Smartgeometry 2014 Hong Kong: Urban Compaction

SMARTGEOMETRY 2014 HONG KONG

Smartgeometry is pleased to announce that sg2014 will be at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, from 14-19 July 2014, in partnership with Hong Kong University. The Workshop and Conference will be a gathering of the global community of innovators and pioneers in the fields of architecture, design and engineering.

The event will be in two parts, a four day Workshop 14-17 July, and a public conference beginning with Talkshop 18 July, followed by a Symposium 19 July. The event follows the format of the highly successful preceding events sg2010 Barcelona, sg2011 Copenhagen, sg2012 Troy, and sg2013 London.

sg2014: Hong Kong

Image: Cities without Ground - Adam Frampton, Jonathan D Solomon and Clara Wong

URBAN COMPACTION

Large cities thrive on density and diversity. But beyond the energy and pollution advantages of the elevator over the automobile, complex issues are at play in concentrating population and built infrastructure in contemporary high-rise cities. How do you meet the challenges of system design for high quality compact urban environments?

Designing for high and increasing density in cities is a complex and wicked problem that calls for innovative approaches to modelling in diverse areas of the city’s dynamics.

sg2014 Challenge: Urban Compaction

WORKSHOP

The SG Workshop is a unique creative cauldron attracting attendees from across the world of academia, professional practice as well as many of the brightest students. The Workshop is open to 100 applicants who come together for four intensive days of design and collaboration.

The annual Workshop is organised around Clusters. Clusters are hubs of expertise comprising of people, knowledge, tools, materials and machines. The Clusters provide a focus for Workshop participants working together, within a common framework.

We now have an open call to submit proposals for Workshop Clusters

call for clusters

CONFERENCE

Talkshop Conference Day One

After four intense days of innovative work, the first day of the conference, the Talkshop, offers an opportunity for critical reflection on what has been accomplished in the Workshop. Talkshop will be an opportunity to open debates, pose questions, challenge orthodoxies, and propose new ideas.

Talkshop will feature informal and open discussions between Cluster participants, leading practitioners and emerging talents in digital design, offering inside perspectives on how the landscape of computational design is reshaping built form.

Symposium Conference Day Two

The second day of the conference, the Symposium, will feature invited keynote speakers showcasing major projects and research from around the globe that mark out the territory of the year's Challenge. The Symposium is a unique opportunity to hear insights into the challenges ahead for the discipline.

Interwoven throughout the day will be reports and highlights from each Workshop Cluster, giving an opportunity to view work created during the previous four days of intensive collaboration, design and development.

More information about the conference, including speakers, to be posted soon.

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Permalink Reply by Shane Burger on February 3, 2014 at 10:58am

sg2014 WORKSHOP: CALL FOR CLUSTERS

The sg2014 Workshop will be organised around Clusters. Clusters are hubs of expertise. They comprise of people, knowledge, tools, materials and machines. The Clusters provide a focus for workshop participants working together, within a common framework.

Clusters provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, processes and techniques and act as a catalyst for design resolution. The sg2014 Workshop is made up of ten Clusters that respond in diverse ways to the sg2014 Challenge Urban Compaction. The Call for Clusters is now open to proposals which respond in innovative ways to this year's challenge.

HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

Proposals should be laid out under headings: Goals of Cluster, Pre-workshop Collaboration, Suggested 4-day Schedule, Hardware & Software Requirements, Material Requirements. Cluster proposals should also include 100 word bios for Cluster Champions, including previous experience running workshops and materials credentials.

A strong emphasis is placed on multi-disciplinary partnerships between practice, academia, construction, and especially industry. Smartgeometry is able to assist in finding industrial partners.

Full proposal information can be found in the sg2014 Call for Clusters PDF

Submit your proposal via the Call for Clusters Page

SELECTION PROCESS

Deadline for proposals: Sunday March 2 2014

See full timeline

Submitted clusters will then be shortlisted and proposals made available for public review via the Smartgeometry Website.

The selection process will be based on a peer review in dialogue with the sg2014 hosts CUHK and HKU, focusing on innovative ways that the proposals respond to the sg2014 challenge Urban Compaction. Selected Clusters will be announced mid-March and workshop applications will be opened.

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sg2014-call_for_clusters.pdf, 1 MB

Permalink Reply by Shane Burger on February 23, 2014 at 10:44pm

Workshop Proposals are due in 1 week!

All the details are in the previous posts. Or feel free to ask questions here and I'll get back to you right away.

Permalink Reply by Shane Burger on March 1, 2014 at 9:20pm

Due to numerous requests from those of you rushing to submit an sg2014 Workshop Cluster proposal, we're extending the deadline by 1 week to March 2nd.

Good luck, and let us know if you have any questions!

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on March 2, 2014 at 12:15pm

to March 2nd

That's today. I'm guessing you mean the 9th

Permalink Reply by zlyx on March 5, 2014 at 10:46pm

在那贴上两个版本的PDF，疑惑文件上传的情况，10号应该可以看到许多的PDF。

有一点顾忌、困惑——“专业活动的附加属性”——学科分类、商业性、地域性、、、

非洲有个地方，人们不穿鞋，少数人用草或者皮革在脚上（和建筑上——为了空间密度）缠绕，

制造鞋的公司两个销售员做了两个判断：

A 不存在属于鞋子的生命存活的条件

B 这就是市场。

我花了许多精力向同学解释，这不完全是做程序编制的人做的事情、、、不同角度的理解、诠释、运用和发掘规律、、、

新闻或者幻觉：马王堆墓穴中发掘出了丝绸做的鞋，不算是现代意义上真正的鞋，但是完成了一个完整的公式。

有一部分需要是共同的，在离开了沙滩和草地的时候。

找一个成熟的不一样的数学思维合作者，（可以一起申请参加sg2014活动，也可以不）

我想听到人们写给自己的语言，我不害怕听不懂；

也不在意你能看到我的美丽的脚和我们美丽的城市。

你存在？存在0.1%？如果≥1／4

With the two version of the PDF in the file upload, doubt, 10th should be able to see the many PDF.

There are some scruples, confusion ——"The additional property of professional activities",——Subject classification, commercial, regional、、、

There is a place Africa, people don't wear shoes, A few people with grass or leather on the foot (and buildings——In order to spatial density) winding,

the manufacture of shoes, two sales do two judgment:

A There is no life belongs to shoes

B this is the market.

I spent a lot of energy explained to students, which is not to do programming people do、、、 the different angle understanding, interpretation, application and explore the law、、、

The news or illusion:Mawangdui tomb unearthed silk shoes , is not the modern sense of true shoes, but the completion of a complete formula.

There is a need is common, when they leave the beach and grass.

Find a mathematically mature different thinking partners，（Can apply to participate in the activities of the sg2014, also can not)

I want to hear people wrote their own language, I am not afraid of don't understand;

Don't care what you can see my beautiful feet and our beautiful city.

Do you have? There are 0.1%? If ≥1 / 4 You know what I did wheni found out about you?

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