The Department of Architecture of the University of Nicosia cordially invites you to a series of events under the umbrella of the Distance Learning MSc Programme in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication offered in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, Institute for Experimental Architecture Hochbau in Austria.

The programme was launched in FALL 2019 and aims at exploring the relationship between computational tools and architectural design. The programme curriculum is uniquely structured to combine distance learning education with face to face learning. Within this scope the participants have the opportunity to develop computational design skills and acquire hands-on cutting-edge fabrication experiences, while cultivating analytical and creative thinking on the applications of computation in design.

Each Academic Semester concludes with a fabrication workshop were participants visit the University of Nicosia and University of Innsbruck, respectively to participate in an intensive two-week workshop with a thematic that changes every year depending on the overall programme brief, interests of faculty and visiting specialists. A series of parallel events such as visits, discussions, lectures and presentations frame the workshops to enrich the energetic atmosphere and to maximize educational benefits.

Find the agenda below:

29.11.21
18:00-19:00

Lecture | Online
•Digital Design, Material Focus – Era Savvides, Director, Urban Radicals

1.12.21
18:00-19:00

   

3 x Short Presentations | Online
•The Physical and Virtual Dimensions of Computational Design (15 min each)
     •The Oval – Odysseas Georgiou, Director, Seamlexity
     •ZEBRA, Mari Memorial – Michalis Georgiou, Associate Professor, University of Nicosia
     •NFT/Metaverse – Adonis Zachariades, Founder Renovi

3.12.21
17:00-18:00

4 x Short Presentations and Round Table Discussion | Online   & Physical | Location: UNIC ARC Amphitheatre, Nicosia
•Local Challenges (10 min each)
     •Steps Towards Sustainable Complexity – Konstantinos Psomas, Architect, Director, Psomas Architects
     •Structural Engineering in a Digital Environment – Yiannis Perikleous, Structural Engineer, Partner A. J. Pericleous
     •The Construction Challenges that Shaped Eleftheria Square Project Giorgos Neophytou, Project Manager, Lois Builders
     •Mind the Gap – Odysseas Georgiou, Computational Designer, Director, Seamlexity

3.12.21
19:00-20:00

ARC  VR  2021  Exhibition  Launching |  Online
•Forward – Markella Menikou, Head of ARC
•Future Architects in the Digital Era; Advanced Technologies in Architectural Education
(5 x Short presentations in memory of Stavros Vergopoulos)
     •Dimitris Gourdoukis, Assistant Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
     •Anastasios Tellios, Associate, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
     •Elias Constantopoulos, Professor, Universityof Patras
     •Spyros Papadopoulos, Professor, University of Thessaly
     •Polyxeni Mantzou, Professor, Democritus University of Thrace
•Launching and Walk-Through, Andreas Prokopiou, Seamlexity
•Networking Event (Online •and Physical)

8.12.21
18:00-19:00

Lecture | Online
•The New Raw – Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki, Founders, The New Raw

10.12.21
17:30 – 18:30

Workshop  Output  Presentation  |  Physical  –  UNIC  ARC  Amphitheatre,  Nicosia
•MSc Workshop Output – Students Presentation

10.12.21
18:30 – 19:30

Keynote  Lecture  |  Physical  –  UNIC  ARC  Amphitheatre,  Nicosia
•Structural Solutions to Architectural Challenges. The Cases of the SNFCC and the
New Cyprus Museum – Dr. Gregory G. Penelis, Managing Director, Penelis Consulting Engineers SA
•Networking Event

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