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2014 Conference


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Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture 2014 International Conference

CONFERENCE: October 23-25, 2014
Los Angeles, California, US

WORKSHOPS and TOUR: October 20-22 & 26, 2014
Los Angeles

Updates

  • EXTENSION: Research and Design Poster submissions due: May 26, 2014

  • Important Dates

    • Research and Design Poster submissions due: May 26, 2014
    • Revised submissions due (for proceedings): late June, 2014
    • Worksop Submissions: 10 February, 2014

    Registration



    The ACADIA2014: DESIGN AGENCY conference will be held in Los Angeles, California at the USC School of Architecture on October 23-25, 2014.

    DESIGN AGENCY will bring together the spectrum of research and creative practice currently occurring within the ACADIA community through the combined support of the research networks of the University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles and Southern California Institute of Architecture. Questions the capacity for computation to inform or challenge traditional design processes; computation as design operation - the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power, and/or computation as design instrumentality - the design mechanism through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.

    ACADIA is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. ACADIA supports critical investigations into the role of computation in architecture, planning, and building science, encouraging innovation in design creativity, sustainability, and education.


    Exhibitions

    • ACADIA 2014 is hosting PLASTICITY, the 2014 TEX-FAB international digital design to fabrication Competition. Architects, designers and researchers are invited to participate. Plasticity seeks proposals for prototypical development of an architectural assembly that explores performance through composite structural systems and materiality.

    • More Exhibitions to be announced.


    Workshops

    ACADIA 2014 'DESIGN AGENCY' will be offering a wide range of specialized one, two, and three day workshops preceding the Conference from Saturday October 19 to Wednesday October 23 and following the conference on Sunday October 27. See workshops page for details. Workshop offerings cover topics ranging from scripting, simulation of complex systems, and digital fabrication with advanced manufacturers.

    • List of workshops to Be Announced


    Keynote Speakers

    Tuesday 21st Evening Event

    hosted by Sci-Arc


    University of Southern California
  • Greg Otto -WalterPMoore.com


  • Awards

    2014 ACADIA Digital Practice Award of Excellence


    University of Southern California
  • Jenny Sabin -JennySabin.com

  • 2014 ACADIA Award of Teaching Excellence


    University of Southern California
  • Neil Gershenfeld -Center for Bits and Atoms

  • 2014 ACADIA Society Award of Excellence


    University of Southern California
  • Nancy Yen-wen Cheng

  • 2014 ACADIA Innovative Academic Program Award of Excellence


    University of Southern California
  • Scott R. Marble

  • 2014 ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence


    University of Southern California
  • Martin Bechthold



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    Conference Location


    University of Southern California

    The 2014 ACADIA Conference will take place in Los Angeles, California, a global center of progressive design in architecture, digital media and entertainment. Hosted by the University of Southern California School of Architecture, and supported by the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Design and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, the event will tap into the shared resources of the eight design schools, numerous engineering faculties, and countless industry ties that exist in the City of Angels.

    The conference will incorporate a highly visible public program that will include public exhibitions, lectures, and tours to engage conference visitors with the city as well as the city with the conference.

    The conference itself will take place on the campus of the University of Southern California, home of some of the most prestigious and innovative research faculties in the country. As a University that excels in multi-disciplinary collaborations and cross-industry fertilization, this years conference is an opportunity for ACADIA 2014 to expand the reach of the conference to blur the boundaries between the disciplines of Architecture, Computer Science, Engineering, Interactive Media and Cinema.

    The collaboration with allied disciplines will allow ACADIA 2014 to expand its reach and define a precedent for conferences to come, describing the field of design as an expanded discipline that reaches and interacts with a wide spectrum of design professionals.

    The primary venues utilized will the Davidson Conference Center, and Watt Hall on the USC campus, as well as the Loker Center at the California Science Center directly adjacent to the campus. The ACADIA Conference is expecting over 500 attendees including speakers, researchers, students and the general public. This number reflects people involved in the conference itself, while a much larger crowd will engage some of the public activities organized strategically to be in the eyes of the USC community and the Greater Los Angeles Design Community.