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Courses Highlights
Title: Geometry Simulation for Feature Films
Presenter: Lee Seunghun, Industrial Light & Magic
Course Overview: This course is to introduce how to make various simulations which use flesh mesh, cloth mesh and rigid body in VFX movie. Through this course you will get an idea that non-programmer artists can make simulation setup from the complex geometries using various techniques.

Title: Introduction to Processing on Android Devices
Presenters: Kim Jihyun, Anyang Public Art Project Foundation
Andres Colubri, Jeju National University
Course Overview: This course introduces the basics aspects of the Processing programming language and environment for the Android platform, as well as some more advanced topics such as OpenGL-accelerated 3D graphics and Android hardware, especially GPS and camera.

Title: “Gimmee Somethin’ to Shoot”: Filming the Cinematics Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Presenter: Jeff Chamberlain
Course Overview: Blizzard Entertainment’s Film Department will be taking an in-depth look at both the artistic and technical aspects of storytelling from 2D concepts to presenting final artistic sequences on screen.

Click here to access the list of available Courses at SIGGRAPH Asia 2010. More Courses will be added within the next weeks.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/courses

Both online group and individual registrations are available from here.
http://www.siggraphasia2010.co.kr/

In addition to familiar categories, SIGGRAPH Asia offers a Courses Pass. With the Courses Pass, you have access to all Courses sessions and Computer Animation Festival screenings (including one Electronic Theater ticket). The Courses Pass also includes admission to the Exhibition and Exhibitor Tech Talks for all three days.

Register as a group and save even more! Group discounts are available for 10 or more people from the same organization.

Click here for more details on discounted rates.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/registration/group-registration

Secure your early bird group registrations before 31 October 2010 to enjoy these special discounts!

Exhibition Updates
This year’s trade exhibition promises to be the region’s largest display of the latest in computer graphics, interactive techniques, and digital media in Asia and is open to all local and international exhibitors and visitors who want to keep abreast with the global industry.

In line with the trends in the Korean digital-media markets, SIGGRAPH Asia 2010’s exhibit profile will highlight technologies in gaming, stereoscopic 3D, and virtual reality in addition to the staple of high end graphic processors, motion capture devices, graphic software, rendering systems, and visual computing.

There are new exhibitors from the region such as Easypano Inc, Stereo VR and SEMO Graphics Inc as well as returning participants such as Academy of Art, Autodesk Asia, ETRI, Fixstars, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Khronos and Silicon Studios to name a few.

Click here to learn more.
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/exhibitors-sponsors

Contact us if you are interested in exhibiting or exploring exhibitor sponsorship opportunities. All information is available online.

TOKYO GAME SHOW 2010 will be coming on September 16 to 19 at Makuhari Messe!!Visit SIGGRAPH Asia booth:
Tokyo Game Show
Date :16 September 2010
Venue: General Area, Booth No: 3-N30

This article is sponsored by Tokyo Game Show Secretariat.

We have lined up an impressive range of travel and accommodation options to make your stay as comfortable and enjoyable as possible in Seoul, Korea.

Early bird bookings close on 15 November 2010 so be sure to secure your travel plans early to avoid disappointment!
Online booking is now available at
http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/content/attendees/travel-housing

We have decided to extend our deadline until Sept 6th due to several requests, and we would like to have you all here in November. Extension also applies for a reduced fee.

I would also like to inform you that this week we´re going to be posting travel and accommodation information, please check our site often.

Best regards,

Leonardo Parra.
SIGraDi 2010.

SIGRADI Bogota’ 2010
http://sigradi2010.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/sigradi/2010

Free registration for our workshops are still available around this years eCAADe conference. Some of these workshops provide free registration without the need of conference registration/participation.
We have two core topics available (1) methods and (2) computational design for the planning of future cities:

(1) Methods and instruments for the planning of ‘Future Cities’
These workshops are more focussed on planning and its systematic implementation.

MONDAY, September 13
BASF: From Materials to Cities, available places: 10/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/BASF
Free participation without conference registration.

TUESDAY, September 14
IBM Smarter Cities: When is a city turning smart, available places: 9 of 12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/SmarterCities
Free participation without conference registration.

(2) Computational design tools for the planning of ‘Future Cities’
These workshops are application driven and are covering the latest software tools for architecture and urban planning.

MONDAY, September 13
Autodesk LandXplorer: Efficient visualization of large scale urban models, available places: 20 of 25
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/LandXplorer
Free participation without conference registration.

TUESDAY, September 14
Autodesk Ecotect: Performance evaluation of building and urban designs, available places: 19 of 25
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Ecotect
Free participation without conference registration.

Bentley: High Performance Buildings, available places: 9 of 12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/HPB
Free participation without conference registration.

Cityzoom: Decision Support Computational Environment for Urban Planning, available places: 12 of 15
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Cityzoom

Procedural CityEngine, available places: 13 of 15
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/ProceduralCityEngine

Best,

Jan

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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Faculty of Architecture
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Chair for Information Architecture
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Jan Halatsch
Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Research Scientist
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phone  +41 44 633 79 62
cell   +41 76 547 35 87
fax  +41 44 633 11 33
mail halatsch@arch.ethz.ch
web   http://www.ia.arch.ethz.ch
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AD – Architectural Design
July/August 2010   John Wiley & Sons  136 pages

Today the convergence of design, engineering and architectural technologies are breeding a new material practice in architecture. In this pioneering publication, this important shift is fully defined as a highly dynamic synthesis of emerging principles of spatial, structural and material ordering integrated through the application of materialisation and fabrication technologies. Providing the foundations for a new theory of structuring in architecture, The New Structuralism has broad implications for the way we both conceive and undertake architectural design, as its impact starts to emanate not only across education internationally, but also through architectural research and practice.

Based upon this pioneering issue of AD, The New Structuralism will be the subject of a symposium sponsored by the Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication. The symposium will be held at the Architekturforum in Zu”rich on the 7th of October 2010 between the hours 14:00 and 19:30.

The purpose of the symposium is to present and discuss the emerging relationships between architectural design, design engineering and fabrication design.  Proposing these emerging relationships as an important new paradigm of design, The New Structuralism will provide a forum for thought and discussion regarding this emerging integration of design disciplines and technologies.

Among the speakers who will participate are:  Martin Bechthold (Harvard); Klaus Bollinger/Manfred Grohmann/Oliver Tessmann (B+G, Frankfurt); John Chilton (NTU); Fabio Gramazio/Matthias Kohler (ETHZ); Wolf Mangelsdorf (Buro Happold); Julio Martinez Calzon/Carlos Castanon (MC2 Engr., Madrid); Neri Oxman (MIT); Rivka Oxman (IIT); Robert Oxman (IIT); Helmut Pottman (TU Wien); Nina Rappaport (Yale); Fabian Scheurer (DESIGNTOPRODUCTION); Yves Weinand/Markus Hudert (EPFL)

New Structuralism Symposium Flyer

Dedicated to Digital Heritage and Digital Libraries
www.euromed2010.eu

You are kindly invited to the 3rd International Conference EuroMed2010 (www.euromed2010.eu) which will provide an opportunity to exchange research results, opinions, experiences and proposals on the best practice and hi-tech virtual, multimedia, and Information and Communications Technologies to document, preserve, manage and communicate Cultural Heritage (CH). In the long tradition of the EuroMed2010 Activities, this cross-disciplinary event brings together computer scientists,archaeologists, architects, librarians, archivists, software developers, game designers, historians, surveyors, museologists, and engineers from across the globe around this year’s common theme of technology applied to heritage.

To be held at the 5-star Amathus Beach Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus, the Conference is supported by a Scientific Committee of more than 100 renowned professionals for a blind peer review of all submitted papers. The main goal of the event is not only to illustrate the programs underway but also excellent work wherever it is located and however it is supported, in order to promote a common approach to the tasks of e-documentation of World Heritage. To reach this ambitious goal the topics covered will include experiences in the use of innovative recording technologies & methods and how to take best advantage to integrate the results obtained to build up new tools and/or experiences as well as improved methodologies for documenting, managing, and communicating heritage. Furthermore, regional capacities in Cultural Heritage and IT will be facilitated in advancing their know-how through the exchange of information and generation of new ideas and cooperations, where the world meets th e finger prints of several ancient civilizations on earth.

The conference is in cooperation with:

The European Digital Library Foundation (Europeana) and the European Commission Projects:
1.MINERVA+ (http://www.minervaeurope.org/whatis/minervaplus.htm)
2.MICHAEL+ (http://www.michael-culture.org/en/home)
3.The EU Member States’ Expert Group on Digitization and Digital Preservation. (http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/mseg/index_en.htm)
4.ATHENA (http://www.athenaeurope.org/)
5.EuroepeanaLocal (http://www.europeanalocal.eu/)
6.Carrare (http://www.carare.eu/)

Topics:
The EuroMed2010 event will focus on interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary research concerning both cutting edge Cultural Heritage Informatics and use of technology for the representation, documentation, preservation, archiving and communication of CH knowledge. The scope includes every phase of CH information technology: initial data capture/digitization, information/data processing, reconstruction, visualization, preservation and documentation as well as dissemination of results to the scientific and Cultural Heritage communities and to the general public (Multilingual, Multimedia Digital Library). We are also interested in aspects of the wider legal and ethical responsibilities of Cultural Heritage Informatics. Research subjects parallel the interests of UNESCO, European Commission, ICOMOS/ISPRS, CIPA, ICOMOS, ICIP, and EuroMed including culturally significant monuments, artifacts and sites as well as the activities of museums, libraries, archives, and organi zations involved with their care. Those researchers who wish to participate in this event are invited to submit papers on original and unpublished work addressing the following subjects:

Documentation, Recording, and Monitoring

1.3D Data Acquisition Technologies & Processing (incl. Photogrammetry & 3D Laserscanning)
2.Photographic and image-based recording (digital, panoramic, HDR, satellite, aerial)
3.Scanning and automated archiving
4.On-site and remotely sensed data collection
5.ICT assistance in monitoring and restoration.

