Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor

Edited by Kathy Velikov, Sean Ahlquist, Matias del Campo, Geoffrey Thün

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Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor

Edited by Kathy Velikov, Sean Ahlquist, Matias del Campo, Geoffrey Thün

P R O C E E D I N G S

Proceedings

6 Foreword Jason Kelly Johnson

8 Introduction Kathy Velikov, Sean Ahlquist, Matias del Campo, Geoffrey Thün

10 Procedural Design INTRODUCTION Sean Ahlquist

12 David Jason Gerber, Evangelos Pantazis A Multi-Agent System for Facade Design

24 Anton Savov, Ben Buckton, Oliver Tessmann 20,000 Blocks

34 Jason S. Johnson, Matthew Parker Architectural Heat Maps: A Workflow for Synthesizing Data

44 Jose Sanchez Combinatorial design

54 David Andréen, Petra Jenning, Nils Napp, Kirstin Petersen Emergent Structures Assembled by Large Swarms of Simple Robots

62 Gergana Rusenova, Karola Dierichs, Ehsan Baharlou, Achim Menges Feedback- and Data-driven Design for Aggregate Architectures

72 Paul Harrison What Bricks Want: Machine Learning and Iterative Ruin

78 Matthew Parker, Joshua M. Taron Form-Making in SIFT Imaged Environments

88 Christoph Klemmt, Klaus Bollinger Load Responsive Angiogenesis Networks

98 Shane Ida Smith, Chris Lasch Machine Learning Integration for Adaptive Building Envelopes

106 Subhajit Das, Colin Day, Anthony Hauck, John Haymaker, Diana Davis Space Plan Generator

116 Daniel Davis Evaluating Buildings with Computation and Machine Learning

124 Laura Ferrarello The Tectonic of the Hybrid Real

130 Duks Koschitz, Bernat Ramagosa, Eric Rosenbaum Beetle Blocks

140 Andrei Nejur, Kyle Steinfeld Ivy

152 Generative Robotics INTRODUCTION Sean Ahlquist

154 Giulio Brugnaro, Ehsan Baharlou, Lauren Vasey, Achim Menges Robotic Softness

164 Johannes Braumann, Sven Stumm, Sigrid Brell-Cokcan Towards New Robotic Design Tools

174 Andrew Moorman, Jingyang Liu, Jenny E. Sabin RoboSense

184 Lauren Vasey, Long Nguyen, Tovi Grossman, Heather Kerrick, Danil Nagy, Evan Atherton, David Thomasson, Nick Cote, Tobias Schwinn, David Benjamin, Maurice Conti, George Fitzmaurice, Achim Menges Collaborative Construction

196 Philip F. Yuan, Hua Chai, Chao Yan, Jin jiang Zhou Robotic Fabrication of Structural Performance based Timber Grid-shell in Large-Scale Building Scenario

206 Pradeep Devadass, Farid Dailami, Zachary Mollica, Martin Self Robotic Fabrication of Non-Standard Material

214 Mathew Schwartz Use of a Low-Cost Humanoid for Tiling as a Study in On-Site Fabrication

224 Tobias Schwinn, Oliver David Krieg, Achim Menges Robotic Sewing

234 Programmable Matter INTRODUCTION Sean Ahlquist

236 Sergio Pineda, Mallika Arora, P. Andrew Williams, Benson M. Kariuki, Kenneth D. M. Harris The Grammar of Crystallographic Expression

244 Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Luis Hernan, Aurelie Guyet, Martyn Dade-Robertson Bacterial Hygromorphs

254 Shahida Sharmin, Sean Ahlquist Knit Architecture

260 Simon Schleicher, Riccardo La Magna Bending-Active Plates

270 Axel Körner, Anja Mader, Saman Saffarian, Jan Knippers Bio-Inspired Kinetic Curved-Line Folding for Architectural Applications

280 Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Martin Tamke, Ayelet Karmon, Jenny Underwood, Christoph Gengnagel, Natalie Stranghöner, Jörg Uhlemann Knit as bespoke material practice for architecture

290 Adam Wang, Sean Ahlquist Pneumatic Textile System

298 Lei Yu, Yijiang Huang, Zhongyuan Liu, Sai Xiao, Ligang Liu, Guoxian Song, Yanxin Wang Highly Informed Robotic 3D Printed Polygon Mesh

308 Paul Nicholas, Mateusz Zwierzycki, David Stasiuk, Esben Nørgaard, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen Concepts and Methodologies for Multiscale Modeling

318 Alvin Huang From Bones to Bricks

326 Andrew Wit, Rashida Ng, Cheng Zhang, Simon Kim Composite Systems for Lightweight Architectures

332 Gilles Retsin, Manuel Jiménez García Discrete Computational Methods for Robotic Additive Manufacturing

342 Posthuman Engagements INTRODUCTION Kathy Velikov

344 Neil Leach Digital Tool Thinking: Object Oriented Ontology versus New Materialism

352 Behnaz Farahi Caress of the Gaze: A Gaze Actuated 3D Printed Body Architecture

362 Philip Beesley, Zeliha Asya Ilgün, Giselle Bouron, David Kadish, Jordan Prosser, Rob Gorbet, Dana Kulić, Paul Nicholas, Mateusz Zwierzycki Hybrid Sentient Canopy

