Shop Talk Day provided an opportunity for informal discussions among leading practitioners and emerging talent in digital design. Tutors and participants in the Workshop presented and discussed their advanced design work of the previous four days.

 

Shop Talk Day Agenda and Videos

 

Shop Talk Day Agenda

 

Welcome
Adam Davis – SmartGeometry
Huw Roberts – Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Make Sense: Learning How to Learn
Moderator: Eric Ellingsen – Species of Space / Institut für Raumexperimente
Panelists: Jonathan Rabagliati – Foster + Partners;
Panagioitis Michalatos – Adams Kara Taylor;
Alex Posada – Hangar.org;
Ricardo Iglesias – Hangar.org

Make a Difference: Educated Guesses
Moderator: Rob Woodbury – Simon Fraser University
Panelists: Eric Ellingsen – Species of Space / Institut für Raumexperimente;
Axel Kilian – Princeton University;
Earl Mark – University of Virginia

Make Do: Programming Prototypes
Moderator: Makai Smith – Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Panelists: Flora Salim – RMIT;
Sean Ahlquist – University of Stuttgart;
Sawako Kajima – Adams Kara Taylor;
Przemek Jaworski – Foster + Partners

Making It Add Up: Mathematical Models
Moderator: Joy Ko – RISD/Brown
Panelists: Peter Liebsch – ASTUDIO;
Judit Kimpian – Aedas;
Ignasi Cubina – Eco Intelligent Growth

Sponsor Presentations
Bentley  Systems, Incorporated – Brian Moura
DHUB – Carlos Ipser
HP – Introduction by Brian Moura
Kuka – Oscar Perez
Z Corporation – Olimpio DeMarco
ZSI – Inma Lázaro

Research and Visions Update
Volker Mueller – Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Make Work: Manufacturing Procedures
Moderator: Xavier de Kestelier – Foster + Partners
Panelists: Richard Buswell – Loughborough University;
Bart Van der Schueren – Materialise;
Enrico Dini – D-shape;
Rupert Soar – Freeform Engineering Ltd / Loughborough University;
Tobias Bonwetsch – ETH Zurich

Make Some Noise: Sounding Out Possibilities
Moderator: Brady Peters – CITA
Panelists: Martin Tamke – CITA;
Xavier Serra – Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
Ralph Bartschi – ETH;
Jose Manuel Berneguer – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Make It or Break It: Structuring Prototypes
Moderator: Jeroen Coenders – Arup
Panelists: Will Laufs – Thornton Tomassetti;
Pavel Hladik – Arup;
Sam Joyce – Bath University / Buro Happold;
Al Fisher – Buro Happold;
Hugo Mulder – Arup

Make It Snappy: Tectonic Prototypes
Moderator: Axel Kilian – Princeton University
Panelists: Bruce Bell – Facit;
Achim Menges – University of Stuttgart;
Russel Loveridge – EPFL Lausanne;
Martha Tsigkari – Foster + Partners

Closing Remarks
Lars Hesselgren – PLP Architecture

SG 2010 Barcelona, Spain
March 19 – 24, 2010

Symposium Day was an enlightening forum featuring presentations by preeminent authorities on the theory and practice of computational and parametric design approaches.

 

Symposium Day Agenda and Videos

 

Symposium Day Agenda

 

Welcome
Hugh Whitehead – SmartGeometry
Huw Roberts – Bentley Systems

Geometry as Gaudi Design Driver
Mark Burry – RMIT

Full-size Stone 3D Printing
Enrico Dini – D-shape

Racing Prototypes
Darren Davies – Wirth Research

From Termites to Buildings: Towards a Sustainable Architecture
Rupert Soar – Freeform Engineering Ltd / Loughborough University

Report from Workshop Clusters: Inflatable Fabric Envelopes, Deep Surfaces, and Curved Folding
Earl Mark – University of Virginia;
Axel Kilian – Princeton University;
Sean Ahlquist – University of Stuttgart;
Gregory Epps – Robofold Ltd.

MACHINIC CONTROL: Design Research with Customized CNC Devices
Marta Malé-Alemany – Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

RepRap – the Replicating Rapid Prototyper
Adrian Bowyer – Bath University

Report from Workshop Clusters: High Tech Design – Low Tech Construction, Rapid R&D to Rapid Assembly: Snap, Fit, Push on... and Explicit Bricks
Rob Woodbury – Simon Fraser University;
Juan E Subercaseaux – KPF;
Ben Doherty – NOTION PARALLAX;
Tobias Bonwetsch – ETH Zurich

Engineering as Prototype
Hanif Kara – Adams Kara Taylor

A Working Prototype of Networked Design
Jeroen Coenders – Arup / TU Delft

Parametric Design Futures
Lars Hesselgren – PLP Architecture

Report from Workshop Clusters: Nonlinear Systems Biology and Design, and Manufacturing Acoustic Surfaces
Shane Burger – Grimshaw Architects;
Andrew Lucia – Sabin+Jones LabStudio;
Brady Peters – CITA

Technology Update
Huw Roberts – Bentley Systems

Closing Remarks
Xavier de Kestelier – Foster + Partners