This Friday Achim Menges will present a keynote on “Computational Material Culture” at the AA’s ADVANCEMENTS IN DESIGN COMPUTATION Symposium.
The event will delve into the role of computation in design research and how it has transformed architectural research and practices around the world, pointing out the innate associations between digital, material, and constructed realities. 3 speakers from incredibly rich backgrounds will come together to discuss the history of computation and how it has entered the domain of design and architecture, its role today as a design culture and the implications it has in the future of architecture (Antoine Picon), the role of material in fusing computation and the physical together as one (Achim Menges), and the use of computational simulations in enhancing performance in design practice (Francis Aish). The sessions will be followed by a round table discussion in which the speakers will discuss the challenges faced today by the discipline of architecture and speculate on the future of its role in the immediate future.