372 Sara Costa Maia, AnnaLisa Meyboom Researching Inhabitant Agency in Interactive Architecture

382 Déborah López, Hadin Charbel, Yusuke Obuchi, Jun Sato, Takeo Igarashi, Yosuke Takami, Toshikatsu Kiuchi Human Touch in Digital Fabrication

394 Daniel Eisinger, Steven Putt Formeta:3D: Posthuman Participant Historian

402 Diego Pinochet Antithetical Colloquy

412 Material Frontiers INTRODUCTION Kathy Velikov

414 Faysal Tabbarah Almost Natural Shelter: Non-Linear Material Misbehavior

424 Simon Twose, Rosa du Chatenier Experimental Material Research — Digital Chocolate

432 Michael Leighton Beaman Landscapes After The Bifurcation of Nature

440 Brandon Clifford The McKnelly Megalith

450 Alberto T. Estévez Towards Genetic Posthuman Frontiers in Architecture & Design

460 Martyn Dade-Robertson, Javier Rodriguez Corral, Helen Mitrani, Meng Zhang, Anil Wipat, Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Luis Hernan Thinking Soils

470 Aldo Sollazzo, Efilena Baseta, Angelos Chronis Symbiotic Associations

478 Luke Franzke, Dino Rossi, Karmen Franinović Fluid Morphologies

488 Tiziano Derme, Daniela Mitterberger, Umberto Di Tanna Growth Based Fabrication Techniques for Bacterial Cellulose

496 ACADIA 2016 Credits 498 Conference Chairs

502 Session Moderators

507 ACADIA Organization

508 Conference Management & Production Credits

509 Peer Review Committee

511 ACADIA 2016 Sponsors

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ACADIA 2016 Credits

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496 ACADIA 2016 Credits 498 Conference Chairs

502 Session Moderators

507 ACADIAOrganization

508 ConferenceManagement&ProductionCredits

509 PeerReviewCommittee

511 ACADIA 2016 Sponsors

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Geoffrey Thün SITE CHAIR

AssociateDeanforResearchandCreativePractice,AssociateProfessor,University of Michigan Taubman College

FoundingPrincipal,RVTR

Conference Chairs

GeoffreyThünholdsaMastersofUrbanDesignfromtheUniversityof

Toronto,andaBachelorofArchitectureandBachelorofEnvironmental

Studies from the University of Waterloo. He is currently an Associate

Dean of Research and Associate Professor at the Taubman College of

Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan where he

teachesdesignstudios,coursesinurbansystems,siteoperations,and

material systems.

Thünisafoundingpartneroftheresearch-basedpracticeRVTR,which

servesasaplatformforexplorationandexperimentationintheagencyof

architectureandurbandesignwithinthecontextofdynamicecological

systems,infrastructures,materiallyandtechnologicallymediatedenvi-

ronments,andemergingsocialorganizations.Heexhibitedatthe2016

VeniceArchitectureBiennaleandhisacademicresearchandcreative

practicehascollectedmanyawardsandaccoladeswhichmostrecently

includesanR+DHonorableMention(2016)andanR+DAward(2011)

from Architect Magazine,Journal of Architectural EducationBestDesignas

ResearchArticle(2013),TheArchitizerA+AwardProgram’sArchitecture

+SoundJuryAward(2013),andanACSAFacultyDesignAward(2012).

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Sean Ahlquist TECHNICALCOMMITTEECO-CHAIR

AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

Member,ClusterinComputationalMediaandInteractiveSystems

Sean Ahlquist holds a Master of Architecture from the Emergent

DesignandTechnologiesProgramattheArchitecturalAssociation

inLondon.AsapartoftheClusterinComputationalMediaand

InteractiveSystems,hisworkconnectsArchitecturewiththefields

ofMaterialScience,ComputerScience,Art&Design,andMusic,

withparticularfocusonmaterialcomputation.

Ahlquist’sresearchformulatescomputationaldesignframeworks

wherematerialityfunctionsasanaprioriagentintheorganization

ofarchitecturalsystemsandtheirspatialtectonics.AsanAssistant

Professor at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at

theUniversityofMichigan,Ahlquistteachesatalllevels,including

ongoing involvement with the Master of Science in Material Systems

program.Ahlquistcontinuestopublishwidelyonthetopicof

computationaldesign,includingareaderentitledComputational Design

Thinking,co-editedwithAchimMenges,whichcollectsandreflectsup

seminaltextsformulatingasystemsandmaterialbasedapproachto

architecture and design methodologies.

ACADIA 2016 CREDITS

Kathy Velikov TECHNICALCOMMITTEECO-CHAIR

AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

FoundingPrincipal,RVTR

KathyVelikovholdsaMasterofArtsfromtheUniversityofToronto

andaBachelorofArchitectureandBachelorofEnvironmental

Studies from the University of Waterloo. As an Associate Professor

at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the

UniversityofMichigan,Velikovteachesdesignstudio,ecology,tech-

nology,andurbanismcoursesintheArchitectureprogram,aswellas

courses in the Master of Science in Material Systems program.

