ARC Future Timber Hub – Digital Tools for Innovative Timber Structures

Researchers from the University of Queensland and ARC Future Timber Hub have been working on several highly innovative computational design methods for site- and material-adaptive timber design and construction. This event will present recently-developed algorithms and tools, including:
• Bridget Scanlan: ‘Generative Design of Site-adaptive Affordable Housing’.
• Aurimas Bukauskas: ‘Inventory-Constrained Structural Design’.
• Kim Baber: ‘Interactive Funicular Modelling from Utility-Grade Timber’

Please join us at 6.30pm for drinks, nibbles, and a showcase of a recent timber pavilion, constructed using the above tools and an innovative ‘inventory constrained’ minimal-waste design. Presentations will follow at 7-8pm.

Bios
• Bridget Scanlan is an undergraduate student, investigating computational tools for timber design as part of her final year thesis.
• Aurimas Bukauskas is a visiting PhD candidate from the University of Bath, UK. His research has focused on the use of whole timber in construction, and structural design in contexts where available structural material is constrained.
• Kim Baber is a practicing architect and Principal of Baber Studio, as well as a Fellow in Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University of Queensland.
• Joe Gattas is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland and leads the ‘Folded Structures Lab’ research group, with active projects across timber engineering, computational design, and digital fabrication.

Location
UQ Co-Lab, Building 51A, Jocks Rd, St Lucia