LaN 'ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE' workshop @ Microsoft NERD

3 to 4 day seminar on LIVE aspects of digital design & fabrication for architecture Its clear in 2010 perhaps more than ever that significant shifts in economies and culture can occur extremely rapidly; climatic crisis can devastate enormous populations in seconds. Our architectural response is critical. The architectural recourse of one crisis needs to be more than a temporary fix as it is often the only opportunity to implement further preventative measures for a future occurrence. This workshop exposes digitally-driven technologies aiding the architectural realm in developing design intentions in accordance with environmental, material & production parameters. Workshop explores how to implement TODAY the utilization of advancing technologies whether a student or design professional. Parametric approaches are not limited to the software one uses but more importantly a shift in thinking of multi-phase aspects of an architectural project. Join us in forwarding the relevance of these practices to very real-world scenarios. http://www.livearchitecture.net/archives/5230 http://microsoftcambridge.com