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Design Optimization:
Technology is Changing How (and Why) We Design

Jul 17 2017
1:00 pm
CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
1250 14th Street
Denver, CO 80202

Design Optimization:
Technology is Changing How (and Why) We Design

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Technology in the architectural and construction industry is constantly changing. Firms such as Studio NYL out of Boulder and New Hudson Facades out of New York City are utilizing parametric design and other state-of-the-art software to analyze and optimize building designs. This is done to respond not only to a building’s surrounding environmental forces, but to create forward-thinking design solutions for even the most structurally-acrobatic, futuristic building forms. Designers from both firms will present their cutting-edge work as it relates to the utilization and demonstration of new technologies in on-going projects in Colorado and nationally.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Robert K. Otani, PE LEED AP is a Principal at Thornton-Tomasetti, Inc., a 1200 person multidisciplinary consulting firm, and founded the CORE studio, an applications development, advanced computational modeling, and R&D group at his firm.
Chris O’Hara is a founding principal of Studio NYL, a Boulder, Colorado-based structural engineering and facade design firm. Studio NYL’s team works to bridge the gap in the design of complex geometries in BIM platforms and their integration with analysis engines; and direct-to-fabrication CAD/CAM software programs.