About the Conference
From the FABRICATE website:
FABRICATE is an international peer reviewed conference with supporting publication and exhibition to be held at The Building Centre in London from 15-16 April 2011. Discussing the progressive integration of digital design with manufacturing processes, and its impact on design and making in the 21st century, FABRICATE will bring together pioneers in design and making within architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Discussion on key themes will include: how digital fabrication technologies are enabling new creative and construction opportunities, the difficult gap that exists between digital modeling and its realization, material performance and manipulation, off-site and on-site construction, interdisciplinary education, economic and sustainable contexts.
FABRICATE has emerged as the first in a series of focused events from the highly successful ‘Digital Architecture London’ Conference and ‘Digital Hinterlands’ Exhibition in September 2009. Organised by The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London in collaboration with The Building Centre London, this conference intends to frame discussion around the presentation of built or partially built works by individuals or collaborators in research, practice and industry selected from submissions through our Call for Works.
Representing the broad disciplinary spectrum from design to production, the presentation of built work will contribute alongside leading invited speakers from Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. A significant and supportive context for the event will be provided by London’s extensive network of global creative consultancies, many no more than a short stroll away from the venue.
We welcome original, innovative and pioneering projects for the Call for Works and we would also encourage works in progress to enter too. Submission requirements emphasize strong and informative visual material with succinct analytical text and project synopsis. Selected conference submissions together with articles from keynote speakers will be featured in ‘FABRICATE: Making Digital Architecture’ published by Riverside Architectural Press and launched at the conference.
Call for Works
Central to the aim of FABRICATE is to interrogate and disseminate difference, similarity and innovation across design and making practices in industry and academia. Submissions will be independently blind reviewed by two members of an international panel of experts. Selected submissions will be featured in ‘FABRICATE: Making Digital Architecture’ published by Riverside Architectural Press.
The Call for Work deadline is the 20th of September 2010.
Submission Instructions
On our submission page, you will need to read and agree to our terms and conditions and provide the following information.
- Author(s) Details
Fill in details of the author(s) and collaborators if any. - Project Title
The project title as you wish it to be published, followed by the site location if applicable and finally the year. - Keywords
Provide between three and seven keywords that help us choose appropriate reviewers from our panel of experts. - Synopsis (Between 500 and 1500 words)
Please pay particular attention to to this part of your submission. Synopsis should both introduce the project and focus on any specific innovations in the design and fabrication of your work. We are also interested in the development of the project including challenges and lessons learnt, conclusions on the approach you took, and where your practice goes next from this project. Furthermore, we ask you to add a paragraph at the end of your text where you can include any further details about your project that you feel are important e.g. you may wish to acknowledge sponsors, clients, contractors, universities etc. - Images (Between 5 and 15)
It is recommended that submissions include an appropriate range of images including concept sketches, early iterations, CAD and physical models, photography, manufacturing or construction information, scripting, test pieces, prototypes, parallel experiments, final assemblies, artifacts in use, revisions, renovations, and subsequent iterations. PLEASE NOTE images MUST be submitted as a single combined PDF not exceeding 30Mb in size. All images must be fully captioned, credited and dated in the PDF. The PDF with your images is the only part of your submission in the form of attachment. Everything else should be filled in in the appropriate fields of the online submission form. - The submission process is only online, no postal submissions will be accepted.
- Multiple submissions are permissible.
Please note that this is a complete article submission. No pre-submission of abstracts is required.
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References
FABRICATE website