Data Mapping, Management, Processing, and Analysis

1.2D and 3D GIS in Cultural Heritage
2.Multimedia, Multilingua, Data Management and Archiving
3.CAD and FEM based Digital Reconstructions and 3D Modelling
4.Construction and indexing of large scale Multimedia/Multilingua Encyclopaedias in Heritage
5.Standards, Metadata, Ontologies and Semantic Processing in Cultural Heritage
6.Long term availability of content and its long term accessibility
7.Legal issues: Water-Marking, Orphan Works, Copyrights and IPR
8.Authentication, Accreditation and Digital Rights Management
9.Effective IC-Technologies for the creation, management and reuse of content and knowledge

Visualization, Interpretation and Presentation

1.Virtual Museum Applications (e-Museums and e-Exhibitions) and/or Portals of Culture
2.Visualisation Techniques (desktop, Virtual and Augmented Reality)
3.Reproduction Techniques and Rapid Prototyping in CH
4.Game Technologies in Cultural Heritage
5.Virtual Reality in Archaeology and Historical Research
6.Computer Animation for CH Applications and Virtual Heritage
7.Non-Photorealistic Rendering of CH Data
8.Digital/Virtual Documentation of Archaeological Excavations
9.Novel Internet-based Cultural Heritage Applications
10.Usability, Effectiveness and Interface Design for CH Applications
11.Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques
12.Interactive Environments and Applications
13.e-Libraries and e-Archives in Cultural Heritage
14.National Digital Libraries as cross-domain systems
15.Storytelling and authoring tools, e-Learning in Cultural Heritage
16.Tools for Education, Documentation and Training in CH
17.Archaeological Analysis and Interpretive Design
18.Professional and Ethical Guidelines
19.The Economics of Cultural Informatics and Tourism

Venue:
EuroMed2010 will be held in Limassol, Cyprus at the renowned Amathus Beach Hotel, a 5-star world class resort and one of The Leading Hotels of the World. Special rates for attendees and their families have been arranged and are available on the conference website:www.euromed2010.eu.

Registration:
The deadline for the early registration is the 10th of September 2010. The conference registration is on-line under http://www.euromed2010.eu/registration-info-and-form/

Travelling to Cyprus:
All the information related to your travel to Cyprus are available on-line and can be found under the link:  http://www.euromed2010.eu/travelling-to-cyprus/

Cyprus Airways is the official carrier of the conference and is offering to all the registered participants 15% discount to all the flights from/to Cyprus.

Regards,
Marinos Ioannides (CY) and Dieter Fellner (DE)
www.euromed2010.eu
Email: chairman@euromed2010.eu

http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2010/conference.htm

The conference will give you an opportunity to communicate and discuss CAAD issues and research with highly professional and academic fellows.

Kind regards
B Sidawi (Dr.)
Co-chair of AsCAAD 2010 conference

500-word abstract for research papers due September 7, 2010
Abstract submission guidelines: http://www.caadria2011.org/submissions.php

Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending
The 16th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia

Dates: April 27-29, 2011
Host: School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia
Conference web site: http://www.caadria2011.org

Contemporary advances in design are shaped by computational design methods, strategies and technologies, regardless of whether these advances are manifested in the design and construction of a building, in related theory and analysis, or in the ways in which future designers and scholars are educated. Architectural computation in the post-digital era calls for new ideas that will transcend conventional boundaries and support creative insights through design and into design. “Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending” provides an interdisciplinary context for challenging traditional paradigms and invites researchers and practitioners alike to (re)consider and (re)address design and computation with a particular focus on three themes:
Innovative design conceptualisation and support through computational theories and technologies.
Enhanced knowledge of architecture and design through computational analysis.
Improved approaches to design education through computational thinking and applications.

CAADRIA 2011 invites submissions of original research papers, posters and exhibitions on topics related to computer-aided design, including but not limited to:
Design intelligence and automation
Computational design analysis
Generative and parametric design
Simulation and visualisation
Virtual and interactive environments
Human-computer interaction
Ubiquitous computing
Computer-supported design collaboration
Design cognition
Digital art and new media
Computational research in design education
Computational research in design practice
Interdisciplinary computational design research
Theory, philosophy and methodology of computational design research

Young researchers currently involved in postgraduate studies are invited to submit their work-in-progress research papers to the CAADRIA 2011 Postgraduate Student Consortium.

Important Dates
Abstract submission: September 7, 2010
Full paper submission: December 1, 2010
Poster and Exhibition Submission: February 1, 2011
Postgraduate Student Consortium Submission: February 1, 2011
Young CAADRIA Award Application: February 1, 2011
Sasada Award Application: November 30, 2011

CAADRIA 2011 Organising Committee
Dr. Ning Gu (Chair) Josephine Vaughan (Co-chair)
Professor Michael Ostwald Associate Professor Anthony Williams
University of Newcastle, Australia
Contact: ning.gu@newcastle.edu.au, josephine.vaughan@newcastle.edu.au

CAADRIA 2011 Paper Selection Committee
Dr. Christiane M Herr (Chair), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Dr. Ning Gu, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr. Stanislav Roudavski, University of Melbourne, Australia
Associate Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Contact: psc@caadria-review.org

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Active until 9/15/10

The 2011 ARCC Spring Architectural Research Conference invites papers by those conducting architectural research, in both academia and the profession, which reflects on current and future architectural research. Papers by PhD candidates and other graduate students are encouraged and will be included in a special session.

In addressing this year’s theme, the conference will explore the following issues of how can research help us reflect on various contemporary environmental, sustainable, social, political, formal, and psychological paradigms. The exploration is expected to raise questions around the impacts of these paradigms, whether they have they addressed what they claimed they intend to address, examine where they stand and what effect might they have, and, ultimately, consider how research is an integrated part of our practice and discipline.

The 2010 ARCC Spring Architectural Research Conference is an intra- and inter-disciplinary conference on architectural research. The specific areas of the conference include, but are not limited to, reflection on research that pertains to the following:

Presentation slots are limited in this academic conference. Individuals affiliated with ARCC Member Institutions will be given preferential placement for paper/presentation if those submittals meet academic quality and theme standards. ARCC is committed to our member schools.

For more information, please see the conference website:
http://arcc201.ltu.edu

Call for Papers/Abstracts notification:
http://arcc2011.ltu.edu/call/ARCC2011-Call%20for%20Papers.pdf

Technical Review Committee:
http://arcc2011.ltu.edu/tech_com/tech_com.html

Keynote Speakers
The ARCC 2011 Conference will have several keynote speakers spread across the conference dates. The first release of a keynote speaker is Alan M. Berger. Alan’s talk will be on aimed at the idea of what the world could be as opposed to what normative practice produces out of the limitations of the current systems.

“Alan Berger is Associate Professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he teaches courses in the department of urban studies and planning. He founded and directs P-REX, The Project for Reclamation Excellence (www.theprex.net), a multi-disciplinary research effort at MIT focusing on the design and reuse of deindustrialized landscapes worldwide. By using low-angle aerial photography, maps, and other graphic evidence, Berger visually reveals evidence and trends of landscape waste throughout the world―from public health hazards such as abandoned mine pits, mountains of slag, and pools of cyanide, to vacant land, landfills, military installations, and places associated with high and low-density urbanization. How these sites are cleansed, valued and considered for adaptive reuse at local and regional scales is Berger’s main area of interest. His work emphasizes the link between our consumption of natural resources, and the waste and destruction of landscape, to help us better understand how to proceed with redesigning our wasteful places for future productive uses and more sustainable outcomes. Berger currently serves as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Brownfield and Superfund site revitalization in the American landscape.

