Παρουσίαση του Αθανάσιου Οικονόμου PhD, Καθηγητή στο Architecture and Interactive Computing,Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

με τίτλο:  Shape Machine: A new modeling paradigm in CAD/CAM

Παρασκευή 21 Mαρτίου 2025 στο Σ5 στις 14:00

Στα πλαίσια των μαθημάτων:   

• Geometry and Computational Design - Γεωμετρία & Υπολογιστικός Σχεδιασμός
• Computational Design / Ψηφιακοί Μηχανισμοί
• Digital Media - Ψηφιακά Μέσα
• Ειδικά θέματα ψηφιακού και παραμετρικού σχεδιασμού

Shape Machine: A new modeling paradigm in CAD/CAM

Why haven't the Find and Replace operations, so essential in Word and Excel, been implemented yet in CAD? What would happen if we could seamlessly use vector-based shape rewrite-based operations with CAD operators in a logical processing framework to literally write programming code by drawing shapes? How would this affect our current view of computation, and what would it mean for design? The talk discusses the current state of the Shape Machine, a shape-rewrite computational system that features vector-based shape operations and a logical processing framework to allow programming code by drawing shapes. Shape Machine is developed at the Shape Computation Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology and currently is integrated within Rhinoceros, a NURBS 2D/3D CAD software. Several applications drawn from architectural design, product design, mechanical engineering, computer science and other fields showcase the potential impact of this new technology in various domains.

Athanassios (Thanos) Economou Biography https://www.ic.gatech.edu/people/athanassios-economou

Athanassios (Thanos) Economou is Professor in the School of Architecture, College of Design, and Adjunct Professor at the School of Interactive Computing at the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Economou’s teaching and research are in the areas of shape grammars, computational design, computer-aided design and design theory. He is the Director of the Shape Computation Lab, a research group that explores how visual calculations with shapes can be formally implemented in computing environments to enable new paradigms in visual computation, design automation and creative design. Recent funded projects include the Shape Machine, an NSF-iCorps Sites start-up, and the project Courtsweb: A Visual Database of Federal Courthouses, GSA/US Courts. Design projects from his studios at Georgia Tech have received prestigious awards in international and national architectural competitions. He has been invited to give talks, seminars, and workshops at several universities and research centers including MIT, Harvard, Emory, Tsinghua U, KAIST, Seoul National University, TU Vienna, U. Michigan, UCLA, NTUA, Univ. of Thessaly, Univ. of Aegean, among others. Dr. Economou holds a Diploma in Architecture from NTUA, Athens, Greece, an M.Arch from USC, and a PhD in Architecture from UCLA.