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COMPUTATION AND CRAFT

Fall 2009 SARUPSARUP is the acronym for School of Architecture & Urban Planning Technology Lecture Series

 

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly becoming the tool of choice for building design, construction, and facility management. Its impact on representation, fabrication, and the culture of architecture is evident and proceeding at an ever-accelerating pace.

In fact, if the potential of BIM to support integrative practice (IP) were fully realized, the new paradigm would be nothing short of revolutionary. Old models of responsibility and authorship will have to be abandoned. The practice of architecture that has always been described as collaboration will truly become one that includes every member of the process from owner to architect to contractor to facility manager. The earlier all members begin to collaborate on the building information model, the more successful the project will become.

This on-going lecture series takes a turn at examining how collaboration and interdisciplinary compatibilities are enhanced with advances in digital technologies when it comes to design production and fabrication. Drawing from the specific design experiences of artists, architects, and engineers, this semester’s series situates itself at the edges of professional disciplines to locate zones of overlap and invention among them. All the presenters work using a wide array of computational techniques in a variety of settings and contexts to elicit new forms and solve thorny technical problems. They share a commitment to collaboration and the power of contemporary digital technologies to provide a productive platform for exploration in the creative act.

All lectures occur on Thursdays, at noon, at Eppstein Uhen Architects, 333 E Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI.  Lectures are free and open to the public. 1.0 AIA/Continuing Education System Learning Unit awarded per lecture.
 

Thursday, November 19, 2009

 

"Faster, Cheaper, Better (and more sustainable): A case study in Integrated Project Delivery"
Martin Sell, President and CEO, MSA Integrated Project Delivery

MSA Integrated Project Delivery, an integrated architectural, engineering, and construction management firm with 14 offices in the Midwest, recently completed the five-acre Spirit of Africa Exhibit for the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin. MSA Integrated Project Delivery acted as the IPD team leader for a team made up of 11 companies.
 

Martin Sell, MSA Integrated Project Delivery’s President and CEO, will discuss how using an IPD approach allowed the team to complete the project meeting all of the owner’s goals – on-time completion and financial performance more than 10% under budget with higher-than-anticipated levels of quality and sustainability.

Martin received his BSAS and M.Arch degrees from UWM. At age 23, he became the youngest registered architect in the history of Wisconsin and one of the youngest persons ever registered nationally. In 2000, he earned his MBA from the UW-Madison School of Business. In 1997, he was named UWM’s Alumnus of the Year.

This lecture series is sponsored by the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning and Eppstein Uhen Architects. For more information, contact School of Architecture and Urban Planning Associate Dean Gil Snyder.

 

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Organized by:
Gil Snyder, AIA, Co-Chair, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, SARUP
Bret Tushaus, Co-Chair. Vice President, Eppstein Uhen Architects
James Dicker, Member. Adjunct Associate Professor, SARUP
Kevin Forseth, ex officio, Chair, Department of Architecture

Sponsored by:
School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Eppstein Uhen Architects