{"id":1486,"date":"2013-03-04T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2013-03-04T12:47:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:47:01","slug":"architects-and-engineers-are-invited-to-the-composites-conference-with-a-special-day-long-architecture-focused-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"Architects and Engineers are Invited to the Composites Conference with a Special, Day-long Architecture-Focused Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out what’s happening in Denver:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Composites are appearing in many types of architecture.\u00a0 They present great design opportunities, but come with some genuine challenges. \u00a0The current and future use of composites in architecture will be explored in a day-long conference in Denver on May 15, 2013.\u00a0 It will feature speakers from a broad variety of perspectives who will discuss both the potential applications and the real-world challenges of this emerging construction material.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event is the Architectural Track of the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Western Chapter Conference, and runs in parallel with the Corrosion, Mining and Infrastructure (CMI) Conference May 15-16.\u00a0 Attendees at one will have access to both.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Architectural Track is intended as an educational session to provide real information about how to use composites, when to and when not to,\u201d comments William Kresyler, one of the chief organizers of the track as well as a presenter. \u201cWe have experts from the design, fabrication, and regulatory communities, who can offer qualified, unbiased information and frank commentary that separates fact from fiction. I hope for extensive participation of the attendees including lots of questions, because these presenters are people with real answers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Keynote speaker Greg Lynn \u2013 the man who coined the term \u201cblob architecture\u201d or blobitecture \u2013 is a noted designer and architect, and an authority on the use of composite materials in construction. He is a Studio Professor at UCLA\u2019s school of Architecture and Urban Design (where he is currently spearheading the development of an experimental research robotics lab), and the Davenport Visiting Professor at Yale University. He was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most innovative people in the world for the 21st century, and by Forbes Magazine (2005) as one of the ten most influential living architects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn will discuss the unique sensibility that is developing around the use of composite materials, a separate aesthetic that minimizes components and has a different relationship to the act of construction. He will offer examples of design that responds to composite materials and their properties, especially their light weight, translucency, and versatility of form.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the presenters will be:<\/span><\/p>\n