Shane Burger

Workshop Tutor

Shane Burger is an associate in the New York office of Grimshaw Architects. He joined the firm in 2003, working initially on the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center team. He directed geometric and fabrication development of the project’s primary features: the curving wood-covered performance hall, a sweeping roof structure, custom acoustic panels, and the structural component design of a vast curtain wall. This was followed by early design concepts for the Fulton Street Transit Center, and a continuing role shepherding the computer graphics imaging work in the New York office.

In 2004, Burger began research in design computation, complex geometric development and its application in performative design. This work manifested in light-reflecting dome studies for the Fulton Street Transit Center, numerous competitions, and the fabrication of a structural steel roof and dynamic louver system at the Museo del Acero. This led to the founding of the Grimshaw Computational Design Unit, where he directs research and application of environmental analysis, development of form and componentry, and embedded design systems.

Burger has lectured widely on design computation, including the topics of performative architecture, embedded intelligence, environmental analysis, and sustainably-driven form. All of these concepts manifest in current design studies for an enclosed rainforest at EarthPark, the next iteration of ideas Grimshaw first explored in The Eden Project.

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