Velikovisaregisteredarchitectandfoundingpartneroftheaward

winningresearch-basedpracticeRVTR,whichservesasaplatform

forexplorationandexperimentationintheagencyofarchitectureand

urbandesignwithinthecontextofdynamicecologicalsystems,infra-

structures,materiallyandtechnologicallymediatedenvironments,

andemergingsocialorganizations.Sheexhibitedatthe2016Venice

ArchitectureBiennaleandisco-authorofInfra Eco Logi Urbanism

(ParkBooks,2015),hasbeenpublishedinIJAC, Leonardo, JAE, New

Geographies, eVolo, Volume, [bracket] Goes Soft,andMONU,andhas

workinBrownellandSwackhamer’sHypernatural,NgandPatel’s

Performative Materials in Architecture,GerberandIbanez’sParadigms in

Computing,andTrubiano’sHigh Performance Homes.

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Wes McGee WORKSHOPCO-CHAIR

AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

FoundingPartner,MatterDesign

Wes McGee is an Assistant Professor in Architecture and the

DirectoroftheFABLabattheUniversityofMichiganTaubman

CollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning.Hisworkrevolves

aroundtheinterrogationofmachiniccraftandmaterialperformance,

with a research and teaching agenda focused on developing new

connectionsbetweendesign,engineering,materials,andprocess

astheyrelatetothebuiltenvironmentthroughthecreationof

customizedsoftwareandhardwaretools.Withthegoalofseamlessly

integratingfabricationconstraintswithdesignintent,theworkspans

multiplerealms,includingalgorithmicdesign,computationalfeedback

ofmaterialproperties,andthedevelopmentofnovelproduction

processeswhichutilizeindustrialrobotsasbespokenmachinesof

architecturalproduction.

AsafoundingpartnerandseniordesignerinthestudioMatter

Design,hisworkspansabroadrangeofscalesandmaterials,always

dedicatedtore-imaginingtheroleofthedesignerinthedigitalera.

In2013MatterDesignwasawardedtheArchitecturalLeaguePrize

forYoungArchitects&Designers.Wesfrequentlypresentsworkat

nationalandinternationalconferencesondesignandfabrication,

andtheworkofMatterDesignwasrecentlyfeaturedinthebook

PostDigital ArtisansbyJonathanOpenshaw(Framepublishers),as

wellas“NextProgressives”inArchitect Magazine. In 2014 he was

theco-chairoftheRobotsinArchitectureConference,hostedatthe

University of Michigan.

Matias del CampoTECHNICALCOMMITTEECO-CHAIR

AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

Co-founder,SPANArchitects

ChileanbornandAustriannative,MatiasdelCampograduatedwith

distinctionfromtheUniversityofAppliedArtsinVienna,Austria.

delCampoco-foundedSPANArchitectsin2003withSandra

Manningerandtheglobally-actingpracticehasbecomeknown

foritssophisticatedapplicationofcontemporarytechnologiesin

architecturalproduction.Thepracticeinvestigatesthearchitectural

qualitiesofsensorialandspatialconditionsinformedbyBaroque

geometries,romanticatmospheres,andbiologicalsystems,asthey

arecombinedwiththemanifoldqualitiesofcontemporary,algorithm-

driven approaches.

As Associate Professor of Architecture at Taubman College of

ArchitectureandUrbanPlanningattheUniversityofMichigan,

delCampoexploresroboticfabricationprocessesastheyrelateto

formalandtectonicarchitecturaltendencies.delCampo’sworkhas

garneredwiderecognition,includingfirstplacecompetitionentryfor

theAustrianPavilionattheShanghaiWorldExpoin2010,firstplace

winningcompetitionentryforthenewBrancusiMuseuminParis,

Francein2008,andtheexhibitionoftheworkofSPANattheVenice

ArchitectureBiennalein2012.

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Catie Newell WORKSHOPCO-CHAIR

AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

FoundingPrincipal,AlibiStudio

CatieNewellisanAssistantProfessorofArchitectureatthe

UniversityofMichigan’sTaubmanCollegeofArchitectureandUrban

Planning.Newelljoinedthefacultyin2009astheOberdickFellow.

She received her Masters of Architecture from Rice University and

aBachelorofScienceinArchitecturefromGeorgiaTech.Newell

teachesdesignandfabricationcoursesandisheavilyinvolvedin

theMastersofScienceinMaterialSystemsconcentration.

NewellisalsothefoundingprincipalofAlibiStudio.Newell’s

creativepracticehasbeenwidelyrecognizedforexploringdesign

constructionandmaterialityinrelationshiptothespecificityof

locationandgeographyandculturalcontingencies.Newellhas

wontheSOMPrizeforDesign,ArchitectureandUrbanDesign,the

ArchitecturalLeaguePrizeforYoungArchitectsandDesigners,and

theArtPrizeBestUseofUrbanSpaceJuriedAward.AlibiStudiohas

exhibitedatthe2012ArchitectureVeniceBiennaleandatthe2015

Lille3000Triennial.In2013NewellwasawardedtheCynthiaHazen

PolskyandLeonPolskyRomePrizeinArchitecture.SheisaFellow

of the American Academy in Rome.

