ACADIA 2020 DISTRIBUTED PROXIMITIES (Event)

Di Raimo, A. (Member)

Portsmouth School of Architecture

Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee or panel

Description of Activity

Member of Scientific Committee

Period	2020 → …
Event title	ACADIA 2020 DISTRIBUTED PROXIMITIES
Event type	Conference
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

computational design
architecture
architecture design
interactive design
sustainability

Documents & Links

Acknowledging the volatile disruptions of normal routines, Distributed Proximities aims to explore the complex contours of the moment by privileging operative modalities and their (re)organizational logics. The term “distributed computing” refers to any parallel computation process that partitions a complicated task into discrete quanta. Originally relying upon an operating system architecture with physically separated processing nodes, the system’s connected array structure is the source of its robustness. In the current state of forced semi-autonomy, a remarkable simulacrum has emerged: diverse, ad hoc adaptations—academia fragmented, distributed research, bottom-up fabrication—that demonstrate the resilience and ingenuity of the computational design community in the face of crisis. With this reality as a point of departure, Distributed Proximities invites contributions of recent and emerging work in computational design innovation and culture. In addition to completed research, this year we encourage the submission of work that is in-process, behind-the-scenes, recently initiated, and in-formation.