sg2006
sg2006 brought together a global community of innovators and pioneers in the fields of architecture, design, and engineering for a six remarkable days of design exploration, fabrication, collaborative research and networking in Cambridge, UK 28th January - 31st January 2006.
workshop
conference
Lars Hesselgren, KPF
Introduction
Robert Aish, Bentley
Software design and GC Futures
Chuck Hoberman
Transformability
Workshop Group #1 - Performance and Behaviour
Tutors:
Jalal El-Ali, Buro Happold,
Lisa Matthews, Bath ,
Kyle Steinfeld, KPF,
Kaustov DeBiswas, MIT
Axel Kilian, MIT
Workshop Group #2 - Form and Computation
Tutors:
Rob Woodbury, Simon Fraser
Achim Menges, AA
Volker Muller, NBBJ
Neri Oxman, MIT
J Parrish, Arup Sport
Automating design - how far can we go?
Hanif Kara, AKT
Another Level of Preciseness
Workshop Group #3 - Composition and Components
Tutors:
Chris Williams, Bath
Marty Doscher, M0rphosis
Judit Kimpian, Aedas
Roly Hudson, Bath
Xavier De Kestelier, Foster + Partners
Chris Williams, Bath
Workshop Group #4 - Language and Logic
Tutors:
Axel Kilian, MIT,
Stylianos Dritsas, KPF,
Francis Aish, Foster + Partners,
Al Fisher, Bath
Hugh Whitehead, Foster + Partners
How we do it
Spencer de Grey, Foster + Partners
// Reception in British Museum, Great Court
The SmartGeometry Group held a workshop dedicated to the future of CAD and digital architecture. The twin themes of digital simulation and digital fabrication will change the way we think about buildings and applicants must show ability in digital environments and have interesting ideas that can be explored in a workshop environment with equal-minded peers.
The workshop will concentrate on exploring the possible feedback mechanisms between AEC design and computation. Computation includes simulation, optimisation, form finding, evaluation, genetic algorithms and any other methodology designed to enhance the design/computer interaction. The workshop will be based on using the integrative tools available in Bentley GC which allows scripting in a dialect of C# as well as integration with any application running under the Microsoft .net environment. Attendants will be given evaluation copies of the software well in advance of the workshop. In addition there will be introductory workshops for attendees not yet familiar with GC and gc scripting.
28th January - 31st January 2006
Cambridge UK
Venue:
The workshops are to be held at the Moller Centre, which offers a perfect setting in Cambridge for the workshops with purpose-built meeting rooms, en-suite bedrooms , excellent cuisine and leisure facilities.
WORKSHOP STREAM 1 - INTEGRATING SOFTWARE WITH PARAMETRIC CAD PACKAGE
This workshop is aimed at participants with software development experience and possibly existing applications and it will explore the opportunities opened up by directly accessing an industry standard CAD package through its parametric implementation. The workshop will explore the iterative possibilities thus made available and will encourage cross-discipline working. One of the many aims is to reduce feedback loop systems from days and weeks to seconds by making software applications available in one environment creating a more powerful design environment.
WORKSHOP STREAM 2 - EXPLORING DESIGN WITH PARAMETRIC CAD
This stream will focus on design exploration using parametric systems. Participants to be accepted have to propose interesting problems and propositions which will be explored during the workshop. In addition ad-hoc teams will be encouraged during the workshop.
sponsors
Platinum sponsor

Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. We offer solutions for the infrastructure lifecycle: from buildings to bridges, transit to utilities, clean energy to clean water. Bentley Systems applies information mobility to improve asset performance by leveraging information modelling through integrated projects for intelligent infrastructure.