Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture

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Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture
AbbreviationACADIA
Founded1981
99-0267393 [1]
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota, United States [1]
Shelby Doyle [2]
Revenue$277,631 [1] (2014)
Expenses$266,199 [1] (2014)
Employees0 [1] (2014)
Website www.acadia.org

The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture (ACADIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization active in the area of computer-aided architectural design (CAAD).

Contents

Mission statement

Begun in 1981, the organization's objectives are recorded in its bylaws: [3]

"ACADIA was formed for the purpose of facilitating communication and information exchange regarding the use of computers in architecture, planning and building science. A particular focus is education and the software, hardware and pedagogy involved in education."

"The organization is also committed to the research and development of computer aides that enhance design creativity, rather than simply production, and that aim at contributing to the construction of humane physical environments."

Membership

Membership is open to anyone who subscribes to the objectives of the organization, including architects, educators, and software developers, whether resident in North America or not. An online membership registration form and directory is available via the organization. [4]

The organization is primarily governed by the elected Board of Directors. The organization is led by the elected President, who presides over Board of Directors meetings, but does not vote except in the case of a tie. [3]

Presidents (elected)

YearsPresidentNumber of years serving
1981Charles M. Eastman1
1982-1983John Wade2
1984Chris Yessios1
1985Yehuda Kalay1
1986Elizabeth Bollinger1
1987Patricia McIntosh1
1988Robert E. Johnson1
1989Pamela J. Bancroft1
1990John McIntosh1
1991J. Peter Jordan1
1992Larry O. Degelman1
1993Skip Van Wyk1
1994M. Stephen Zdepski1
1995Karen M. Kensek1
1996Glenn Goldman1
1997Branko Kolarevic1
1998Douglas E. Noble1
1999Brian Johnson1
2000Mark Clayton1
2001-2002Ganapathy Mahalingam2
2003-2004Kevin Klinger2
2005-2006Wassim Jabi2
2007-2008Mahesh Senagala2
2009Nancy Cheng1
2010-2012Aron Temkin3
2013-2015Michael Fox3
2016-2017Jason Kelly Johnson2
2018-2020Kathy Velikov3
2021-2022Jenny E. Sabin2
2023-2024Shelby Doyle2
2025-PresentMarc Swackhamer

Activities

Annual conference

ACADIA sponsors an annual national conference, held in the autumn of each year at a different site in North America. Papers for the conferences undergo extensive blind review before being accepted for presentation (and publication). Membership is not a prerequisite for submission of a paper.

YearCity, state/province [5] CountryHost universityConference theme [5]
Founding1981Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaUSA Carnegie-Mellon University N/A
1st1982Blacksburg, VirginiaUSA Virginia Tech N/A
2nd1983Columbus, OhioUSA Ohio State University N/A
3rd1984Troy, New YorkUSA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute N/A
4th1985Tempe, ArizonaUSA Arizona State University ACADIA Workshop '85
5th1986Houston, TexasUSA University of Houston Architectural Education, Research and Practice in the Next Decade
6th1987Raleigh, North CarolinaUSA North Carolina State University Integrating Computers into the Architectural Curriculum
7th1988Ann Arbor, MichiganUSA University of Michigan Computing in Design Education
8th1989Gainesville, FloridaUSA University of Florida New Ideas and Directions for the 1990s
9th1990Big Sky, MontanaUSA Montana State University From Research to Practice
10th1991Los Angeles, CaliforniaUSA University of California at Los Angeles Reality and Virtual Reality
11th1992Charleston, South CarolinaUSA Clemson University Mission - Method - Madness
12th1993TexasUSA Texas A&M University Education and Practice: The Critical Interface
13th1994Saint Louis, MissouriUSA Washington University in St. Louis Reconnecting
14th1995Seattle, WashingtonUSA University of Washington Computing in Design - Enabling, Capturing and Sharing Ideas
15th1996Tucson, ArizonaUSA University of Arizona Design Computation: Collaboration, Reasoning, Pedagogy
16th1997Cincinnati, OhioUSA University of Cincinnati Design and Representation
17th1998Québec City, QuébecCanada Université Laval Digital Design Studios: Do Computers Make a Difference?
18th1999Salt Lake City, UtahUSA University of Utah Media and Design Process
19th2000Washington D.CUSA The Catholic University of America Eternity, Infinity and Virtuality in Architecture
20th2001Buffalo, New YorkUSA The State University of New York at Buffalo Reinventing the Discourse - How Digital Tools Help Bridge and Transform Research, Education and Practice in Architecture
21st2002Pomona, CaliforniaUSA California Polytechnic State University Thresholds - Design, Research, Education and Practice, in the Space Between the Physical and the Virtual
22nd2003Indianapolis, IndianaUSA Ball State University Connecting >> Crossroads of Digital Discourse
23rd2004Cambridge, OntarioCanada University of Toronto & University of Waterloo Fabrication: Examining the Digital Practice of Architecture
24th2005Savannah, GeorgiaUSA Savannah School of Architecture and Design Smart Architecture: Integration of Digital and Building Technologies
25th2006Louisville, KentuckyUSA University of Kentucky, Lexington Synthetic Landscapes
26th2007Halifax, Nova ScotiaCanada Dalhousie University & Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & Canadian Design Research Network Expanding Bodies
27th2008Minneapolis, MinnesotaUSA University of Minnesota Silicon + Skin: Biological Processes and Computation
28th2009Chicago, IllinoisUSA School of the Art Institute of Chicago reForm(): Building a Better Tomorrow
29th2010New York, New YorkUSA The Cooper Union & Pratt Institute Life in:Formation
30th2011Calgary(workshops) and Banff(conference), AlbertaCanada University of Calgary Integration Through Computation
31st2012San Francisco, CaliforniaUSA California College of the Arts & UCSF Synthetic Digital Ecologies
32nd2013Cambridge, OntarioCanada University of Waterloo Adaptive Architecture
33rd2014Los Angeles, CaliforniaUSA University of Southern California Design Agency
34th2015Cincinnati, OhioUSA University of Cincinnati Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene
35th2016Ann Arbor, MichiganUSA University of Michigan Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers And Cognitive Machines
36th2017Cambridge, MassachusettsUSA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disciplines & Disruptions
37th2018Mexico City, MexicoMexico Universidad Iberoamericana Re/Calibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity
38th2019Austin, TexasUSA University of Texas at Austin Ubiquity and Autonomy
39th2020Online, GlobalGlobal ACADIA Distributed Proximities
40th2021Online, GlobalGlobal ACADIA Realignments: Toward Critical Computation
41th2022Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUSA University of Pennsylvania Hybrids & Haecceities
42nd2023Denver, ColoradoUSA University of Colorado Denver Habits of the Anthropocene
43rd2024Calgary(workshops) and Banff(conference), AlbertaCanada University of Calgary Designing Change
44th2025Miami, FloridaUSA Florida International University + University of Miami Computing for Resiliance
45th2026Detroit, MichiganUSA Lawrence Technological University Humanism Recoded

Proceedings

Each year the conference papers are gathered into a proceedings publication which is distributed to members, and available to the public via the open access database CumInCAD.

Awards

Started in 1998, ACADIA Awards of Excellence are "the highest award that can be achieved in the field of architectural computing". The awards are given in areas of practice, teaching, research and service, with at most one award in each category per year. Past awards have recognized various significant contributors to the field of architectural computing.

The current awards given annually or biannually are the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Digital Practice Award of Excellence, the Innovative Academic Program Award of Excellence, the Innovative Research Award of Excellence, the Society Award for Leadership, and the Teaching Award of Excellence.

Lifetime Achievement Award

YearRecipientAffiliation
2021Wolf dPrix Coop Himmelb(l)au
2016Elizabeth Diller Diller, Scofidio and Renfro / Princeton University
2014Zaha Hadid Zaha Hadid Architects

Innovative Research Award of Excellence

YearRecipientAffiliation
2023Joseph Choma Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture
2022Felecia Ann Davis Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State University
2021Caitlin Mueller Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020Sean Ahlquist Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
2019Jose Sanchez Plethora Project
2018Madeline Gannon NVIDIA Robotics
2017Wesley McGee Matter Design
2016Andrew Payne Autodesk
2015Skylar Tibbits Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2014Martin Bechtold Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2013Elena Manferdini Atelier Manferdini and SCI-Arc
2012David Rutten Robert McNeel and Associates
2011Ellen Do Georgia Institute of Technology
2010Kostas Terzidis Harvard University Graduate School of Design
2009Paul Coates University of East London
2008Robert Woodbury Simon Fraser University
2007Branko Kolarevic University of Calgary
2006Mark Burry The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Digital Practice Award of Excellence

