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

Schedule:

Friday | 4 April 2008

8:15 AM    REGISTRATION
        Coffee and pastries available

9:00 AM     INTRODUCTION
        Brad Workman, 21st Century Chair in Integrated Practice at the University
        of Arkansas

9:15 AM     WARM-UP: Mental Exercises
        Marty Doscher, Morphosis

9:45 AM     “VOCABULARY: Bentley GenerativeComponents”
        Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems, Inc.

10:45 AM    BREAK

11:00 AM     “GRAPHICAL INTERFACE: Bentley GenerativeComponents”
        Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems, Inc.

11:30 AM    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

1:00PM     LUNCH BREAK
        “Parametric Design: Concepts and Principles”
         Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems, Inc.
         
2:00PM    EXERCISE 1 continued

3:30PM    BREAK
    
3:45PM    EXERCISE 2: Generated Feature Types
        Concepts:
            •    Feature Generation
            •    Application to design process
            •    Iterative methods: variables, graphs and sliders
            •    Typology, transformation, development
            •    Solutions and phenotypes

5:15PM    WRAP-UP: Q&A | Discussion
        Brad Workman, Marty Doscher, and Volker Mueller
         

Saturday | 5 April 2008
 
8:30 AM    COFFEE HOUR
        Coffee and pastries available

9:00 AM     “INTEROPERABILITY: User-defined Features, File Conversion,
                    Model Reporters”
        Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems, Inc.

9:45 AM     EXERCISE 2 continued

10:45 AM    BREAK

11:00 AM    EXERCISE 3: Software Scripting: Warm-up + Concepts
        Marty Doscher, Morphosis    

12:30 PM     LUNCH BREAK
        “Computational Design Applied: Bentley GenerativeComponents in
        Architecture Practice”
        Marty Doscher, Morphosis


1:30 PM    EXERCISE 3 continued

3:00 PM    BREAK

3:15 PM    EXERCISE 3 continued

4:15 PM    COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN: Additional Resources
        Volker Mueller, Bentley Systems, Inc.

4:30 PM    ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Computational Design and the
                  Potential for Architecture and its Allied Professions
        Brad Workman, Marty Doscher, Volker Mueller

5:15 PM    CONCLUDING REMARKS
        Brad Workman, 21st Century Chair in Integrated Practice at the University
        of Arkansas