Sandra Manninger PROJECT/EXHIBITIONCHAIR

AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

Co-founder,SPANArchitects

Sandra Manninger began her training at the Federal Higher Technical

InstituteforEducationandExperimentationinGraz,Austria.Shethen

joinedtheTechnicalUniversityinViennawhereshegraduatedasan

architectundertheauspicesofBartLootsma.Manningeriscurrently

AssistantProfessorofPracticeatTaubmanCollegeofArchitectureand

UrbanPlanningattheUniversityofMichigan.ManningerisCo-founder

ofSPANArchitectstogetherwithMatiasdelCampo.Thepractice

focusesontheintegrationofadvanceddesignandbuildingtechniques

thatfolds,nature,culture,andtechnologyintoonedesignecology.

SandraManningerreceivedaResearchFellowship,awardedfrom

theUniversityforAppliedArtsVienna,theSchindlerScholarship,

awardedbytheFederalMinistryforEducationandArttogetherwith

theMuseumforAppliedArtVienna,andmostrecentlyaResearch

FellowshipatCERN,grantedbytheFederalChancelleryAustria.

She has received numerous awards such as the Ephemeral Structures

CompetitioninAthens,theArchitectureandDigitalFabricationcompe-

tition,thecompetitionforthenewMediaCenteroftheUniversityfor

MusicandPerformanceArt,Vienna,ortheExperimentalTendencies

in Architecture award granted by the Republic of Austria. She has won

numerousarchitecturecompetitionssuchastheBrancusiMuseumin

Paris,thePUGA(amobilePublicGallery),thebiddingfortheHAWK

Headquarters,andtheAustrianPavilionfortheShanghaiExpo.

HerworkispartofthepermanentcollectionoftheFRACCentre

Orleans,theLucianoBenettonCollection,theMAKMuseumof

AppliedArts,theAlbertinainVienna,andthePinakothekinMunich

andshehasbeenpublishedinnumerousmagazinesandbooks.She

haswrittenandpresentedpapersatnumerousconferencesand

considersherselfluckytotraveltheworldtocounselandlectureat

variousinstitutions.

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Ellie Abrons AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

Principal,EADO

Member,T+E+A+M

Session Moderators

EllieAbronsisadesigner,educator,andtheprincipalofEADO.Sheisan

AssistantProfessorattheUniversityofMichigan’sTaubmanCollegeof

ArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,whereshewastheA.AlfredTaubman

Fellowin2009–2010.Herworkfocusesonmaterialexperimentation

andreuse,digitalfabrication,andexplorationsofformalallusion.Ellie

receivedherM.ArchfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles,where

shegraduatedwithdistinction,andherBAinarthistoryandgender

studiesfromNewYorkUniversity.Ellieistherecipientofaresidency

fellowshipattheAkademieSchlossSolitudeinStuttgart,Germanyand

herworkhasbeenexhibitedattheVeniceBiennale,StorefrontforArt

andArchitecture,A+DGallery,andtheArchitecturalAssociation.An

exhibitionofEllie’swork,entitledInsideThings,wasrecentlyshownat

SCI-Arcandsheisacontributor(aspartofT+E+A+M)totheU.S.Pavilion

atthe2016VeniceArchitectureBiennale.

503 ACADIA 2016 CREDITS

Neil LeachArchitect,Curator,Writer

NeilLeachteachesattheEuropeanGraduateSchool,TongjiUniversity

andFloridaInternationalUniversity,andisamemberoftheAcademia

Europaea.HehasbeenworkingonaNASAfundedresearchproject

todeveloproboticfabricationtechnologiestoprintstructuresonthe

MoonandMars.Hehaspublished27booksincludingDesigning for a

Digital World(Wiley,2002),Digital Tectonics(Wiley,2004),Digital Cities

(Wiley,2009),Machinic Processes(CABP,2010),Fabricating the Future

(TongjiUP,2012),Scripting the Future (TongjiUP,2012),Robotic Futures

(TongjiUP,2015)andDigital Factory: Advanced Computational Research

(CABP,2016).

Dana CupkovaCasteAssistantProfessor,TrackChairMSSD,CarnegieMellon University,SchoolofArchitecture

DanaCupkovaisafoundingpartnerandprincipalofEpiphyteLab,

aninterdisciplinarydesignandresearchpractice.Shecurrentlyholds

the Lucian & Rita Caste Assistant Professorship at Carnegie Mellon

University’sSchoolofArchitecture;andservesasaTrackChairforthe

school’sMSSDprogram.

Dana’sdesignworkstudiesthebuiltenvironmentattheintersectionof

ecology,computationalprocesses,andsystemsanalysis.Inherresearch,

sheinterrogatestherelationshipbetweendesign-spaceandecologyasit

engagescomputationalmethods,thermodynamicprocesses,andexperi-

mentationwithgeometrically-drivenperformancelogic.

