ACADIA 2010 CONFERENCE, LIFE in:formation
The School of Architecture of The Cooper Union
Conference Chairs
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, The Cooper Union
Aaron Sprecher, Mc Gill University
Shai Yeshayahu, Southern Illinois University
Exhibition Chairs
Chandler Ahrens, Architect Partner, Open Source Architecture
Axel Schmitzberger, California State Polytechnic University
Michael Su, Pratt Institute
ACADIA 2010 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
MONDAY OCTOBER 18th of 2010, 5pm-8pm, free admission
ACADIA 2010 PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
The Great Hall of The Cooper Union,
Moderated by Paul Seletsky and ACADIA 2010 Conference Chairs.
Matt Jezyk, workshop keynote speaker, Autodesk AEC
Dan O Sullivan, workshop keynote speaker, NYU ITP Program
Rob Snyder, workshop keynote speaker, Bentley
Hans-Christoph Steiner, Pd, Arduino, and Firmata Developer
Scott Davidson+3Dmodeling experts, Rhinoceros
James Kotronis, Gehry Technologies
Ron de Villa, RMJM
Charlie Portelli and Sameer Kuman, KPF
Robert Yori (TBA), SOM
THURSDAY OCTOBER 21st of 2010
ACADIA 2010 CONFERENCE
08.30am-10.00am
Registration / Coffee
The Cooper Union Foundation Building Lobby
10.00am-10.30am
Opening notes
The Great Hall Auditorium
Welcome Note Hosting Institution
Anthony Vidler, Dean and Professor, School of Architecture - The Cooper Union
Welcome Note and Introduction to ACADIA 2010:
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, Aaron Sprecher, and Shai Yeshayahu, ACADIA 2010 Conference Chairs
10.30am-11.30am
Keynote lecture
The Great Hall Auditorium
Georges Teyssot
Architecture Historian and Theorist
Professor, Laval University, Quebec City
Introduction:
Mario Carpo,
Vincent Scully Visiting Professor of Architectural History, Yale University; Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
11.30am-11.45am
Coffee break
11.45am-1.20pm
Affluence: Peer-reviewed session
The Great Hall Auditorium
Carlos L. Marcos,
Anijo Mathew,
Paul Andersen / David Salomon,
Nathan Miller
Moderator: Martin Bressani
1.20pm- 2.30pm
Lunch
Foundation Building, Ground Floor Colonnade
And other locations at 41 Cooper Square (Morphosis building)
2.30pm-4.05pm
Influence: Peer-reviewed session
Great Hall Auditorium
Flora Dilys Salim / Hugo Mulder/ Przemyslaw Jaworski,
Vlad Tenu
Kermin Chok / Mark Donofrio,
Nicholas de Monchaux / Shivang Patwa/ Benjamin Golder/ Sara Jensen/ David Lung
Moderator: Scott Marble
4.05pm-4.30pm
Coffee Break
4.30pm-5.30pm
Keynote lecture
Great Hall Auditorium
Karl Chu
Professor Pratt Institute
Introduction:
Eva Franch Gilabert
Director, Storefront for Art and Architecture
5.30am-6.15pm
Roundtable discussion
The Great Hall Auditorium
Participants: Georges Teyssot and Karl Chu
Moderators: Martin Bressani, Mario Carpo, and Eva Franch Gilabert
6.15pm-6.30pm
Coffee break
6.30pm-8.00pm
Confluence: Peer-reviewed session
Great Hall
Rhett Russo,
Chris Perry,
Pablo Banda
Jordan Geiger/ Virginia San Fratello
Moderator: Antonino Saggio
8.00pm-8.15pm
ACADIA President / Introduction to ACADIA
8.15pm-
Dinner (free time) non-sponsored event
FRIDAY OCTOBER 22nd of 2010
8.30am-10.00am
Affluence: Peer-reviewed sessions
Session A
The Great Hall
Ming tang / Jonathon Anderson,
Simon Flory / Helmut Pottmann,
Antonino Di Raimo
Danelle Briscoe
Moderator: Jenny Sabin
Session B
F. P. Rose Auditorium
Kyle Steinfeld/ Pravin Bhiwapurkar/ Anna Dyson/ Jason Vollen,
