of Computational Design
and Structural Engineering
Computational Design allows intuitive design decisions to be informed during the architectural process. By adding structural analysis to our computational design toolbox, we close the circle of quantified structural tests and qualified design decisions.
White invites you to learn from the experience of peak practitioners in this field,
to find new forms of collaboration between Scandinavian architects and structural
engineers, through the use of computational design.
Welcome to an event of presentations and conversations making sense of computational design, with three lecturers from the field of structural and architectural
engineering, presenting cutting edge applications of computational design in
architecture and engineering. This first edition of our seminar form Making Sense is
hosted and guided by Jonas Runberger (Head of Dsearch at White) and Malin Zimm
(Research Intelligence at White).
KEYNOTES
Cecilie Brandt-Olsen, Format Engineers, Bath
Julian Lienhard, str.ucture, Stuttgart
Karl-Gunnar Olsson, Chalmers, Gothenburg
Friday December 9th
Location: top floor, White Stockholm, Östgötagatan 100
Session 1
8.30 - 9.00 Coffee + Mingle
9.00 - 9.30 Introduction to Making Sense and Computational Design
9.30 - 10.00 Cecilie Brandt-Olsen
10.00 - 10.30 Julian Lienhard
10.30 - 11.00 Karl-Gunnar Olsson
11.00 - 11.30 Discussion
Session 2 + 3 (limited seats and special registration, including poster session)
11.30 - 13.00 Hands-on demonstration of tools and techniques (with lunch)
13.00 - 14.30 Closing discussion on goals and potential future collaboration
Registration for all sessions is required via link below no later than 2 December. All
sessions are in English, and the program is free of charge. Any questions, please
contact [email protected]
USE THIS LINK FOR REGISTRATION
KEYNOTES
Cecilie Brandt-Olsen
BEng MSc (Hons) MPhil
Engineer/Design Technologist at Format Engineers
Cecilie Brandt-Olsen joined Format in 2016 as a structural engineer specialised
in computational design. The relationship between geometry and structural
performance has been one of her main focus areas during her studies. She
is passionate about non-standard projects with a need to improve existing
workflows and develop innovative solutions using cutting edge technology. She
has a keen interest in using parametric design approaches to make structural
engineering an integral part of the early stage design and thereby enable more
informed decisions to be made and structurally elegant solutions to evolve.
Cecilie Brandt-Olsen holds a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering
from from Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, and an Mphil in Digital Architectonics from University of Bath. She was part of the instructors’ team together with
Daniel Piker (McNeel + Fosters & Partners) and Anders Holden Deleuran (CITA/
KADK) hosting the workshop called “Calibrated and Interactive Modelling of
Form-Active Hybrid Structures” at SmartGeometry 2016.
Julian Lienhard
Dr.-Ing., Managing Director and Founder, str.ucture GmbH Stuttgart, Germany.
Visiting Professor HCU Hamburg.
Julian Lienhard is a founding partner of engineering and design practice str.ucture GmbH. Previously, he worked as a Structural Engineer at SL-Rasch in Stuttgart. He received his Diploma in Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart
in 2007 and completed his doctorate summa cum laude for his dissertation on
‘bending-active structures’ at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural
Design (ITKE), supervised by Prof. Jan Knippers in 2014. At the ITKE he played
an active part in the academic environment between 2007 and 2013, engaging
in research and teaching, where he was leading the German ministry funded
research project ‘Pliable Surface Structures on the basis of biomimetic principles. Since 2011 he has been a visiting lecturer for the Masters of Engineering
Program at the Technical University of Vienna. Since 2016 Lienhard is visiting
Professor at HCU Hamburg. He is a co-author of the ‘Construction Manual on
Polymers and Membranes’, having written the chapters on form-active structures as well as material properties and construction methods with foils and
membranes.
Karl-Gunnar Olsson
Professor in Architecture and Engineering, Department of Architecture,
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
Karl-Gunnar Olsson is Head of the dual Civil Engineering and Master of Architecture program Architecture and Engineering and Head of Structural Design, Department of Architecture, at Chalmers University of Technology. Karl-Gunnar’s
research is mainly aimed at concepts and forms for representation of engineering systems in the building design process. This includes interaction between
architects and engineers, conceptual thinking, digital tools in the conceptual
design phase, and range from architectural conservation to design of new buildings. He is an author of several books in the field of structural mechanics and
a frequent guest lecturer in the field of architecture and structural design. KarlGunnar has also had several governmental assignments, including being Expert
advisor to ACE Denmark and being Lund University’s representative in the RET
(Schools of Engineering Chancellors) Program Evaluation Group.
Dsearch is a development environment within White arkitekter AB, associated to
White Research Lab. Dsearch develops computational design strategies for implementation in projects. A core team of architects with computational specialism leads the way,
in close collaboration with a distributed network of architects and engineers throughout
the company. The strong tie to live projects ensure relevance of development, and allows
dissemination of new concepts and methods to our general practitioners. Parallel engagement in academic research environments keep core team up to date on the front of
development at an international level. Jonas Runberger directs Dsearch, and is an Artistic
Professor in Digital Design at Chalmers Department of Architecture.
White Research Lab is the department for research and development of White
arkitekter. WRL allows for the possibility to explore architecture, deepen collaborations
with existing and future clients, and develop new ways of doing business, with the ultimate goal of improving the built environment. WRL is both an accessible financing structure of practice-based research, and a platform for experience feedback and knowledge
exchange between White’s knowledge networks. The main idea in our practice-based
research is to add extra dimensions informed by verified knowledge and innovative sustainable solutions into our projects, thereby serving users and society at large.
ARQ is funding research in architecture, urban development and planning, with the objective of linking academic research with practice in interdisciplinary activities and projects.
This seminar program - Making Sense of Computational Design and Structural Engineering - is supported by ARQ, as it provides a common platform for design related practices,
to explore and futher develop informed design with digital support in architecture. The
exchange of experience and knowledge between architects and structural engineers is a
key to future collaborations and further development of methods and processes.
Architecture is a trade of knowledge, and the value of knowledge increases by sharing
it. To meet the need to develop practice in relation to research and development, White
introduces the seminar series White Making Sense. This seminar format unfolds in three
steps; an open lecture, a hands-on workshop, and a complementary discussion. You can
show up for the lecture, apply for the workshop and if interested in further pursuit, you
are invited to an in-depth discussion with fellow participants. The questions we launch for
each seminar will thus be communicated to the public, further examined by practitioners,
with the possibility to develop the subject in a dedicated discussion. Architect PhD Malin
Zimm is the editor of the seminar format Making Sense, and also holds the function of
research intelligence in White Research Lab. Welcome to White arkitekter, Stockholm, 9 December, 8.30 - 11:30.
Please register before 2 Dec: USE THIS LINK FOR REGISTRATION