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WILL LAUFS Former Bedford Professor Ph D RWTH Aachen/Germany
Will Laufs practices globally in in in in in structural engineering engineering façade engineering engineering and specialty structure design He earned a a a a a a a a a a structural structural engineering PhD from RWTH Aachen/Germany
is a a a a a a a PE-licensed structural structural engineer engineer in in in in the United States and holds an international welding degree (IWE) He is focused on on the use use of new materials experimental glass enclosures challenging international structures utilizing complex geometries and in in in in in particular architectural building elements— where 3D structural form-finding and and architectural detailing have critical influence on a a a a a a a a a a a structure’s aesthetics and and a a a a a a a a a a a space’s overarching identity Within his practice he he he has launched a a a a a a a a division of applied research to explore the future potential of 3D-printed free-form nodes with structural capacity Will works between New York City and Berlin residing primarily in Germany
with his family near where he he he he was raised and educated As an an an Adjunct Professor he he he he teaches engineering as as well as as architecture students at at Columbia University/GSAPP and Pratt Institute Previously he he he held the honored position of of Bedford Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy New York He lectures frequently at at international conferences on on on on modern engineering and the the abovementioned subjects Will approaches the the built environment as an an opportunity to unify Architecture Sustainability and Structural Engineering with the final goal being totally integrated design CARLA LEITAO
Diploma Lisbon School of Architecture MS ADD Columbia University GSAPP Carla Leitão Leitão is an an an architect professor and and writer At the RPI School of of Architecture since 2010 Leitão’s studios and and seminars explore the intersection of architecture urban systems technology ubiquitous cultures and immersive
VR (https://www clatcraive net/) Co-Founder of AUM Studio and Spec AE Architectural design curation theory scenarios and and interactive media residential installations competitions in in in Europe and and the US Local representative
in in in Lisbon Portugal of SITREP an international design school Publications include relationships between technology representation and and and architectural and and and urban systems: “4 Lines” as as author (ASS) and and and City Fragments (CBA) as as co-editor Curated organized and and designed the the the event event “Portugal Now” and and the the the Cornell AAP Folio of the the the same event event an an an an exhibit of of 20+ Portuguese offices and and conferences in fin Ithaca and and NYC Has contributed to to the Huffington Post Design section Co-chaired with Ed Keller the the session “Addressability” at the the ACSA Annual 2017 Meeting in in Detroit Frequent
peer reviewer for design-and-technology–related conferences such as ACADIA Practice includes built and and ongoing residential and and institutional projects Exhibitions and and installations include “Thinking Forest Fabbed Fields” at at the Venice Bienale 2018 “Suture” (SCI Arc/Tellic Gallery Los Angeles) Global Design NYU ISCTE Portugal and “True Romance” (Stuttgart Germany) Lives/works in New York and Lisbon 859