Tim Ireland,
Joanna Crotch / Robert Mantho / Martyn Horner,
Jong Bum Kim / Mark J. Clayton
Moderator: Alberto T. Estevez
10.00am-10.20am
Coffee break
10.20am-12.00pm
Work-in-Progress - Affluence
The Great Hall Auditorium
Antonino Saggio, Professor, University La Sapienza;
Ingeborg Rocker, Assistant Professor, Harvard GSD;
Alexis Meier, Associate Professor, ENSA Strasbourg;
Christian Derix, AEDAS, Head of Computational Design and Research; and
David Gersten, Professor, The Cooper Union
Moderator: David Theodore
12.00pm-1.30pm
Lunch
Foundation Building, Ground Floor Colonnade
And other locations at 41 Cooper Square (Morphosis building)
1.30pm-2.30pm
Keynote lectures
The Great Hall Auditorium
Antoine Picon
Architecture Historian and Theorist
Director PhD Program, Harvard GSD
Introduction:
Alessandra Ponte
Associate Professor, University of Montreal
2.30pm-3.30pm
Roundtable discussion / Affluence
Great Hall and F. P. Rose Auditorium
Participants: 5 invited panelist + 12 peer review authors
Moderators: David Theodore, Martin Bressani, Alberto T. Estevez and Jenny Sabin
3.30pm-4.00pm
Coffee break
4.00pm-5.00pm
Keynote Lecture
The Great Hall
George L. Legendre
IJP Corporation
Design Critic, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Introduction:
Emily Abruzzo
Editor 306090
5.00pm-5.45pm
Roundtable discussion / Keynotes with ACADIA audience
The Great Hall
Participants: Antoine Picon and George L. Legendre
Moderators: Alessandra Ponte and Emily Abruzzo
5.45pm-7.00pm
NYC > Brooklyn
7.00pm-8.30pm
Curated Exhibition Opening + Cocktail
Siegel Gallery, School of Architecture, The Pratt Institute
Welcome Note Hosting Institution
Thomas Hanrahan, Dean and Professor
School of Architecture – Pratt Institute
Introduction by ACADIA 2010 Chairs
Gallery Talk with Exhibition Participants:
RUR Architecture / Reiser+Umemoto
Morphosis
Buro Happold
Paul Vanouse
Archi-Tectonics / Winka Dubbeldam
Ruy/Klein
MOS
Julia Czerniak + Mark Linder
su11 / Ferda Kolatan-Erich Schoenenberger
Andrew Saunders
Omar Khan
Mark Shepard
8.30pm-
Dinner (free time) non-sponsored event
SATURDAY OCTOBER 23rd of 2010
9.00am-10.30pm
Influence: Peer-reviewed sessions
Session A
The Great Hall
Achim Menges,
Tomasz Jaskiewicz
Scott Crawford,
Michael Beaman / Stefan Bader
Moderators: Mohamed Sharif
Session B
F. P. Rose Auditorium
Anke Pasold / Isak Worre Foged,
Isak Worre Foged / Esben Skouboe Poulsen,
Evan Greenberg / Christina Doumpioti/ Konstantinos Karatzas,
Jennifer Wall / Eric Hegre
Moderators: Eric Goldemberg
10.30am-10.50am
Coffee Break
10.50am-12.10pm
Work-in-Progress / Influence
The Great Hall
Martin Bressani, Associate Professor, McGill University;
Alessandra Ponte, Associate Professor, University of Montreal;
Alberto T. Estevez, Director Biogenetic Architecture Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Jenny Sabin, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: Michael Young
12:10pm-1.30pm
Lunch
Foundation Building, Ground Floor Colonnade
And other locations at 41 Cooper Square (Morphosis building)
1.30pm-2.30pm
Roundtable discussion / Influence
Great Hall and F. P. Rose Auditorium
Participants: 5 invited panelist + 12 peer review authors
Moderators: Scott Marble, Eric Goldemberg, Mohamed Sharif and
Michael Young
2.30pm-3.00pm
Coffee Break
3.00pm-4.00pm
Keynote Lecture
Great Hall Auditorium
Evan Douglis
Dean and Professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Introduction:
