1. // forwarding distributed & diverse design
education and practice…
// fed by advancing technologies in
digital design + physical production
LaN / live
architecture
network
connecting people / place / tech
connect @ livearchitecture.net
2. LaN / live
architecture
network
MUSEUM QUALITY EXHIBITION MODEL
CNC FABRICATION
BARCELONA 2007
for VICENTE GUALLART ARCHITECTS
EXHIBITED at INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART VALENCIA
3. workshop
experience
Boulder
Tech Stars / Fuse Coworking
2013 May : 2 sessions + exhibit
Intro to 3d printing & parametric
design - for designers of various
backgrounds
Kansas City
Kansas City Design Week
2013 Mar : Intensive workshop
AIA sponsored
Parametric modeling & laser
fabrication strategies
design professionals & students
Honolulu
University of Hawai’i
2013 Jan : multi-sessions
on Rhinoceros modeling for
CNC Fabrication -
undergraduate arch students
Kansas City
360 Architecture
2012 Oct : 5 training sessions
Intro to Rhino / GH for
architectural professionals
Montreal
Robocut Studio
2012 Oct : 2 weekend intensive
Rhino/RhinoCAM and hands-on
CNC production
www.livearchitecture.net/montreal
Toronto
Ryerson University
2012 Oct: 5 day intensive
workshop on Rhinoceros /
Grasshopper / RhinoCAM
and CNC milling production
Denver
Club Workshop / AECOM / RNL
2012 Jun: evenings & wkend
workshop on Grasshopper
CNC milling production
‘Footprints: data mining +
milling’
Bozeman
Montana State Univ.
2012 Jun: 4 sessions
workshop on Grasshopper
‘Data Adventures’
Ensenada Mexico
Networked Fabrication
2012 Mar : 6 days full-time
3 part course organized by
Amorphica Design Research
accredited by IBERO Tijuana
http://www.livearchitecture.net/
archives/10289
Rome
LaN + Solido 360 prototyping
2012 Mar: 3 days
workshops focused on cnc
fabrication / production-driven
design
www.livearchitecture.net/solido
Denver
LaN @ AECOM
2012 Jan: 6 session
semi-custom Rhinoceros 3d
training for landscape dept
Rome
LaN + Solido 360 prototyping
2012 Nov: 3 days
workshops focused on cnc
fabrication / production-driven
design
www.livearchitecture.net/solido
Rome
LaN @ Istituto Nazionale di
Architecttura (INARCH) +
Solido 360 Prototyping
2011 Oct: 6 day intensive
workshop emphasizing
collaborative design aspects
Toronto
Ryerson University
2011 Aug: 5 day full-time
workshop on associative design
and digital fabrication w/ on-site
equipment
Boston / New Haven / NY
LaN FLIGHT
2011 Jul: 8 day intensive
traveling seminar / tour of digital
fabrication practices /
programs / projects
http://livearchitecture.net/lanflight
Denver
University of Colorado - Denver
Visiting Instructor
‘Digital Tools’
2011 Jun-Jul: graduate
architecture seminar
Bozeman
Montana State University
2011 May-Jun: 12 week
graduate architecture studio
Visiting Instructor
‘Live Forces’
Montana State University
Visiting Instructor
‘Productive Parametric Design’
2011 May-Jun: 6 week graduate
architecture seminar
Denver
University of Colorado - Boulder
2011 May: undergraduate
architecture seminar
2 weeks hands-on CNC
fabrication instruction and
project consultant @Club
Workshop
Rome
LaN @ Istituto Nazionale di
Architecttura (INARCH) +
Solido 360 Prototyping
2011 Apr: 6 day intensive
workshop emphasizing
collaborative design aspects
utlizing Rhino / RhinoCAM /
GH
Copenhagen
Smart Geometry Conference
workshop cluster
2011 Apr: 4 day intensive
workshop exploring design
responses that analyze sensor
parameters via ghowl /
grasshopper
Napa / San Francisco / San
Luis Obispo / Los Angeles
LaN FLIGHT
2011 Mar: 8 day intensive
touring seminar of digital
fabrication practices /
programs / leading professional
Denver
LaN hosted by RNL Design
2011 Jan-Feb: 4 week wrkshop
sponsored fabrication by
Club Workshop
workshop for beginners - Rhino
for Fabrication
Beirut
LaN @ Beirut
2010 Nov: 5 day intensive
workshop on associative design
w/Rhino, Rhinoscript, &
Grasshopper
Rome
LaN @ Istituto Nazionale di
Architecttura (INARCH) +
Solido 360 Prototyping
2010 Nov: 6 day full time
fabrication workshop
emphasizing collaborative
design aspects using Rhino,
RhinoCam & Grasshopper
Vienna!
