Smart Geometry - Open Platform

The SmartGeometry Group organizes jointly with the Computation & Performance research group of the Faculty of Architecture Open Platform, a 3-day Workshop at TU Delft University on the 27th-29th of November. This event will complement Smart Geometry's annual workshop and conference event, bringing many of Smart Geometry's experienced tutors to guide participants in exploring computational design through a variety of technologies.

The event will run in two parallel streams: one stream will feature training in Generative Components (GC) and Grasshopper, while the second will be a workshop where participants have the opportunity to propose and work on individual design projects using a variety of software platforms. Both streams will offer participants close interaction with tutors from practices and universities known for their accomplishments in computational design and analysis, and complex geometry. Additionally, the stream featuring GC and Grasshopper will feature tutors from the companies behind each platform, Bentley and McNeel. Those working on individual projects will need to be proficient in their chosen platform but can draw on tutor's skills in various technologies -- for instance Processing, C++/OpenGL, RhinoScript -- as well as tutors' expertise in complex problems of geometry, structure, algorithms, and analysis. Participants will be able to change streams as it suits the development of their work. In the evenings, participants and public can attend presentations demonstrating the latest projects and research in computational architecture and engineering.

Friday 27 - Sunday 29 November 2009, Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft

See also www.smartgeometry.org

Evening discussions program

Friday 27 November 19:00
Rudi Stouffs (TU Delft): Computation & Performance
Al Fisher (Buro Happold): The Louvre
Pim van Wylick (Form Foundation): Parametric and Digital Fabrication
Sam Joyce (Bath University): Engineering Engineering

Saturday 28 November 18:00
Hugh Whitehead - Adam Davis - Martha Tsigkari (F+P): Queen Alia Airport
Tomasz Jaskiewicz (TU Delft): Swarm toolkit as a design platform for interactive architectural systems
Sander Boer (Mecanoo): Parametric Strategies in Architecture
Volker Mueller & Lars Moth-Poulsen (Bentley): Parametric design, GC in particular, and the cosmos in general

Sunday 28 November 14:00
Jeroen Coenders & Jan-Willem Breider (Arup)
Ben Doherty (Notion Parallax): Genetic Algorithms and Pirates
Rinus Roelofs: Rinus Roelofs' Sculptures
Participants' work