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Join your colleagues at this exciting and inspiring event where material scientists
will show where tomorrow’s innovative building materials are coming from. Learn how
the digital fabrication and rapid prototyping are changing the way architects practice
and the way contractors build.


Tuesday, November 15, 2005

1:15 PM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks he first McGraw-Hill Construction Innovation Prize

1:30 PM

Keynote Address
Neil Gershenfeld, Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He’ll speak about a time in the near future when computers will allow
almost anyone can to make anything.

Attendees will receive a copy of FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop - from
Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication absolutely FREE.
2:00 PM

Birth of a new material: three case studies
Each new building material has a unique development trajectory dictated by market forces,
scientific and creative breakthroughs. This panel of experts will reveal the secrets
of how innovation is achieved through the various cycles of material development.

Moderator: Blaine Brownell, NBBJ Architects, author of Transmaterial

Big picture thinking and global material trends/trajectories:
Blaine Brownell, NBBJ Architects,

Material development driven by design needs
Gregg Brodarick, B.lab Italia, Gallarate, Italy
Living Surfaces used to make interactive liquid-infused surfacing

Marrying lab-created new materials with creative uses
Abhinand Lath, SensiTile Systems
SensiTile is a surfacing that react to light

Materials driven to market by manufacturers who innovate
Edward Peck, Foiltec NA
Foiltec makes pressure-inflated ETFE foil systems
3:00 PM Conversation Break
3:45 PM

Fresh from the lab: Innovative materials for building construction
From new kinds of flooring, wall finishes and textiles to phase-change
plastic laminates, designers and builders now have access to a plethora
of finish and structural materials that were never available before.
Attendees will not only see and touch them in the new materials and projects
exhibition, but they will be able to take them home samples. Materialist Robin
Reigi, of Robin Reigi Art and Objects, and Architectural Record's New Products
Editor, Rita Catinella, will guide the audience through what's new, what's hot
and what is not quite ready yet.
4:30 PM

Can you see it now?
How Four-dimensional visualization tools bridge the gap between materials
innovation and the way we fabricate and build. Speaker to be Announced
500 PM

Reception in Materials Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Materials Exhibit Hall
8:30 AM

Digitally-enabled fabrication
This session will explore some of the most sophisticated new tools for
taking a design and quickly creating it in three dimensions. Large and small
firms are using 3D printers, water-jet cutters, and CNC machines to turn their
studios into machine shops, while factories are using robotics to turn out modular
building components and even full-size housing.

Moderator: George Petrides, President, Petrides Homes LLC

An overview of digital fabrication techniques, and their implications on
building information modeling.
Branko Kolarevic, Irving Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ball State University.

Digital fabrication from a manufacturer's point of view: a case study of how a
one manufacturer working with an architect to create a sophisticated interior.
Ruben Suare, Vice President Architectural Division, 3form, Inc.

Innovations in automated housing prefabrication
George Petrides, President, Petrides Homes LLC

Digital fabrication from the small firm's point of view: how one architect is
incorporating these new techniques and processes into the architectural practice.
Corie Sharples, Partner, SHoP Architects
9:45 AM Conversation Break
10:00 AM

Case Study: The Hearst Building, New York City
Representatives from the architect, owners, engineers, and builders show how
high-technology fulfills principles of sustainability in this new, LEED-registered
office tower.

Participants:
Alexander C. Richter, Associate, Adamson Associates, Moderator
Brian Schwagerl, Director of Real Estate and Facilities Planning, Hearst Corporation
Gary Pomerantz, PE, Senior Vice President, Flack and Kurtz
Mark Pulsfort, Vice President & Operations Manager, NY Business Unit, Turner Construction Company
Ahmad Rahimian, PE, President, Cantor Seinuk
Michael Wurzel, Partner, Foster and Partners
Bruce Phillips, Managing Director, Design & Construction, Tishman Speyer
12:00AM

Awarding of the first McGraw-Hill Construction “Patron of Innovation” and “Innovation Prizes”







Innovation Case Study: The Hearst Tower




Who Should Attend?

> Architects
> Designers
> Engineers
> General Contractors
> Specialty Contractors
> Construction Managers
> Building Materials Manufacturers and Suppliers
> Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers
> Finance and Insurance Providers
> Project Owners

> ME~!!!!!

seriously some of the stuff above makes my beloved LitraCon look like child's play....

and yeah, that's right, sir Norman Foster has invaded MY F#$%KING CITY and dropped a sexy beast right by Columbus Circle, a transit hub I frequently utilise. (-s+z) .

Sir Norman Foster is a London-based architect whose firm, thanks to my cousin, I got to visit. I also got to visit quite a few of his major works in both london + berlin thanks to what feels like an ex husband (will share thoughts on dating in vs. out of the ever-absorbing architectural "scene" at some later date)

(swiss RE : london)



(reichstag : berlin)



i was 1000% willing to pay $200 for the hearst bldg/ new materials seminar but $400 is out.of.control.

c'est la vie.




[i'm too lazy to link my own pictures]

The next step of Buggitecture is on hold until I can find 1/2 inch wide bass wood strips that
are @ least 48" long and have them delivered. i'm building a circulation system within the
previously posted bug, that look like continuous antennae almost. working drawings as usual
will be a bitch but according to my studio teacher

"all this weird stuff is better off outside your head than in it, don't you think?"

my other subjects have fallen behind & this past few weeks i've had a break thanks to jewish
holidays but also a HUGE motivational problem... i find myself more willing to study brain
architecture than to work in the studio (doing well in psych after being allowed to make up
a few - killed a test worth 1/3 almost of my grade in under 15 minutes)... perhaps i'd make
an excellent psychologist but only a good architect? i might choose the psych stuff just to
have something that i feel competent in while i study in studio (psych as a minor of course..)

there may be some complications regarding getting in-state tuition - basically if your parents
are from out of NY & you're under 24 you stand no chance, even if you've lived in NY more or
less since you were 18... total bullshit i know, and i'll have to submit police reports proving
domestic violence as well as my mom's felony paperwork to maybe be given "independent" status
& free my scholarship money from the death grip of out of state tuition.. ironically, florida &
maryland would also charge me out of state - meaning i dont belong to anywhere at all... this
sort of beauracracy makes me want to KILL

i got yelled at for yelling at a tech guy in front of a client (who i didnt know was a client, but still)

i'm stressed out here, but help is on the way