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Michel Rojkind
rojkind arquitectos
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Over-stimulation
University of Texas at Austin
02/20/2014
7:00pm
Michel Rojkind was born in Mexico City, where he studied Architecture and Urban Planning at the Universidad Iberoamericana (1989-1994). In 2002 he founded rojkind arquitectos to explore new challenges addressing contemporary society — to design compelling experiences that go beyond mere functionality and to connect the intricacies of each project at a deeper level.
He has been short-listed to participate in several large-scale international projects, in Mexico, Canada, Kuwait, China, Dubai, Singapore and Spain.
He has been a visiting professor at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) in L.A. and at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IACC) in Barcelona. Rojkind has participated as juror for several international awards and competitions and has lectured in many different countries.
“We generate strategies that enhance the designs final result, nowadays a design proposal needs to find its full potential, it needs to have an added value, give something back to society...” Michel Rojkind
Rojkind has gained international acclaim by being featured in numerous well-known architectural publications. In 2011, he was named by Wallpaper* magazine as one of the “150 Movers, Shakers and Makers That Have Rocked the World in the Last 15 Years.” The Los Angeles Times named Michel Rojkind among the “Faces to Watch in 2010.” Also in 2010, Rojkind was selected as one of New York’s “Emerging Voices.”
His recent lectures at international conferences have also brought the firm notoriety: Architectural Record magazine’s “Innovation”, 2011; TEDx, 2010; and 3rd Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, 2010. Perhaps two of the most meaningful commendations Rojkind has received are from his native country. In 2010, Rojkind was named as one of the “Country’s Treasured Architects” by the Mexican Civil Registry and was featured by ProMexico Magazine as one of the “50 Mexican Names in the Global Creative Scene”.
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Alvin Huang
Synthesis d n a
Overlays & Interference
University of Texas
02/21/2014
Session 2 - 3:30 - 5:00
Alvin Huang is the Founder and Design Principal of Synthesis Design + Architecture. He is an award-winning architect, designer, and educator specializing in the integrated application of material performance, emergent design technologies and digital fabrication in contemporary architectural practice.
His wide ranging international experience includes significant projects of all scales ranging from hi-rise towers and mixed-use developments to bespoke furnishings. Alvin received a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory (2004) in London and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Southern California (1998) in Los Angeles. Alvin is currently a Tenure-track Professor at the USC School of Architecture in Los Angeles. He has also taught design studios and master classes at the Architectural Association (London), Tongji University (Shanghai), Tsinghua University (Beijing), University of Lund (Sweden) and Chelsea College of Art (London). -
Ammar Eloueini
AEDS
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Andrew Kudless
Matsys
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Christian Pongratz
Pongratz Perbellini
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Danelle Briscoe
UT SOA
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Gabriel Esquivel
Theoremas
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Jason Kelly Johnson
Future-Cities Lab
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Jenny Wu
Oyler Wu Collaborative
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Sean Ahlquist
Taubman COA
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Performance Shells
Mode Lab
This workshop will investigate the conceptual and technical terrain of simulation as it applies to contemporary modes...
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Articulating Tension
Alvin Huang
This workshop will investigate the relevance of form as a product of discovery by exploring the reciprocity between...
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Textile Morphologies
Sean Ahlquist
Focusing on the use of CNC knitted textiles, this workshop will investigate possibilities for generating complex...
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Robotic Prototypes
Jason Kelly Johnson
Our Robotic Prototypes workshop will explore the use of Grasshopper, Firefly and Arduino as creative and technical...
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Dynamo for Revit
CASE Inc.
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Parametric Drawing and Diagramming
Andrew Kudless
Although the use of parametric 3D models has become common, the use of parametric tools to produce evocative and...
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Parametric Design Fundamentals
McClellan + Vrana
From understanding how to navigate Grasshopper's user interface and stepping up through to several intermediate...
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