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DENNIS SHELDEN CASE Director
B S S M M S S Ph D D in Design and Computation Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Dr Dennis Shelden is is an an an Associate Professor of of of Architecture Architecture and and Director
of of of RPI’s Center for Architecture Architecture Science and and Ecology (CASE) in in in New York City His work focuses on on on on professional applications of of generative and building information modelling to the design construction and operation of integrated physical / digital building systems Dr Shelden joined Gehry Partners in in 1997 as Director
Director
of of Research and and Development and and became Director
Director
of of Computing In 2002 he co- founded the the spinoff company Gehry Technologies serving as Chief Technology
Officer on the the development of of several software products and Project Executive on numerous ground breaking building projects Previously he performed structural and environmental engineering work for for Arup building energy systems optimization for for Consultants’ Computation Bureau and development of the first laser based point scanner at at at Cyra Systems His publications have appeared in AD AD TAD: Technology
and and and Architectural Design and and and the Journal of Construction Automation and and and he he has been interviewed by The The Economist The The New New York Times Design Intelligence and Engineering News Record He is is editor for for the forthcoming book series Practical Revolutions: Professional Applications of of Disruptive Technologies to Buildingby Wiley His degrees from MIT include a a a a a B B S S in in in in Architectural Design an an M M S S in in in in Civil and Environmental Engineering and and a a a a a a a Ph D D in in in in Design and and Computation He is a a a a a a a licensed Architect in in in in California ALEXANDROS TSAMIS CASE Associate Director
Dipl Arch Arch Aristotle University of Thessaloniki S S M M Arch Arch S S Ph D D D Design and Computation MIT Alexandros Tsamis is is is an an an an Architect Architect and and Assistant Professor at the School of of Architecture RPI He currently serves
as as the the the Graduate Program Director
Director
of of Built Ecologies MS and and PhD and and as as the the the Associate Director
Director
of of the the the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology CASE Previously he he was the post-professional graduate program director in Design at at Adolfo Ibanez University in Chile and and he he he taught at at the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and and the the Knowlton School of Architecture Architecture He has received international architectural awards: First prize in in the International Architecture Architecture Competition Competition “London Architecture Gallery ” ” first prize in the International Design Competition Competition “Gillette Landmark ” ” and a a a a a prize in the the the “Design of Ephemeral Structures” for the the the Athens Olympics His work focuses on advanced
materials and manufacturing technologies as they relate relate to advances in in in computation He investigates issues related
to to to to tectonics and material economies of the the the built environment at at at scales that range from the the the object to to to to the the the territory He has has received patents for innovation in in in materials His work has has been published in in in Architectural Design (AD) the Journal of Architectural Historians Architecture in in Formation Thresholds Pidgin and and 306090 and and has been exhibited widely including at the the Museum of of Design in in in in Barcelona the the Biennales of of Venice China and and Chile RIBA London and and the Byzantine Museum of Greece He holds numerous undergraduate and and graduate graduate degrees from MIT and and Aristotle University of Thessalonika 845