2024-12-22T01:42:16-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150302407/njit-s-upcoming-elcad-symposium-builds-cross-disciplinary-bridges-in-design-and-environmental-life-cycle-assessment Katherine Guimapang 2022-03-19T10:30:00-04:00 >2022-03-18T20:54:05-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/950a29027bd13599dbf33357233bbc8c.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Sustainability is more than a buzzword for the team behind <a href="https://archinect.com/design.njit.edu" target="_blank">New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT)</a> upcoming <a href="https://elcad-2022.heysummit.com/" target="_blank">Environmental Life Cycle Assessment in Design Symposium</a>, better known as eLCAd. What began in 2020 as an idea to bring together the disciplines of architecture, design, and data-driven techniques for assessing environmental challenges has now become a book and industry-focused symposium for working professionals and students.&nbsp;</p> <p>When it comes to sustainable design approaches and best practices, there are numerous conferences and symposiums to talk about and attend. But what makes eLCAd different? Why highlight this symposium in comparison to others? In a nutshell, eLCAd 2022 is a three-day, international event that "unites two professions engaged in parallel systems thinking [...] to define actionable, collaborative opportunities brought about through continuing advances in computational tools." For John Cays (Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Interim Director of the Schoo...</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/150250681/discussing-technology-and-architecture-as-transient-media-with-g-ven-zel-and-benjamin-ennemoser-of-ucla-s-ideas-technology-studio Katherine Guimapang 2021-02-19T13:39:00-05:00 >2023-01-12T16:19:34-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f5/f54c42081547c42952c004228c16a7b8.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architecture is currently at the cusp of a paradigm shift, where the environments we occupy are becoming increasingly virtual and mobile. Considered as an ecosystem of technologies rather than a tectonic assemblage of materials, architecture is shifting toward a non-static and non-physical form of experience. This opens up the potential for it to be considered as a transdisciplinary medium that merges the worlds of fabrication, gaming, and media design.&nbsp;</p> <p>The IDEAS Technology Studio,&nbsp;one of four studios offered as part of UCLA Architecture and Urban Design&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://aud.ucla.edu/academics/m-s-architecture-and-urban-design" target="_blank">Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design (M.S.AUD) program</a>,&nbsp;investigates the design of new media in digital and physical forms and its potential to radically transform the human experience.&nbsp;Recognized as a leading research institution <a href="https://archinect.com/uclaaud" target="_blank">UCLA Architecture and Urban Design</a> is also a part of the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture. This unique blend and integration of departments allow both students and faculty "to connect ...</p>