Lecture at MIT on April 17th
I will be giving a lecture to MIT’s Computation Group at the department of architecture on April 17th.
Embedded Intelligence: Design-Driven Computation
Associative geometry and performative design have been core drivers in the architecture of Grimshaw well before recent software tools enabled a cleaner integrated modeling process. Computational tools do not present a paradigm shift so much as enable tighter feedback loops and embedded design processes. From the recently completed Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, the Museo del Acero, EarthPark, and numerous other projects, the lecture will present the design-driven workflow of Grimshaw’s Computational Design Unit in conceptual and built work. The CDU’s aim is to harness computation tools in a problem-solving capacity, resolving design parameters to a high degree of performance and attention to aesthetic elegance in form and assembly method.