CAAD Futures Conference

@caad.futures.2023 announces deadline extension for submission of Paper Abstracts and Co-Creation sessions. Visit caadfutures2023.nl for conference call details and

CAAD Futures 2021 Conference Proceedings, Design Imperatives: The Future is Now,” is published in Springer CCIS, Volume 1456 and available at /book/10.1007/978-981-19-1280-1 On behalf of conference committee David J. Gerber, #EvangelosPantazis @topovague , #BiaynaBogosian @biaynabogosian , #AliciaNahmad @ali_nv , #ConstantinosMiltiadis @constantinos.diary , we would like to thank all the authors, peer-reviews, speakers, workshop leaders and participants that contributed to the conversation. We would also like to @uscviterbi for hosting the conference. We would like to note that this publication will remain open access until the end of April 2022. Looking forward to CAAD Futures 2023! #CaadFutures2021 #Conference #Proceedings #DesignImperatives #Thefutureisnow #DesignComputing

#CAADFutures2021, “Design Imperatives: The Future is Now” conference (July 16-18) and workshops (July 11-15) is underway. It’s been an incredible series so far. Join us for the last day of events. Check out our website for details. . #designimperatives #thefutureisnow #caadfutures #architectureconference

Introducing "From Aalto to Darwin: Genetic Optimization of Modernism's Classics" #CAADFutures2021workshop by #OanaTaut @__t_t_a_a__ from @iaacbcn Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #Generativeoptimization, #Multiobjective #generativealgorithms, #artificialintelligence, #GenerativeSpacePlanning, #EvolutionarySolver Description: The goal of the workshop is to demonstrate a workflow for computational optimization. Starting from a selection of architectural symbols, students will be guided to define a design as a set of computational rules thereby expanding the existing building to its global solution space. Attendees will then learn how to set up an optimization algorithm that tests the solution space and returns the most optimal design. Finally, the original and the AI optimized designs will be critically evaluated side by side and will be discussed in an open session by a panel of experts in AI and architecture.

Introducing "Timber Tectonics" by #ZahaHadidArchitects @zahahadidarchitects Computation & Design Group @zhcode (#VishuBhooshan @vishubhooshan and #HenryDavidLouth @henrydavidlouth ), and #AliciaNahmadVasquez @ali_nv from @ucalgarysapl Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #ArchitecturalGeometry, #DigitalTimber, #ComputationalFormfinding, #DesignforManufacturing Description: Architectural Geometry (AG) focuses on the synthesis of shapes that guarantee structural and fabrication optimality. It is also closely aligned with and complementary to the development of robotic and digital fabrication (RDF) technologies and design methods. The workshop will explore the relevance of this state-of-the-art design and construction paradigm in the realm of complex, multi-objective, precision manufactured, computational geometry projects. Specifically, the workshop is a collaborative design exercise exploring the design space of topologies that seeks synergies of tacit mesh modeling with computational formfinding, digital timber and RDF. The workshop will thus provide a hands-on, introductory experience to prepare for both the imminent future of architectural design and construction and architectural practice; The content and tool-chains of the workshop are representative of the state-of-the-art in the AEC industry as it shifts from Building Information Modelling (BIM) for documentation to Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA)/industrialized construction (IC) paradigm.

Introducing "The Horta Component Library: Using Space Groups in Grasshopper to Create Novel Honeycombs" by #DuaneMcLemore @duanerobot Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #SpaceGroups, #Grasshopper, #Lattice, #Installation, #Fabrication Description: The Space Groups are a mathematical system for the description of the symmetries in 3d lattices. They can be applied to architectural computation to create rigorous yet novel honeycombs for visualization and fabrication. Professor Duane McLemore of Mississippi State University has developed Horta, a component library for Grasshopper for the implementation of the Space Groups. This will be used to fabricate real-world objects, and this workshop will be the first public use of these components.The Workshop will have two components, a 2 day Software Tutorial and Collaborative Design Hackathon which will be available in person or online, and a 3 day Fabrication Workshop in which together we will construct a full-scale Installation designed collaboratively using the Space Group Symmetries. (Note that the final design will be generated during the Workshop. All included representations are a similar design idea which meets the same criteria.

Introducing "Beyond generative Computer Aided-Architectural Design (CAAD)" by #TodorStojanovski, #HuiZhang Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #Generativedesign, #proceduralmodeling, #urbandesign, #urbanmorphology, #CityInformationModeling (#CIM) Description: This lobby will discuss CAAD in the age of digital ubiquity and rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and its historical linkages with generative algorithms (procedural models today), but also with the digitization of traditional architectural and urban design practices. We intend to create a themed three 1-2h sessions on Artificial Intelligence (AI), procedural modeling, and CIM (linking to aspects of traditional architectural and urban design practices). We will open the workshop with a provocative 10min presentation and maybe have a 10min presentation by a pioneer on AI, procedural modeling, and CIM (to be confirmed). Then we will have a symposium like a lobby where I as moderator will guide a discussion asking difficult questions about the intersection of CAAD trends (automation, incorporation of AI, proceduralization, and interfaces for architect-computer interactions) and professional architectural and urban design practices. All the participants (we plan for 20-30 participants) will later engage with the debate. I intend to invite pioneers in procedural modeling (e.g. Gustavo Patow who created skyline engine, and also programmers/computer engineers from Avalanche studios who do procedural modeling in Houdini), urban morphologists (Ivor Samuels, Paul Sanders, Jenni Partanen) who work with urban design and we cooperate with us on the development of the CIM software...