Conference: Advances in
Architectural Geometry
2010 Sept: 2 day workshop on
sensing urban dynamics w/
custom sensor kits & Arduino,
Processing & Grasshopper
Toronto
Ryerson University
2010 Aug: 5 day workshop on
associative design & digital
fabrication w/ Rhino,
Grasshopper, & RhinoCAM
http://livearchitecture.net/tor
Barcelona
Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
2010 Aug: 7 day workshop
focusing on driving parametric
models with live sensor data w/
Arduino, Processing & GH
Shanghai
Architectural Association
Visiting School - U. Hong Kong
Shanghai Study Center
2010 Aug: 10 day course on
uran associative design which
generated proposals for the
future of the Shanghai Expo site
Barcelona
Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
Fab Labs & Informalism
2010 Jul/Aug: summer school
focusing on informal habitation
and full-scale digital fabrication
Bozeman
Montana State University
Visiting Scholar Studio ‘Real
Studio’
2010 May-Aug: 12 week
summer studio focusing digital
design & fabrication with
emphasis on engaging with cnc
manufacturing processes and
full scale prototyping
http://livearchitecture.net/msu
Boston / New Haven
LaN FLIGHT
2010 Jul: 7 day intensive
traveling seminar / tour of digital
fabrication practices /
programs / projects
http://livearchitecture.net/lanflight
Rio de Janeiro
Designing Interface Architecture
2010 Apr/May: 14 day
workshop focusing on fabric
formwork for concrete
construction w/ Grasshopper
parametric plug-in
Caracas
U. Central de Venezuela,
Facultad de Arquitectura y
Urbanismo
‘Fab Labs & Informalism’
2010 Apr: 3 day intensive
associative design & digital
fabrication w/ Rhino &
Grasshopper focusing on
informal habitation
// livearchitecture.net
4. (-continued)
workshop
experience
Boston
LaN @ Microsoft New England
Research & Development Ctr.
‘CNC Procotol’
2010 Apr: 4 day intensive
professional/student workshop
emphasizing machining aspects
to drive design
http://livearchitecture.net/bos
San Juan
Esquela de Artes Plasticas
2010 Apr: 2 wk Introduction to
Digital Design + Fabrication
Santo Domingo
U. Iberoamericana
LaN brief: ‘Architectural
Response’
2010 Mar: current event specific
digital fabrication workshop
Laussane
LaN @ EPFL
2010 Feb: 3 day associative
design workshop for faculty &
professionals
Boston
LaN @ Microsoft New England
Research & Development
Center ‘CNC Protocol’
