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Network

ACADIA is one of many organizations around the world supporting the field of design computation. In addition to our sibling organizations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, ACADIA is partnered with the CumInCAD publication archive and the International Journal of Architectural Computing. ACADIA also keeps in close contact with several other organizations such as Smart Geometry and Tex-Fab. Finally, the numerous design computation blogs listed in our Blogroll help keep us all up-to-date on many innovative research areas and projects.

CuminCAD

CumInCAD is is a cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 10,500 records from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, ASCAAD, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SiGraDi, CAAD futures,DDSS and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts, in PDF, of some 7,700 papers are also available. A separate index of some 1,500 papers in Spanish language are maintained.

IJAC

The International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC) is an exciting peer-reviewed journal founded by international organizations dedicated to promoting collaborative research and development of computer-aided architectural design. IJAC is committed to deepening the understanding of the foundations of digital systems for architectural design and the technologies enabling their development and application.

There are four issues of IJAC per year: published in both electronic and hard copies. Successively, one issue each year is supervised by Editorial Board members from its four founding organizations:

  • eCAADe - Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
  • ACADIA -Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture
  • SIGraDi - Sociedad Iberoamericana de Grafica Digital
  • CAADRIA -Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia
  • The new Journal is also strongly supported by the CAADFutures Foundation and the Foundation also contributes to the editorial arrangements for IJAC.

  • The journal features high-quality, original research papers (including state-of-the-art reviews), brief papers, and letters in all theoretical and technological areas that make up the field of Architectural Computing. Certain issues will have contemporary themes.
    Click here to view the current IJAC Call for Papers

    SUBSCRIPTION

    IJAC is pleased to offer ACADIA members an annual subscription to the International Journal of Architectural Computing in both print and electronic formats for only € 75, instead of the usual price of between € 236 and € 260.

    IJAC LINKS

    IJAC LINKS
    IJAC Home Page (http://www.architecturalcomputing.org/)
    IJAC on Multi-Science (http://www.multi-science.co.uk/ijac.htm)
    IJAC Issues (http://multi-science.metapress.com/content/121497/)

    Related Organizations

    Sibiling Organizations
    ACADIA maintains official connections and collaboration agreements, including exchanges of representatives at conferences, with a number of "sister" organizations around the world.

    Other Design Computation Organizations
    In addition to ACADIA sibling organizations, ACADIA keeps in close contact with the following design computation and digital fabrication organizations:

    • Smartgeometry: Smartgeometry was founded in 2001 as a partnership between Practice, Research and Academia, formed by members of the world's leading architectural and engineering practices and educational institutions. To the new generations of designers, engineers and architects, mathematics and algorithms are becoming as natural as pen and pencil. Smartgeometry promotes the emergence of this new paradigm in which digital designers and craftsmen are able to intelligently exploit the combination of digital and physical media to take projects from design right through to production.
    • AIA-TAP: The AIA Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community (TAP) serves as a resource for AIA members, the profession, and the public in the deployment of computer technology in the practice of architecture. Technology in Architectural Practice monitors the development of computer technology and its impact on architecture practice and the entire building life cycle, including design, construction, facility management, and retirement or reuse.
    • Digital Fabrication Alliance: The Digital Fabrication Alliance (DFA) is an international network comprised of digital fabricators, academics, professional designers and hardware and software developers. It is a member-driven platform bridging the gaps within the digital fabrication community in the fields of architecture, engineering, construction and the allied arts.
    • Tex-Fab: Within Texas there is an emerging network of companies, institutions, and individuals focusing on the exploration of parametric design and the digital production of building components. Specifically, there is a growing opportunity for collaborative exchange between the academic, technical, and professional communities by leveraging the immense resources found in some of the largest metropolitan centers across the United States.
    • LADTF: The Los Angeles Design Technology Forum is a collective organization representing a wide cross-section of architecture and engineering firms and academic institutions around the Los Angeles basin. It serves to increase awareness of technological innovations in design and construction, and to foster their application throughout the Los Angeles design community. By connecting a diverse audience of designers, engineers, builders and owners who have widely varying conceptions of technology in their work, we hope to create new opportunities for efficiency and creativity.

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