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Smartgeometry is pleased to announce that sg2016 will be at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 4-9 April 2016.
The Workshop and Conference will be a gathering of the global community of innovators and pioneers in the fields of architecture, design and engineering.
The event will be in two parts, a four day Workshop 4-7 April, and a public conference 8-9 April.
The event follows the format of the highly successful preceding events: sg2014 Hong Kong
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December 6 Sunday
Deadline Call for Clusters
January 4 Monday
Workshop Applications Open
February 1 Monday
Deadline Workshop Applications
April 4-7 sg2016 Workshop
April 8-9 sg2016 Conference
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WORKSHOP: 4 YEARS OF CLUSTERS
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Gold Partner
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CHALLENGE: HYBRID DOMAINS
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The act of producing architecture is a collaborative, interdisciplinary exercise. Architects design with knowledge from many branches of study. Architecture involves the coordination of building projects, which themselves are products of a wide range of technologies and systems. Buildings are constructed and procured within a complex ecology of different disciplines, building trades, economic markets, and legal regulations. However, developments in digital technology continue to introduce new design methods and tools to the practice of architecture. Performance simulation, information modelling, and algorithmic design are now part of the expected skillset of the architect, and these new skills require knowledge from multiple disciplines.
more about the sg2016 Challenge: Hybrid Domains |
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WORKSHOP: CALL FOR CLUSTERS
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The sg2016 workshop will be organised into individual groups of expertise called Clusters. Clusters provide a conceptual focus for a group of workshop participants, and are made up of people, knowledge, tools, materials and machines. Clusters provide a forum for exchange of ideas, processes, and techniques, acting as a catalyst for design generation, exploration, and resolution.
Clusters are led by two champions, and workshop participants are assigned by Smartgeometry to each cluster. Consistent with the theme of hybrid domains, champions should bring expertise in different disciplines, for example: architect/engineer, or urban designer/computer scientist. While the number of cluster champions is limited to two, additional experts are more than welcome to apply as Smartgeometry participants.
Smartgeometry can cover travel and accomodations for two Cluster Champions. Each cluster will be given a budget of €2000 for purchasing materials. This is an open invitation to submit a proposal to run a Workshop Cluster.
The Workshop Call for Clusters is now open to proposals which respond in innovative ways to this year's challenge.
A strong emphasis is placed on multi-disciplinary partnerships between practice, academia, construction, and especially industry. Smartgeometry is able to assist in finding industrial partners. Full proposal information can be found in the sg2016 Call for Clusters PDF
Deadline for proposals: Sunday December 6 2015
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