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03.27.2013 - ACADIA election results announced. I am happy to have been elected to the Board of Directors for the upcoming term (2013-2015). Excited to serve with such a great group of people. More information here: http://acadia.org/features/Q7Q62C

07.01.2012 - I will be giving a lecture for the Advanced Architectural Design (AAD) degree program at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture this Thursday, July 5th, 2012. Thanks to Josh Uhl and David Fano for the invitation.

08.24.2011 - I will be giving a demo of Firefly at this year's Open Hardware Summit in New York on Sept. 15th. If you're around the city, you should definitely stop by and check it out. Find out more at: www.openhardwaresummit.org/

07.26.2011 - I will be giving a lecture at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Barcelona, Spain for their Global Summer School lecture series.

06.02.2011 - In case you missed it, there was a nice write up in the May-June issue of GreenSource magazine featuring Firefly and it's potentials regarding building performance modeling. Make sure to check it out.

06.02.2011 - If you are around Cambridge tonight, I will be presenting at the Pecha Kucha Boston at the Oberon Theater (2 Arrow St, Cambridge, MA 02138). Doors open at 6:00 and the 20x20 talks begin at 6:45. I hope to see you there!

12.06.2010 - I'd like to thank Achim Menges for inviting me to be a guest critic for his final Performative Wood Studio review at Harvard's Graduate School of Design.

10.07.2010 - I will be giving a demonstration of Firefly for Prof. Rodolphe el-Khoury and Prof. Nashid Nabian's architecture studio at MIT.

08.29.2010 - Jason K. Johnson and I are really excited to unveil the new website for Firefly! Come find out the latest features, tutorials, photos, videos and much more at: http://www.fireflyexperiments.com. Come take a look and let us know what you think!

07.08.2010 - LIFT architects has now moved! At least physically anyway. We're now located in Boston, MA and excited about all of the new potentials this city has to offer. We also have a lot of new things to unveil over the coming months (including a new website) so check back often. If your in the neighborhood, please do not hesitate to contact me: andy[at]liftarchitects[dot]com.

03.08.2010 - I will be presenting a lecture entitled "Parametric Optimization and Interactive Architecture" at Clemson University School of Architecture on March 8th, 2010. I would like to thank professor David Lee for the invitation.

05.13.2009 - I will be speaking at the 2009 ICFF Design Entrepreneurs Conference on Monday, May 18th. The conference will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City and is international gathering of entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and innovators from many fields and disciplines. I will be speaking about my runner up submission for the 2009 Metropolis Next Gen Competition titled, the Air Flow(er). To see more about this project, check out the May issue of Metropolis Magazine or come to the conference and get a first hand glimpse of the prototype that I've been developing over the last several months.

03.26.2009 - the FLUX Exhibition will open on March 30th at 8:30pm at the San Francisco campus of the California College of the Arts. The school is located at 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA. Stop by if your in the Bay area and see what I've been working on.

Entries in Smart Geometry (2)

Smart Geometry - Follow Up

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

AOP in Interactive, News, Smart Geometry, Use The Force | Comments Off

We're just a week removed from the Smart Geometry conference held in Copenhagen, and now that the dust has settled I wanted to post a follow up to show some of the amazing work that was accomplished in just 4 short days. Our cluster group was quite inspiring and I had a great time meeting/working with all of them. Below is a brief video recap of the four day workshop (put together by Daniel Piker and Robert Cervellione). Find our more about our cluster at the Smart Geometry website. Enjoy.

Smart Geometry - Use the Force

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

AOP in Firefly, Kangaroo, News, Smart Geometry | Comments Off

I am proud to announce that I will be participating in this year’s SmartGeometry conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. I would like to thank Daniel Piker and Robert Cervellione for their invitation to be an assistant cluster champion for the 4 day workshop cluster titled ‘Use the Force’. I'd also like to express my sincere appreciation to Robert McNeel and Associates for their sponsorship for this event.

This cluster will explore the use of Kangaroo as a form-finding tool, and linking it to real-time sensor input (through Firefly). I think this is a unique and very exciting opportunity to come together to develop, test and really push the boundaries of what is possible with these design tools. Here's a little more information about the cluster:

Through Kangaroo, the live physics plug-in for Generative Components and Grasshopper, this cluster will explore ways of using the simulated interaction of physical forces and real-time spatial inputs to develop novel form-finding processes. The physics engine will constantly react to the streaming data - when one element in the system changes, the entire system adjusts itself accordingly in order to find and maintain equilibrium. Treating geometric and construction constraints, material behaviour, and user interaction all within this common language of physical forces unifies and allows complex real-time interaction between them.

The deadline for applications to the workshops has been extended until this Sunday, February 6th. Read more about it and apply here.