2010 Jan: 4 day intensive
professional/student workshop
on 3d modeling for CNC
fabrication
http://livearchitecture.net/bos
Oulu
U. of Oulu, Dept. of Arch.
Generate Seminar
2009 Nov: 3 day intensive
seminar on generative design
w/Rhino & Grasshopper
Berlin
Design Modeling Symposium
2009 Oct: 2 day intensive
workshop on data-driven design
Mexico City
LaN @ Rojkind Arquitectos
2009 Oct: 1 day rhino /
grasshopper training
Boulder
LaN workshop hosted by
Communication Arts
2009 Oct: 4 day workshop
giving broad overview of digital
design & fabrication utilizing
Rhinoceros
Denver
LaN workshop hosted by
RNL Design
2009 Oct: 4 day workshop
giving broad overview of digital
design & fabrication utilizing
Rhinoceros
Bozeman
LaN workshop
2009 Oct: 4 day workshop
giving broad overview of digital
design & fabrication utilizing
Rhinoceros
Istanbul
eCAADe - Education &
Research in Computer Aided
Architectural Design in Europe
2009 Oct: 2 day grasshopper
training
Barcelona
LaN @ IAAC - Institute for
Advanced Architecture of
Catalonia
2009 Aug: 8 day intensive
workshop on parametric design
& digital fabrication
San Sebastian
LaN @ Donostia
2009 Jun: 5 day intensive
workshop on associative design
w/Rhino, Rhino-script, &
Grasshopper
San Diego
NewSchool of Architecture &
Design
2009 May : 2 day workshop on
Rhino / RhinoCAM / CNC
milling fabrication
Brooklyn
LaN workshop / exhibition in
collaboration w/ Superfront
‘Archeography IV’
2009 May : 5 day intensive
workshop to produce an
installation for the Movement
Research Festival
Rome
LaN @ Istituto Nazionale di
Architecttura (INARCH) in
collaboration w/ Solido 360
prototyping
2009 Mar : 5 day fabrication
workshop
http://livearchitecture.net/rom
Albuquerque
LaN @ U. New Mexico
2009 Feb : 2 day sessions on
Rhino / RhinoCAM
Istanbul
LaN @ Bakirkoy Psychiatric
Hospital
Interscalar Istanbul Workshop
2008 Nov : 10 day workshop in
collaboration with head Dr. of
Istanbul hospital for multi-scale
redevelopment proposals
(Organized by Tuspa)
http://livearchitecture.net/ist
Bozeman
Montana State University
Visiting Scholars Graduate
Studio
2008 FALL semester: 10
graduate students
http://livearchitecture.net/msu
Barcelona
LaN @ IAAC - Institute for
Advanced Architecture of
Catalonia
2008 Aug: 2 week intensive
workshop exploring parametric
design & CNC fabrication (in-
house)
http://livearchitecture.net/bcn
Lanzarote
3rd Conference XXX: EL Viento
Visiting Scholars Graduate
Studio
2008 Jul: semester: 1 week
conference & workshop
focusing on the wind dynamics
of Lanzarote Island
NY / Boston / New Haven
LaN flight
2008 Aug: 7 day intensive
traveling seminar / tour of digital
fabrication practices /
programs / projects
http://livearchitecture.net/lanflight
Bozeman
Montana State University
4 day workshop
2007 Sept: 4 day workshop -
intro to digital design /
fabrication
public
speaking
Kansas City
Kansas City Design Week
2013 Mar
‘Living Forces’
Honolulu
University of Hawai’i
2013 Jan
School of Architecture
‘Living Forces’
Stanford
conference presentation
2012 Sep
MedicineX: The Intersection of
Medicine and Emerging
Technologies
Stanford School of Medicine
‘Live Architecture: body-fed
design’
http://medicinex.stanford.edu
Boulder
radio interview
2011 Apr
Boulder Green Building Guild’s
Footprint Radio
‘Keeping up with Design
Technology [...]’
http://livearchitecture.net/
archives/8336
Denver
lecture
2011 Mar
U. Colorado
‘Prototyping the Practice of Live
Architecture’
Boston
lecture
2010 Nov
Wentworth Institute of
Technology
AIAS sponsored
‘Prototyping the Practice of Live
Architecture’
Fort Lauderdale
lecture
2010 Nov
Museum of Art
AIAS sponsored
‘Architectural Response: live
tectonics’
Medellin
virtual workshop lecture
2010 Jul
Fab Lab Colombia
FLOW workshop
Santo Domingo, DR
lecture
2010 Mar
Univ of Iberoamericana
‘Architectural Response’
Santo Domingo
radio interview
2010 Mar
Desde El Medio Dia - LaX102
New York
lecture
2009 Jun
AIA Technology Series
“Live Design: case studies of a
parametric practice”
San Diego
lecture
2009 May
NewSchool of Architecture &
Design
‘Design Fabrications’
Albuquerque
lecture
2009 Feb
5. (-continued)
public
speaking
Denver
lecture
2009 Jan
AIAS National Forum
‘Real Live Design’
Istanbul
hosted public presentation
2008 Nov
YEM The Building Center
workshop presentations to
invited critics / Ministry of
