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FABRICATE is an International Peer Reviewed Conference with supporting publication and exhibition to be held at The Building Centre in London from 15-16 April 2011. Discussing the progressive integration of digital design with manufacturing processes, and its impact on design and making in the 21st century, FABRICATE will bring together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Discussion on key themes will…See More

What participants can expect to learn in this workshopThis workshop will have the focus on the integration of current energy design and engineering tools within the design process. For that, we will use Autodesk Ecotect Analysis and McNeel's Grasshopper to develop environmental design solutions to respond to external influences. This should give participants a functional understanding to improve performance and the design of a building in the context of its environment.Conceiving the relation…See More

The second Advances in Architectural Geometry conference takes place in Vienna, Austria, from September 18 to 21, 2010.It is intended to be the premier venue for disseminating new research ideas and cutting-edge results at the interface of geometry processing and architectural design. Scientific chairs of the conference are Cristiano Ceccato, Lars Hesselgren, and Mark Pauly. Keynote speakers are:Patrik Schumacher (Zaha Hadid Architects)Rene Ziegler (Waagner Biro Stahlbau)Gershon Elber…See More

eCAADe 2010 workshop and conference sessions will be held on September 13-17 in the HIT building at ETH Science City (also known as the ETH Hönggerberg campus) in Zurich, Switzerland.This year's theme is Future Cities: For the first time in human history, more than 50% of the world's population lives in urban regions. Cities are the larges, most complex, and most dynamic man-made systems. They are vibrant centers of cultural life and engines that drive the global economy.The workshop "Our urban…See More