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More About This Title Inside Smartgeometry - Expanding the ArchitecturalPossibilities of Computational Design
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Smartgeometry (SG) is a key influence on the architectural community who explore creative computational methods for the design of buildings. An informal international network of practitioners and researchers, the group meets annually to experiment with new technologies and collaborate to develop digital design techniques.
When SG was founded in 2001 by London-based architects and friends Hugh Whitehead (Foster + Partners), J Parrish (AECOM) and Lars Hesselgren (PLP), there was little in the way of parametric tools for architecture. SG was founded to encourage the development, discussion and experimentation of digital design techniques driven by design intent rather than on construction specifications. SG calls for a re-consideration of the design process, where the creation of computational mechanisms become an integral part of designing – not a task done prior to or separate from the process. In the early years of the workshops this need for new ways of design thinking led to the development of Bentley´s GenerativeComponents software. In recent years, the ecology of these design environments has diversified to include multiple software platforms, as well as innovative fabrication techniques and interactive environments. SG has grown accordingly from a handful of experts to an international network of designers who 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 retroactive manifesto for SG, examining and contextualising the work of the SG community: the digital spaces, prototypes and buildings designed using bespoke tools created in response to architectural ideas. From interactive crowd-sourcing tools to responsive agent-based systems to complex digitally fabricated structures, it explores more than a decade of advances that have been influential for architecture. Through 23 original texts including reflections by the founders, and key contributors such as Robert Aish, Martin Bechthold, Mark Burry, Chris Williams and Robert Woodbury, the book offers a critical state of the art of computational design for architecture. Many international design and engineering firms have participated in SG and the book includes chapters by practitioners from offices such as CASE, Design2Production, Foster + Partners, Grimshaw, Populous and SOM.
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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).
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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 People 92-101
by Andre Chaszar, Anton Savov, Peter Liebsch and Sascha Bohnenberger
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 Software Development 142-153
by Volker Mueller and Makai Smith
From Descriptive Geometry to Smartgeometry: First Steps towards Digital Architecture 154-165
by Mark Burry
EXPLORING Human–Computer Interaction IN DESIGN PROCESS 166-175
by Flora Salim and Przemek Jaworski
Designing Intelligence: DIY Robotics for Responsive Environments 176-185
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 Design 242-253
by Mette Ramsgard Thomsen and Martin Tamke
Design Robotics: New Strategies for Material System Research 254-267
by Martin Bechthold
Contributor Biographies 268-272
