Computational Design Lecture Series Fall 2019
Athanassios Economou: Shape Machine
Athanassios Economou joins us this week to close this Fall's Computational Design lecture series. His research at GeorgiaTech focuses on generative design methods, shape computation, and computer-aided design.
Time: Thursday 05 December at 6:30pm
Location: Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, Room 303
Abstract
The internet’s impact on physical space has given rise to new practices in spatial technology. From interaction design, physical computing, cybernetics, design computation, urban data visualization, and logistics applications, each of these practices harnesses both space and technology. Urbanists and architects are venturing into these new practices, into companies like WeWork, Airbnb, or small startups working on transit or reservation systems. What is it that makes these practices fundamentally well suited for urbanists and architects? Violet will talk about her path into these new practices and why she thinks you should venture into them too.
Bio
Athanassios (Thanos) Economou is Professor in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Economou's teaching and research are in the areas of shape grammars, computational design, computer-aided design and design theory, with over forty published papers in these areas. Recent funded projects include the project Courtsweb: A Visual Database of Federal Courthouses, GSA/US.Courts, $1.3M. Design projects from his studios at Georgia Tech have received prestigious awards in international and national architectural competitions. He is the Director of the Shape Computation Lab at Georgia Tech and the Director of the Art and Architecture in Greece and Italy Study Abroad Program at Georgia Tech. He has been invited to give talks, seminars, and workshops at several universities including MIT, Harvard, TU Vienna, U. Michigan, UCLA, NTUA, U.Thessaly, U.Aegean, among others. Dr. Economou holds a Diploma in Architecture from NTUA, Athens, Greece, an M.Arch from USC, and a Ph.D. in Architecture from UCLA.