SIGraDi 2009 sp

FAU Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

November 16, 2009 – November 18, 2009

SIGraDi 2009 will be the 13th Congress of Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, to be held at Mackenzie Presbyterian University, School of Architecture and Urban Planning (Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo - Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie), São Paulo, Brazil.

This year's theme: From Modern to Digital: the Challenges of a Transition.

Activities during the Congress:

Architecture competition for students: OrBIM

Download the Competition Statute (English)

Important dates:

Students and Professionals Registration: August 1 - November 15

Venue: 2009, November 16, 17, 18

Information about the city of São Paulo

Conference Information

Announcements

Keynotes

		Paul Seletsky - November 16th, 11:00 - 12:00 AM Associate AIA, Director of Digital Design for Skidmore Owings and Merrill’s New York office. In this role he coordinates the strategic implementation of technology as defined by digital Design, encompassing greater understanding and utilization of Building Information Modeling as well as building the cultural foundations necessary for such change. A 1982 graduate of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, he is also the chair of the AIA NY Chapter’s Technology Committee, and a member of the AIA's Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Committee.

		Rivka Oxman - November 16th, 7:00 - 8:00 PM Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. D.Sc degree from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology where she is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning. She is also Associate Editor of Design Studies (Elsevier), and Fellow of DRS - Design Research Society. http://www.technion.ac.il/~rivkao/


		José P. Duarte - November 17th, 7:00 - 8:00 PM Universidade Técnica de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitetura. S.M.Arch.S (1993) and Ph.D. (2001) at MIT, Associate Professor at Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (FAUTL). Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he took part in the project Changing Places. http://home.fa.utl.pt/~jduarte/


		Kevin Klinger - 18 de Novembro, 19:00 - 20:00 Kevin R. Klinger is Director of the Institute for Digital Fabrication (www.bsu.edu/imade) with the Center for Media Design at Ball State University and Associate Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning. He has served as a two-term President (03-05) of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) an international organization devoted to studying the advances in architecture resulting from influences of digital technology. http://www.bsu.edu/imade/mmfx