinoceros 3d interfaces and scripting
Location: KPF offices, 111 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, www.kpf.com

9am-12pm
NYU ITP
Workshop Title: Physical Computation II (day 2) @ NYU ITP Program
Instructor: Mustafa Bagdatli, ITP Team
Location: NYU ITP Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, www.itp.nyu.edu

9am-4pm
Buro Happold
Workshop Title: Generative Components, Bentley www.bentley.com
Instructor: TBA
Location: Buro Happold, 100 Broadway Floor 23, New York NY 10005
www.burohappold.com

5pm-8pm
AIA NY
ACADIA 2010 PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Moderated by Paul Seletsky and ACADIA 2010 Conference Chairs:
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, Aaron Sprecher, Shai Yeshayahu and
Chandler Ahrens, Axel Schmitzberger, Michael Wen-Sen Su
LOCATION: AIA NY / or TBA for updates please check www.acadia.org/acadia2010
SPEAKERS:
TBA workshop keynote speaker, AUTODESK,
TBA workshop keynote speaker, Solid Thinking
TBA workshop keynote speaker, Buro Happold
Scott Davidson, workshop keynote speaker, RHINOCEROS
James Kotronis, workshop keynote speaker, GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES
Dan O'Sullivan, workshop keynote speaker, NYU ITP Program
Peter Schubert, workshop speaker, RMJM
James Brogan, workshop speaker, KPF
Neil Katz, workshop speaker, SOM

 

 

TUESDAY OCTOBER 19th 2010

9am-5pm
RMJM
Workshop Title: Conceptual Design
in Autodesk Revit Architecture II
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 2: Theme: Surface Rationalization, adaptive component
Instructors: Matt Jezyk, Lira Nikolovska, Greg Demchak, Zachary Kron
Software: Autodesk Revit Architecture / Autodesk Revit MEP
Location: RMJM offices: 275 Seventh Avenue, 24th floor, New York, NY 10001-6708
www.rmjm.com

9am-5pm
KPF
Workshop Title: RhinoScript II (Day 2), www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: David Pilgram
Software: Rhinoceros 3d interfaces and scripting
Location: KPF offices, 111 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, www.kpf.com

9am-5pm
SOM
Workshop Title: Grasshopper I (Day 1) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Andrew Payne
Software: Rhinoceros 3d plug in
Location: SOM architects, 14 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA, www.som.com

9am-5pm
Gehry Technologies
Workshop Title: GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES www.gt-global.com
Instructor: James Kotronis
Location Gehry Technologies, 14 Wall St. 20th Floor, New York NY 10005 www.gt-global.com

9am-12pm
NYU ITP
Workshop Title: Computer Vision I (day 1) @ NYU ITP Program
Instructor: Mustafa Bagdatli, ITP Team
Location: NYU ITP Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, www.itp.nyu.edu

9am-5pm
Buro Happold
Workshop Title: Generative Components, Bentley www.bentley.com
Instructor: TBA
Location: Buro Happold, 100 Broadway Floor 23, New York NY 10005
www.burohappold.com

 

 

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20th 2010

9am-5pm
RMJM
Workshop Title: Conceptual Design
in Autodesk Revit Architecture III
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 3: Theme: Performance-based Design
Instructors: Matt Jezyk, Lira Nikolovska, Greg Demchak, Zachary Kron
Software: Autodesk Revit Architecture / Autodesk Revit MEP
Location: RMJM offices: 275 Seventh Avenue, 24th floor, New York, NY 10001-6708
www.rmjm.com

9am-5pm
SOM
Workshop Title: Grasshopper II (Day 2) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Andrew Payne
Software: Rhinoceros 3d plug in
Location: SOM architects, 14 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA, www.som.com

9am-12pm
NYU ITP
Workshop Title: Computer Vision II (day 2) @ NYU ITP Program
Instructor: Mustafa Bagdatli, ITP Team
Location: NYU ITP Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003, www.itp.nyu.edu

9am-5pm
Buro Happold
Workshop Title: Generative Components, Bentley www.bentley.com
Instructor: TBA
Location: Buro Happold, 100 Broadway Floor 23, New York NY 10005
www.burohappold.com

 

NOTE: THIS SCHEDULE AND THE WORKSHOP LOCATIONS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
For the latest updates please check www.acadia.org/acadia2010
For further information please contact the ACADIA 2010 Conference Chairs at acadia2010@acadia.org

 

 

 

Welcome

The ACADIA 2010 conference will focus on the changing nature of information and its impact on architectural education, research and practice. With the ever-increasing integration of information technologies in the design laboratory, the discipline of architecture has changed profoundly in recent years. The emerging fields of digital fabrication, generative and evolutionary modeling among others, are now at the core of investigations in a growing community of digital design practitioners and researchers.

ACADIA 2010 will explore the ways designers, architects, engineers and scientists collect, analyze and assemble information through computational systems that redefine the notions of design performance and optimization, evolutionary and responsive models. These notions are today inherently related to the possibilities and limitations offered by our increasing computational capabilities, and the way information shapes relations between the human, the environment, and the machine.

ACADIA 2010 will gather leading practitioners, theorists, and researchers who will examine the relation that architecture has with technology and information, and how the latter propels today’s most innovative design experimentations and research. The conference will be centered on a series of peer-reviewed paper sessions and a groundbreaking exhibition including peer-reviewed projects.

ACADIA 2010: October 21st to 24th 2010, The Cooper Union, NY

Conference Chairs: 
Aaron Sprecher, Shai Yeshayahu and Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa