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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. N. Hack
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Norman Hack\n14:00 – 14:45 – Prof. Norman Hack\nJuni
 or Professor at Technische Universität Braunschweig\, Germany\n\nTalk tit
 le:\nIntegrated Digital Design and Fabrication\n\nAbstract:\nFor almost th
 ree decades\, architects have been experimenting with rapidly advancing di
 gital technologies and have been speculating about the future of architect
 ure in the digital age. These scenarios have entailed all-virtual living a
 nd working environments\, neo-baroque formal exuberance\, the stratificati
 on of virtual and physical worlds\, associative parametric design\, roboti
 c fabrication\, augmented reality and 3D printing with real construction m
 aterials. While the pursuits are diverse\, there is a marked tendency for 
 the digital to evolve from virtual to physical.\nThis presentation will hi
 ghlight this trend and explore the potentials and challenges of an integra
 ted digital design-to-fabrication ecosystem\, in particular with regard to
  a sustainable use of construction materials. These advances will be prese
 nted through two interdisciplinary research projects\, both of which focus
  on a reduction of construction waste and an increase of material efficien
 cy for bespoke non-standard constructions through the use of integrated di
 gital design and fabrication technology. Finally\, a new research framewor
 k is presented that builds on the methods and techniques of digital design
  and fabrication technology\, but likewise extends the prevailing paradigm
  of material efficiency.\n\n\nShort bio:\nNorman Hack is an architect and 
 researcher in the realm of computational architectural design and digital 
 fabrication. He holds a degree in architecture from the Vienna University 
 of Technology and a master's degree from the Architectural Association in 
 London. After graduation he worked as a programming architect in the Digit
 al Technologies Group with Herzog and de Meuron. His interest in seamless 
 digital design and fabrication processes led him to pursue a PhD with Gram
 azio Kohler Research\, which he began at the Singapore-ETH Centre (Future 
 Cities Laboratory) and completed at the National Centre of Competence in R
 esearch in Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich. Since 2018 Norman Hack holds
  a tenure track professorship for digital building fabrication at the Inst
 itute of Structural Design at Technical University of Braunschweig.\n\n\n
  
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/86140546384
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