YearRecipient (person or firm)Affiliation
2023Nader Tehrani NADAAA
2022Award category omitted
2021Alvin Huang Synthesis Design + Architecture and University of Southern California
2020Jessica Rosenkrantz co-founder of Nervous System and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg co-founder of Nervous System Nervous system
2019Roland Snooks Studio Roland Snooks and The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2018Jenny Wu and Dwayne Oyler Oyler Wu Collaborative
2017Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott IwamotoScott Architecture and University of California, Berkeley and California College of the Arts
2016Ron Rael and Virginia San Fratello Emerging Objects and University of California, Berkeley and San Jose State University
2015Kieran Timberlake KieranTimberlake
2014Jenny Sabin Jenny Sabin Studio
2013Cecil BalmondBalmond Studio
2012Gehry Technologies – accepted by Dennis Shelden Frank Gehry Technologies
2011Phillip Beesley Phillip Beesley Architects and University of Waterloo
2010Award category omitted
2009Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler Gramazio Kohler Architects
2008Fabian Scheurer Design to Production
2007Achim Menges Architectural Association School of Architecture
2006Evan Douglis Evan Douglis Studio

Society Award for Leadership

YearRecipient (Academic Program)University
2023Kathy Velikov Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
2022Jason Kelly Johnson California College of the Arts and FUTUREFORMS
2021Brian Slocum Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and tresRobots
2020Mike Christenson University of Minnesota
2019Chris Yessios Ohio State University and AutoDesSys, Inc.
2018Sigrid Brell-Cokcan and Johannes Braumann Association for Robots in Architecture
2017Bob Martens Technical University of Vienna
2016Chuck Eastman Georgia Institute of Technology
2015Branko Kolarevic University of Calgary
2014Nancy Cheng University of Oregon
2013Mahesh Daas Ball State University
2013Award category omitted
2012Award category omitted
2011Award category omitted
2010Brian Johnson University of Washington
2009Tom Seebohm University of Waterloo
2008Tom Maver Mackintosh School of Architecture
2007Award category omitted
2006Robert Aish Bentley Microsystems

Innovative Academic Program Award of Excellence

YearRecipient (Academic Program)University
2023Award category omitted
2022Award category omitted
2021Award category omitted
2020DigitalFUTURES Program, Tongji University accepted by Philip F. Yuan, Professor and Neil Leach DigitalFUTURES Program
2019Master of Science in Digital and Material – accepted by Catie Newell Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
2018Institute of Advanced Architecture Catalonia – accepted by Areti Markopoulou Institute of Advanced Architecture Catalonia
2017Bartlett Prospective (B-Pro) Program – accepted by Gilles Retsin and Manual Jimenez Garcia The Bartlett School of Architecture
2016Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) – accepted by Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA)
2015Institute for Computational Design (ICD) – accepted by Achim Menges Institute for Computational Design (ICD)
2014Columbia Building Intelligence Project (CBIP) – accepted by Scott Marble Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
2013AADRL Design Research Laboratory – accepted by Brett Steele and Theodore Sypropoulos London
2012Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) – accepted by Anna Dyson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Skidmore Owings and Merrill
2011Award category omitted
2010Award category omitted
2009Award category omitted
2008AA Emergent Technologies and Design – accepted by Michael Weinstock London

History

ACADIA was founded in 1981 by some of the pioneers in the field of design computation including Bill Mitchell, Chuck Eastman, and Chris Yessios. Since then, ACADIA has hosted over 40 conferences across North America and has grown into a strong network of academics and professionals in the design computation field.

Sister organizations

There are four sister organizations around the world to provide a more accessible regional forum for discussion of computing and design. The major ones are

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture. Guidestar. December 31, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Officers and Board of Directors". Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 ACADIA Bylaws (PDF). Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. 15 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Membership". Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. 27 March 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Cumincad database".
  6. ↑ "Architexturez CumInCAD OAI-PMH Mirror". Architexturez. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "DBLP". University of Trier . Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Researchgate" . Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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