Theme: "Design Beyond Boundaries"
The Intersection of Architects and Engineers
PROGRAM
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DAY 1, Thursday 1st September 2016
Start |
Session: Activity, Presentation |
Author / Chair |
08.30 |
Registrations |
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09.00 |
Keynote Address |
Chairperson |
09.00 |
Conference Welcome |
Dr Kourosh Kayvani |
09.10 |
Shape Making or Formfinding |
Nicholas Goldsmith |
10.00 |
Morning Tea |
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10.30 |
Reflections on the Contribution |
Chairperson |
10.40 |
Frei Otto Spanning the future |
Frei Otto Film |
11.40 |
Panel discussion - |
Prof Vinzenz Sedlak |
11.50 |
Questions |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00 |
Projects Focus |
Chairperson |
13.00 |
Platinum Sponsor Welcome |
Serge Ferrari |
13.10 |
Summer Pavilion |
Mathew Van Kooy - JWA |
13.30 |
New Perth Stadium – the structure of surface |
Stuart Harper – Cox Architecture |
13.50 |
Delicate Structures |
Prof Nigel Bertram - NMBW/MADA |
14.10 |
Jim Stynes Bridge, Docklands |
Peter Murenu - Aurecon |
14.30 |
Energy absorbing structures |
James Marr - Tensys |
14.50 |
Zoo Enclosure – Augsburg Zoo Aviary |
Barbara König - Carl Stahl |
15.10 |
Questions for Session Authors |
Start |
Session: Activity, Presentation |
Author / Chair |
15.20 |
Studio design workshop information |
Dr Peter Kneen |
15.30 |
Afternoon Tea Public Lecture Registrations |
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16.15 |
Public Lecture |
Chairperson - Dr Kourosh Kayvani - LSAA President |
16.15 |
Welcome to Public |
Dr Kourosh Kayvani |
16.30 |
From Mass to Membrane |
Nicholas Goldsmith FAIA LEEDS AP |
17.30 |
Questions |
Pre-dinner drinks & Design Awards Conference Dinner
Dress Code: Jacket and tie suggested
Venue and Times TBC - 7.00pm for 7.30pm
Design Awards PowerPoint Presentation (PDF 12.5Mb)
DAY 2, Friday 2nd September 2016
Start |
Session: Activity, Presentation |
Author / Chair |
09.00 |
Keynote Address |
Chairperson - Peter Lim - LSAA VP |
09.00 |
Stadia Roof Topology through design methodology |
Ron van Sluijs – |
09.50 |
Morning Tea |
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10.20 |
Experimentation & Digital Systems |
Chairperson - Bob Cahill |
Gold Sponsors Welcome |
Mehler Texnologies GmbH |
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10.30 |
Digital Innovation – a consultant’s perspective |
Dr Andrew Maher - Aurecon |
10.50 |
Application of Evolutionary Structural |
Prof Mike Xie - RMIT |
11.10 |
Designing the Dynamic – Learning from Gaudi |
Assoc Prof Jane Burry - RMIT |
11.30 |
Wood Plate Morphologies |
Dr Tim Schork – MADA |
11.50 |
Questions for the Session Authors |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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Design Workshop |
Chairperson - Dr Maud Cassaignau |
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13.00 – 16.50 |
Studio Design Workshop General principles of tension structure model making Hands on model making workshop Discussion /Questions |
Prof Vinzenz Sedlak – Technological University |
17.00 |
Conference Close |
Dr Kourosh Kayvani & MADA |
Keynote Address – Nicholas Goldsmith
Shape Making or Form Finding?
Often design professionals conflate the process of shape making with the more deliberate form finding approach. This lecture will discuss the differences in the design process between these two approaches. It will examine historical traditions of both approaches and look at Frei Otto and his physical modeling approach as an example of the Form Finding process, how it examines material intelligence to set in motion an iterative approach where the end result is discovered and not known beforehand. Examples of the work of FTL will be used as descriptive case studies to illustrate the different aspects of membrane envelopes including ETFE foil cushions, tensile membranes, and cable nets.
Public Lecture – Nicholas Goldsmith
From Mass to Membrane
If we look at a historical evolution of architecture from the massive pyramids of Egypt, to the framed structures of Greek/Roman construction, to the lighter Gothic vaulting, to eventually Modern architecture of the 20th century, we see a continuous almost linear progression from solid mass constructions to framed buildings of glass and steel. Today we are in the early steps of moving from glass and steel structures to diaphanous skins of membrane and foil structures. These new materials incorporate inherent technologies and the aim is to understand how these technologies will affect our spatial experiences and in the process explore lightness as a visual, physical and sustainable approach. Mass to Membrane is our human architectural journey; can we use less material, be more sustainable, and help reduce our carbon footprint on the planet we call earth? Can this linear progression become one of the keys in a more sustainable tomorrow?
Keynote Address – Ron van Sluijs
Stadia roof typology through design methodology
The large urban scale of stadia mean the structure often simultaneously dictate the form and the architecture of the venue though for the large span stadia structures only a limited number of typologies can be identified. It’s a challenge to methodically select the best fitting structure while maintaining a fresh and different aesthetic language. By illustration of various case studies this talk shall elaborate on a number of structural stadia roof typologies, both lightweight and heavy, and how these were developed architecturally and structurally