CONFERENCE: Materials beyond Materials: Composite Tectonics-A Conference on Advanced Materials and Digital Manufacturing…

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Materials beyond Materials: Composite Tectonics-A Conference on Advanced Materials and Digital Manufacturing hosted by SCI-Arc on March 25-26 in Los Angeles (960 E. 3rd Street, LA). Free admission.

Taking place on the SCI-Arc campus in downtown Los Angeles, the two-day forum open to the public and the community at large will explore technological advances in composite materials, innovations in construction, and current design discourse—with some of the most important names in today’s building, fabrication and design industries.

Participants include: Michelle Addington, Yale School of Architecture; Andreas Froech, Owner, Machinuous; Marcelyn Gow, Partner, servo LA; Kurt Jordan, structural engineer; Bill Kreysler, Kreysler & Associates; Greg Lynn, Principal, Greg Lynn FORM; Urs Meier, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology; Mike Lepech, Stanford University;
Achim Menges, Institute for Computational Design, Stuttgart University; Eric Owen Moss, Director, SCI-Arc, Principal and Lead Designer, Eric Owen Moss Architects; Bill Pearson, North Sails One Design International Ltd.; Wolfgang Rieder, CEO, Rieder Composites; Marcelo Spina, Co-Principal, PATTERNS; Nader Tehrani, MIT & Founding Principal, Office dA; Peter Testa, Principal, Testa/Weiser & Founding Director, of the MIT Emergent Design Group;
and Tom Wiscombe, EMERGENT.

Materials beyond Materials combines progressive presentations in the fields of architecture, the arts, engineering and materials research. Conference participants will present and discuss their most innovative ideas, projects and positions concerning materials, technology and the impact on the architecture and construction disciplines and professions.

Source: SCI-Arc