Waterloo Architecture Responsive Environments Colloquium and Workshops
Colloquium and Workshops
Introductory Workshops: Friday, Nov. 20
Colloquium: Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21
Interaction Workshop 1: Sunday, Nov. 22
SiG Seminar: Monday, Nov. 23
Interaction Workshop 2: Tuesday, Nov. 24
All events are free and open to the public
Register to secure places in limited-space workshops (see details below)
Presented by :
Arch 692, Waterloo Architecture
Social Innovation Generation (SiG), University of Waterloo
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and San Diego (UCSD)
Society of Waterloo Architectural Graduates (SWAG)
Waterloo Architecture Students Association (WASA)
Location:
Colloquium: Main Lecture Room, Waterloo Architecture, 7 Melville Street South, Cambridge
Workshops: Room 2026, Waterloo Architecture
SiG Seminar: Laurel Room, South Campus Hall, University of Waterloo
The Responsive Environments Colloquium aims to examine the potential of kinetic, responsive architecture. The gathering will encourage specialized development of enabling technologies, critical analysis, and defining imagery for interactive architectural structures. The researchers proposed for this exchange are specialized leaders from experimental art and architecture, mechatronics and software engineering.
The aim of this collaborative event is to develop dialogue between these disciplines, expanding the potential of common threads and translating this into practical implementation. The discussion will pursue strategies for integrating dynamic, responsive qualities into the built environment. A mechanical and generative approach to empathy is central to this work, expanding upon cultural history based on ‘dynamic’ and post-humanist paradigms, exploring renewed mutual relationships between human occupants and their surroundings.
Participants:
Robert Bean – NSCAD, Halifax - Media artist, photographer, art theorist
Philip Beesley - University of Waterloo – Sculptor/architect
Sarah Bonnemaison - Dalhousie University Advanced Textile Lab - Architectural theorist
Benjamin Bratton - UCLA Architecture - Architectural theorist
Pieter Coussement - University of Ghent - Interactive artist, sensing technologies
Rob Gorbet - University of Waterloo - Mechatronics engineer
Andrew Hunter –Independent curator, Director Render Gallery/Dodo Lab, University of Waterloo
Omar Khan - University of Buffalo, Co-Director Situated Technologies
Martha Ladly - Ontario College of Art and Design - Interaction design
Rebeca Méndez - UCLA Media Arts - Media artist
Mark Shepard – University of Buffalo Co-Director Situated Technologies – Theorist locative media
Kivi Sotamaa - Visiting professor UCLA Architecture - Architect
Jennifer Steinkamp - Los Angeles - Interactive artist
COLLOQUIUM
Friday, November 20 - 3:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Philip Beesley - University of Waterloo – Chair
Sarah Bonnemaison - Dalhousie University Advanced Textile Lab
Andrew Hunter - Independent curator, Director Dodo Lab
Rebeca Méndez, Professor, UCLA, Design | Media Arts – Artist
Kivi Sotamaa - Visiting professor UCLA Architecture - Architect
Saturday, November 21 - 10:30 am - 7:00 pm
Robert Bean – NSCAD, Halifax - Media artist, photographer, art theorist
Pieter Coussement - University of Ghent - Interactive artist
Rob Gorbet - University of Waterloo - Mechatronics engineer
Benjamin Bratton - UCLA Architecture - Architectural theorist
Omar Khan - University of Buffalo, Co-Director Situated Technologies
Martha Ladly - Ontario College of Art and Design - Interaction design
Mark Shepard – University of Buffalo Co-Director Situated Technologies
Jennifer Steinkamp, Professor, UCLA, Design | Media Arts – Artist
Monday, November 23 - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Social Innovation Generation Seminar
Laurel Room, South Campus Hall, University of Waterloo
Philip Beesley: Autopoietic Feelings: transitional fields
RSVP: cmombour@uwaterloo.ca , or 519.888.4567, ext. 84490
WORKSHOPS
Workshop 1: Introduction to Interactive Systems
Friday, November 20 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instructor: Pieter Coussement
-hands-on demonstration of basic functions and behaviors
-microprocessors, sensors and actuators
-Arduino and Max MSP software
Registration required: see details below
Workshop 2: Visual Projections
Friday, November 20 - 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Instructors: Rebeca Mendez and Jennifer Steinkamp
-lecture & demonstration on video projections and large scale video art installation technologies
Workshop 3: Interactive Systems
Sunday, November 22 - 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Instructor: Pieter Coussement with Brandon deHart
- microprocessors, sensors and actuators
-arduino behavior programming
-Arduino and MaxMSP demonstration.
-hands-on demonstrations using interactive kits (supplied) and software (free downloads)
Registration required: see details below
Workshop 4: Applied Interactive Systems in Detail
Tuesday, November 24
Instructor: Pieter Coussement in cooperation with Maya Przybylski/Arch 393
-detailed development of applied systems
-hands-on demonstrations using interactive kits (supplied)
-support for individual project development
-prior participation in Workshop 3 required
Registration required: see details below
Workshop Registration
Workshop registration is free, but is limited by space.
To apply: send email with name, email, telephone number, affiliation and current level of study (if applicable) to pbeesley@uwaterloo.ca
Applications will be accepted in order of receipt.
Software download will be required prior to commencing interaction workshops.
For more information: please contact Hayley Isaacs, pba.inc@rogers.com