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Architects all over the world are fascinated by algorithmic architecture which uses computer scripting to generate design solutions. Scripts are made out of series of written commands which can be programmed to solve complex geometric problems. Scripts can also be used to generate new, unexpected outcomes as they have the ability to evaluate, process and build on the given commands. In architecture scripting can be used in a variety of ways for different purposes ranging from automation of simple tasks to the management of entire design processes.
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The subject has rapidly gained interest at the University of Oulu Department of Architecture. In October 2008 after the student-led workshop an Algorithmic Architecture Project Group was formed. In January 2009 the Finnish Cultural Foundation granted funds for the group to organise a seminar, workshop, publication and an exhibition.

We wish to welcome you all to the seminar Generate – From algorithm to structure, held at the University of Oulu Department of Architecture on the 30.10.2009. Key international speakers include Michael Hensel, David Serero, Luis Fraguada, Martin Tamke and Markus Wikar. During the seminar we will also hold the opening of an exhibition on algorithmic architecture and publish a book which presents the projects completed during the workshop and independently afterwards.

The seminar will be celebrated with an evening reception held at the Architectural Department.

Generate-from algorithm to structure
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ALGORITHMIC ARCHITECTURE
October 30th, department of architecture/ university of ouly/finland
More Info: http://www.generate.fi/en/home_en.html

Speakers

Luis Fraguada, Spain
Luis Fraguada is the Global Director of Live architecture Network (LaN), a practice focused on DIGITAL DESIGN + FABRICATION as a means of forwarding composite processes/collaborations driving architectural development. He investigates critical issues in architecture, design, and urbanism through various modes, including parametric design, scripting, and fabrication. Luis pursued his masters degree in architecture and urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (DRL) in London. A post-graduate degree in Digital Architectural Production at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) brought Luis to Barcelona, where he is currently based. Luis is active in both practice and academia as a tutor of Design Scripting and Parametric Design at IAAC. Luis’s specialities are Digital fabrication, computation and design, scripting, 3d modelling, parametric design, parametric modelling, graphic design and educational management.

http://www.livearchitecture.net

Michael Hensel, Germany
Michael Hensel is an architect, writer and principal researcher in OCEAN and the Emergence and Design Group, as well as a board member of BIONIS (the Biomimetic Network for Industrial Sustainability), and co-founder and co-director of the Emergent Technologies and Design masters programme at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. He is also on the editorial boards of AD and JBE (the Journal for Bionic Engineering). He has taught, lectured, exhibited and published world-wide. Michael Hensel is one of the international team Ocean North, a design practice drawing on a wide range of disciplines, that is at the cutting edge of architectural and urban design thinking. With Achim Menges Hensel has edited publications like Morpho-Ecologies in 2006 and Versatility & Vicissitudein in 2008. He is currently working on the concept and content for a peer-reviewed architectural research journal that will focus on research by design.

http://www.ocean-designresearch.net
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/et/
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Michael%20Hensel&page=1

David Serero, France
David Serero received an Architecture Degree from Ecole d’Architecture Paris-Villemin in 1998 and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University. Since 2000, Serero develops in New York and in Paris, projects combining research and design in the fields of architecture, landscape design and urban planning. With a particular interest in generative design, digital manufacturing, fluid dynamics, crystallography, acoustics, genetics and topographical manipulation, his work by weaving connections between these fields and architectural practice attempts to explore new and multiples paths for architectural design. His work has been widely published and exhibited in shows at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), at the Architectural League of New York, the Venice Biennale, and the Mori Museum in Tokyo.

http://www.serero.com

Martin Tamke, Denmark
Martin Tamke is an Assistant Professor in Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, school of architecture. He is also a member of CITA : Center for Information Technology and architecture. CITA is an innovative research environment exploring the emergent intersections between architecture and digital technologies. Identifying core research questions into how space and technology can be probed, CITA seeks to investigate how the current forming of a digital culture impacts on architectural thinking and practice.
http://cita.karch.dk

Markus Wikar, Finland
Markus Wikar is a Helsinki based architect who is working with projects ranging from furniture design to urban planning. He received an Architecture Degree from Helsinki University of Technology. He has a growing interest in computational methods that can be used for creating architecture and visual art.

http://www.markuswikar.com

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