CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 February 2008
Events News
Grimshaw, SHoP, Zaha Hadid, and Other Leading Organizations to Speak at SmartGeometry 2008 in Munich
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that registration is now open for SmartGeometry 2008, an eight-day, four-event program on the latest developments in computational and parametric design for infrastructure. These much-anticipated events, sponsored by Bentley and hosted by the SmartGeometry Group, run Feb. 27 through March 5 in Munich, Germany. The premier event – the Conference and Reception on March 5 – will feature a full day of sessions, open to all attendees, led by renowned experts on advanced 3D design. The other events include the GenerativeComponents Pre-Workshop Training Class, the SmartGeometry Workshops, and the SmartGeometry Alumni Summit.
“SmartGeometry 2008 will focus on innovative design tools, technologies, and methodologies that allow and encourage new forms of architectural and structural expression – forms that are radically changing the world of the built environment,” said J Parrish, director, SmartGeometry Group, who is also a director at ArupSport.
The speakers at SmartGeometry 2008 will include some of the world’s preeminent authorities on the theory and practice of advanced 3D design applications such as generative design. Among them will be the SmartGeometry directors and their teams from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Foster + Partners, and Arup; Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects; Brett Steele from the Architectural Association School of Architecture; Professor Helmut Pottmann from Vienna University of Technology; Professor Grossman from Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure; as well as representatives from Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Herzog & de Meuron, Grimshaw Architects, SHoP Architects PC, Gramazio & Kohler, Aedas, and others. Their insights will provide attendees with a broader understanding of innovative and enabling technologies and methodologies that are currently changing modern architectural and structural practice.
Speaker presentations will address new issues arising from generative technology and the underlying architectural goals. The main session topics will include:
• Form as Art – digital tools allow a new aesthetic
• Form as Craft – digital manufacturing is opening up new avenues of expression
• Form as Computation – computational tools, such as optimization and simulation, are increasingly important
• Form as Negotiation – the digital era introduces emergent strategies that promote collaboration and participation
The schedule of events for SmartGeometry 2008 is as follows:
• GenerativeComponents Pre-Workshop Training Class, Feb. 27-28, ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel Munich – In these sessions participants will learn about, or improve their skills in the use of, GenerativeComponents – Bentley’s new generative design software.
• SmartGeometry 2008 Workshops, Feb. 29-March 3, ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel – The workshops will provide four days of highly rewarding hands-on work with tutors drawn from the design and research communities. These leading practitioners and educators will work with participants to explore their advanced design objectives. The session projects will be drawn from the hundreds of innovative and challenging design ideas submitted by prospective workshop participants.
• SmartGeometry 2008 Alumni Summit, March 4, ArabellaSheraton Grand Hotel – The first-ever SmartGeometry Alumni Summit will enable attendees to see what participants in past SmartGeometry conferences are currently achieving in practice. Its full-day agenda will offer attendees a unique opportunity to learn about best practices and innovative applications of these advanced technology approaches, as well as to network with their peers. The event is open to all workshop and conference attendees.
• SmartGeometry 2008 Conference (at BMW Welt) and Reception (at Deutsches Museum), March 5 – This crowning event of SmartGeometry 2008 features a full day of presentations and discussions dedicated to advances in computational and parametric design. Inspiring sessions will highlight the results from this year’s workshops and then move on to the latest developments in innovative design tools, technologies, and methodologies – as presented by industry experts and directors of the SmartGeometry Group. The SmartGeometry Conference and Reception is open to all who share an interest in the theory and practice of generative design.
The site for this year’s SmartGeometry Conference – BMW Welt – is a paragon of high-performing design. The BMW Welt event and delivery center in Munich was designed by Professor Wolf D. Prix and the Viennese architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. The building’s architecture features a distinctive Double Cone, floating cloud roof, free sight lines, and visual interaction between the various areas within BMW Welt and with the building’s immediate surroundings. The transparent glass facades permit views of the landscape of the Olympiapark from inside the building. The Four Cylinders building, headquarters of the BMW Group, is honored with a special wedge cut out of the roof shape, through which the entire high-rise can be viewed from within BMW Welt.
To get a feel for the events at SmartGeometry 2008, you can review all of the presentations from SmartGeometry 2007 at http://www.SmartGeometry2007.com. For complete details on SmartGeometry 2008 and to register, visit http://www.SmartGeometry2008.com.
The SmartGeometry Group is firmly committed to the belief that computer-aided design should lend itself to capturing, expressing, and enriching the geometric relationships that form the foundation of architecture. The group is dedicated to educating the construction professions in the new skills required to effectively use advanced design systems such as GenerativeComponents. The directors of the SmartGeometry Group include Lars Hesselgren of Kohn Pederson Fox Associates, Hugh Whitehead of Foster + Partners, and J Parrish of ArupSport. For more information, visit http://www.smartgeometry.org.
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