Hercurrentdesign-researchincollaborationwithmanufacturingindustry

hasbeensupportedbytheNYSCAGrant,theCenterforArchitecture

FoundationArnoldW.BrunnerGrant,theCornellUniversityFaculty

InnovationGrant,ArchitecturalLeagueofNY,AIAUrbanandRegional

SolutionGrant,thePennsylvaniaInfrastructureTechnologyAlliance

Grant,etc;presentedandpublishedinternationallyatvenuesandconfer-

encessuchasACADIA,IJAC,DesignModelingSymposiumandothers.

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Paul NicholasAssociateProfessor,CentreforInformationTechnologyand Architecture,RoyalAcademyofFineArts,SchoolofArchitecture

PaulNicholasholdsaPhDinArchitecturefromRMITUniversity,

MelbourneAustralia.Afterco-foundingthedesignfirmMesneDesign

Studio,andpracticingwithArupConsultingEngineersfrom2005and

AECOM/Edawfrom2009,PauljoinedtheCentreforInformation

TechnologyandArchitecture(CITA),CopenhagenDenmarkin2011.Paul

iscurrentlyheadofthemastersprogrammeCITAstudio:Computationin

Architecture.Paul’sparticularinterestisthedevelopmentofinnovative

computationalapproachesthatestablishnewbridgesbetweendesign,

structure,andmateriality.Hisrecentresearchexploressensorenabled

roboticfabrication,multiscalemodeling,andtheideathatdesignedmate-

rialssuchascompositesnecessitatenewrelationshipsbetweenmaterial,

representation,simulationandmaking.

Gilles RetsinFounder,GillesRetsinArchitecture

TeachingFellow,UCLtheBartlettSchoolofArchitecture

SeniorLecturer,UniversityofEastLondon

GillesRetsinisthefounderofGillesRetsinArchitecture,ayoung

award-winningLondonbasedarchitectureanddesignpractice,inves-

tigatingnewarchitecturalmodelswhichengagewiththepotentialof

increasedcomputationalpowerandfabricationtogeneratebuildings

andobjectswithapreviouslyunseenstructure,detailandmateriality.

HegraduatedfromtheArchitecturalAssociationDesignResearchLabin

London.Alongsidehispractice,GillesdirectsaResearchClusteratUCL

-theBartlettschoolofArchitectureinvestigatingroboticmanufacturing

andlarge-scale3Dprinting,andheisaseniorlectureratUEL.

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Jose SanchezAssistantProfessor,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Director of Plethora Project

Jose Sanchez is an Architect / Programmer / Game Designer based in Los

Angeles,California.HeisthedirectorofthePlethoraProject,aresearch

andlearningprojectinvestinginthefutureofon-lineopen-sourceknowl-

edge.HeisalsothecreatorofBlock’hood,anaward-winningcitybuilding

videogameexploringnotionsofcrowdsourcedurbanismnamedbythe

Guardianoneofthemostanticipatedgamesof2016.

Hehastaughtandguestlecturedinseveralrenownedinstitutions

acrosstheworld,includingtheArchitecturalAssociationinLondon,the

UniversityofAppliedArts(Angewandte)inVienna,ETHZurich,The

BartlettSchoolofArchitecture,UniversityCollegeLondon,andtheEcole

NationaleSupérieureD’ArchitectureinParis.

Today,heisanAssistantProfessoratUSCSchoolofArchitectureinLos

Angeles.Hisresearch‘Gamescapes’,exploresgenerativeinterfacesinthe

formofvideogames,speculatinginmodesofintelligenceaugmentation,

combinatorics and open systems as a design medium.

Jenny Sabin ArthurL.andIsabelB.WiesenbergerAssistantProfessor, DirectorofGraduateStudies,CornellUniversity

Principal,JennySabinStudio

JennyE.Sabinisanarchitecturaldesignerwhoseworkisattheforefront

ofanewdirectionfor21stcenturyarchitecturalpractice—onethat

investigatestheintersectionsofarchitectureandscience,andapplies

insightsandtheoriesfrombiologyandmathematicstothedesignof

materialstructures.Sheisprincipaloftheaward-winningpractice,Jenny

SabinStudio,anexperimentalarchitecturaldesignstudiobasedinIthaca

andDirectoroftheSabinDesignLabatCornellAAP,atrans-disciplinary

designresearchlabwithspecializationincomputationaldesign,data

visualizationanddigitalfabrication.SabinistheArthurL.andIsabelB.

Wiesenberger Assistant Professor in the area of design and emerging

technologies and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of

ArchitectureatCornellUniversity.Sabin’scollaborativeresearchand

designincludingbioinspiredadaptivematerialsand3Dgeometricassem-

blieshasbeenfundedsubstantiallybytheNationalScienceFoundation

withappliedprojectscommissionedbydiverseclientsincludingNikeInc.,

Autodesk,theCooperHewitt,theFRAC,theAmericanPhilosophical

SocietyMuseum,theMuseumofCraftandDesign,thePhiladelphia

RedevelopmentAuthorityandtheExploratorium.

