Computational Design

Material Form Function | Weaving | Prototype / Model | Computational Design Karola Dierichs lecture at the Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC) is a first attempt at arguing for an »intelligence of art« in computational design. It will do so by introducing the notion of design as the creation of novelty and will ask the question how this novelty is produced: is it a result of computational data processing or are there other forces at play? more

Material Form Function | Computational Design Karola Dierichs gives a talk on her research into designed granular materials at the Lorentz Center in Leiden in the Netherlands as part of the international workshop »Getting into Shape – Pushing for Exotic Particulate Media Mechanics« in the session »Overview of Recent Work on Non-convex Particle Systems« on June 22nd, 1.30 pm. The Workshop considers the spectrum of ›shape effects‹, ranging from intrinsically anisometric grains to easily deformable particles. The former is imbued by construction with a sense of direction; the latter obtains a non-trivial shape due to its local deformation environment. The workshop therefore aims to bring together a selection of upcoming and leading academic and private sector scientists from various fields that consider such particle shape effects to discuss the most fruitful experimental, numerical and theoretical directions for future work and application development in the field. more

Material Form Function | Prototype / Model | Computational Design We were very happy to continue our »Talking Matters« lecture series with a summer edition on July 12th as on-site event in the Sophienstraße 22a in Berlin-Mitte. Our guest Achim Menges, architect and professor for architecture at the University of Stuttgart and director of the Cluster of Excellence »Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture«, was giving inspiring insights into and discussions about »Computational Material Culture in Architecture«. more

MoA Design Research Studio | Teaching | Computational Design On June 10th, the MoA Colloquia at weißensee school of art and design continued with a talk by Professor Dr.-Ing. Julian Lienhard, structural engineer and since 2019 head of the Chair for Structural Design (TWE) and director of the institute of Architecture at the University of Kassel. The MoA Colloquia gave the opportunity for a small group of students to meet and exchange with leading experts of the field of computational design.

Material Form Function | Teaching | MoA Design Research Studio | Computational Design On February 8th, Professor Katharina Lindenberg gave a lecture on »Methods of Computational Design in the Context of Materialization« as part of the MoA Colloquia series at weißensee school of art and design berlin. Katharina Lindenberg is an architect, lecturer and researcher with a strong focus on material systems, computational design methods and geometry. more

Object Space Agency | XR | Computational Design The Department of Performing Arts and Film is pleased to welcome Christopher Lloyd Salter as the new Professor of Immersive Arts and Director of the Immersive Arts Space on May 1st, 2022. Salter is an artist, professor of computer arts at Concordia University in Montreal, co-director of the Hexagram Network for Research-Creation in Arts, Culture and Technology, and a Member at the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«. He studied philosophy and economics and received his PhD in theater from Stanford University, where he also taught and conducted research at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. more

Computational Design | MoA Design Research Studio | Teaching On July 1st 2021, the MoA Colloquia at weißensee school of art and design was inaugurated by Professor Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers. Jan Knippers is a consulting structural engineer and has been head of the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart since 2000. His interest is in innovative and resource-efficient structures at the intersection of research and development and practice. The MoA Colloquia gave the opportunity for a small group of students to meet and exchange with leading experts of the field of computational design. The lectures were streamed and accesible to the wider public. more

Weaving | Filtering | Cutting | Material Form Function | Object Space Agency | Symbolic Material | Science Communication | Biodesign | Brain | Computational Design | More-Than-Human | Yarns/Fibers On Tuesday, May 18th, 2021, »Matters of Activity« launched the online lecture series »Talking Matters«, in which external speakers from various disciplines were invited by the six cluster projects to provide insights into their research, which is related to central issues of »Matters of Activity«. In addition to researchers and students from various disciplines, the lecture series was open to anyone interested in our research. more

Material Form Function | Computational Design On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, the new online Cluster lecture series »Talking Matters« began. At the kick-off event, architects Kathrin Dörfler and Romana Rust spoke about »Human-in-the-Loop – How Human-Machine Collaboration could Shape the Future of Digital Design and Fabrication«.   more

Material Form Function | Symbolic Material | Doctoral Program | Teaching | Computational Design During the summer semester 2021, the teaching format »Situated Digital Agencies« bridged institutions just as much as cultures of knowledge, research and teaching. Along transdisciplinary and dialogic encounter it followed how digital technologies are situated between discourses of arts and design, humanities, and sciences – and suggested how precisely in these moments, they are altered, appropriated and possibly augmented towards epistemological and ontological surplus. more

Material Form Function | Symbolic Material | Computational Design | Doctoral Program In March 2021, the New Materialist Informatics Conference 2021 »Computing and Worldmaking« bridged disciplinary boundaries between informatics, humanities and social sciences through innovative, material-driven perspectives. It was the 11th in this series and it invited participants to investigate the possible intersections between, and beyond, new materialism and informatics. The conference was organized by the Gender/Diversity in Informatics Systems Research Group (GeDIS) and the Research Center for Information System Design (ITeG), University of Kassel. more