Introducing "Synthesizing Training Data Using Parametric Modeling Tools" by #CemGüneş @mcemgunes , #SevgiAltun @sevgii.altun , #BerkayÖztürk, #AlicanMertan @alican.mertan , #YusufHŞahin @yusufthegun Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #TrainingDataGeneration, #SyntheticData, #PointCloud, #CulturalHeritage Description: This workshop focuses on data set synthesis using parametric definitions of architectural elements in cultural heritage sites. If you are dealing with semantic segmentation problems in scan-2-BIM workflow and you lack data to train your deep neural network, it's a workshop for you! It is a technical workshop that aims to introduce a workflow to produce sets of synthetic architectural data using visual programming tools. The workflow consists of a path from scratch to a complete point cloud data-set ready to be used in a deep neural network. We shaped the workflow over the idea of segmentation of historical dome systems of Anatolian Seljuk buildings. Initially, the work that we propose starts with a parametric definition of the parts of an architectural system selected by the participants. The relation of the parts and how they come together will be defined. The addition of details for unique elements is optional after this step. We continue with the definition of layers and a naming system. The export of the data-set is the final step of the data creation process. The workshop will conclude with a presentation and demonstration on the use of a data-set for a machine learning experiment.

Introducing"KUKA|crc Cloud Remote Control Modeling Tools" workshop by @robotsinarchitecture #SigridBrellCokcan, #EthanKerber, #SvenStumm Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #Parametric, #Robotics, #Automation, #RemoteControl Description: This workshop is a technical workshop that aims to introduce a workflow to produce sets of synthetic architectural data using visual programming tools. The workflow consists of a path from scratch to a complete point cloud data-set ready to be used in a deep neural network. We shaped the workflow over the idea of segmentation of historical dome systems of Anatolian Seljuk buildings. The work that we propose starts with a parametric definition of the parts of an architectural system selected by the participants. The relation of the parts and how they come together will be defined. The addition of details for unique elements is optional after this step. We continue with the definition of layers and a naming system. The export of the data-set is the final step of the data creation process. The workshop will conclude with a presentation and demonstration on the use of data-set for a machine learning experiment. #KUKA|crc Cloud Remote Control allows users from anywhere in the world to control robots in international locations. During the CAADfutures workshop participants will learn how to design for parametric robotic fabrication, simulate and optimize robotic path planning, remotely book robots and send code for automated production. Ww will provide workshop licenses to the software and remote access to the robots. Participants will monitor the robotic process through digital twins and multiple web stream views of the robotic cell. We will use Zoom as a platform for online collaboration. We will use Rhino/Grashopper/KUKA|crc to collaborate with the robots.

Introducing "Bioinspired Connections: Nature, Sensors, and Design" workshop by #AndreaMacruz @andreamacruz , #ErnestoBueno @ernesto_bueno_wills , #GustavoSol @sol_gustavo_sol , #JaimeVega @jaime.vegabrasil , #RicardoPalmieri @ricardopalmieri Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #Bioinspireddesign, #Algorithmicmodeling, #Neurophysiologicalsensing, #Emotionalstates, #Designsensibility Description: This workshop investigates the role technology and neuroscience play in aiding the design process and making meaningful connections between people and nature. It introduces advanced technologies and quantified self practices (QS) that allow participants to use neural data and pattern recognition as feedback for the design process. The objective is to find clues to natural elements of human perception that can inform the design to meet goals for well-being. A pattern network of geometric shapes that achieve a higher level of monitored meditation levels and point toward a positive emotional valence is proposed. By referencing biological forms found in nature, the workshop utilizes an algorithmic process that explores how nature can influence architecture.

Introducing "DeepIsomer: Implicit 3D Variation of Design with Autoregressive Neural Network" workshop by #JoyMondal @desi_delight from #Wesearclab @wesearchlab Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #Deeplearning, #Neuralnetwork, #3Dvariation, #Autoregression Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been integrated in the workflow and the creative processes of many industries in recent years. The open-source nature of the development of the tools has presented an opportunity to the architecture community to not only borrow already developed techniques but also to reinterpret them to supplement our tacit knowledge. This workshop will introduce a new method – DeepIsomer – that uses autoregressive deep neural network to implicitly generate isomers (variants) of 3D forms. The goal is to understand and employ AI-driven automated design iteration with hands-on demonstration and a design charrette. Participants will be introduced to the theory of neural network and autoregression to provide the conceptual framework needed for the workshop design charrette. Subsequently, DeepIsomer shall be used to learn the spatial features of 3D digital models to generate new variants that reflect the original learned spatial features to varying degrees. The computational workflow has three key components mentioned as following - 1.Discretisation of 3D digital model(s) 2.Autoregression of the discrete representation(s) using a neural network to generate variants 3.Decoding the variant output discrete representation(s) into 3D digital model(s)

Introducing "Augmented Objects 2.0" workshop by @iheartblob #ShaunMcCallum @shauncoree and #SashaBelitskaja @_beisik Visit "" for #CAADFutures2021 workshops information and registration process closing on July 8th. Keywords: #AugementedReality, #MixedReality, #Architecture Description: This workshop will be divided into two sessions: 1) It will focus on the creation of the object (modeling + animation), and 2) It will be devoted to AR deployment. For the object modeling, we will use Zbrush or Cinema4d(depending on interest), where we will go through main modeling/simulation techniques and going through import/export processes. For the AR part, we will go through the main setups of SparkAR, and how to create materials and animations, and how to deploy experience to a smartphone.