BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:97@live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170330T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170331T160000 DTSTAMP:20170705T225824Z URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/6506/ SUMMARY:Material Interactions Symposium DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 30 | 6:30-7:30pm | Opening Remarks and Keynot e Lecture\nFriday\, March 31 | 9:30am-4:00pm | Speaker Presentations and Panel Discussions\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.\n\nFor nea rly three decades\, architectural design strategies and methodologies invo lving modeling and making have been infused with processes that utilize di gital design and fabrication technologies. The digital is no longer novel\ , but enmeshed within our daily lives in a post-digital culture. In more r ecent years\, advances in materials\, sensing\, actuation\, and robotic te chnologies\, have altered the modes in which architects and designers enga ge spatiotemporal systems and human-machine-environment interactions. Nove l architectures are being developed through innovative approaches in the d esign of responsive and adaptive systems that promote human interaction an d result in corporeal\, visceral\, and ephemeral experiences. These kineti c\, quasi-intelligent systems are being explored through emerging bio and synthetic materials\, robotic systems\, programmable matter\, virtual envi ronments\, and deliberately altering\, hacking\, and tinkering with electr onics.\n\nMaterial Interactions\, a symposium held at The City College o f New York\, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\, will highl ight current methodologies and question future potentials for sensing\, ac tuation\, and robotic technologies in the design of interactive systems. H ow will the continuation and evolution of adaptive and responsive behavior in design allow us to rethink the possibilities for exploring new territo ries in architecture\, landscape architecture\, urban design\, and the env ironment? This symposium will bring together academics and practitioners t o present and discuss current and future potentials for design processes t hat conflate technological prowess and playful experimentation as a means of interrogating\, exploring\, and discovering architectures and designs t hat posit new protocols in describing the relationships between bodies\, m achines\, and environments.\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, March 30\, 2017\n6:30–7:30 p.m\, | Keynote Lecture: Bradley Cantrell\, Responsive L andscapes: Curating Complexity\n\nFriday\, March 31\, 2017\n9:30 -10:00 a. m. | coffee and light breakfast\n10:00-11:30 | Session 01 | Embedded Respo nse\n\n Rashida Ng\n Nancy Diniz + Frank Melendez\n Dana Cupkova\n Mo derator: Ruth Berktold\n\n11:30-12:00 | break \n12:00–1:30 p.m. | Sessi on 02 | Networked Environments\n\n Phillip Anzalone\n Carla Leitao + Ed ward Keller\n Shawn Rickenbacker\n Moderator: Jeremy Edmiston\n\n1:30– 2:30 | lunch break \n2:30–4:00 | Session 03 | Multi-Sensory Systems\n\n Jason Kelly Johnson\n Wendy W Fok\n Michael Szivos\n Moderator: Brian Ringley\n\nEach session will consist of 15-20 minute presentations follow ed by a 20 minute moderated panel discussion\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\n\nPhi llip Anzalone | The New York City College of Technology / CUNY | Atelier A rchitecture 64\n\n\n\n\nPhillip Anzalone is a Professor of Architectural T echnology at the New York City College of Technology\, where he teaches ad vanced design studio along with courses in contemporary building envelope design\, digital fabrication and automated construction processes\, and bu ilding structures.  Phillip’s research includes the application of scie nce and technology to architectural design problems in areas such as advan ced materials\, automated manufacturing and construction\, active / respon sive structural and building envelope systems\, computational workflow and cyber-physical systems\, augmented reality\, building integrated machine learning\, and innovative building systems. Phillip is a practicing Archit ect and Principal at Atelier Architecture 64\, an award-winning firm in B rooklyn\, New York with diverse expertise in building design based on an i nnovative practice focused on bridging material explorations and fabricati on processes developed in the workshop with the specific needs of each pro ject through environmental performance\, architectural detailing and metho ds of manufacturing. Phillip holds a Masters of Architecture from Columbi a University and B.P.S. Architecture from SUNY Buffalo\, with past experie nce as a building envelope consultant for R. A. Heintges &\; Associates \, as an architectural designer with Greg Lynn Form.