His book Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America, published in 2006, won I.D. Magazine’s 53rd Annual Design Review Silver Medal for Design Distinction, and was named a top 10 planning book of 2007 by Planetizen. His 2002 book, Reclaiming the American West, received the Research Award from the Environmental Design Research Association and Places Magazine, and was named a Colorado Book of the Year by the Center for the Book. His other books include Designing the Reclaimed Landscape, published by Taylor & Francis in January 2008, and  co-edited Nansha Coastal City: Landscape and Urbanism in the Pearl River Delta, published in early 2006.” (from: http://web.mit.edu/aberger/www/)

September 15, 2010

Call for Papers

CSAAR 2011

Conservation of Architecture, Urban Areas, Nature & Landscape: Towards a Sustainable Survival of Cultural Landscape

Organized by
The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region, Jordan
Al-Turath Foundation, Saudi Arabia

In collaboration with
Queen Rania Institute of Tourism and Heritage, Hashemite University

14-16 March, 2011

Amman -Jordan

Introduction

Built and natural environments are ultimately and collectively tangible records of history and as “heritage” belong to time. Conservation, in its broadest sense, is concerned with the assessment of these environments in order to make it relevant for the present and ensure its survival in the future. At present, different legislative bodies are involved in promoting the conservation of the built and natural environments with minimal consideration of the interconnections between the two areas of conservation. A critical discussion regarding confluence of built and natural heritage in promoting the notion of “cultural landscape” is essential to further and more comprehensively develop the field of conservation.

The proposed CSAAR 2011 conference will bridge the fields of architectural and environmental conservation. It aspires to bring together scholars from multiple disciplines and focus on conservation ethics as an essential component of environmental design within existing urban settings. As cities in the region grow and evolve at an unprecedented rapid pace, reversing the threats facing historic cultural landscape requires rethinking of the field of conservation.

Cultural landscapes can encompass vast and diverse areas, which are usually administered by different territorial and specialized authorities (e.g. the Ministries of Culture, Housing, Urban Planning, Tourism, Environment, Agriculture, Water Resources etc.). Therefore, the different national and local authorities responsible for zoning, infrastructure development, environmental and architectural conservation must establish effective co-ordination and define appropriate management tools to preserve authentic features of cultural landscapes. Integrity of the relationship between natural and built (cultural) environments is essential for sustainable conservation, making it a shared responsibility.

In recent decades, most practitioners and professional networks of conventional approaches to heritage conservation have limited their foci to only one or two of the following scales: interior building and building; building and site; site and neighbourhood; and neighbourhood, landscape and metropolitan region. Today, with increasingly complex and daunting environmental change, more holistic approaches to responding to conservation needs require thinking and operating at these four scales or more. Several disciplines must take part in giving a new lease of life to historic buildings and sites. Archaeologists excavate layers of history to piece together and reconstruct the social and cultural life of a past civilization. Architects investigate what these artifacts mean to the diverse stakeholders in the present to develop a comprehensive conservation plan. Conservationists document, interpret and pursue a course of action to preserve, restore, or conserve the physical aspects of significant monuments. Curators ensure the appropriate restoration and public display of artworks associated with these monuments. Conservation of cultural heritage thus pursued can promote sustainable survival of the built and natural environments.

Topics of Interest

For the professional community to engage meaningfully in conservation of the cultural landscape, responsibilities and opportunities revolving around these activities need to be recalled, analyzed, and articulated. The conference addresses the cultural landscape theme through main program, the subject of this announcement; and through a special program, the subject of a separate announcement for the conference on Digital Media and its Applications in Cultural Heritage (See website: http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/DMACH2011) The main program has the five research tracks below. We invite practitioners, educators, and researchers from the fields of architectural and environmental conservation to develop a paper in any of the topics listed under the theme tracks.

Conservation Ethics (theories, histories, legislature)
• Conservation ethics in architectural, landscape and urban design
• Religious organizations (e.g. waqf) as a conservation management system
• Environmental regulations and conservation of natural resources
• Development policies and urban conservation of historic areas
• Building construction regulations and building restoration practice
• Conservation principles out of conservation philosophies
• Significance assessment of architectural cultural resources
• International standards concerning the protection, the management and the promotion of heritage sites
• Intervention or treatment types
• Conservation standards and guidelines
• Jurisdictional context of conservation and ensuing politics
• Conservation legislation, laws, and public policy
• The economic and financial faces of conservation
• Authority and decision-making in discharging conservation service
• International comparisons and collaborations
• Heritage sites and tourism
• Attending to heritage across the Mediterranean
• Designating “protected conservation areas”

Research and Design in Conservation of Cultural Landscapes
• Established and emerging types of cultural resources
• Historic preservation versus archaeological conservation
• Research trends in the field of cultural landscape conservation
• Heritage messages and their expression in architectural design forms
• Conservation principles, standards, and guidelines in architectural practice
• Adaptive re-use design process
• Additions to historic buildings
• Design of protective structures for the conservation and presentation of archaeological sites
• Construction documents for rehabilitation and restoration projects
• Cases and comparisons

Conservation of the Built Environment (architecture and urban areas)
• Integrated Urban and Territorial Conservation
• Physical decay, structural failure, and deterioration of buildings
• Conservation of earthen architecture
• Humidity in buildings (diagnosis and remedies)
• Building restoration and energy conservation
• Authenticity and accuracy in restoration and reconstruction
• Living heritage: Case studies in community based architectural and urban conservation
• The reconstruction of heritage buildings and sites
• De-restoration of historic buildings

Conservation of the Natural Environment (wilderness, rural and landscaped sites)
• Landscape scale conservation
• Ecosystem restoration
• Environmental conservation and conflict resolution
• Reconciliation ecology, biodiversity and wildlife corridors
• Wetland agri-environments, reforestation and habitat conservation
• Endangered building materials and restoration, reconstruction and reconstitution of historic architecture

Conservation Education, Information, and Technologies
• Decoding conservation terminology in the region
• Heritage conservation education, training, and professional enhancement
• The place of heritage and conservation in architecture, design, and engineering curricula
• Historic site presentation and public education
• Approaches for the identification and documentation of historic buildings and environments
• Survey techniques in archaeology
• The word, the drawing, and the image media in service of heritage and conservation
• Data acquisition and recording techniques associated with buildings and cultural districts
• low-cost systems for documentation and monitoring of cultural heritage
• New materials and technologies for conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage

Important Dates

Deadline for abstracts:                       June 15, 2010
Full paper submission for review:       August 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance:                 October 15, 2010
Deadline for final papers:                    December 15, 2010

Submission and Relevant Information

Abstract submission must be in English with a length of max. 500 words. Full paper submission could be in either English or Arabic. You are asked to identify the research track for your paper.

Abstracts should be e-mailed to scientific committee co-chairs (csaar11@csaar-center.org). Full paper submissions are required to be done online through the conference Website: http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/2011/openconf/

Submissions will be peer reviewed.

Full paper format, submission guidelines, registration, accommodation and further information are available at the conference website: http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/2011/

For further information about submissions, please contact conference secretariat.

Posters, Panel Discussion & Workshops

The conference also welcomes proposals for:

* Poster papers
* Plenary Session/ Panel Discussion
* Workshops
For more details check conference website.

Conference Proceedings

All papers accepted for publication will be published inthe conference proceedings, which will be available to delegates at the time of registration. In addition, papers will be published in a volume of CSAAR Transactions on the Built Environment (ISSN 1992-7320).

Best Paper Award (3 Awards)

The Best Paper Award is presented to the individual(s) judged by a separate awards committee to have written the best paper appearing in the conference proceedings. The Award shall be 300 USD and a certificate. In case there is more than one author for the paper, the award shall be divided equally among all authors and each shall receive a certificate. Judging shall be on the bases of general quality, originality, subject matter, and timeliness.

Scientific Committee Co-Chairs

Andrew Dolkart
Columbia University, USA
asd3@columbia.edu

Zaher Othman
Turath Foundation, Saudi Arabia
Zahir@al-turath.com

Samia Rab
American University of Sharjah, UAE
srab@aus.edu

Conference Secretariat

Sami Kamal
sami@csaar-center.org

International Scientific Committee

Andreas Luescher, Bowling Green State University, USA
Aylin Orbasli, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Bijaya K. Shrestha, Purbanchal University, Nepal
Dina D’Ayala, University of Bath, UK
Eman Assi, Heritage Dept – Dubai Municipality, UAE
Fadi Bala’awi, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Fatina Kourdi, University of Aleppo, Syria
Jihad Awad, Ajman Univ. of Science & Tech, UAE
Louise Cooke, Independent Consultant, UK
Mathew Hardy, INTBAU, UK
Mike Robinson, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Michael Jansen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Mohamed Salah Zerouala, EPAU, Algeria
Naima Benkari, Alhosn University, UAE
Neel Kamal Chapagain, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Nuray Ozaslan, Anadolu University, Turkey
Nur Akin, Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey
Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj, Syria Trust for Development, Syria
Pierre Smars, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Taiwan
Rama Al Rabady, Hashemite University, Jordan
Randall Mason, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Ranjith Dayaratne, University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Salim Elwazani, Bowling Green State University, USA
Shaher Rababeh, The Hashemite University, Jordan
Shaibu Bala Garba, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Shatha Abu-Khafajah, Hashemite University, Jordan
Stefano Francesco Musso, Italy
Thaisa Way, University of Washington, USA
Talal Akasheh, Cultech for Archaeology and Conservation, Jordan
Tazim Jamal, Texas A&M University, USA
Zeynep Aygen, University of Portsmouth, UK

Institute of Communication Design warmly invites you to the Interactive Entertainment Conference 2010

22-23 November 2010, Wellington, New Zealand at the College of Creative Arts

http://ieconference.org/ie2010

The Fish of the Day:
In this current economic climate of uncertainty, we see a convergence of innovative minds, creative solutions and emerging technologies enabling change. IE2010 will cover how PLAY can contribute to both major and minor challenges we are facing in these roaring times. What can we learn from being inventive and playful? And how can interactive entertainment contribute towards facilitating these changes? What do we need to do as designers, developers, critical thinkers and researchers to consider, bring in, promote when faced with these challenges? What is the role of play in future scenarios?

