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November 16, 2005
Surface Intelligence Symposium Announcement
I wanted to announce this symposium at the AA that I've been organizing with Brett and Tom B - it'll be a great event. It's an open event - no tickets required - so please join us.
SURFACE INTELLIGENCE:
AMBIENT & AUGMENTED ARCHITECTURES
A Two-Day International Design Symposium at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London 24 & 25 November 2005
A defining feature of the contemporary city is the prevailing role of surface technologies in the design, form, construction, and performance of architectural spaces and their structures. A growing number of media and information networks are combining with increasingly-interconnected communication technologies and distributed design systems to create the conditions for entirely new kinds of intelligent, augmented, built environments. Today’s proliferation of new network-based technologies is blurring the boundaries between architectural hardware and software; between architectural surfaces and an ambient world of information and exchange.
‘Surface Intelligence’ is a two-day international symposium at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, hosted by the Ambient and Augmented Environments Network supported by the EPSRC Culture Fund. Organised by Professor Tom Barker at the RCA and Brett Steele, Director of the Architectural Association, the two days will feature presentations and discussions by architects, engineers, interaction and media artists whose work is exploring the limits of today’s surface intelligence, and their underlying technologies, networks, and consequences.
Presentation & Discussion Schedule
THURSDAY 24 November
10:00 INTRO_BRETT STEELE
10:15 JASON BRUGES ‘Recent Work’, Lighting Designer London
11:00 CHIAFANG WU & STEPHEN ROE ‘From Object to Atmosphere’, Architects London
11:45 MARIE O’MAHONY ‘Cyborg: The Man Machine’ Technology Curator & Author London
12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
2:00 TOM BARKER ‘From a Fly’s Eye to a TV Station’, Smartslab Designer & Technologist London
2:45 TERESA HOSKYNS, ‘Embedded Politics, Lecturer & Theorist London
3:30 STEFANO MIRTI , ‘Form Follows Fiction’, Architect IVREA Institute Milan
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION
6:30 CHRISTIAN MOELLER ‘A Time and Place’, Media Artist Los Angeles
FRIDAY 25 November
10:00 INTRO_TOM BARKER
10:15 CRISPIN JONES ‘Narrative Interfaces’, Product / Interaction Designer London
11:00 SOPHIE LE BOURVA ‘TBC’, Engineer London
11:45 STUART VEECH ‘Form Follows Materials’ Architect Vienna
12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
2:00 MARTA MALE-ALEMANY ‘Beyond Form’, Architect Barcelona
2:45 BRETT STEELE ‘Learning Networks’, Director AA School London
3:30 STEFAN DOEPNER ‘Simulation Simply Doesn’t Count’ Interface Designer Ljubljana / Hamburg
4:15 PANEL DISCUSSION
6:30 CHUCK HOBERMAN ‘Transformability’ Inventor New York
Posted by Natasha Sandmeier at November 16, 2005 06:49 PM