Shapeshifting: The Emerging Role of Three-Dimensional Printing

Shapeshifting: The Emerging Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Contemporary Studio Practice and Design The direct physical realization of computer-visualized, three-dimensional form holds the promise of a new era of architectural design methodology. When: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Where: At The Center The manufacturing and production of scale models and exotic shapes have taken center stage as viable generators of design rules; the REAL inexorably, and without precedent, linked to the VIRTUAL. Now complex modeling explored on the computer, either by scripting or through the direct manipulation of form has a tangible output: Three-Dimensional Printing. The impact of this important technology, its generation of form from virtual models, and the potential of its expanding role in design practice will be the subject of the roundtable/panel discussion: SHAPESHIFTING. Technology Exhibit: Demo of 3D Printers: 4PM Technology Seminar: 5PM Model Gallery: FXFOWLE Architects, Rietveld Architects, Grimshaw, Cooper Carry, HOK, SOM, Burt Hill, Polshek Partnership Panel Discussion: 6PM Colin Montoute, AIA LEED FXFOWLE Architects Piet Meijs, Associate Rietveld Architects LLP Evan Jenkins, SOM Curating and Panel Moderators: Charles Matz, AIA RIBA CID, Faculty - New York Institute of Technology Jon Dillon, Adj. Faculty - New York Institute of Technology Bishara Abdul-Hamid, IT Engineer Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres served NRI:FormLab RSVP – www.nrinet.com/aia3d Tel: 212.366.7116 http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=624