*** Important Dates ***
Long Paper Submission and exhibition submission: 31 Aug 2010

Short Papers/Demo Submission: 1 Sep 2010

Author Notification: 1 Oct 2010

Camera Ready Papers: 1 Nov 2010
We are also pleased to announce our two keynote Speakers for this years IE conference:
Katie Salen who is a game designer and Professor of Design and Technology, as well as the Director of Center for Transformative Media at Parsons the New School for Design New York. Our local speaker is noted Art director Joe Bleakley, known for his creative  work on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong.

The Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment, in its seventh year, is a cross-disciplinary conference that brings together researchers from industrial design, communication design, video art, audio design, cognitive science, cultural studies, drama, HCI, interactive media, media studies, psychology, computer graphics, as well as researchers from other disciplines working on new interactive entertainment specific technologies or providing critical analysis of games and interactive environments.

Best Wishes,
The IE2010 Team

ie2010-flyer-A5

Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending
The 16th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia

Dates: April 27-29, 2011
Host: School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Australia
Submission guidelines and other information:  http://www.caadria2011.org/

Contemporary advances in design are shaped by computational design methods, strategies and technologies, regardless of whether these advances are manifested in the design and construction of a building, in related theory and analysis, or in the ways in which future designers and scholars are educated. Architectural computation in the post-digital era calls for new ideas that will transcend conventional boundaries and support creative insights through design and into design. “Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending” provides an interdisciplinary context for challenging traditional paradigms and invites researchers and practitioners alike to (re)consider and (re)address design and computation with a particular focus on three themes:
Innovative design conceptualisation and support through computational theories and technologies.
Enhanced knowledge of architecture and design through computational analysis.
Improved approaches to design education through computational thinking and applications.

CAADRIA 2011 invites submissions of original research papers, posters and exhibitions on topics related to computer-aided design, including but not limited to:
Design intelligence and automation
Computational design analysis
Generative and parametric design
Simulation and visualisation
Virtual and interactive environments
Human-computer interaction
Ubiquitous computing
Computer-supported design collaboration
Design cognition
Digital art and new media
Computational research in design education
Computational research in design practice
Interdisciplinary computational design research
Theory, philosophy and methodology of computational design research

Young researchers currently involved in postgraduate studies are invited to submit their work-in-progress research papers to the CAADRIA 2011 Postgraduate Student Consortium.

Important Dates
Abstract submission: September 7, 2010
Full paper submission: December 1, 2010
Poster and Exhibition Submission: February 1, 2011
Postgraduate Student Consortium Submission: February 1, 2011
Young CAADRIA Award Application: February 1, 2011
Sasada Award Application: November 30, 2011

CAADRIA 2011 Organising Committee
Dr. Ning Gu (Chair) Josephine Vaughan (Co-chair)
Professor Michael Ostwald Associate Professor Anthony Williams
University of Newcastle, Australia
Contact: ning.gu@newcastle.edu.au, josephine.vaughan@newcastle.edu.au

CAADRIA 2011 Paper Selection Committee
Dr. Christiane M Herr (Chair), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Dr. Ning Gu, University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr. Stanislav Roudavski, University of Melbourne, Australia
Associate Professor Marc Aurel Schnabel, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Contact: psc@caadria-review.org

September 15, 2010

Call for Papers

DMACH 2011
Digital Media and its Applications in Cultural Heritage

Organized by
The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region, Jordan
Al-Turath Foundation, Saudi Arabia

In collaboration with
Queen Rania Institute of Tourism and Heritage, Hashemite University

16-17 March, 2011

Amman -Jordan

Introduction

Over the past few years, a remarkable increase has occurred in the use of digital techniques for the documentation, management, and communication of cultural heritage. This has drastically transformed the way we capture, store, process, represent and disseminate information. The techniques employed have evolved from standard surveying and CAD tools and/or traditional photogrammetry into laser scanning virtual reality and fully automated video-based techniques. However, it is often argued that digital media tend to create and compile value-free content and thus are inefficient in capturing and communicating cultural and symbolic meanings. Digital media, as any other medium, tend to amplify or reduce the cultural phenomena as a result of their constraints and limitations. Thus the issue of using digital media for cultural heritage is by no means a simple one and must be examined from different angles. The aim of DMACH2011 is to explore the opportunities and challenges of using digital media in the research, preservation, management, interpretation, and representation of cultural heritage. Of particular interest for this year conference are issues related to interactive virtual reality, intelligent and wireless hand-held devices, high speed multi-media, and making virtual reality and augmented reality user-friendly and available resources for the general public.

Building on the successful DMACH 2008 international conference held in Amman, Jordan in 2008 and in order to explore and map the challenges and opportunities of using digital media in cultural heritage, The Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR), Al-Turath Foundation, and Queen Rania Institute of Tourism and Heritage have joined together to organize the second edition of the International Conference on Digital Media and its Applications in Cultural Heritage (DMACH 2011). This conference provides a forum to examine and discuss current practices and future directions in the documentation, representation, and communication of cultural heritage using digital technologies. The conference aims to provide the participants an occasion to share and exchange experiences and research findings, to stimulate more ideas and useful insights regarding the uses of digital media in cultural heritage, and to debate their views on future research and developments.

Topics of Interest

We invite scholars and practitioners in architecture, planning, archaeology, and related fields, as well as administrators of museums, galleries, and archives, to submit papers on any topic related to conference theme. Papers may reflect on a wide spectrum of issues related to digital heritage. The conference is structured around a number of sub-themes that include -but are not limited to:

• Virtual realty applications in conservation research and practice

• Internet-based applications

• E-libraries and e-learning in cultural heritage

• Intelligent description of cultural heritage content

• Interactive, virtual and augmented environments

• wireless hand-held devices

• Knowledge systems for heritage management

• GIS and spatial information management in cultural heritage

• Photogrammetry, laser scanning and scene modeling

• Virtual Heritage

• Virtual Museums

• Data acquisition technologies

• 3D data capture and processing in cultural heritage

• Digital reconstructions and 3D modeling

• Reproduction techniques and rapid prototyping in cultural heritage

• Multimedia, data management and archiving

• Rendering techniques for cultural heritage: photorealistic and non-photorealistic

• Innovative graphics applications and techniques

• Digital media and commodification of cultural heritage

• Authenticity and integrity of data/content

• The economics of cultural informatics

• Usability and interface design for cultural heritage applications

• Methods of and issues related to accessibility and interoperability

Important Dates

Full paper submission for review:       September 15, 2010

Notification of acceptance:                 October 30, 2010

Deadline for final papers:                    December 15, 2010

Submission and Relevant Information

Abstract submission must be in English with a length of max. 500 words. Full paper submission could be in either English or Arabic. You are asked to identify the research track for your paper.

Abstracts should be e-mailed to scientific committee co-chairs (dmach11@csaar-center.org). Full paper submissions are required to be done online through the conference Website:  http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/DMACH2011/openconf/

Submissions will be peer reviewed.

Full paper format, submission guidelines, registration, accommodation and further information are available at the conference website: http://www.csaar-center.org/conference/DMACH2011/

For further information about submissions, please contact conference secretariat.

Posters, Panel Discussion & Workshops

The conference also welcomes proposals for:

* Poster papers
* Plenary Session/ Panel Discussion
* Workshops
For more details check conference website.

Conference Proceedings

All papers accepted for publication will be published inthe conference proceedings, which will be available to delegates at the time of registration. In addition, papers will be published in a volume of CSAAR Transactions on the Built Environment (ISSN 1992-7320).

Best Paper Award (3 Awards)

The Best Paper Award is presented to the individual(s) judged by a separate awards committee to have written the best paper appearing in DMACH & CSAAR conference proceedings. The Award shall be 300 USD and a certificate. In case there is more than one author for the paper, the award shall be divided equally among all authors and each shall receive a certificate. Judging shall be on the bases of general quality, originality, subject matter, and timeliness.

Scientific Committee Co-Chairs

Jamal Al-Qawasmi

KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

jamal@csaar-center.org

Yahya Alshawabkeh

Hashemite University, Jordan

yahya.alshawabkeh@hu.edu.jo

Fabio Remondino

Bruno Kessler Foundation – FBK, Italy

remondino@fbk.eu

Conference Secretariat

Sami Kamal

sami@csaar-center.org

International Scientific Committee

Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick, UK

Armin Gruen, ,Switzerland

Chengzhi Peng, University of Sheffield, UK

Cliff Ogleby, University of Melbourne, Australia

Devrim Akca, Isik University, Turkey

Elizabeth Louden, Texas Tech University, USA

Erik Champion, Massey University, New Zealand

Fotis Liarokapis, Coventry University, UK

Fulvio Rinaudo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, USA

José Luis Lerma, Universidad Politécnica De Valencia, Spain

Klaus Hanke, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Livio De Luca, MAP-Gamsau Laboratory (CNRS/MCC), France

Luis Mateus, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Marco Gaiani,Università di Bologna, Italy

Mario Santana Quintero,

University of Leuven, Belgium

Michele A. Chiuini, Ball State University, USA

Pierre Grussenmeyer, INSA Strasbourg, France

Samer Al-Ratrout, German Jordanian University, Jordan

FABRICATE call for work

Deadline 10 September 2010

www.fabricate2011.org

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.

