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COMPUTATION AND CRAFT

Fall 2009 SARUPSARUP is the acronym for School of Architecture & Urban Planning Technology Lecture Series

 

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly becoming the tool of choice for building design, construction, and facility management. Its impact on representation, fabrication, and the culture of architecture is evident and proceeding at an ever-accelerating pace.

In fact, if the potential of BIM to support integrative practice (IP) were fully realized, the new paradigm would be nothing short of revolutionary. Old models of responsibility and authorship will have to be abandoned. The practice of architecture that has always been described as collaboration will truly become one that includes every member of the process from owner to architect to contractor to facility manager. The earlier all members begin to collaborate on the building information model, the more successful the project will become.

This on-going lecture series takes a turn at examining how collaboration and interdisciplinary compatibilities are enhanced with advances in digital technologies when it comes to design production and fabrication. Drawing from the specific design experiences of artists, architects, and engineers, this semester’s series situates itself at the edges of professional disciplines to locate zones of overlap and invention among them. All the presenters work using a wide array of computational techniques in a variety of settings and contexts to elicit new forms and solve thorny technical problems. They share a commitment to collaboration and the power of contemporary digital technologies to provide a productive platform for exploration in the creative act.

All lectures occur on Thursdays, at noon, in AUP 110. Lectures are free and open to the public.

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Organized by:
Gil Snyder, AIA, Co-Chair, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, SARUP
Bret Tushaus, Co-Chair. Vice President, Eppstein Uhen Architects
James Dicker, Member. Adjunct Associate Professor, SARUP
Kevin Forseth, ex officio, Chair, Department of Architecture

Sponsored by:
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Eppstein Uhen Architects