\n\nBradley Cantrell | Harvard Graduate School of Design\n\n\n\nBradley Cantrell is a landscap e architect and scholar whose work focuses on the role of computation and media in environmental and ecological design. Professor Cantrell receive d his BSLA from the University of Kentucky and his MLA from the Harvard Gr aduate School of Design. He is currently an Associate Professor of Landsca pe Architectural Technology and a researcher in the Responsive Environment s and Artifacts Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His work poi nts to a series of methodologies that develop modes of modeling\, simulati on\, and embedded computation that express and engage the complexity of ov erlapping physical\, cultural\, and economic systems.\n\nDana Cupkova | Ca rnegie Mellon University | Epiphyte Lab\n\n\n\nDana Cupkova is a founding partner and principal of EPIPHYTE Lab\, an interdisciplinary design and re search practice. She currently holds Assistant Professorship at Carnegie M ellon University’s School of Architecture and serves as a Track Chair fo r the school’s Master of Science in Sustainable Design program. Dana’s design work studies the built environment at the intersection of ecology\ , computational processes\, and systems analysis. In her research\, she in terrogates the relationship between design-space and ecology as it engages computational methods\, thermodynamic processes\, and experimentation wit h geometrically-driven performance logic. This research has been supporte d by the NYSCA 2013 Grant\, the AIA NY Center for Architecture Foundation Arnold W. Brunner Grant\, the Cornell University Faculty Innovation Grant\ , Architectural League of NY\, AIA Urban and Regional Solution Grant\, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance Grant\, and others. Dana ’s design work has been published internationally in professional venues such as Dwell\, The Architectural Review\, Green Building &\; Design\, The Cornell Journal of Architecture\, IJAC and Architect’s Newspaper\; it has also been presented at academic conferences such as Smart Geometry\ , ACADIA\, Encoding Architecture\, Sustaining Sustainability: Alternative Approaches in Urban Ecology and Architecture\, and Design Modeling Symposi um: Modeling Behavior\, among others.\n\nNancy Diniz | Rensselaer Polytech nic Institute | Augmented Architectures\n\n\n\nNancy is a registered arch itect\, educator and researcher\, and currently the Director of the BSc i n Building Sciences at the School of Architecture of Rensselaer Polytechni c Institute. Her main research and teaching interests lie in real time ada ptive and responsive systems\, mobile and wearable computing\, bio materi als and interface and data visualization. She has exhibited her work wide ly namely at EYEBEAM\, Milano Expo 2015\, Venice Biennale\, Lisbon Archite cture Triennale\, ISEA\, Dislocate and Cornell University. She was awarded a High Commendation Prize for Innovative Teaching\, XJTLU Teaching Prizes 2014. She is a recipient of fellowships at the MacDowell Colony and EYE BEAM\, NY. She is a research member of: ISTAR/IUL – Advanced Research L ab\, Digital Living Spaces\, Lisbon\, Portugal\, WSNL Wireless Sensor Netw ork Lab at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) Suzhou\, China an d the Center for Materials\, Devices and Integrated Systems at the Renssel aer Polytechnic Institute\, NY\, USA. Nancy is the Founding Partner and Co-Principal of Augmented Architectures Studio based in Brooklyn\, NY. In the past Nancy has held several permanent academic positions in Portugal \, the UK and China.\n\nWendy W Fok | The New School / Parsons | WE-DESIGN S\n\n\n\nWendy W Fok\, a trained architect\, is the creative director/foun der of WE-DESIGNS\, LLC (Architecture/Creative Strategy)\, Resilient Mo dular Systems (a Socially-Missioned Public Benefits Corporation)\, and a telier//studio-WF (Spatial/Installation Art).  She is featured as Autod esk Remake’s list of 25 Women in Reality Computing (2017)\, winner of t he Autodesk AiR (2016)\, Young CAADRIA Award (2015)\, Digital Kluge Fe llowship awarded by the Library of Congress (2014/15)\, the Art Director ’s Club of New York’s ADC Young Guns 11 Award (2013)\, AIA (America n Institute of Architects) Dallas “Express Yourself” Women in Architec ture Award (2013)\, and selected designer of the Perspective 40 under 40 Award (2011) and the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award (2009). Fok has a Master of Architecture and Certification of Urban Policy/Planning f rom Princeton University\, and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a C oncentration in Economics (Statistics) from Barnard College\, Columbia Uni versity. Along with her practice\, Fok is also a Assistant Professor of I ntegrated Design\, at the Parsons School of Design Strategies\, and comple ting her Doctor of Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Des ign. The endeavours of Wendy W Fok’s research-based projects are dedicat ed to the creation of designs interlaced within the principals of procedur al-based mathematics\, logics\, culture\, and material studies\, within th e field of architecture\, digital media\, and design. Her designs are subs tantiated through explorations between the cross-pollination of spatial in stallation arts and novel architectural innovations embedded within intern ational urban cityscapes.\n\nJason Kelly Johnson | California College of A rts | Future Cities Lab\n\n\n\nJason Kelly Johnson is a founding design pa rtner of Future Cities Lab\, an experimental design and spatial research o ffice based in San Francisco\, California. Working in collaboration with h is partner Nataly Gattegno\, Jason has produced a range of award-winning p rojects exploring the intersections of public space\, art and architecture with advanced fabrication technologies\, robotics\, responsive building s ystems. Future Cities Lab is at the forefront of exploring how advanced te chnologies\, social media and the internet of things will profoundly affec t how we live\, work\, communicate and play in the future. Their approach to design and making\, which has been described as “high performance cra ft”\, is also deeply experiential\, interactive and materially rich. Jas on is also a tenured Associate Professor at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco and co-directs CCA’s Digital Craft Lab.\n\nC arla Leitão | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institue | AUM Studio\n\n\n\nArchite ct\, designer and writer\, lives/works in New York\, USA and Lisbon\, Port ugal. Co-founder of Umasideia in Lisbon\, and AUM Studio in NY\, with Ed K eller. Lecturer at at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architect ure. Formerly taught at Cornell University\, City College and UPenn. Prac tice and academic endeavors focuses on convergences of Architecture/Design \, Urban Phenomena\, Ubiquitous Cultures\, Digital Communication and the r ole of design in cultural and technological innovation. Research and forth coming publication “Metamaterial: a Design Primer” engages the revolut ion of new thinking around material sciences\, material and matter concept s and the role of designers in co-evolving structures and models for desig n of material specifications. Publications include “4 Lines” as author (ASS) and “City Fragments” (CBA) as co-editor. Curated\, organized an d designed the event “Portugal Now” and the Cornell AAP Folio of same event\, exhibition of work by more than 20 portuguese offices and a confer ence in Ithaca and New York City with a selection of 5 offices. Practice i ncludes built and ongoing residential and institutional projects. Exhibiti ons and installations include “Suture” (SCI Arc/Tellic Gallery\, Los A ngeles)\, Global Design NYU\, and ISCTE\, Portugal\, and “True Romance ” (Stuttgart\, Germany).\n\nEdward Keller | The New School / Parsons | A UM Studio\n\n\n\nDirector of the Center for Transformative Media at The Ne w School\, and Associate Professor at Parsons School of Design.  Designer \, professor\, writer\, musician and multimedia artist.  Prior to joining Parsons\, he taught at Columbia Univ. GSAPP[1998-2010] and SCIArc [200 4-09].   With Carla Leitao he co-founded AUM Studio\, an architecture a nd new media firm that has produced residential projects\, competitions\, and new media installations in Europe and the US.   His work and writin g has appeared widely\, in venues including Punctum\, Praxis\, ANY\,  A D\,  Arquine\,  Leonardo Electronic Almanac\,  Architecture\,  Precis\ ,  Wired\,  Metropolis\,  Assemblage\, Ottagono\, and Progressive Archi tecture.  He has spoken on architecture\, film\,technology and ecolog y internationally.  Ongoing courses at Parsons include Design for this Century\,  Post-Planetary Design  and The Radical Future of Guitar.  Ed has been an avid rockclimber for over 35 years.\n\nFrank Melendez | The City College of New York / CUNY | Augmented Architectures\n\n\n\nFrank Me lendez is an architectural designer\, researcher\, and educator. His resea rch and teaching focus on the advancement of architectural design through the integration of emerging digital technologies within the built environm ent. This work engages topics pertaining to computation\, ecology\, fabric ation\, synthetic materials\, physical computing\, and robotics. Frank is currently an Assistant Professor at The City College of New York\, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\, and is a Co-Principal of Augmen ted Architectures Studio\, based in Brooklyn\, New York. His professional experience includes working at Frank O. Gehry &\; Associates in Santa M onica\, CA\, and Urban A&\;O in New York\, NY. Frank received his Bach elor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Architecture degree from the Yale School of Architecture.