FABRICATE welcomes original, innovative and pioneering projects for the Call for Work. Submission requirements emphasize strong and informative visual material with succinct analytical text and project synopsis.

Selected submissions will be featured together with articles from conference keynote speakers Mark Burry, Philip Beesley, Neri Oxman and Matthias Kohler in the book ‘FABRICATE: Making Digital Architecture’ to be published by Riverside Architectural Press. Selected submissions will also be invited to speak at the FABRICATE conference where the book will be launched.

FABRICATE Will also host the UK’s first exhibition of Gramazio & Kohler’s brick laying robot “R-O-B” which will be performing its magic throughout the conference.

FABRICATE’s submission system will go online on 16 August 2010.

The Call for Work deadline is the 10 September 2010.

For more information and submission details visit:

www.fabricate2011.org

Many thanks

Ruairi

100816callforwork

The virtual worlds of modern games provide a unique way for us to interact with our memories, interpretations, beliefs, and traditions. This can be the digital simulation and interpretation cultural heritage in the real world, or the equally real social legacies of online communities. We invite you to tackle the complex issues of making these histories come alive in this special issue of Games and Culture.

Submissions can include (but are not limited to):
. Critiques of games and online worlds that involve historical situations or heritage sites.
. Guidelines and arguments as to the design and experience of games and virtual worlds for history and heritage
. Interviews (both physical-world and in-world) with designers of the above games and virtual worlds.
. Critiques or evaluations of sandbox games and virtual environments regarding history and heritage.
. Reports on accidental or planned historical or cultural events, artifacts and rituals that take place in games and virtual worlds.
. Explorations on how to best utilize the unique interactive, technical and psychological aspects of games and virtual worlds for the purpose of historical or heritage-based learning.
This special issue of Games and Culture has two overarching goals:

. To provide case studies involving the design, use and evaluation of history and heritage-based games and virtual worlds.
. To outline the key theoretical debates pertaining to the issues raised by the design, use and evaluation of these games and virtual worlds.
Authors are encouraged to include a critical perspective, including discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of their own methods.

EDITORS
Erik Champion and Jeffrey Jacobson

SUBMISSION
A one-page abstract describing the scope of your manuscript should be sent to invirtualworlds@gmail.com by September 10, 2010. Please include proposed topic, an overview of chosen methods and tools, and what games or virtual worlds you will explore in your manuscript.

Abstracts accepted for this special issue will be asked to submit manuscripts electronically to Games and Culture at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/games by January 7, 2010. Submissions must be Microsoft Word or Word Perfect file format, conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Sixth Edition) style guidelines, and indicate in the cover letter that you wish to be considered for this special issue. Manuscripts may not exceed 9000 words; one or two images may be included.

KEY DATES
Abstracts Due: Friday 10 September 2010
Abstract Judgments Due to Authors: Friday 8 October 2010
Full Papers Due: Friday 7 January 2011
Decision Letters and Revision Suggestions For Papers By: Monday 21 February 2011
Final Drafts Due: Monday 4 April 2011
Final Decision/Revision Response Due To Authors: Monday 16 May 2011
Final Manuscript Due: Monday 13 June 2011
Copyedited and Typeset Proofs Completed By: August 1 2011
Publication Date: October 2011 16.4 issue

For any inquiries please email Erik or Jeffrey via invirtualworlds@gmail.com

January 7-9, 2011, Guangzhou, China

http://icsbm.org/

The 2010 International Conference on Structures and Building Materials (ICSBM 2011), hosted by the Faculty of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, will take place in Guangzhou, China, January 7-9, 2011. The aim of ICSBM 2011 is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners in the world, for the sharing of latest developments in the research and application of structures and building materials in civil engineering. After refereeing process, all accepted papers will be published on international journalAdvanced Materials Research and will be indexed in the major academic databases, including EI Compendex, Thomson ISTP and other indexing services. The full text is online available.

Important Dates

Full paper submission due: August 31, 2010

Camera-ready paper due: September 30, 2010

Conference: January 7-9, 2011

Contact us

Email:ICSBM@VIP.163.COM

Cell phone: +86 13929550226

Tel: +8620 39322538

Address:
Faculty of Civil and Transportation Engineering,

Guangdong University of Technology

100 Waihuan Xi Road, Higher Education Mega Center

Guangzhou, 510006, China

Please visit the official website http://icsbm.org/ for detailed information.

Wish to see you in charming Guangzhou.

Best Regards

The Committee of ICSBM 2011

ICSBM@VIP.163.COM

2010-8-7

Dear colleagues and friends of the eCAADe community,

We like inform you about the great possibility to take part on this years eCAADe workshops in Zurich on September 13 and 14, 2010. We have very interesting topics and workshop organizers coming from practice, theory and industry. Please find details below.

A special notice goes for the eCAADe panel discussion on Wednesday, September 15, which is hosted by Bentley and will be during the lunch break. Further details will follow soon.

Please circulate this email to any list that may have an interest in that listed topics.

Steps to take for registration:
1.
Please register for the eCAADe conference. Only registered conference participants can take part on a workshop. We have as well reduced student rates for 80 CHF.

2.
Register yourselves directly at the workshop host. Each contact email is provided on the corresponding workshop page. Please ask the host to confirm the availability of seats and your participation.

3.
Do you have further questions? Please do not hesitate to contact me: halatsch@arch.ethz.ch.

Workshops on Monday, September 13, 2010
Autodesk LandXplorer:
Efficient visualization of large scale urban models, Places 25/25
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/LandXplorer

BASF: From Materials to Cities, Places 12/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/BASF

Our urban tools in Grasshopper and RhinoCommon, Places 12/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Grasshopper

From Points to Project: New land surveying techniques and its
impact on topological design and visualization, Places 10/10
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/PointsToProject

Aedas|R&D: Performative urban design, Places 8/8
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Aedas

Workshops on Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Please note that the eCAADe Council meeting will take place from 12:30 to 14:30.
Autodesk Ecotect: Performance evaluation of building and urban
designs, Places 25/25
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Ecotect

Bentley: High Performance Buildings, Places 12/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/HPB

IBM Smarter Cities: When is a city turning smart, Places 12/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/SmarterCities

Cityzoom: Decision Support Computational Environment for Urban
Planning, Places 15/15

Our urban tools in Grasshopper and RhinoCommon, Places 12/12
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Grasshopper

Procedural CityEngine, Places 25/25
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/ProceduralCityEngine

Aedas|R&D: Performative urban design, Places 8/8
http://www.ecaade2010.ethz.ch/Workshops/Aedas

On behalf of the eCAADe conference, ETH Zurich 2010.
We are happy to see you soon!

Kind regards,

Jan Halatsch

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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Faculty of Architecture
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Chair for Information Architecture
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Jan Halatsch
Dipl.-Ing. Architect
Research Scientist
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phone  +41 44 633 79 62
cell   +41 76 547 35 87
fax  +41 44 633 11 33
mail halatsch@arch.ethz.ch
web   http://www.ia.arch.ethz.ch
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Copenhagen, Denmark:

Professorship in Architecture with Digital Technologies as special area of responsibility

full text: www.karch.dk
/ English / About the School / Vacancies

http://www.karch.dk/uk/Menu/About+The+School/Vacancies/Professorship+in+Architecture+with+Digital+Technologies+as+special+area+of+responsibility

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture invites applications for a Professorship in Architecture with Digital Technologies as special area of responsibility.

The professorship is associated with the subject area ‘Information and Communication Technology’ at the Institute of Design and Communication, which covers the following subject areas: Design, Information and Communication Technology, and Visual Communication.

Applications
A written application incl. appendices, marked ‘CITA’, should be directed at and forwarded to The Rector, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Philip de Langes Alle’ 10, 1435 Copenhagen K, Denmark, to be received by the School at the latest by 12 noon on August 16, 2010.

In the application, which must be submitted in five copies, the applicant must account for how he/she envisages taking part in the School of Architecture’s foundational programme and PhD programme, as well as account for the professorship’s position in a research context in a vision for the subject area’s development.

The Professor’s main tasks will be:
* To do
independent research as well as manage and handle research and development work within digital technologies and architecture.

* To manage and handle work and development at CITA, in collaboration with the Head of Institute.

* To manage and handle the establishment of professional projects and networks, nationally as well as internationally, including the development of collaboration with other institutions, drawing offices and other private companies.

* To manage and handle the subject area’s teaching in the Bachelor and Master’s programmes, including organising workshops and courses.

* To manage and handle supervision of PhD students and to supervise assistant professors within the subject field.

* To disseminate and discuss research results at national and international level with academics and the industry, and to organise research activities such as conferences, symposiums and seminars within the field.

