Peters Inside Smartgeometry

Expanding the Architectural Possibilities of Computational Design
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-52244-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: AD Smart

Smartgeometry (SG) is a key influence on the architecturalcommunity who explore creative computational methods for the designof buildings. An informal international network of practitionersand researchers, the group meets annually to experiment with newtechnologies and collaborate to develop digital designtechniques.
When SG was founded in 2001 by London-based architects andfriends Hugh Whitehead (Foster + Partners), J Parrish (AECOM) andLars Hesselgren (PLP), there was little in the way of parametrictools for architecture. SG was founded to encourage thedevelopment, discussion and experimentation of digital designtechniques driven by design intent rather than on constructionspecifications. SG calls for a re-consideration of the designprocess, where the creation of computational mechanisms become anintegral part of designing - not a task done prior to orseparate from the process. In the early years of the workshops thisneed for new ways of design thinking led to the development ofBentley´s GenerativeComponents software. In recent years, theecology of these design environments has diversified to includemultiple software platforms, as well as innovative fabricationtechniques and interactive environments. SG has grown accordinglyfrom a handful of experts to an international network of designerswho are defining the future of design. Founded by digital pioneers,it creates the algorithmic designers of the future.
Inside Smartgeometry can be seen as a retroactivemanifesto for SG, examining and contextualising the work of the SGcommunity: the digital spaces, prototypes and buildings designedusing bespoke tools created in response to architectural ideas.From interactive crowd-sourcing tools to responsive agent-basedsystems to complex digitally fabricated structures, it exploresmore than a decade of advances that have been influential forarchitecture. Through 23 original texts including reflectionsby the founders, and key contributors such as Robert Aish, MartinBechthold, Mark Burry, Chris Williams and Robert Woodbury, the bookoffers a critical state of the art of computational design forarchitecture. Many international design and engineering firms haveparticipated in SG and the book includes chapters by practitionersfrom offices such as CASE, Design2Production, Foster + Partners,Grimshaw, Populous and SOM.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peters, Terri

Peters, Brady

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword 6-7
by Brett Steele
Introduction 8-19
by Brady Peters and Terri Peters
The Origins of Smartgeometry 20-35
by Hugh Whitehead, Lars Hesselgren and J Parrish
First Build Your Tools 36-49
by Robert Aish
Parametric Evolution 50-59
by Branko Kolarevic
Matrix Architecture 60-71
by Jenny E Sabin
Metrics of Human Experience 72-79
by Roly Hudson and Michael Westlake
Interacting with the Model 80-91
by Neil Katz, with Bess Krietemeyer and Tobias Schwinn
Responsive Design: Towards an Ecology of Objects and People92-101
by Andre Chaszar, Anton Savov, Peter Liebsch and SaschaBohnenberger
Design Flow and Tool Flux 102-111
by Robert Woodbury
The Sound of Smartgeometry 112-121
by Brady Peters
Design Exploration and Steering of Design 122-129
by Axel Kilian
Geometry: How Smart Do You Have To Be? 130-141
by Chris Williams
GenerativeComponents and Smartgeometry: Situated SoftwareDevelopment 142-153
by Volker Mueller and Makai Smith
From Descriptive Geometry to Smartgeometry: First Steps towardsDigital Architecture 154-165
by Mark Burry
EXPLORING Human-Computer Interaction IN DESIGN PROCESS166-175
by Flora Salim and Przemek Jaworski
Designing Intelligence: DIY Robotics for Responsive Environments176-185
by Nick Puckett
Encoding Design 186-195
by Fabian Scheurer
Working Prototypes, Creating Knowledge 196-205
by Shane Burger and Xavier De Kestelier
Mind the Gap: Stories of Exchange 206-217
by CASE
Designing Robotic Assemblies 218-231
by Tobias Bonwetsch
The Practice of Smartgeometry 232-241
by Hugh Whitehead
Digital Crafting: Performative Thinking for Material Design242-253
by Mette Ramsgard Thomsen and Martin Tamke
Design Robotics: New Strategies for Material System Research254-267
by Martin Bechthold
Contributor Biographies 268-272

Über Autor(innen)

Brady Peters is an architect. A PhD fellow at the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) in Denmark he was previously an Associate Partner at Foster + Partners and a key member of the Specialist Modelling Group. He has taught at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Ghent, the University of Nottingham, and has been a tutor at all Smartgeometry conferences since 2005. He is the co-editor with Xavier De Kestelier of Computation Works: The Building of Algorithmic Thought, Architectural Design (AD) (March/April 2013).
Terri Peters is an architect, and writer. A PhD Fellow at the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark she researches architectural approaches to sustainable building transformation. Since 2003, she has written more than 200 published articles spanning architecture, sustainability, art, urbanism, technology and culture. She lectures internationally and sits on the jury of various design award panels and competitions. She is the editor of Experimental Green Strategies: Redefining Ecological Design Research, Architectural Design (AD) (November/December 2011).