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TransFORM Architecture

Sponsored by the University of Arkansas School of Architecture and Bentley Systems, Inc.

SCHEDULE

Thursday | 16 April 2009

5:30 p.m.    LECTURE

Marty Doscher, Information Technology Director, Morphosis "Digitally-Integrated Design-Build"

Shollmier Hall in Vol Walker Hall

7:00 p.m.    RECEPTION

Paul Young Jr. Gallery in Vol Walker Hall

Friday | 17 April 2008

8:15 a.m.    REGISTRATION

        Coffee and pastries available

9:00 a.m.     INTRODUCTIONS

        Brad Workman, 21st Century Chair in Integrated Practice at the University of Arkansas

Marty Doscher, Information Technology Director, Morphosis

Makai Smith, GenerativeComponents Product Manager, Bentley Systems, Inc.

9:15 a.m.     WARM-UP: Mental Exercises       

9:45 a.m.     “VOCABULARY: Bentley GenerativeComponents”

10:45 a.m.    BREAK

11:00 a.m.     “GRAPHICAL INTERFACE: Bentley GenerativeComponents”

11:30 a.m.    EXERCISE 1_ Elemental Model Construction

        Concepts:

•    Parametric associations

•    Symbol assignment

•    Editing, Replication and Transformation

•    Parametric behaviors

•    B-spline surfaces, polygons, and computational analysis

•    Fabrication planning

•    Exportation of graphical model and data

1:00 p.m.     LUNCH BREAK

        “Parametric Design: Concepts and Principles”

                 
2:00 p.m.    EXERCISE 1 continued

3:30 p.m.    BREAK

3:45 p.m.    EXERCISE 2¬_Generated Feature Types

        Concepts:

•    Feature Generation

•    Application to design process

•    Iterative methods: variables, graphs and sliders

•    Typology, transformation, development

•    Solutions and phenotypes

5:15 p.m.    WRAP-UP: Q&A | Discussion

                 
Saturday | 18 April 2009

 
8:15 a.m.    COFFEE HOUR

        Coffee and pastries available

9:00 a.m.     “INTEROPERABILITY: User-defined Features, File Conversion,  Model Reporters”

9:45 a.m.     EXERCISE 2 continued

10:45 a.m.    BREAK

11:00 a.m.    EXERCISE 3_Software Scripting: Warm-up + Concepts

12:30 p.m.    LUNCH BREAK

        “Computational Design Applied: Bentley GenerativeComponents in Architecture Practice”

        Marty Doscher, Morphosis

1:30 p.m.    EXERCISE 3 continued

3:00 p.m.    BREAK

3:15 p.m.    EXERCISE 3 continued

4:15 p.m.   COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN: Additional Resources

4:30 p.m.    ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Computational Design and the Potential for Architecture and its Allied Professions

5:15 p.m    CONCLUDING REMARKS