Category Archives: Lecture Series

The ability to capture the designer’s imagination and to catapult the project to reality through innovations and design enhancements are defining qualities of any distinguished engineer. Such are qualities achieved by complementing engineering expertise with a profound appreciation of architectural design.

This lecture will introduce a selection of works engineered by Ryota Kidokoro, a structural designer from Arup’s Tokyo office, to illustrate the creative collaboration of an engineer from conception to completion. A brief overview of Arup, a global firm of designers, engineers, and consultants, will also be included in this lecture.

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The thrust of digital advancement in design and manufacture has changed architecture. A Digital Materiality is emerging, where the interplay between data and material can be seen as a constructive structuring of architecture. This extensive collaboration can be analytically developed and implemented on an architectural scale, leading to new forms of architectural expression and material sensuality. Against this background, the lecture will consider the hegemony of digital fabrication and the avatars of robotic manufacture in architecture. It will address the digital border crossing between the digital and the material and consider various projects and contexts.

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