Spring '24 Event

March 24, 2024

Host:

Perkins&Will

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Speakers:

Perkins&Will

Charlie Portelli, AIA, RIBA, CDT | Digital Innovation Strategist

 

AE Superlab.

Ahmed ElHusseiny, AIA | Principal and Founder

 

HUSH Studios

Erik Karasyk | Technical Partner, HUSH Studios

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Moderator:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Director, AA Visiting School New York; Visiting Assistant Prof. Pratt GAUD

Winter '24 Event

January 18, 2024

 

Host:

Kohn Pedersen Fox 

 

Speakers:

Kohn Pedersen Fox 

Why We Love Rhino.Compute

Justyna Szychowska | Senior Software Developer

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Ennead Architects

Bespoke Facade Generations

Alan Cation |  Director of Computational Design

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SHoP Architects

Interactive Visualization

Tim Li | Associate, Interactive Visualization

Sheldon McLeod | IoT Engineer

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Moderator:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Director, AA Visiting School New York; Visiting Assistant Prof. Pratt GAUD

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Autumn '22 Event

November 21, 2022

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Host:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

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Speakers:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Alexander Jordan | PE, AIA | Associate - Structural Engineer

Samuel Wilson | PE | Associate - Structural Engineer

 

URBAN BETA

Paul Clemens Bart | MSc, MArch AA | Managing Partner

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder, Digital Design Community; Director, AA Visiting School New York; Lead Computational Designer, OPT

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Summer '22 Event

September 21, 2022

 

Host:

Buro Happold

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Speakers:

Buro Happold

Wolf Mangelsdorf |  Partner, Global Head of Design, Technology and Innovation

 

Kohn Pedersen Fox

Luc Wilson  |  Director, KPF Urban Interface

 

Hypar

Andrew Heumann  | Software Developer

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Moderator:

Andrew Haas / Founder, Digital Design Community; Director, AA Visiting School New York; Visiting Assistant Prof. Pratt GAUD

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Winter '20 Event

December 14, 2020

 

Host:

Virtual Hosting made possible by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

 

Speakers:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Caitlin Mueller, PhD | Associate Professor at MIT, Architecture and Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Ramon Elias Weber | PhD Student, MIT Building Technology Group

 

Harvard Graduate School of Design | project:if

Iman Fayyad | Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard GSD; Founder and Director, project:if

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OPT Industries, Inc

Jifei Ou (欧冀飞) PhD | Founder, CEO @ OPT Industries, Inc

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Computational Designer, KPF; Director, AA Visiting School New York

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Summer '20 Event

July 14, 2020

 

Host:

Virtual Hosting made possible by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

 

Speakers:

Foster + Partners

Francis Aish | Head of Applied Research and Development

 

Heatherwick Studio

Pablo Zamorano | Head of Geometry and Computational Design

 

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

Cobus Bothma | Director - Applied Research

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Computational Designer, KPF; Director, AA Visiting School New York

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Autumn '19 Event

November 06, 2019

 

Host:

WSP 

 

Speakers:

WSP 

Joseph Provenza, AIA, PE, LEED AP / Associate 

Elliot Glassman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD / Associate and Technical Principal

 

Turner Construction

Ayse Polat, AIA / VDC Manager, NY Main

 

Snøhetta

Sam Brissette / Designer

 

VR/3D Scanning Showcase:

NavVis

WSP

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Computational Designer, KPF; Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York

Alfonso Oliva / Co-Organizer of Digital Design Community; Director of LERA+, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers 

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Summer '19 Event

July 25, 2019

 

Host:

Buro Happold Engineering 

 

Speakers:

Buro Happold Engineering

Wolf Mangelsdorf, Dipl Ing (Arch) Dipl Ing (Civil) CEng MIStructE / Partner

Tom Ben-David, PhD, EIT, LEED AP BD+C / Graduate Mechanical Engineer

Kayleigh Houde, PE / Computational Community Leader 

 

KieranTimberlake

Mark Davis, AIA, LEED AP BD+C / Principal 

Ryan Welch / Principal

Christopher Connock / Design Computation Director 

 

Jacobs

Chitwan Saluja, Intl. Assoc. AIA / Director of Technology 

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Computational Designer, KPF; Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York

 

Urban Futures Summer Series

July 10 - 17, 2019

 

Host:

The Cooper Union​

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One of the biggest challenges for architects today is to plan for rapid advancements in technology and the changes these innovations have on society and our urban systems.  This lecture series explored emerging possibilities in advanced architectural design and urban futures, and exposed attendees to both professional expertise and the utilization of new technologies that blur the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres of what will encompass new conceptions on aspects of the city and how we inhabit in them.