* To manage and handle procurement of external project financing, including preparation of applications for research councils and foundations.

Qualification requirements – Applicants are expected to:
* Hold a qualification as an architect from a recognised architectural institution or another relevant academic qualification.

* Have great insight into digital tools from a theoretical perspective and in relation to technology development, including insight into programming, interfacing and digital production.

* Be able to document research at a high international level, including contributions to further and new development of the field.

* Be able to document experience with research management or other management, and be interested in entering into dialogue with staff and students.

* Be able to document experience with international and interdisciplinary research work.

* Be able to document teaching and dissemination experience from institutions of higher education.

* Have good communication and collaboration skills as well as professional and personal clout, i.e. be visionary, positive and inspiring.

* Master written and spoken English. Non-Nordic applicants should be prepared to learn Danish within a reasonable time.

–
Nancy Yen-wen Cheng,
RA, LEED AP

Portland Architecture Program Director & Associate Professor
University of Oregon, 70 NW Couch St, Room 458, Portland, OR, 97209 USA
ACADIA President

Job Vacancy Details

Department/Unit  School of Architecture <http://www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk/>
Position  Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Architectural Design)

Reference Number         0910/185(737)/2
Closing Date
(mm dd,yyyy)     July 31, 2010

Post Specification
The School is committed to discovery and design as the primary mode of work and teaching, and focuses on study and advancement of architecture in all its scales and scope. It works as a community of students, teachers, visiting designers and architects, support staff and assistants, and other colleagues dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the advancement of architecture and self-education. It draws upon a rich source of cognate departments in the University, other professional communities in Hong Kong, and associated universities in China and overseas. Further information about the School is available at http://www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk.

Applicants should have
(i) a PhD degree in architecture and/or urban design, OR a professional Master degree in architecture plus professional registration and at least four years’ post-qualification practical or teaching experience (or at least six years’ post-qualification practical or teaching experience if not holding a professional registration); (ii) demonstrated original and outstanding achievement in architectural and urban design (as supported by evidence of design or research projects and outputs); and (iii) a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and research. The appointee will undertake teaching, research and curriculum development in architectural design with focus on urban design and planning. Preference will be given to those who have substantial experience in design, research and/or teaching.

Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years initially commencing December 2010, which, subject to mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation later.

Monthly Salary and Fringe Benefits
Salary will be highly competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University offers a comprehensive fringe benefit package, including medical care, plus a contract-end gratuity for an appointment of two years or longer and housing benefits for eligible appointee.

The terms mentioned herein are for reference only and are subject to revision by the University.

Application Procedure
Please send a letter of interest with a full resume, portfolio, names and addresses (personal fax numbers/e-mail addresses as well, if available) of three referees to whom applicants’ consent has been given for their providing references (unless otherwise specified), and any other supporting materials to Prof. Ho Puay Peng, Director of the School of Architecture either by post (School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong) or by e-mail: annabelleung@cuhk.edu.hk on or before July 31, 2010. For enquiries, please contact Mrs. Annabel Leung, Executive Assistant of the School via e-mail: annabelleung@cuhk.edu.hk; fax: (852) 2603 5267; or tel.: (852) 2609 6552 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (852) 2609 6552      end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

Please quote the reference number and mark ‘Application – Confidential’ on cover. The Personal Information Collection Statement <http://perntc.per.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel/include/res/pics.asp>  will be provided upon request.

Posting Date : Jun 17, 2010

Click here to download application form <http://perntc.per.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel/form_application.asp>
Click here to browse the complete list on job vacancies <http://perntc.per.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel/jobvacancy.asp?category=3

I am running a symposium at the Liverpool Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo on 4th August. If any of you are attending the Expo then you are welcome to come along and entry to the Symposium is free. Just register on-line so we know you want to attend.

Details are at www.urbandesignfutures.com

Professor Andre Brown
University of Liverpool

Other links
http://www.liv.ac.uk/shanghai-expo/events/urbandesignfutures/projects.html
http://www.liv.ac.uk/shanghai-expo/events/urbandesignfutures/speakers.html
http://www.liv.ac.uk/shanghai-expo/events/urbandesignfutures/programme.html

Professorship in Architecture with Digital Technologies as special area of responsibility

full text: www.karch.dk / English / About the School / Vacancies
http://www.karch.dk/uk/Menu/About+The+School/Vacancies/Professorship+in+Architecture+with+Digital+Technologies+as+special+area+of+responsibility

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture invites applications for a Professorship in Architecture with Digital Technologies as special area of responsibility.

The professorship is associated with the subject area ‘Information and Communication Technology’ at the Institute of Design and Communication, which covers the following subject areas: Design, Information and Communication Technology, and Visual Communication.

Applications
A written application incl. appendices, marked ‘CITA’, should be directed at and forwarded to The Rector, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Philip de Langes Alle’ 10, 1435 Copenhagen K, Denmark, to be received by the School at the latest by 12 noon on August 16, 2010.
In the application, which must be submitted in five copies, the applicant must account for how he/she envisages taking part in the School of Architecture’s foundational programme and PhD programme, as well as account for the professorship’s position in a research context in a vision for the subject area’s development.

The Professor’s main tasks will be:
* To do independent research as well as manage and handle research and development work within digital technologies and architecture.
* To manage and handle work and development at CITA, in collaboration with the Head of Institute.
* To manage and handle the establishment of professional projects and networks, nationally as well as internationally, including the development of collaboration with other institutions, drawing offices and other private companies.
* To manage and handle the subject area’s teaching in the Bachelor and Master’s programmes, including organising workshops and courses.
* To manage and handle supervision of PhD students and to supervise assistant professors within the subject field.
* To disseminate and discuss research results at national and international level with academics and the industry, and to organise research activities such as conferences, symposiums and seminars within the field.
* To manage and handle procurement of external project financing, including preparation of applications for research councils and foundations.

Qualification requirements – Applicants are expected to:
* Hold a qualification as an architect from a recognised architectural institution or another relevant academic qualification.
* Have great insight into digital tools from a theoretical perspective and in relation to technology development, including insight into programming, interfacing and digital production.
* Be able to document research at a high international level, including contributions to further and new development of the field.
* Be able to document experience with research management or other management, and be interested in entering into dialogue with staff and students.
* Be able to document experience with international and interdisciplinary research work.
* Be able to document teaching and dissemination experience from institutions of higher education.
* Have good communication and collaboration skills as well as professional and personal clout, i.e. be visionary, positive and inspiring.
* Master written and spoken English. Non-Nordic applicants should be prepared to learn Danish within a reasonable time.

Von: Nancy Yen-wen Cheng <nywc@uoregon.edu>
Datum: 21. Juli 2010 17:41:18 MESZ
Betreff: [acadia] CFP: Symposium on Sumulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) 2011
www.simaud.org/2011

Abstracts Deadline: November 5th, 2010
Submission Deadline: November 12th, 2010
Thank you for distributing the following announcement to your Faculty, Students and Alumni.

Best regards,

SimAUD 2011 Program Committee

Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design offers a venue for architecture researchers and simulation researchers to come together to focus on this important area. Buildings are the largest consumers of energy responsible for 48% of all Green House Gas emissions and due to the complexity and multidisciplinary aspects of architecture design and construction, and urban design and society, modeling and simulation become valuable techniques to understand and optimize this enormous challenge. Scientists, engineers, architects, planners, and designers who develop or use simulation tools are invited to participate and present original papers.
Details about the Conference and Call for Papers and Projects are available at www.simaud.org/2011

All accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library at the SpringSim Archive.

Sponsored by The Society for Modeling and Simulation International.

SimAUD 2011 Committee:
Symposium Chair
.Ramtin Attar (Autodesk Research)
Program Committee
.Robert Aish (Autodesk)
.Marilyne Andersen (EPFL-Laboratory of Performance-Driven Living)
.Sean Hanna (VR Center for the Built Environment, UCL Bartlett School of Graduate Studies)
.Michael Jemtrud (School of Architecture, McGill University)
.Ian Keough (Senior Technical Designer, Buro Happold Consulting Engineers)
.Azam Khan (Autodesk Research)
.Branko Kolarevic (Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary)
.Lira Nikolovska (Autodesk AEC)
.Rivka Oxman (Vice Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion ITT)
.Christoph Reinhart (Graduate School of Design, Harvard University)
.Gabriel Wainer (ARS Lab, Carleton University)
.Bernard P. Zeigler (Arizona Center for Integrative Modeling & Simulation)

For any additional information, please contact the conference chair: Ramtin.Attar@autodesk.com

cid:1.80596675@web38208.mail.mud.yahoo.com

Ramtin Attar
Design Research Associate
CTO- Autodesk Research

Autodesk, Inc.
210 King Street East
Toronto, Ontario M5A 1J7
Canada
Office:      416-874-8519

www.autodeskresearch.com
www.simaud.org/2011

–
Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP
Portland Architecture Program Director & Associate Professor
University of Oregon, 70 NW Couch St, Room 458, Portland , OR , 97209 USA
nywc@uoregon.edu, (503) 412-3718 phone, (503) 412-3745 fax,
ACADIA President

associate prof. dr. marcelo tramontano
university of sao paulo, brazil
department of architecture and urbanism . eesc
nomads.usp  centre for interactive-living studies
www.nomads.usp.br
t. +55 16 3373.9302 / 3373.8297 | f. +55 16 3373.9310

The third issue of the Nomads.usp’s journal brings major changes. The first one is that, from this issue on, all its content is bilingual — both in Portuguese and English. In addition, we created three new sections: the ’submitted papers’ section, which features articles evaluated by a process of blind peer review, the ‘carpet’ section, featuring short articles by specialists from various areas on the issue’s central theme, and the ‘project’ section, where we present submitted proposals of space and objects whose concept is related to the theme of each issue.