\n\nRashida Ng | Temple University | SEAMLab\n\n\n\nRashida Ng is an Associate Professor a nd Chair of the Architecture Department at Temple University’s Tyler Sch ool of Art in Philadelphia. Her research broadly explores the measurable a nd experiential characteristics of materials and performative architecture . Professor Ng’s work consciously resists an over reliance on quantifiab le metrics in direct acknowledgment of the primacy of human experience wit hin architecture. Though rooted in the principles of building science\, he r research challenges conventional methods of construction and seeks to pr omote material invention and advancement within the field.  Much of this research has focused on phase change material and advanced lighting techno logies. She has authored numerous papers on these topics and co-edited the book\, Performative Materials in Architecture and Design\, published by I ntellect in 2013. Professor Ng received a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from th e Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a registered architect in Pennsy lvania.  Prior to joining the faculty at Temple\, she practiced in Georgi a\, Connecticut\, and Pennsylvania.  Professor Ng is Co-founder and Presi dent of the non-profit organization SEAMLab\, a collaborative think tank d edicated to research and the dissemination of design-based knowledge focus ed on materiality within the built environment.\n\nShawn Rickenbacker | Tu lane University and University of Pennsylvania | Urban Data Design\n\n\n\n Shawn Rickenbacker is an architect and creative technologist whose work an d research focuses on the convergence of digital and physical space and it s relationship to human behavior and experience.  He is a co-founder of the research and design consultancy\, Urban Data + Design\, which employs data\, research and design toward the creation of useful algorithms and ap plications that provide quantitative and qualitative design insight.  H is professional and academic research seeks to advance the participatory role of technology and data in the invention of form\, urban systems and policy.  He currently holds the Favrot Visiting Chair at the Tulane Uni versity School of Architecture and is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Taylor Institute for Social Innovation and Design Thinking.  Previously he served as the Director of the Motorola Futures Interaction Lab at the U niversity of Pennsylvania\, Graduate School of Design and organizer of the 2015 Non Discrete Architectures Symposium.\n\nMichael Szivos | Pratt Inst itute and Yale University | SOFTlab\n\n\n\nMichael Szivos is the founder o f SOFTlab\, a design studio based in New York City. The studio was created by Michael shortly after receiving a graduate degree in architecture from Columbia University. SOFTlab has won numerous awards including the Archit ectural League Prize for Young Architects &\; Designers in 2012\, and N ew Practices New York awarded by the AIA Chapter of New York in 2010. The studio has designed and produced projects across almost every medium\, fro m digitally fabricated large-scale sculpture to interactive design to imme rsive digital video installations. As a studio\, SOFTlab embraces projects through a mix of research\, craft\, and ideas. Through the studio’s uni que blend of backgrounds as designers\, artists\, architects and educators \, we can approach every project from a fresh perspective to create rich v isual\, interactive and spatial experiences. By mixing research\, creativi ty and technology with a strong desire to make work fun\, SOFTlab attempts to create new and unique experiences. In addition to running SOFTlab\, Mi chael also teaches core graduate design studio at Yale University and is a n adjunct professor at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture.\n\nOrga nized by Frank Melendez | The City College of New York\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Special Events LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States GEO:40.8177595;-73.95047339999996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=141 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sciame Auditori um (Room 107):geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR