Speakers
Cait McCarthy + Jordan Young | Auburn University | office office
Cait McCarthy and Jordan Young are Assistant Professors of Architecture in the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. They are co-founders of office office, an award-winning design-research practice that develops multi-scalar projects that seek to defamiliarize everyday objects, materials and spaces.
Jesse Louis-Rosenberg | Nervous System
Jesse Louis-Rosenberg is the co-founder and chief science officer of Nervous System. He is an artist, computer programmer, and maker. Jesse is interested in how simulation techniques can be used in design and in the creation of new kinds of fabrication machines. He studied math at MIT and previously worked at Gehry Technologies in building modelling and design automation.
Platt Boyd | Branch Technology
Platt Boyd is the Founder and CEO of Branch Technology. He practiced as an award-winning architect for 15 years prior to leaving a partnership seven years ago to found Branch. His fascination with natural beauty and amazing structures led to the initiation of a new technology using freeform 3D printing combined with conventional materials to robotically prefabricate architectural assemblies with resource stewardship and unprecedented design freedom. The Cellular Fabrication (C-FAB™) method takes its cues from proven methods observed in nature, where material use is minimized, but form is free to become almost anything.