ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE ACADIA 2013 will present world-leading research in contemporary architectural design. ACADIA 2013 is the 36th annual conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, presented at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Oct. 24-26 with workshops running Oct. 19-23 and 27. The event includes presentations by international researchers, a series of exhibitions, a suite of publications and specialized workshops on advanced design methods, fabrication and simulation.
ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE will examine computational design of environmentally responsive, intelligent, interactive, and reconfigurable architecture. ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE will bring together the spectrum of research and creative practice currently occurring within ACADIA, the oldest society for computational design in North America. ACADIA is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. ACADIA 2013 is supported by the combined research networks of the University of Waterloo, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Nottingham working in partnership with The London Building Centre Trust.
Keynote speakers include Michelle Addington, Yale/YSOA Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design, Cristiano Ceccato, Associate, Zaha Hadid Architects/Previous Director Gehry Technologies, and Stephen Gage, Professor, Bartlett School of Architecture.
For more information, and to register see: http://2013.acadia.org/.