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The Urban Futures Series ran in partnership with the AA Visiting School New York, an intensive 10-day think-tank studio course hosted at The Cooper Union in July 2019.  It focused on developing urban solutions for the changing landscapes of our metropolises around the world.

 

​Lecture Curators

Andrew R. Haas / Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York; Computational Designer, KPF

Ali Farzaneh, AA PhD / Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York

 

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Dr. Tom Verebes / UrbanISMS: Four Short Stories About Hong Kong / Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor, School of Architecture and Design at New York Institute of Technology NYIT; Director, OCEAN CN / July 10, 2019 

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Marvin Bratke / Conquering Urban Air Mobility: Resilient Architectures for Aerial Logistics / Head of Architecture at Brandlab, Founding Partner of BART//BRATKE, Visiting Professor at Universidad Internacional SEK / July 11, 2019 

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Luc Wilson / How to Design Smart(er) Cities / Director, Urban Interface, Kohn Pedersen Fox; Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP / July 12, 2019

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Violet Whitney, LEED AP BD+C / Urban Computation / Product Manager, Sidewalk Labs; Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia GSA / July 13, 2019

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Snoweria Zhang / Between Space / Urban Innovation Architect, KPFui / July 14, 2019

    

Stefan Al, PhD LEED AP / The Future of Mobility and How it Could Shape Cities / Senior Associate Principal at KPF, TED Resident / July 15, 2019

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Wolf Mangelsdorf / Wechselwirkungen—Reframing Urban Planning / Partner at BuroHappold / July 16, 2019

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Ali Farzaneh, AA PhD / On the Biological Nature of Cities / Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York / July 17, 2019

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Spring '19 Event

May 9, 2019

 

Host:

WeWork Headquarters 

 

Speakers:
Andrew Heumann, Senior Scientist, Research & Applied Science, WeWork
Jonatan Schumacher, Director of Design & Construction Technology, WeWork
Christopher Morse, Associate, Interactive Visualization, SHoP Architects

Adam Chernick, Associate, Interactice Visualization, SHoP Architects

 

Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Computational Designer, KPF; Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York
Alfonso Oliva, Director of LERA+ Consulting Structural Engineers

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Autumn '18 Event

November 7, 2018

 

Host:

United Technologies Digital

 

Speakers:
Luc Wilson, Senior Associate Principal and Director, KPF Urban Interface

Nicholas Desbiens, Head of Digital Practice, KPF
Dan Levine, Associate Director, Solutions Engineering – United Technologies (UTC)
Jan Leenknegt, Architect and BIM Manager, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

 

Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Co-Director, AA Visiting School New York

Alfonso Oliva, Director of LERA+, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers

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Summer '18 Event

July 11, 2018

 

Host:

ARUP

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Speakers:

Ian Mackenzie, Software Developer, ARUP
Shamil Lallani, Facade Designer, Wener Sobek New York
Jan Klaska, Lead Architect, Zaha Hadid Architects
 

Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Designer, SOM

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Spring '18 Event

April 11 2018

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Host:

LERA Consulting Structural Engineers 

 

Speakers:

Alfonso Oliva, Director - LERA+

Neil Katz, AIA, Design Associate - SOM

Daniel Innocente, Senior Designer - SOM

Islay Burgess, AIA, Digital Design Manager - GENSLER

Chang-Yeon Cho, AIA, Computational Leader - GENSLER

Alex Coulombe, Creative Director - Agile Lens

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Moderators:

Andrew Haas / Founder of Digital Design Community; Designer, SOM