The sg2012 Workshop is a response to the challenge 'Material Intensities'. Spaces and boundaries are abundant with vibration, fluctuating intensities, shifting gradients and flows. The materials that define them are in a continual state of becoming. Material Intensities strives to energize our digital design prototypes and infuse them with material behaviour.
The SmartGeometry 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.
Clusters
The sg2012 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 Workshop is made up of ten Clusters that respond in diverse ways to the sg2012 Challenge Material Intensities. Workshop applicants should apply to specific clusters.
Applications
Applications to the Smartgeometry 2012 Workshop are individual applications. Each applicant must submit an example selection of past work and select a preference for Workshop Clusters. The more interesting and compelling the work, the better chance you have of getting accepted. Applications are Peer Reviewed.
The normal fee for the Workshop is $1500. Reduced Fees ($750) and Scholarships ($350) are available for academics, students, and young practitioners, but are highly competitive. This fee includes the Workshop (19–22 March) and attendence to the Talkshop and Symposium on 23-24 March.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Our hosts for sg2012 are Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture and the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC. Rensselaer's history and strengths as a world-class engineering school afford a unique environment for design at the School of Architecture. In addition to it's own Undergraduate emphasis on design, computation, and the built environment, its Graduate research programs include the Lighting Research Center, the Architectural Acoustics Program, and Center for Architectural Science and Ecology (CASE).
Check out SmartGeometry's website for more details like the Application Timeline and Workshop specifics.
Applications Open for SmartGeometry 2012 Troy