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Dr. Philip YuanProfessorofDigitalDesignResearchCenter(DDRC),theCollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning(CAUP),TongjiUniversity

FoundingpartnerofARCHI-UNIONandFAB-UNION

CouncilMemberofArchitectureSocietyofChina(ASC)-Co-founderofDigitalArchitectureDesignAssociation(DADA)inASC

PhilipF.Yuanisdedicatinginthecombinationofresearch,pedagogyand

designexperiments.Themajorresearchfieldisonthemethodologyof

computationaldesignandfabrication.Theresearchconsistsofthefabri-

cationofcomputationalmaterialresearch,roboticfabricationtechnology,

theprototypeoffuturedigitalfactory,etc.Furthermore,theresearchalso

containstheIntegrationofPhysicalWindTunnelandCFDSimulation

TechnologyaswellasAcousticsandTheaterDesign.PhilipF.Yuan

haspublishedbooksincludingA Tectonic Reality, Fabricating the Future,

Scripting the Future, Theater Design, Robotic Futures, From Diagrammatic

Thinking to Digital Fabrication and Digital Workshop in China. Philip F. Yuan

hasbeenhonoredtheYouthArchitectsPrizeofASC,theNomination

Awardin2014ARCSIA,FengJizhongArchitecturalEducationAward,

PublicprizeofShenzhenBiennia,etc.Andhehasalsobeenshortlisted

for WA China Architectural Award of World Architecture and the 2014

WienerbergerBrickAward.

Kyle SteinfeldAssistantProfessorofArchitecture,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

KyleSteinfeld,AssistantProfessorspecializingindigitaldesigntech-

nologies,istheauthoroftheforthcoming“GeometricComputation:

FoundationsforDesign”,atextthatseekstodemystifycomputational

geometry for an audience of architecture students and design profes-

sionals,andisthecreatorofDecod.es,aplatform-agnosticgeometry

libraryintendedtopromotecomputationalliteracyincreativedesign.

He has been the recipient of a number of fellowships for research in

designtechnology,recentlyservingasanIDEAfellowatAutodeskin

2014 and as a Hellman Fellow in 2012. His broad research interests

includecollaborativedesigntechnologyplatforms,designcomputa-

tionpedagogy,andbioclimaticdesignvisualization.Professionally,he

hasworkedwithandconsultedforanumberoffirms,includingSOM,

AcconciStudio,KPF,Höweler+Yoon,andDiller+Scofidio.Heteaches

designstudios,corecoursesinrepresentation,andadvancedseminars

indigitalmodelingandvisualization.

507 ACADIA 2016 CREDITS

ACADIA OrganizationTheAssociationforComputerAidedDesigninArchitecture(ACADIA)isaninternationalnetworkofdigitaldesignresearchersandprofessionalsthatfacilitatescriticalinvestigationsintotheroleofcomputationinarchitecture,planning,andbuildingscience,encour-aginginnovationindesigncreativity,sustainabilityandeducation.

ACADIAwasfoundedin1981bysomeofthepioneersinthefieldofdesigncomputationincludingBillMitchell,ChuckEastman,andChrisYessios.Sincethen,ACADIAhashostedover30conferencesacrossNorthAmericaandhasgrownintoastrongnetworkofacademicsandprofessionalsinthedesigncomputationfield.

IncorporatedinthestateofDelawareasanot-for-profitcorporation,ACADIAisanall-volunteerorganizationgovernedbyelectedofficers,anelectedBoardofDirectors,andappointedex-officioofficers.

PRESIDENTJason Kelly Johnson California College of the Arts pres@acadia.org

VICE-PRESIDENTMichael Fox Cal Poly Pomona vp@acadia.org

SECRETARY Gregory LuhanUniversityofKentucky secretary@acadia.org

TREASURER Mike Christenson NorthDakotaStateUniversity treasurer@acadia.org

MEMBERSHIPOFFICERPhillip Anzalone NewYorkCityCollegeofTechnologymembership@acadia.org

TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Andrew Kudless California College of the Arts webmaster@acadia.org

DEVELOPMENTOFFICERShane Burger WoodsBagot,Smartgeometry development@acadia.org

COMMUNICATION OFFICER Adam Marcus California College of the Arts communications@acadia.org

BOARDOFDIRECTORS

January 2016–December 2017 Kory Bieg TheUniversityofTexasatAustinShane Burger WoodsBagot,SmartgeometryDavid Jason Gerber University of Southern California Alvin Huang University of Southern California Kathy Velikov University of Michigan Joshua Bard (alternate) Carnegie Mellon University Gregory Luhan (alternate) UniversityofKentuckyAdam Marcus (alternate) California College of the Arts Chris Perry (alternate) RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute

January2015–December2016Phillip Anzalone NewYorkCityCollegeofTechnologyMike Christenson NorthDakotaStateUniversityDana Cupkova Carnegie Mellon University Gregory Luhan UniversityofKentuckyNathan Miller Proving Ground LLC Chandler Ahrens (alternate) Washington University of St. Louis Duks Koschitz (alternate) PrattInstituteKyle Steinfeld (alternate) UniversityofCalifornia–Berkeley

ACADIA Organization

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Conference Management & Production CreditsSITE CHAIRGeoffrey Thün AssociateDean,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|FoundingPrincipal,RVTR

