Manufacturing Material Effects

Manufacturing Material Effects:
Rethinking design and making in architecture

http://www.bsu.edu/imade/mmfx

International Symposium, Indianapolis, US
April 6th + 7th

Leading thinkers, designers, and makers from around the world will discuss collaborative design and production practices based on innovative and experimental processes of material exploration. The symposium will examine the various levels of engagement and the new forms of architectural production that bring designers deeper into the complexities of making, assembly, and material formulation.


Frank Barkow, Barkow Leibinger, Berlin, Germany
Donald Bates, LAB Architecture Studio, Melbourne, Aus./London, UK
Mick Eekhout, Octatube, Delft, Netherlands
David Erdman, servo, Los Angeles, USA
Jeanne Gang, Gang Design Studio, Chicago, USA
Mark Goulthorpe, dECOi & MIT, Cambridge, USA
Fabio Gramazio, Gramazio/Kohler & ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Matthias Kohler, Gramazio/Kohler & ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Marta Male-Alemany, ReD, Barcelona, Spain
Achim Menges, Ocean North & Architectural Association, London, UK
Fabian Scheurer, Design to Production & ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Chris Sharples, SHoP, New York, USA
Marc Simmons, Front Inc., New York, USA
Brett Steele, Architectural Association, London, UK
Kai Strehlke, Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland
Ruben Suare, 3form, Salt Lake City, USA
Chris van Duijn, OMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
William Zahner, Zahner Architectural Metals, Kansas City, USA

CHAIRS: Kevin Klinger and Branko Kolarevic
Institute for Digital Fabrication, Ball State University