[ecrea] cfp: Computational design culture. Scripting, Simulation, and ,the Making of Architecture

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Conference
January 16 – 17, 2015
MECS
Institute for Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer
Simulation
Leuphana University Lüneburg


COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN CULTURE. Scripting, Simulation, and
the Making of Architecture


This 1.5-day conference will bring together architects,
engineers, software developers and scholars of
architectural theory, philosophy of science, and media
studies to explore how and in what particular manner
computer simulations and scripting techniques have an
epistemic and aesthetic impact on the design and making of
architecture. Papers and project presentations will offer
an insight into the novel modes of code-controlled design
and production by discussing the various methods,
approaches, strategies, and translations involved within
computational processes and fabrication tools. The
conference aims to discuss a series of issues that include
(but are not limited to) the following questions:
How and why do architects and engineers integrate computer
simulations in their design and planning processes? What
are the selection criteria for parameters and algorithms
and how do they have an agency within a simulation or
script? How do software and scripting contribute as tools
and mediums to analysis, design, and fabrication and what
are the implications for architects and engineers in
becoming programmers and software developers? What is the
potential of design computation for the improvement of
communication and collaboration between architects,
engineers, and programmers? Furthermore, what are the
characteristics of a computational design culture and how
do algorithmic practices and techniques affect the ways we
describe, experience, and discuss architecture?


CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014

09:30 – 10:00
Coffee and Registration

10:00 – 10:15
WELCOME
Claus Pias & Martin Warnke, Directors, MECS Institute for
Advanced Study on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation,
Leuphana University Lüneburg

OPENING REMARKS
Nicole Stöcklmayr, MECS Institute for Advanced Study on
Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University
Lüneburg

10:15 – 11:00
Achim Menges (Institute for Computational Design,
University of Stuttgart / Graduate School of Design,
Harvard University):
Computational Design and Material Culture

11:00 – 11:45
Jan Knippers (Institute of Building Structures and
Structural Design, University of Stuttgart / Knippers
Helbig Advanced Engineering, Stuttgart, New York, Berlin):
Integrative Design in a Computational Environment

11:45 – 12:00
Coffee Break

12:00 -12:45
Matias del Campo & Sandra Manninger (Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan /
Tongji University, Shanghai / del Campo Manninger
Architects, Vienna, Shanghai, Detroit):
Moody Objects

12:45 – 14:15
Lunch Break

14:15 – 15:00
Moritz Heimrath (Institute of Architecture, University of
Applied Arts Vienna  / Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure,
Frankfurt a.M., Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Oslo, Melbourne):
tba

15:00 – 15:45
Stefan Rutzinger & Kristina Schinegger  (The Bartlett
School of Architecture, University College London /
Institute of Architectural Sciences, Vienna University of
Technology / soma, Vienna, Salzburg):
Alchemy and Simulation. Approaching the Formless

15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45
Barbara Imhof (Institute of Architecture, University of
Applied Arts Vienna / LIQUIFER Systems Group, Vienna,
Mumbai):
"And The Stars Look Very Different Today." Collaboration,
Visualization and Simulation Methodologies in Contemporary
Space Architecture Practice

16:45 – 17:00
Coffee Break

17:00 – 18:15
KEYNOTE
Mario Carpo (The Bartlett School of Architecture,
University College London / École d‘Architecture de
Paris-La Villette, Paris):
tba


SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2014

10:00 – 10:45
Andrea Graser (Studio Okular, Vienna):
Coding Light Density

10:45-11:30
Gabriele Gramelsberger (MECS Institute for Advanced Study
on Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana
University Lüneburg):
Life/Design/Matter – Towards a Philosophy of Parametric
Thinking

11:30 – 11:45
Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:45
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

12:45 – 13:00
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Nicole Stöcklmayr (MECS Institute for Advanced Study on
Media Cultures of Computer Simulation, Leuphana University
Lüneburg)



The conference language is English. The event is free and
open to the public but registration is required. To
register, please send an email to (mecs /at/ leuphana.de)
Visit http://mecs.leuphana.de for details and updates.

Conference venue:
Stadtarchiv Lüneburg
Wallstr. 4
21335 Lüneburg

Concept & organisation: Nicole Stöcklmayr

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Thanks a lot and best regards,

Nicole

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Dr. Nicole Stöcklmayr
Research Associate
MECS Institute of Advanced Study on
Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Wallstr. 3
21335 Lüneburg
Germany

Postal Address:
Scharnhorststr. 1
21335 Lüneburg
Germany

tel. +49 4131 2196768
e-mail. (nicole.stoecklmayr /at/ leuphana.de)
homepage. http://mecs.leuphana.de


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