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Lecture by David Gerber

By Neil Leach | Published 2012-03-08 | Posted in Uncategorized

Dr. David Jason Gerber, Assistant Professor at the USC School of Architecture, gave a lecture on his recent work on Wednesday 7 March 2012. He concurrently also works as an executive at Gehry Technologies, and has worked as an architect for Moshe Safdie, Gehry Technologies, and Zaha Hadid Architects. He has held appointments at MIT’s [...]

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wroad completes schematic design of new residence

By Roland Wahlroos-Ritter | Published 2010-10-14 | Posted in News

USC faculty Roland Wahlroos-Ritter of WROAD has completed the schematic design of a new residence. USC faculty Greg Otto of Buro Happold is responsible for the design of the structural system and pioneering civil engineering solutions for on-site water management. The facade will be made out of operable fibre cement panels, to control light and [...]

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Definitions: Parametric and Algorithmic Design

By Neil Leach | Published 2010-02-23 | Posted in Uncategorized

    Contemporary digital design practice is in a state of rapid evolution. While architects have employed computer-aided drafting (CAD) systems for decades, only recently have two distinct and potent design sensibilities - parametric and algorithmic design - emerged. Nurtured by early architectural researchers and programmers operating in practice, these methodologies are now gaining widespread professional and [...]

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Theorizing the Parametric

By Neil Leach | Published 2010-01-21 | Posted in seminar

  If there were ever a theorist of the parametric it is surely the French philosopher, Gilles Deleuze. While he himself did not write about parametric theory, it is clear that his work raises a number of provocative questions, and suggests new ways of theorizing the subject. This semester a theory course is being offered, [...]

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sameer kashyap lecture @ usc 100120

By Roland Wahlroos-Ritter | Published 2010-01-20 | Posted in Lecture

Sameer Kashyap from Gehry Technologies will give a lecture titled ‘Mass Customization; Parametrics and Automation’ at USC tonight. Sameer is one of the most brilliant minds a Gehry Technologies and director for Gehry Technologies Los Angeles Servies group. His work is largely unpublished, mostly due to proprietary reasons, so this is a rare opportunity to [...]

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parametric design_final reviews @ usc 091215

By Roland Wahlroos-Ritter | Published 2010-01-15 | Posted in Review, seminar

Continuing todays review marathon, the students of David Gerber’s and Roland Wahlroos-Ritter’s Parametric Design I seminar presented their final work today at USC. The seminar was structured in two parts. The first part was dedicated to Case Studies. The students were asked to research, analyze and develop a parametric design strategy for building CATIA models [...]

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Intensive Fields: New Parametric Techniques for Urbanism

By admin | Published 2009-12-14 | Posted in Conference, Intensive Fields

For some time now, digital technologies have had a substantial impact on architectural design. From the use of standard drafting packages to the more experimental use of generative design tools. But how might these digital technologies – and parametric design tools in particular – help us to design cities? The conference brought together USC Professors [...]

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INTERVIEW: re-thinking architecture

By Roland Wahlroos-Ritter | Published 2009-12-13 | Posted in Interview

    Roland Wahlroos-Ritter interviews Neil Leach, Professor at USC. Neil Leach has also taught at Columbia GSAPP, SCI-Arc, Cornell and the Architectural Association. He has published 18  books on theory and design, including Rethinking Architecture, The Anaesthetics of Architecture, Camouflage, Designing for a Digital World and Digital Tectonics. He was also the curator of [...]

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