Case Studies and Innovative Research

IdcT (Innovative Design and Construction Technologies) was a Congress held in Milan, Italy in 2009 which focused on innovation, analyzing projects, techniques, tools and materials from a critical and up to date view.

Within this field is a roaming workshop aast or Advanced Architecture Settimo Tokyo, which works with generative computational design. It allows testing of new approaches and techniques for design with 3D parametric software for both students and professionals.

Another good resource that has helped me out and given me some good examples of various projects and case studies are those of the CoDe Labs (Computational Design). In particular Co-De-it (Italy) and Made in California | Co.De.

If you want to learn more about parametric modeling and construction types that integrate with the smart systems and reactive skins, then this is a 13 week tutor driven program that from what I have seen has guided some pretty in depth and interesting studies.