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Mon, Oct 10 Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
Tue, Oct 11 Workshops (Day 1),
University of Calgary, EVDS
9 AM - 12 PM Workshops
Conceptual Design and Analysis in Project Vasari and Revit Architecture (1)
GenerativeComponents (1)
Grasshopper (1), Firefly (1), Python (1)
12 - 1 PM Lunch break
1 - 3 PM Workshops (continued)
Computational Tomography in Buildings (1)
GenerativeComponents (2)
Grasshopper (2), Firefly (2), Python (2)
3 - 3:30 PM Coffee break, Kaisan Gallery, EVDS
3:30 - 5:30 PM Workshops (continued)
Wed, Oct 12 Workshops (Day 2)
University of Calgary, EVDS
9 AM - 12 PM Workshops (continued)
Conceptual Design and Analysis in Project Vasari and Revit Architecture (2)
GenerativeComponents (3)
Grasshopper (3), Firefly (3), Python (3)
Parametrics in formZ (1)
12 - 1 PM Lunch break
1 - 4 PM Workshops (continued)
Computational Tomography in Buildings (2)
GenerativeComponents (4)
Grasshopper (4), Firefly (4), Python (4)
Parametrics in formZ (2)
DIRTT: Information Session (1)
SolidThinking (1)
4 - 4:30 PM Coffee break, Kasian Gallery, EVDS
4:30 - 6:30 PM Integrative Parametrics Panel Discussion
Andrew Bartels, solidThinking
Tomer Ben-Gal, Flatcut
Matt Jezyk, Autodesk
Barrie Loberg, Ice Edge Business Solutions
Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems
Chris Yessios, AutoDesSys
6:30 - 8:00 PM Exhibition Opening and Reception
EVDS Gallery
Thu, Oct 13 Conference (Day 1)
Banff Centre
10 AM
Transfer by bus to Banff Centre (1.5 hrs)
Transfer by shuttles from airport to Banff
1 - 2 PM Registration
2 PM Conference Starts / Opening Remarks
Nancy Pollock-Ellwand
[Dean, Faculty of Env. Design, Univ. of Calgary]
ACADIA 2011 Conference Team (Johnson, Kolarevic, Parlac, Taron)
2:30 - 3:15 PM Michael Weinstock: Architecture of Flows
3:15 - 4 PM
Garnet Hertz: Arduino Microcontrollers and the Queen's Hamlet
4 - 4:30 PM Coffee break
4:30 - 6 PM
Computation, Formation and Materiality (mod. M. Paz Gutierrez)
Bodies in Formation (Kudless)
Digital Materiallurgy (Fure)
Behaviour‐Based Computational Design Methodologies (Ahlquist, Menges)
Integrative Design Computation (Menges)
6 - 7 PM Projects Presentation (mod. Josh Taron)
Cyber-Garden v4.0 (Polleto, Pasquero, Bugli, Puckett)
Knitectonics (Chaturvedi, Colmares, Mundim)
Extreme Environments as Design Catalysts (Hardy, Lundberg)
Casting Taxonomies (Bell)
Adaptation (Riether)
EXOtique (Buente, Perry)
Zero/Fold Screen (Kudless)
7 - 8 PM Exhibition Opening and Reception
8 - 10 PM ACADIA Steering Committee Meeting
Fri, Oct 14 Conference (Day 2)
Banff Centre
7 - 9 AM Breakfast
9 - 9:45 AM Marcos Novak: AlloPolis and Kami
9:45 - 10:30 AM Lisa Iwamoto: Material Computation
10:30 - 11 AM Coffee break
11 AM - 12:30 PM Fabrication and Production Techniques (mod. Jason Johnson)
Robotically Fabricated Thin-Shell Vaulting (Kaczynski, Pigram, McGee)
Formation Embedded Design (Pigram, McGee)
Robotic Rod-Bending (Macdowell, Tomova)
Zero-Waste, Flat Pack Truss Work (Buell, Shaban, Corte, Beorkrem)
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch [Sponsored by solidThinking/Altair]
1:30 - 3:15 PM Integrative Tools and Techniques (mod. Andrew Kudless)
A Five-Axis Robotic Motion Controller for Designers (Payne)
Building Skin Intelligence (El Sheikh, Gerber)
Dragonfly (Hambleton, Braund)
Knitectonics (Chaturvedi, Colomenares, Mundim)
Portable Generative Design for CAD Applications (Lopes, Leitao)
3:15 - 3:45 PM Coffee break
3:45 - 5:15 PM Interface and Immersion (mod. Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter)
Parametric Robot Control (Braumann, Brell‐Cockan)
Comparing Immersion in Collaborative Ideation … (Dorta, Kalay, Lesage, Perez)
Informing Architecture and Urban Modeling with Real‐World Data … (Salim et al)
Progressive Spheres of Information (Chok)
5:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner [co-Sponsored by ACE-BIM and Ice Edge Business Solutions]
7:30 - 9:30 PM ACADIA Steering Committee Meeting
Sat, Oct 15 Conference (Day 3)
Banff Centre
7 - 9 AM Breakfast
9 - 10:30 AM Form, Geometry and Complexity (mod. Marc Swackhamer)
Irregular Vertex Editing and Pattern Design on Mesh (Kobayashi)
Tetrahedron Cloud (Ogrydziak)
Just Passing Through (Davis, Tsigkari, Iseki, Aish)
Seeking Performative Beauty (Dominguez, Schimek, Wiltsche)
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee break
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM Kinetics Matter and Computation (mod. Vera Parlac)
Responsive and Autonomous Material Interfaces (Doumpioti)
Toward Responsive Atmospheres (Velikov, Thun, O'Malley, Ripley)
Soft Responsive Kinetic System (Khoo, Burry, Burry)
A Model for Intelligence of Large-Scale Self-Assembly (Tibbits)
Motion and Modular Architecture (Kim et al)
12:45 PM Lunch box pickup [sponsored by AutoDesSys]
1:00 - 5:30 PM Sightseeing: Sulphur Mountain (1:00-3:00) & Lake Louise (3:00-5:30)
6 PM Mark Foster Gage Design Liquidity
7 - 10 PM Dinner [sponsored by Autodesk] and Annual Meeting
Sun, Oct 16 Conference (Day 4)
Banff Centre
7 - 9 AM Breakfast
7:30 - 9 AM ACADIA Steering Committee Meeting
9 - 9:45 AM Michael Speaks: New Values of New Design
9:45 - 10:30 AM Joseph Rosa: Breeding Architecture with Design
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee break
11:00 AM - 12 PM Information Management and Integration (mod. Aaron Sprecher)
Interactive Placemaking (Mathew)
Integrative Design for Multimedia in Architecture (James, Nagasaka)
Cross-Disciplinary Prototyping (Vermisso)
12 - 1 PM Work In Progress [mod. Branko Kolarevic]
Form Force Matter: Investigating Form (Akos, Parsons)
Automated Folding of Sheet Metal Components... (Lavalle, Vroman, Keshet)
Digital Concrete (Fratello, Rael)
Scripted Materials (Wilkins, Zilka, Cherrey)
Tangible Tools for Architectural Design: Seamless Integration into the Architectural Workflow (Schubert, Artinger, Petzold, Klinker)
Design and Development of Low-Cost Portable Immersive Spaces (Pak, Vrouwe)
Potentials for Multi-Dimensional Tesselations... (Celento, Harris)
Networked Coding Method for Digital Timber Fabrication (Takenaka, Okabe)
Let's Work Together (Lim)
1 PM Conference Closing
Transfer by shuttles from Banff to airport (1.5 hrs)
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