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ACADIA 2008: Silicon + Skin

Architecture News - Oct 15, 2008 - 12:45   6249 views

Biological Processes and ComputationOctober 16 - 19, 2008The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture {ACADIA}together with the Digital Design Consortium in the School ofArchitecture and Computer Science at the University of Minnesota willhold the ACADIA 2008 conference in Minneapolis. The upcoming conferenceentitled Silicon + Skin: Biological Processes and Computation fostersdesign work and research from the worlds of practice and academia whichlie at the intersection between design, biology, and computation. Morespecifically, this conference seeks to identify and examine currenttrends in digital design technologies developed and applied in theframework of biologically inspired processes and digitally assistedsustainable design.
www.acadia.org/acadia2008/