[RE]TECTONICS: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Design and Fabrication/h4>

Date and time: December 16 (Monday), 2024 18:45~20:30
Venue: HASEKO KUMA HALL, Faculty of Engineering Building 11　 map

Host: Yasushi Ikeda Architectural Informatics Research Lab.

Dr. Nic Dingwen BAO (鮑鼎文) is a Senior Lecturer (a.k.a. Associate Professor) in Architecture, PhD Supervisor, and Architecture Technology Course Coordinator at RMIT University School of Architecture and Urban Design where he founded FormX Research Lab specialising in architecture technology, computational design, structural optimization, and digital fabrication. Nic is also a registered architect, director of B.W. Architects (BWA) and Wonderform Studio as well as a partner at Ameba. Additionally, he serves as the Secretary at CAADRIA, Committee Member at DigitalFUTURES, and Editorial Board Member of Architectural Intelligence journal and Sustainable Structures journal. His work has been widely published and exhibited at major events, including DigitalFUTURES, NGV, Melbourne Design Week, Venice Biennale, Shenzhen Biennale, and IASS Expo.

Nic has received numerous accolades, such as Young CAADRIA Award, MUSE Design Awards, Grand Prix Du Design Paris Gold Award, IAI Design Awards, A’Design Awards, and DigitalFUTURES Young Award, among others. He has been invited as a guest lecturer and critic at prestigious architecture institutions, including Tongji University, ETH Zurich, Architectural Association (AA), UCL Bartlett, Tsinghua University, UNSW, Syracuse University, HKUST, CUHK, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Melbourne, University of Michigan, etc. Recently he co-curated the ACADIA x CAADRIA Joint Exhibition in Hong Kong and sole-curated the IASS Expo in Melbourne.

The lecture will introduce Dr Bao’s research and related projects, highlighting an innovative design methodology that integrates natural morphology, architectural form-finding, computational design, topology optimization, behavioral algorithms, and robotic fabrication into a cohesive workflow. His work challenges conventional approaches to architecture and fabrication, offering a forward-thinking vision where cutting-edge technologies enable the creation of structures that are efficient, responsive, resilient, and inspiring.

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Admission free, no reservation required. Lecture will be in English but with auto-translation subtitles Please contact the following address if you would like to watch the seminar online. Contact: Architectural Informatics Lab. arastoo@arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp