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 of 2) @ NYU ITP Program
Instructor: Mustafa Bagdatli,(mustafabagdatli@gmail.com), 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 (day 1 of 3)
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 1: Theme: Form Making, Parameters
Instructors: Matt Jezyk (matt.jezyk@autodesk.com), 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 (day 1 of 1)
www.autodesk.com/ecotect
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Marsh (Andrew.marsh@autodesk.com), 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 (Day 1 of 2), www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Dave Pigram davepilgram@gmail.com
Software: Rhinoceros 3d interfaces and scripting
Location: KPF offices, 18th floor, 11 West 42 Street, New York, NY 10036, Tel. 212 977 6500, www.kpf.com

9am-4pm StudioMode
WORKSHOP TITLE: Advanced Grasshopper (Day 1 of 3) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Ronnie Parsons + Gil Akos workshop@studiomode.nu, Studio Mode/modeLab
Software: Grasshopper
Location: Studio Mode, 1205 Manhattan Avenue, Suite 1-5-5, Brooklyn, New York 11222
(001) 347-788-0570. studiomode.nu, modelab.nu, grasshopper3d.com

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

5pm-8.30pm The Great Hall of The Cooper Union
ACADIA 2010 PRELIMINARY WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. Free Admission
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: The Great Hall of The Cooper Union,
7 East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003
SPEAKERS:
Matt Jezyk, Senior Manager, workshop keynote speaker, AUTODESK AEC Conceptual Design Products “Creating Smarter Models. Remember the I in BIM?”
Rob Snyder, Product Designer, workshop keynote speaker, Bentley
Scott Davidson + 3Dmodeling experts, workshop keynote speakers, RHINOCEROS
James Kotronis, workshop keynote speaker, GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES
Dan O'Sullivan, workshop keynote speaker, NYU ITP Program
Ron de Villa, workshop speaker, RMJM
Charlie Portelli and Sameer Kumar, workshop speakers, KPF
Robert Yuri, workshop speaker, SOM
Hans-Christoph Steiner, Pd, Arduino, and Firmata Developer

 

TUESDAY OCTOBER 19th 2010

9am-5pm RMJM
Workshop Title: Conceptual Design in Autodesk Revit Architecture (day 2 of 3)
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 2: Theme: Surface Rationalization, adaptive component
Instructors: Matt Jezyk (matt.jezyk@autodesk.com), 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 (Day 2 of 2), www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: David Pilgram davepilgram@gmail.com
Software: Rhinoceros 3d interfaces and scripting
Location: KPF offices, 18th floor, 11 West 42 Street, New York, NY 10036, Tel. 212 977 6500, www.kpf.com

9am-5pm SOM
Workshop Title: Grasshopper I (Day 1 of 2) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Michael Mccunne, email: michaelgmccune@gmail.com
Software: Grasshopper for Rhinoceros
Location: SOM architects, 14 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA, www.som.com

9am-5pm StudioMode
WORKSHOP TITLE: Advanced Grasshopper (Day 2 of 3) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Ronnie Parsons + Gil Akos workshop@studiomode.nu, Studio Mode/modeLab
Software: Grasshopper for Rhinoceros
Location: Studio Mode, 1205 Manhattan Avenue, Suite 1-5-5, Brooklyn, New York 11222
(001) 347-788-0570. studiomode.nu, modelab.nu, grasshopper3d.com

9am-5pm Gehry Technologies (day 1 of 2)
Workshop Title: GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES www.gt-global.com
Instructor: James Kotronis. jkotronis@gt-glocal.com / Phone: 917-338-6127 or 917-903-5763
Location Gehry Technologies, 14 Wall St. 20th Floor, New York NY 10005 www.gt-global.com

9am-5pm Buro Happold
Workshop Title: Generative Components (Day 1 of 2), Bentley www.bentley.com
Instructor: Volker Mueller (Volker.mueller@bentley.com), Director, Applied Research, Bentley Systems and Robert Woodbury, Professor
Simon Fraser University.
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 (day 3 of 3)
www.autodesk.com/revitarchitecture
Day 3: Theme: Performance-based Design
Instructors: Matt Jezyk (matt.jezyk@autodesk.com),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 I (Day 2 of 2) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Michael Mccunne, email: michaelgmccune@gmail.com
Software: Grasshopper for Rhinoceros
Location: SOM architects, 14 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, USA, www.som.com

9am-5pm StudioMode
WORKSHOP TITLE: Advanced Grasshopper (Day 3 of 3) www.rhino3d.com
Instructor: Ronnie Parsons + Gil Akos workshop@studiomode.nu, Studio Mode/modeLab
Software: Grasshopper for Rhinoceros
Location: Studio Mode, 1205 Manhattan Avenue, Suite 1-5-5, Brooklyn, New York 11222
(001) 347-788-0570. studiomode.nu, modelab.nu, grasshopper3d.com

 

9am-5pm Gehry Technologies (day 2 of 2)
Workshop Title: GEHRY TECHNOLOGIES www.gt-global.com
Instructor: James Kotronis. jkotronis@gt-glocal.com / Phone: 917-338-6127 or 917-903-5763
Location Gehry Technologies, 14 Wall St. 20th Floor, New York NY 10005 www.gt-global.com

9am-5pm Buro Happold
Workshop Title: Generative Components (Day 2 of 2), Bentley www.bentley.com
Instructor: Volker Mueller (Volker.mueller@bentley.com), Director, Applied Research, Bentley Systems and Robert Woodbury, Professor
Simon Fraser University.
Location: Buro Happold, 100 Broadway Floor 23, New York NY 10005
www.burohappold.com

9am-5pm NYCResistor
Workshop Title: Starting with Sensors and Interaction (day 1 of 1)
Instructor: Hans-Christoph Steiner (hans@eds.org), Interaction Designer and Artist; Pd, Arduino, and Firmata Developer
Location: NYC Resistor, 87 3rd Ave, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY, nycresistor.com
http://puredata.info/docs/workshops/AcadiaSensorsInteraction

 

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: 
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa,Aaron Sprecher, Shai Yeshayahu