David Ruy
Associate Professor, Pratt Institute
4.00pm-4.45pm
Roundtable discussion / Keynotes with ACADIA audience
The Great Hall
Participants: Evan Douglis in discussion with
David Ruy and Mohamed Sharif
4.45pm-6.15pm
Acadia Awards Ceremony + Cocktail
6.15pm-8.00pm
Peer Reviewed Exhibition Discussion
The Great Hall
Exhibition Gallery, The Cooper Union
Round Table Discussion with Peer Review Exhibition Participants
Introduction by the ACADIA 2010 Chairs
Rodolphe El-Khoury / Nashid Nabian,
Ming Tang / Jonathon Anderson
Maria Mingallon / Sakthivel Ramaswamy / Konstantinos Karatzas
Robert Trempe,
Joshua Vermillion / Mahesh Senagala / Elizabeth Boone / Eric Brockmeyer / Adam Buente
Michael Westlake / Ian Keough / Alan Tansey / Joe White
Joseph Choma,
Jonas Coersmeier,
David Freeland,
Brennan Buck / David Fletcher
Arshia Mahmoodi / Reza Baherzadeh
Jason K. Johnson / Nataly Gattegno
Rob Ley,
Mette R. Thomsen / Ayelet Karmon / Eyal Shaeffer,
Matias Del Campo / Sandra Manninger
Lonn Combs / Rona Easton
8.00pm-9.00pm
Dinner (free time) non-sponsored event
9.00pm-midnight
ACADI@NY: Media from NY –free admission
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
Curator: Meredith Bostwick, architect and DJ
Moderators: Lydia Kallipoliti and James Lowder
Live DJs and visual performances
20 Students works 20 slides x 20 seconds presentations
Group 1: Information Structures
DJ Rob Swift + DJ Precision
Students: Nathan Smith, Mark Faulkner & Dustin Tobias, Hyoung Gul Kook, Harry Murzyn and David Varon, Tai Li Lee
Group 2: Interactive Information
DJ Laura Escudé
Students: Albert Chao, Taraneh Meshkani & Azadeh Mohammadi, Adam Laskowitz, Chris McAdams, James William Ransom
Group 3: Information Exchange
DJ Peter Kirn + visual performance
Students: William Cooper Mack (h) and Elan Fresner, Kyriaki Kasabalis, Danil Nagy, Pablo Resende, Esther Cheung
Group 4: Information Actualization
DJ Endo
Students: Nate Cornman, Andrew Ruggles, Josef Musil, Steven Kocher, Tim Bell
DJ Zemi 17 aka Aaron Taylor Kuffner
SUNDAY OCTOBER 24th of 2010
09.00am-10.30am
Confluence: Peer-reviewed sessions
Session A
The Great Hall
Lawrence Blough,
Vinu Subashini Rajus / Robert Woodbury / Halil I. Erhan / Bernhard E. Riecke / Volker Mueller,
Martin Tamke / Jacob Riiber Nielsen/ Hauke Jungjohann,
Karola Dierichs / Achim Menges,
Moderator: Mark Linder
Session B
F. P. Rose Auditorium
Shahin Vassigh /Silvana Herrera,
Heinz Schmiedhofer,
Sigrid Brell - Cokcan/ Johannes Braumann,
Mark Cabrinha
Moderator: Alexis Meier
10.30am-12.00pm
Brunch (free time, non sponsored event)
12.00pm-1.40pm
Work-in-Progress - Confluence
The Great Hall
Nader Tehrani, Professor, MIT;
Mohamed Sharif, Associate Professor, Otis College/SCI-ARC;
Mark Linder, Professor, Syracuse University;
David Theodore, Harvard GSD; and
Scott Marble, Director, Avery Digital Fabrication Lab, Columbia University
Moderator: Ingeborg Rocker
1.40pm-2.00pm
Coffee Break
2.00pm-3.00pm
Roundtable discussion / Confluence
Great Hall and F. P. Rose Auditorium
Participants: 5 invited panelist + 12 peer review authors
Moderators: Alexis Meier, Ingeborg Rocker and Antonino
Saggio
3.00pm
End of ACADIA 2010
The Great Hall
NOTE: THIS SCHEDULE AND THE WORKSHOP LOCATIONS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
For further information please contact the ACADIA 2010 Conference Chairs at acadia2010@acadia.org