Considering guests and authors selected for publication, this issue counts 23 authors from outside Nomads.usp. They are researchers in 8 different countries: Germany, Bahrain, Chile, United States, Finland, England, New Zealand and Brazil. They mostly follow the tendency of working in different knowledge fields, as, indeed, one would expect from researchers interested in systemic visions of the world. Even so, it is worthy to note that among the areas represented here, there is a large and healthy variety, including music, chemistry, law, art, geography, philosophy, physics, design, film, computer architecture, economics, education, electrical engineering, computer science aside architecture and urbanism. Finally, the production of this issue of the journal involved a large number of Nomads.usp researchers, in addition to the four authors of the ‘nomads papers’: 22 researchers participated in various ways, validating the main objective of the magazine which is to create an interactive dialogue between Nomads.usp and the academic community, around major themes addressed by the Center ongoing research.

It is therefore with great pleasure that we invite you to read this broad snapshot of thoughts and experiences of those scholars interested in discussing concepts and derivations of systems thinking, helping us to problematize the matter and to deepen levels of questioning.

Two for One Digital Design Workshops

LAN-FLIGHT East Coast Fabrication Tour : July 7-13, 2010

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GRASSHOPPER intensive @ University of Oregon in Portland : Aug 12-14, 2010

SPECIAL PRICE:  $750 for professionals, $450 for students (with scholarship application)

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LAN-FLIGHT is a traveling seminar / tour of digital fabrication practices and programs. This immersion experience is intended to draw a diverse group of professionals and students from afar for a full schedule of exchanges with leading practices, fabrication lab visits, & LaN seminars… all while intensely exposed to the urban infrastructure of Boston, NY & in-between.
BOS (JUL 7-9, 9am-2pm at Microsoft New England Research & Development Center) Kostas Terzidis — THE MEME, I|K Studio
NEW HAVEN (JUL 10)  Erwin Hauer Studios
NY (JUL 10-13)  Michael Silver Architects, Buro Happold, Workshops Factory, KPF, COmmonwealth, Virtual, FabLab Medellin (Colombia), IaaC (Spain), DesignPlaygrounds (Mexico), OPO’Lab (Portugal)

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GRASSHOPPER Intensive Workshop
University of Oregon (UO) Summer in the City
Portland : Aug 12-14, 2010, 9:00am-4:50pm

The main focus of the seminar will be McNeel’s Grasshopper plug-in for Rhinnoceros 4.  Described as a ‘generative modeling for Rhino,’ Grasshopper is a parametric design environment suited for designing relationships versus explicit objects or forms. While Grasshopper is considered a graphical algorithm editor, it requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but enables designers to generate and control complex forms. Learn basic functionality of this vast interface; the workshop will look at ways to construct logics which take advantage of diverse data sources, algorithms, geometry, and manufacturing processes.  Instruction will conducted at beginner / intermediate level. Instructed by LaN CarloMaria Ciampoli & Monika Wittig

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REGISTRATION:

- UO Students should register for the Arch 407/507 1-credit Grasshopper Workshop through DuckWeb.uoregon.edu, download the scholarship form and submit it to Kirsten Poulsen-House <kpoulsen@uoregon.edu(503) 412-3718 and then contact Monika Wittig <monika@livearchitecture.netfor the LANFlight tour.

- Professionals and non-UO students should contact the UO Continuing Education office: <ctrinfo@uoregon.eduor (800) 824-2714 and then contact Monika Wittig <monika@livearchitecture.netfor the LANFlight tour.

For more information:

LAN / Live Architecture Network:   http://www.livearchitecture.net/
UO Summer in the City:  http://aaa.uoregon.edu/programs/portland/summerinthecity

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Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP
Portland Architecture Program Director & Associate Professor
University of Oregon, 70 NW Couch St, Room 458, Portland , OR , 97209 USA
nywc@uoregon.edu, (503) 412-3718 phone, (503) 412-3745 fax,
ACADIA President

James Stirling Chair of Architecture
Chair in Architectural Science and Technology

University of Liverpool – School of Architecture
Job Ref: A-500506/JAC
Job Ref: A-500507/JAC
Salary Negotiable

The Liverpool School of Architecture has a long and established international reputation as a leading educational and research School in the discipline. Our top three RAE rating and very positive RIBA validation report are testament to our continued excellence in the field. The University of Liverpool recognises this excellence, and its continued investment in the School is now reflected in the desire to appoint two world class Professors in the School of Architecture.

One of our most famous graduates was Sir James Stirling, and we recognise his significant role in the development of Architecture by naming one of the Chairs after him. We seek an inspirational and influential figure to take up this post.

The second Chair is to be directed towards further enhancement of our capabilities in Architectural Sciences and Technologies. Again we seek a candidate who can inspire and help drive forward our ambitions in the Technology and Process arm of the School of Architecture’s research.

Closing Date: 2 August 2010

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ABI165/2-chairs-in-architecture/

Dear Author,

Please forward to those who may be interested. Thanks.

2010 International Congress on Computer Applications and Computational Science
CACS 2010

4-6 December 2010, Singapore

http://irast.org/conferences/CACS/2010

CACS 2010 aims to bring together researchers and scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories to present new results and identify future research directions in computer applications and computational science. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Agent and Autonomous Systems
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Computer Architecture and VLSI
Computer Control and Robotics
Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality
Computers in Education
Computer Modeling and Simulations
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Security and Privacy
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Data Mining and Data Engineering
Distributed and Services Computing
Energy and Power Systems
Intelligent Systems
Internet and Web Systems
Nano Technologies
Real-Time and Embedded Systems
Scientific Computing and Applications
Signal, Image and Multimedia Processing
Software Engineering
Test Technologies

CACS 2010 conference proceedings will be published by CPS which will include the conference proceedings in IEEE Xplore and submit the proceedings to Ei Compendex and ISTP for indexing.

Singapore’s cultural diversity reflects its colonial history and Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arab ethnicities. English is the dominant official language, which is convenient for foreign visitors. Places of interest, such as the Orchard Road district, Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, and Sentosa, attract millions of visitors a year.Singapore is a paradise for shopping, dining, entertainment, and nightlife, with two new integrated resorts.

Conference Contact: CACS @ irast.org (remove spaces around @ in this email address)
Extended Submission Deadline: 15 July 2010
Review Decision Notifications: 15 August 2010
Final Papers and Author Registration Deadline: 9 September 2010

With kind regards,
Jane Lew

The First Built Environment Development Symposium:

Real Estate and Housing sustainability

Organized by

College of Architecture and Planning, University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with the Commerce Chamber, Eastern province

The Scientific Committee of the Symposium invites researchers and interested professionals to submit abstracts regarding real estate development, housing development and sustainability. This can be through the following themes:

• Concepts of “real estate” and “sustainable housing development” and their interrelationships.
• Real estate development and sustainable housing development process on various levels (i.e. strategic planning, regional planning, urban planning, urban design, architectural design, interior design, materials and construction technology)
• Real estate education, teaching and learning methods and techniques
• Specific laws and regulations that control real estate development process and its impact on achieving sustainable real estate and housing development.
• The economics of real estate development: sustainable real estate market mechanisms. Alternative economic mechanisms and tools for housing provision and finance, and real estate’s investment.
• Experiences: success/ failure in achieving the concept of “sustainable real estate and housing development” in the KSA and around world.

Important Dates

§    First Call for abstracts 5th June 2010

§    Deadline for abstract submission 30th June 2010

§    Notification of abstract acceptance 10^th July 2010

§    Deadline for Full paper submission [will be determined later]

§    Notification of full paper acceptance [will be determined later]

§    Deadline for submission of revised papers according to the referees comments [will be determined later]

§    Dates of the Symposium 25-27 October 2010

Submission and Languages

For full details about the symposium, please visit the symposium web site at:

http://www.bedsym.org

For submission format and language, please follow the link: http://www.bedsym.org/eng/(S(zwv2izr23iyael45eyrnqy55))/Empty.aspx?ID=693

IMPORTANT Note: please do not show the author name or details in the abstract

To submit an abstract, please follow the link:

http://www.openconf.org/BEDsym/openconf.php

Hi,

This summer, the USC School of Architecture is offering TWO EVENTS that you might be interested in:  an exclusive series of Executive Education roundtable seminars and the FREE annual BIM symposium.  Please take the time to read the entire email if you are seriously interested in the current and future state of the AECO profession.

Feel free to forward this email to your colleagues and others that you feel would be interested in our events.

Thank you for your time!  Sorry that the email is so long, but I needed to describe BOTH EVENTS.

