FLUX: Architecture in a Parametric Landscape By Ila Berman + Andrew Kudless

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Join co-authors Ila Berman and Andrew Kudless for an engaging discussion on FLUX: Architecture in a Parametric Landscape (Applied Research + Design, 2024), a novel exploration of how computational and material innovations have transformed architectural design over the past 25 years.

Berman and Kudless will introduce the book’s eight design taxonomies—ranging from Stacked Aggregates to Multi-agent Systems—that reveal how advanced technologies have redefined form, structure, and spatial experience. Through a presentation of select built works and experimental projects, they will illustrate how these evolving design strategies transcend individual creations to form a dynamic network of architectural ideas and cultural artifacts in constant transformation.

This conversation will offer insights into how architecture operates within a larger cultural and technological landscape, pushing the boundaries of design thinking and shaping new urban and architectural models.
 

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About the Authors

Ila Berman is the former Dean, Elwood R. Quesada Professor and Director of the Next Cities Institute at the University of Virginia and Principal of Scaleshift design. She is an architect, theorist, and curator of architecture and urbanism whose research investigates the relationship between culture and the evolution of contemporary material, technological and spatial practices.

Andrew Kudless is the founder of the design firm Matsys and the Kendall Memorial Professor and Director of the Advanced Media Technology Lab at UH Hines College of Architecture and Design. His work investigates the emergent and integral relationships between form, growth, and behavior in material systems