DIGITAL CRAFT FUTURES

October 28th, 2024 | 5-7pm
145 Hooper Street San Francisco, CA 94107 - Map

The first in a series of talks, Digital Craft Futures will feature CCA Digital Craft Lab (DCL) Co-Directors Professor Jason Kelly Johnson and Associate Professor Dr. Negar Kalantar. They will reflect on the lab’s history including work by students and alumni, showcase its research, and discuss its future as it transitions into a dedicated new lab on CCA’s expanded campus. The DCL is world renowned for its advanced research and teaching at the intersection of architecture, computational design, digital fabrication and material innovation.

Professor Johnson’s talk will explore the “New Constructivist Agenda” - how explorations at the intersection of computation and craft, explored at CCA over the last decade, have set the stage for a potent new way of approaching architecture, art and design education. Professor Kalantar will discuss how robotics and AI bring new opportunities to education and design while tackling sustainability challenges like carbon emissions and material waste. She will highlight the role of computational tools, material innovation and industry-academia collaboration in advancing smarter, sustainable practices.

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