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/

http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/

Karen
Kensek
USC, School of Architecture

FIRST EVENT
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION:  August 2nd and 3rd
This year, we have launched five course offerings centered on the theme of Los Angeles as a 21st century model of critical urbanism, creativity, and culture. These courses will explore a set of strategically themed topics, connecting over a dozen of the most forward thinking global practitioners, politicians, and urban theorists today with our own faculty.  One of the two-day sessions is themed around building information modeling (BIM).  This is a unique opportunity to interact in a small group (30 maximum attendees) with leaders in the profession, in a session focusing on dialogue and debate.  Please visit the website for further information about this unique event, its distinguished speakers, and registration information.  As only a very limited number of spaces are available, please enroll soon.

Keep checking back on the website as additional information will be updated there.

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/kill-bim/

http://execed.uscarchitecture.com/

Current list of speakers:

Keynote speakers:
Phil Bernstein, confirmed
Vice President, Industry Strategy and Relations, Autodesk AEC Solutions

Ken Sanders, confirmed
CIO of Gensler

Session leaders:
Cristiano Ceccato, invited
Associate,  Zaha Hadid Architects, London

Larry Eisenberg, confirmed
Executive Director, Facilities Planning and Development
Los Angeles Community College District

Carl Galioto FAIA, invited
Senior Principal, Managing Principal HOK/New York

Stephen R. Hagan FAIA, confirmed
U.S. General Services Administration

Atul Khanzode, confirmed
Director of Virtual Building at DPR Construction, Inc.

David Todd, confirmed
Executive Vice President National Technical Services
Bovis Lend Lease, formerly Walt Disney Imagineering for 33 years

invited instigators:
Jordan Brandt, Horizontall LLC
Marty Doscher, Morphosis
Calvin Kam, CIFE, Stanford University; Optima
Dennis Selden, Gehry Technologies

SECOND EVENT
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BIM ANALYTICS: August 4th:  FREE
BIM isn’t BIM without Information.  For decades, faculty, researchers, and software companies have been developing software tools that are intended predict the performance of a building, for example, energy consumption, day lighting, cost, code compliance, structural analysis, etc. These tools have typically been stand-alone tools that provide a specific analytical capability.  The range and depth of these tools has been astonishing, and yet lamentably many of these tools have not been significantly integrated into the design processes of professionals.  BIM is a promising technology to encourage improved integration of design analysis into the building model.  For the Fourth Annual BIM + Symposium, we will explore the nature of analytical modeling in architecture, engineering, and construction.  We will seek opportunities for a more responsive integration of the evidence/simulation based design decision-making.  We will have speakers who have integrated simulation and BIM i
n their design process, a forward looking section on BIM parametrics, and informative presentations on interoperability and standards.  More information including a list of speakers and registration information will be available on the web site.  Please reserve your spot soon; BIM CON!FAB filled up last year.

Keep checking back on the website as additional information will be updated there.

http://arch-pubs.usc.edu/bim-analytics/

Current list of confirmed speakers:

* Architecture and Engineering *
Rachelle Villalon,  Jenna Knudsen, and Alex Korter,  CO Architects
Erin McConahey + team, ARUP
Mitch Dec, David Summers, Tianxin Xing, Glumac, “Rapid Energy Modeling”

* Construction *
Jim Bedrick, Webcor
Viktor Bullain, Turner Construction, “BIM Execution Plan for Successful Model-based Analysis”
Jonathan Widney, Solibri and Darren Roos, Suffolk Construction Company, “Mining the Model — Analysis of the Model Information, not just the Geometry”

* Parametrics / Performance Based or Algorithmic Design *
Nathan Miller, NBBJ, “Feedback Cloud:  Tactics for Toolset Integration and Design Optimization”
Second speaker – TBD

* Integration, Standards, the Big Picture *
Richard Nowicki, NTD Architecture and Lance Lareau, San Diego CCD, no title yet
Michael Rendler, LACCD, “BIM /GIS The WHOLE Picture.  LACCD e7 System”
Third speaker – TBD

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If you wish to contact us, please do NOT hit reply to this message — use one of the email addresses listed below.

If either of the websites don’t work, please contact Gennaro Avolio-Toly at avolioto@usc.edu .

For more information about the Executive Education sessions, please contact Eric Moore at ericjmoo@usc.edu .

For more information about BIM Analytics, please contact Eve Lin (Karen’s assistant) at shihhsil@usc.edu .

If you really want to get a hold of me, email kensek@usc.edu .  Thanks!

This email list is used to contact people who have an interest in BIM events at USC or related events.  To unsubscribe from this email list, please contact Eve Lin at shihhsil@usc.edu .  Sorry, this does not guarantee that you won’t receive email from us as others might have forwarded mail to you, but your name will be individually taken off from the list that we keep.

Jeff Kelly
Program Manager for Authors and Publishing
Bentley Institute Press
685 Stockton DriveExton, Pennsylvania 19341
Office : 610-458-2889
Cell : 610-999-9373

From: Steve Steck
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:48 AM
To: Jeff Kelly
Subject: Call for articles about Parametric Design Methods extended

William John (Bill) Mitchell

One of the things we can say with all certainty is that Bill Mitchell was our friend, a friend of CAADRIA and a friend of each of us individually. He was the keynote speaker at the second CAADRIA conference (the first was too modest to have keynote speakers) and gave our fledgling organization generous support of his time and advice. Friendship was the premise from which Bill started. Bill always appeared to start, with the assumption that you and he could share an enthusiasm about the boundless opportunities in this world, so why waste time doing anything but engaging in such enquiry. With his wry smile and sparkling eyes, he would pick up any topic you proposed (or pitch one himself), start slowly in a measured voice that rapidly gained enthusiasm, typically taking a short detour into an exploration of irony or humor that could always be found in any subject, to end in an insight that you felt privileged to have shared in its discovery (if only because you were there at that moment). Bill did not do things for himself, he could not help but bring everyone else in to share what he was doing. Our only failing was we could seldom keep up; he was so prolific and energetic. As Bill’s health failed slowly over the past four years, several people remarked that this could not be possible; with boundless intellectual energy, Bill could only keep going. And this was true, it was his body that gave up, not his mind or ideas. A prolific author, his last book was published just as he entered his final, intensive and debilitating period of treatment.

In our community in of computer aided design, we all know of the work of Bill Mitchell, not least because he wrote the foundation text Computer-aided architectural design that was published in 1977. Having graduated from the University of Melbourne in Architecture, he went to study at Yale where the Master of Environmental Design was in its prime. He quickly realized that the progress of computational devices was such that they would soon have an impact on the architectural profession. While others wrote elegies to transformative power of digital approaches, Bill set out to write his first book in a style that he never lost – it was a straightforward account of what these systems were, how they worked and what this might therefore mean to the practice of architectural design. With this grounded clarity, Bill demonstrated a capacity to communicate the most complex of fields to the broadest audience. Here, in this first work, was the characteristic engagement of everyone who would open the covers, starting simple and ending up in ground breaking ideas of the potential. Bill’s final book, published in March 2010, addresses the future of transportation, and is unassumingly titled Reinventing the automobile. The same style is brought to bear, the reader taken through a straightforward review of what is and encouraged to take steps to think of what might be, ending in an audacious proposition.

In reading the many tributes to Bill that have been posted or emailed in the past 72 hours, several common points are made by former students and many friends and colleagues. Bill always listened closely, developed ideas with great excitement yet eloquently and made you feel part of their evolution. When asked why he was an academic instead of profiting of his many ideas, he consistently said the excitement of working with the best people and giving them the opportunity to flourish was the best reward he could imagine. I was privileged to first encounter Bill in 1977, just as his first book was published, and continued in several locations to work with and for him. As a research assistant on very early drafts of Logic of architecture I was lucky to see the way ideas developed, were tested and discarded if they did not stand up. As a co-author (with Robin Liggett) on The art of computer graphics programming I was privileged to see how my ideas could be made that much better through the clarity of their articulation and their potential revealed. I still have a manuscript version of one draft, showing Bill’s cut and paste technique (done with scissors and tape, since word processors were not widely available then). Bill wrote with a fluidity and clarity that came from a need to share ideas with anyone who would care to listen. His capacity to write rapidly was also important, since he had so much to communicate. He said that he wrote the first draft of his book on the design of the MIT campus (to which he contributed so much) was written over one long weekend.

While we in the CAAD community like to think of Bill as one of us, his contribution is of course much broader. His incisive architectural thinking can be seen in The poetics of gardens which he co-authored with Charles Moore and William Turnbull. The real change in the reach of his voice came when The city of bits was published. Walking past a London bookshop, there in the window I saw a pile of this title, making clear that Bill had managed to reach to the popular reader and communicate his ideas to a wider audience. From this point onwards, he was recognized and appreciated for his insights into the ways in which digital devices have fundamentally realigned the world. His telling of this story has ended with his last book, where the future of the automobile is largely the future of digitally enabled transportation, and he has left it to us to continue the story telling. All of us, as his good friends, have a part to play, to keep the story developing, to maintain the clarity of its telling and to ensure we do it enthusiastically for the potential and excitement, always doing it for others and ensuring they get as much fun out of it as Bill would have found in the enquiry.