Health - Turkey / public
Boulder
lecture
2008 Apr
Univ. of Colorado
CINC - Center for Innovation &
Creativity
‘LaN work’
Eindhoven
conference lecture
2007 Dec
Univ. of Technology
‘Plasti+city’
Bozeman
lecture
2007 Sep
Montana State University
‘Plasti+city: plastic parametric
pavilion’
Boulder
lecture
2007 Sep
U. Colorado
‘Plasti+city: plastic parametric
pavilion’
Boston / Rome / Boulder /
Denver / San Francisco
Pecha Kucha presentation
20 slides x 20 seconds @ large
public design gatherings
2008 - present
www.pecha-kucha.org
LaN organized
lectures
Bozeman
LIVE FORCES NIGHT
2011 Aug
Pecha Kucha Powered
curation of 8 multi-disciplinary
speakers including LaN
presentation on theme ‘LIVE
FORCES’
Barcelona
LaN @ IAAC
Institute for Advanced
Architecture of Catalonia
representative from Kuka
Robots
Bozeman
virtual lecture & final review
critique by Michael Silver
2010 Aug
Montana State U
Real Studio
Rome
Pecha Kucha Night Rome
2010 Nov
LaN co-established Rome
chapter organizing first event
www.pecha-kucha.org/night/
rome/
Denver
lecture by Michael Silver
U. Colorado - Denver
2006 Sep
workshop
typologies
// LaN STUDIO
full semester university
studios as visiting faculty
members
engaging students in
digital fabrication via
full-scale cnc prototyping
// LaN ON-SITE
workshops curated to utilize
specific local resources--
geographical features, local
specialists and technological
opportunities
// LaN FLIGHT
touring seminar of digital
fabrication practices &
programs.
An immersive mobile
experience intended to
draw a diverse group of
professionals and students
from afar for a full schedule
of exchanges with leading
practices, fabrication visits, &
professionals.
// LaN RESPONSE
workshops driven by the
need for design responses
to current events– natural
disasters, built
environment / social crisis
// LaN CO-FAB
workshops engaging in
virtual collaborative
fabrication with a
professional fabrication lab /
company often in a country
outside of host workshop
locale.
// LaN PRO-FAB
professional project-specific
prototyping training in a
fabrication shop setting
workshop points
of emphasis
//
WIDE COLLABORATION
Perhaps the greatest
advancement with emerging
technology is the way in
which designers are able to
collaborate across platforms
and various disciplines giving
the once very linear
refinement process new fluid
meaning in design
development. LaN seeks to
evoke the potential and
particulars of collaborative
design-to-fabrication across
fields.
// MORE DIGITAL++
MORE PHYSICAL+++
Digital tools have in fact
brought us back to a
closeness with materiality
and physicality. Some may
think the end goal of
increasing digital powers is a
digital end itself... we
disagree. Its in using digital
tools that we can achieve
greater means to building
and interacting with our
physical environment.
//
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
The term ‘parametric’ is
often underrepresented as
simply relevant in a modeling
tool sense. The idea of
working parametrically has
as much to do with design
congruence between
multiple phases of a project.
Parametric design
introduces a shift in
architectural development—
moving away from narrative
driven deterministic design
towards an iterative, bottom-
up process. Challenging
participants to adapt to
design process shifts has
been the greatest of
challenges in our experience
and consequently the most
rewarding.
// NATURAL FORCES /
DATA-FED DESIGN
With new ways of readily
analyzing and simulating
natural forces this topic will
introduce the potential of
performance driven
design, especially via
context-specific customized
design elements.
// FULL-SCALE
PROTOTYPING
To reiterate the architectural
role is once again moving
beyond representing to
design informed by
production and material
properties, 1:1 scale
prototyping experience is a
crucial. Participants typically
will be asked to work hands
on (via available CNC
production options) at real
scale with their digital files to
physical forms and back
(creating a feedback loop).
// DESIGN-SCIENCE /
EXPERIMENT DON’T
ENVISION
Prioritizing the search for
non-envisioned form /
results via strategies of
enabling bottom-up
processes to yield
unpredictable results.
Design an experiment, not
the result.
15. LaN / live
architecture
network
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