TECHNICALCO-CHAIRSKathy Velikov AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|FoundingPrincipal,RVTRSean Ahlquist AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|ClusterMember,Comp.Media&InteractiveSystems Matias del Campo AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|Co-founder,SPANArchitects

WORKSHOPCO-CHAIRSWes McGee AssistantProfessor,FABLabDirector,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|FoundingPartner,MatterDesignCatie Newell AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|FoundingPrincipal,AlibiStudio

PROJECTS/EXHIBITIONCHAIRSandra Manninger AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege|Co-founder,SPANArchitects

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Kate Grandfield AdministrativeSpecialist,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

PLANNINGANDORGANIZATIONKatee Cole ConferencesandEventsManager,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeDeniz McGee PublicRelationsAssociate,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeAmber LaCroix SeniorDirector,MarketingCommunications,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege Sandra Patton BusinessandFinanceManager,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

WEBSITEANDITSUPPORTBryan Ranallo SeniorWebDesigner,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeBill ManspeakerInformationTechnologyManager,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

EXHIBITIONPRODUCTIONMaryann Wilkinson ExhibitionDirector,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeDustin Brugmann FABLabResearchAssociate,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeAsa Peller FABLabResearchAssociate,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeKallie SternburghResearchAssociate,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeandRVTRDaniel TishResearchAssociate,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollegeandRVTR

GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALSLiz Momblanco GraphicDesigner,UniversityofMichiganTaubmanCollege

COVERANDSECTIONIMAGERYMatias del Campo / SPAN Architects

COPYEDITINGFORPUBLICATIONSPascal Massinon, Ph.D.Mary O’Malley

GRAPHICDESIGNANDLAYOUTFORPUBLICATIONSRebekka Kuhn Principal,RebekkaKuhnCommunicationsDesign

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Peer Review CommitteeHenri Achten AssociateProfessor,CzechTechnicalUniversityinPrague

Sean Ahlquist AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Chandler Ahrens AssistantProfessor,WashingtonUniversityin St. Louis

Gil Akos Mode Lab

T. Jason Anderson AssociateProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeofthe Arts(CA)

Phillip Anzalone AssistantProfessor,NewYorkCityCollegeofTechnology

Phil Ayres AssociateProfessor,CITA/KADK

Brad Bell AssociateProfessor,UniversityofTexasArlington

Shajay Bhooshan Professional/PractitionerZahaHadidArchitects

Kory Bieg AssistantProfessor,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin

Nimish Biloria AssistantProfessor,DelftUniversityofTechnology

Johannes Braumann Robots in Architecture

Sigrid Brell-Cokcan FullProfessor,AssociationforRobotsinArchitecture/ RWTH Aachen University

Danelle Briscoe AssociateProfessor,TheUniversityofTexasatAustin

Nicholas Bruscia AssistantProfessor,StateUniversityofNewYork atBuffalo

Shane Burger PrincipalandDirectorofTechnicalInnovation WoodsBagot

Jane Burry AssociateProfessor,RMITUniversity

Bradley Cantrell AssociateProfessor,HarvardUniversity

Joseph Choma AssistantProfessor,ClemsonUniversity

Mike Christenson AssociateProfessor,NorthDakotaStateUniversity

Angelos Chronis PhD CandidateInstituteofAdvancedArchitectureof Catalonia

Brandon Clifford AssistantProfessor,MIT

Kristof Crolla AssistantProfessor,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong

Jason Crow AssistantProfessor,LouisianaStateUniversity

Dana Cupkova AssistantProfessor,CarnegieMellonUniversity

Martyn Dade-Robertson AssociateProfessor,NewcastleUniversity

Daniel Davis DirectorofSpacesandCitiesResearchWeWork

Matias del Campo AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Anders Holden Deleuran PhD Fellow CITA / KADK

Christian Derix PrincipalandDirectorofWoodsBagotSUPERSPACEWoodsBagot

Mark Donohue AssociateProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

Jefferson Ellinger AssociateProfessor,UNCCharlotte

Thom Faulders FullProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

Jelle Feringa Professional/PractitionerOdicoformworkrobotics

Laura Forlano AssistantProfessor,IllinoisInstituteofTechnology

Michael Fox FullProfessor,CalPolyPomona

Ursula Frick PhD Researcher,ETHZurich

Pia Fricker Lecturer,ETHZurich

Nataly Gattegno AssociateProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

Jordan Geiger AssistantProfessor,StateUniversityofNewYorkatBuffalo

David Gerber AssistantProfessor,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Marcelyn Gow AssociateProfessor,SouthernCaliforniaInstituteofArchitecture

Yasha J. Grobman AssistantProfessor,Technion-IsraelInstituteofTechnology

John Haymaker Professor,Researcher,Technologist,Perkins+Will

Alvin Huang AssistantProfessor,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Jason Johnson AssociateProfessor,UniversityofCalgary

Jason Kelly Johnson FullProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

Joshua Joshua AssistantProfessor,CarnegieMellonUniversity

Lars Junghans AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Sawako Kaijima AssistantProfessor,SingaporeUniversityofTechnology and Design

Jyoti Kapur DoctoralStudent,UniversityofBorås

Karen Kensek AdjunctProfessor,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Ted Kesik FullProfessor,UniversityofToronto

Omar Khan AssociateProfessor,UniversityatBuffalo

Axel Kilian AssistantProfessor,PrincetonUniversity

Simon Kim AssistantProfessor,UniversityofPennsylvania

Kevin Klinger AssociateProfessor,BallStateUniversity

Chris Knapp AssistantProfessor,BondUniversity

Branko Kolarevic FullProfessor,UniversityofCalgary

Manuel Kretzer VisitingProfessor,UniversityofArtsBraunschweig

Oliver David Krieg AssistantProfessor,UniversityofStuttgart

Andrew Kudless AssociateProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

Riccardo La Magna PostdoctoralScholar,UniversityofStuttgart

Charles Lee Professional/PractitionerCorgan

Julian Lienhard VisitingProfessor,HCUHamburg/str.ucture

Russell Loveridge ManagingDirectoroftheNCCRDigitalFabricationETHZurich

Adam Marcus AssistantProfessor,CaliforniaCollegeoftheArts

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Tyrone Marshall Professional/Practitioner

Bob Martens AssociateProfessor,TUWien

Malcolm McCullough FullProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Wes Mcgee AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Achim Menges FullProfessor,UniversityofStuttgart

AnnaLisa Meyboom AssociateProfessor,UniversityofBritishColumbia

Nathan Miller FounderProving,GroundLLC

Volker Mueller ResearchDirector,BentleySystems,Incorporated

Tsz Yan Ng AssistantProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Paul Nicholas AssistantProfessor,CITA/KADK

Rivka Oxman VisitingProfessor,Technion-IsraelInstituteofTechnology

Guvenc Ozel Lecturer,UCLA

Dimitris Papanikolaou PostdoctoralScholar,HarvardUniversity

Vera Parlac AssistantProfessor,UniversityofCalgary

Andrew Payne Principal,ResearchEngineer,Autodesk

Santiago Perez AssistantProfessor,UniversityofArkansas

Chris Perry AssistantProfessor,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute

Brady Peters AssistantProfessor,UniversityofToronto

Dave Pigram CourseDirector,SeniorLecturersupermanoeuvre|ETHZurich|UTS

Nicholas Pisca Professional/Practitioner0001DLLC

Maya Przybylski AssistantProfessor,UniversityofWaterloo

Nick Puckett AssistantProfessor,OCADUniversity

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen FullProfessor,CITA/KADK

Matthias Rippmann PostdoctoralScholarETHZurich

Ronnie Parsons Partner Mode Lab

David Ruy FullProfessor,PrattInstitute

Jose Sanchez AssistantProfessor,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Blair Satterfield AssociateProfessor,UniversityofBritishColumbia

Anton Savov Research Associate TU Darmstadt

Simon Schleicher AssistantProfessor,UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley

Tobias Schwinn Lecturer,UniversityofStuttgart

Mark Shepard AssociateProfessor,UniversityatBuffalo

Shane Ida Smith AssistantProfessor,UniversityofArizona

IanSmithFullProfessor,EPFL

Aaron Sprecher AssociateProfessor,McGillUniversity

Kyle Steinfeld AssistantProfessor,UCBerkeley

Robert Stuart-Smith AssistantProfessor,ArchitecturalAssociationSchoolofArchitecture,UCL-ComputerScience

Marc Swackhamer AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMinnesota-TwinCities

Martin Tamke AssociateProfessor,TheRoyalDanishAcademyofFine Arts

Josh Taron AssociateProfessor,UniversityofCalgary

Geoffrey Thün AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Skylar Tibbits ResearchScientist,MIT

Bige Tuncer AssociateProfessor,SingaporeUniversityofTechnologyand Design

Kathy Velikov AssociateProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Joshua Vermillion AssistantProfessor,UniversityofNevada-LasVegas

Peter von BuelowFullProfessor,UniversityofMichigan

Michael Weinstock Director,EmergentTechnologiesandDesignAASchool of Architecture

Andrew Wit AssistantProfessor,TempleUniversity

Andrew Witt AssistantProfessor,HarvardUniversity

Robert Woodbury DistinguishedProfessor/EndowedChair,SimonFraser University

Wei Yan AssociateProfessor,TexasA&MUniversity

Shai Yeshayahu AssistantProfessor,UniversityofNevada-LasVegas

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The Proceedings of the ACADIA 2016 international conference: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines contains peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 36th annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture.

The ACADIA 2016 Conference assembles a diverse set of selections from across the spectrum of exemplary research and creative practice currently being undertaken by the ACADIA community. POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS aims to foster design work and research from the worlds of practice and academia that is positioned at the intersection of procedural design, digital environments, and autonomous machines. More specifically, the conference explores recent work within the current trends in computational design to develop and apply quasi-cognitive machines; the integration of software, information, fabrication and sensing to generate mechanisms for interfacing with the physical realm.

The conference event is supported by the research networks of Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. ACADIA 2016: POSTHUMAN FRONTIERS: Data, Designers, and Cognitive Machines was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 27–29, 2016.

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