D_201 Emergent Design Group: Five software projects

Peter Testa,

MIT Department of Architecture

Cambridge, MA - USA

Our main goal is to research structural morphology and new spatial models in architecture with a focus on and the emergent properties of materials. A secondary goal is to develop simulations, tools, prototype designs and building systems that test these principles in real world applications. Projects break new ground by combining developments in modeling theory, intelligent systems, organizational theory and the science of dynamics to transform the way designers use a range of currently available technologies.Ê

Additional Participants(Lastname, Firstname):

O'Reilly, Una-May

Weiser, Devyn

Clarkson, Brian

Greenwold, Simon

Hemberg, Martin

Kangas, Markus

Kilian, Axel

Kim, Hyung-JinÊ

MIT School of Architecture & Planning

MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab

MIT Media Lab

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