DYNAMIC SURFACES AS BUILDING ENVELOPE
WORKSHOP
Department of Interior Building and Environment Design
Jeroen da Conceicao van Nieuwenhuizen is a registered architect and building engineer currently teaching at the University of Technology Eindhoven in the Netherlands and at the KU Leuven / LUCA in Belgium. He formerly teached at the TU Delft and the The Hague University of Applied Sciences. He lectures and teaches in architecture, building technology, product development for the building industry, innovation and sustainability. Jeroen graduated with distinction with the project Bio-dyna-scape in 2002 and won the national student steel prize in the category architecture in 2002 in The Netherlands. He published articles, columns and essays in a variety of magazines. He currently runs his research driven practice MoveYou and formerly worked at renowned offices on various project such as the Museum of the Image, Media Plaza, Connection 1, bridges and different housing and office projects. Together with Master and Bachelor students, other teachers and companies from the facade industry he created several prototypes and mock ups of dynamic building skins and dynamic geometries. Currently, as a part of his PhD research, he is focusing on flexible origami skins and their use for solar control and energy harvesting. In the workshop the students will explore the use of rigid origami patterns by means of low tech models and high tech calculations and simulations.
Ing. Jeroen da Conceicao Van Nieuwenhuizen AvB
University of Technology Eindhoven, and MoveYou, The Netherlands
Dr. Taro Narahara, Assistant Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ. USA
Taro Narahara is an assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He holds a Doctor of Design degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Master of Science in Architecture Studies in Design and Computation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a recipient of the Peter Rice Prize for advancement in Architecture and Engineering and of an REAI Research Grant Award from Harvard University. His design and research work has been published in international journals and conferences such as ACADIA and IJAC. He is a registered architect in the state of New York and has practiced in the United States and Japan. During this period, he was associated with firms such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Gluckman Mayner Architects and has collaborated on several award-winning projects including Mori Arts Center in Tokyo, Hotel Puerta de America in Madrid, and the MoMA Store in NYC
Dr. Arch. Rebeka Vital
Rebeka Vital has a bachelor’s degree in Architecture in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, specialized in lighting and acoustics during her studies for her master’s degree in Building Science in the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and holds a PhD in Architecture from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At UCLA she was involved in research at the Experiential Technology Center. In her professional practice she deals with architectural lighting. Her research interests focus on digital reconstruction of historical buildings. She currently teaches in Shenkar College of Design and Engineering, where she is the coordinator of the final project. Her research interests focus on digital reconstruction of historical buildings and she is involved in several international workshops and research project in this field
M. Arch. Galit Shiff
M. Arch Galit Shiff is an active architect and a staff member at the Department of Interior Building and Environment Design at Shenkar College of Design and Engineering. She holds a Master of Design degree from Berlage Institute (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and graduated with honor the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion. Shiff is a founder of 'Gilad - Shiff Architecture' in collaboration with architect Yael Gilad. The office combines projects in the private and public sector, specializing in sustainability and performance based design. She is one of the pioneers in the country, using climate simulation software as interactive planning tool. Her design and work has won several prizes such as an urban renewal prize in Europan 8 (Cyprus), and been widely published in international journals and conferences. In addition to her continuous teaching activity in the department, she is leading a research, developing a Building Integrated Photovoltaic Façade, in corporation with the Plastics Department and one of the leading companies in the Israeli Plastics industry.
Arch. Ruth Ron
