BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. S. Parascho DTSTART:20201204T164500 DTEND:20201204T173000 DTSTAMP:20260916T064838Z UID:7a36c514e5a570c2e75c9fb0abd0b6d72c21f2a8a52004048aed4c4f CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:Prof. Stefana Parascho\n16:45 – 17:30 – Prof. Stefana Para scho\nAssistant Professor at Princeton University\, USA\n\nTalk title:\nDe signing with Robots - From Automation to Information\n\nAbstract:\nRobotic s and digital technologies have been changing the way we perceive architec tural design and fabrication. But the question today is no longer “What can we do with a robot?” but “How can we leverage the potential of mac hines and algorithms to address the needs of our built environment?”.\nW e can address this question by engaging with robots and algorithms from a different perspective: exploring the role of technology in the design proc ess and finding new ways of information exchange between designer and mach ine. We know that robots can construct complex geometries and that algorit hms can generate unprecedented forms\, but how we engage with these new po ssibilities is what will change the course of architecture. Can we exploit robotic processes to decrease our environmental footprint? Can we empower architects and designers to fully integrate machines into the design proc ess? And can we find ways of communicating technological advancements to d esigners and architects in order to emancipate them from solely being end- users?\nRobots working individually and cooperatively\, humans and robots building together\, architects designing along with machines – the prese nted work explores the various relationships between designers\, software and hardware\, and opens up new questions and avenues for expanding the im pact of digital technology onto our built environment. From scaffold-free assembly to robots employed for material reuse and computational tools des igned to ease interdisciplinary knowledge exchange – the goal is to move beyond the development of material-specific robotic processes and towards strategies for successfully employing these new technologies in design. U ltimately\, this requires the exploration of new roles for machines\, new relationships between humans\, algorithms and robots\, and new connections inside our own and across other disciplines.\n\n\nShort bio:\nStefana Par ascho is a researcher\, architect\, and educator whose work lies at the in tersection of architecture\, digital fabrication and computational design. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Princeton University where she founded the CREATE Laboratory Princeton and is co-leading the PhD program in Technology of Princeton’s School of Architecture. Through her resear ch\, she has explored multi-robotic fabrication methods and their relation ship to architectural design. Stefana investigated computational design te chniques ranging from agent-based systems to sequential design and optimis ation methods. Her goal is to strengthen the connection between design\, s tructure\, and fabrication\, and boost the interdisciplinary nature of arc hitecture through the development of accessible computational tools and ro botic fabrication methods. Her work was published in peer-reviewed publica tions and arts and architecture magazines (Kunst+Architektur\, Architectur al Design\, and Princeton’s Pidgin magazine)\, and exhibited internation ally at the Milan Design Week and the “Anatomy of Structure” exhibitio n in London. Stefana completed her doctorate in 2019 at ETH Zurich\, Grama zio Kohler Research\, with the thesis “Cooperative Robotic Assembly”\, co-advised by Prof. Stelian Coros. Previously\, she received her Diploma in Architectural Engineering in 2012 from the University of Stuttgart and worked with DesignToProduction Stuttgart and Knippers Helbig Advanced Engi neering. LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/82896414224 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR