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Towards a Robotic Architecture
The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design.
Expert Editors
Dr. Mahesh Daas
Dr. Mahesh Daas is a designer, provocateur, technologist, theorist and innovator whose work crosses many disciplinary boundaries. Currently serving as dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, Daas has been elected twice as president of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and thrice to the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing (Sage Publications).
His interdisciplinary scholarship has been featured in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, federal publications and academic books. Daas is author of the critically-acclaimed book Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (Lexington Books, 2015), hailed by critics as "a tour de force of interdisciplinary scholarship."
Throughout his career, Daas has received numerous honors including the 2013 ACADIA Society Award of Excellence for longstanding contributions to design computing. In 2011, he became the youngest educator and second person of Asian origin chosen as an Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor, the highest national recognition for an architectural educator. He earned degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (1990), Kansas State University (1994), and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania (2013).
Andrew John Wit
Andrew John Wit is co-founder of WITO, Laboratory for Intelligent Environments, and assistant professor of Digital Practice at Temple University's Division of Architecture and Environmental Design. His research and teaching focus on novel building systems generated through the integration of lightweight composites, digital tools, fabrication and robotics. Wit serves on the board of directors and scientific technical committee for ACADIA.
His projects and research have been recognized with a 2007 AIA Best of Practice recognition for UTenSAils design-build project, a 2007 IFAI Outstanding Achievement Award for the Advanced Fabrics Exhibition structure, and the 2013 Guangzhou Vanke Project of the Year. His research has been published in academic forums including ACSA, SIGRADI, ACADIA, CAADRIA and AAG, as well as trade magazines such as 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Interior Design Magazine and Texas Architect.
Wit's research investigates the intersection between intelligent machines, lightweight materials and novel design methodologies that result in new processes for design and innovatively constructed artifacts. Through experimentations with computational systems, digital production tools and robotically placed composites such as pre-impregnated carbon fiber reinforced polymers, his research questions current methods of building while reimagining structures capable of being easily fabricated in factories, on-site or in unknown environments. He earned a bachelor's in architecture from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a master's in architecture from MIT where he researched in the Media Lab's Smart Cities Lab.
Professionally, Wit has practiced in renowned offices including Atelier Bow-Wow in Tokyo, Poteet Architects in San Antonio, TDStudio in Tokyo, and with Pritzker prize winning architect Toyo Ito in Tokyo.
Contributor(s)
Mahesh Daas (Editor in Chief), Andrew John Wit (Editor in Chief)
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Towards a Robotic Architecture
The field of robotics is coming of age. Robotics and artificial intelligence represent the next cutting edge technology to transform the fields of architecture and design.
Expert Editors
Dr. Mahesh Daas
Dr. Mahesh Daas is a designer, provocateur, technologist, theorist and innovator whose work crosses many disciplinary boundaries. Currently serving as dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Kansas, Daas has been elected twice as president of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) and thrice to the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing (Sage Publications).
His interdisciplinary scholarship has been featured in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, federal publications and academic books. Daas is author of the critically-acclaimed book Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (Lexington Books, 2015), hailed by critics as "a tour de force of interdisciplinary scholarship."
Throughout his career, Daas has received numerous honors including the 2013 ACADIA Society Award of Excellence for longstanding contributions to design computing. In 2011, he became the youngest educator and second person of Asian origin chosen as an Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor, the highest national recognition for an architectural educator. He earned degrees from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (1990), Kansas State University (1994), and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania (2013).
Andrew John Wit
Andrew John Wit is co-founder of WITO, Laboratory for Intelligent Environments, and assistant professor of Digital Practice at Temple University's Division of Architecture and Environmental Design. His research and teaching focus on novel building systems generated through the integration of lightweight composites, digital tools, fabrication and robotics. Wit serves on the board of directors and scientific technical committee for ACADIA.
His projects and research have been recognized with a 2007 AIA Best of Practice recognition for UTenSAils design-build project, a 2007 IFAI Outstanding Achievement Award for the Advanced Fabrics Exhibition structure, and the 2013 Guangzhou Vanke Project of the Year. His research has been published in academic forums including ACSA, SIGRADI, ACADIA, CAADRIA and AAG, as well as trade magazines such as 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Interior Design Magazine and Texas Architect.
Wit's research investigates the intersection between intelligent machines, lightweight materials and novel design methodologies that result in new processes for design and innovatively constructed artifacts. Through experimentations with computational systems, digital production tools and robotically placed composites such as pre-impregnated carbon fiber reinforced polymers, his research questions current methods of building while reimagining structures capable of being easily fabricated in factories, on-site or in unknown environments. He earned a bachelor's in architecture from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a master's in architecture from MIT where he researched in the Media Lab's Smart Cities Lab.
Professionally, Wit has practiced in renowned offices including Atelier Bow-Wow in Tokyo, Poteet Architects in San Antonio, TDStudio in Tokyo, and with Pritzker prize winning architect Toyo Ito in Tokyo.
Contributor(s)
Mahesh Daas (Editor in Chief), Andrew John Wit (Editor in Chief)