Kyle Steinfeld

Fresh Eyes - Smart Geometry Workshop

Hosted by the University of Toronto

Adam Menges, Kat Park, Kyle Steinfeld, Samantha Walker

This workshop cluster offered at the 2018 Smart Geometry Conference in Toronto was the initial catalyst for the Fresh Eyes project, and was the first incorporation of user-generated image recognition models into the evaluation step of a traditional generative design workflow.

This project uniquely links the familiar parametric environment of Grasshopper with cloud-hosted models trained using Lobe.ai: a user-friendly ML graphic programming environment that runs Tensorflow.

Early Smart Geometry Workshops

Kyle Steinfeld

Prior to 2010, the Smart Geometry workshop was very different. Prior to the peer-reviewed "cluster" model now adopted by this event, SG was focused on the development and testing of a single software package called Generative Components.

During this time, I frequently led workshops focusing on parametric and generative design techniques using Generative Components. This included annual week-long workshops and symposia, as well as smaller events.

Game, Set, Match Workshop

at TU Delft

Kyle Steinfeld

I organized and tutored a 1-day workshop on generative design techniques at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Design to Fabrication Workshop

at TU Delft

Kyle Steinfeld

I organized a workshop on digital design-to-fabrication techniques at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, which was instructed by Larry Sass.

Generative Design Workshop

at the Ohio State University

Kyle Steinfeld

I organized and led a 4-day workshop at the Knowlton School of Architecture on generative design techniques utilizing Rhinoscript, a built-in scripting language for Rhinoceros.

De-mystifying Multi-Agent Design

at TU Delft

Kyle Steinfeld, Saeed Arida and Kaustuv De Biswas

I organized and instructed a 3-day workshop at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment on design strategies utilizing "multi-agent" computational models.

Digital Futures Workshop

at the Pratt Institute

Kyle Steinfeld

I organized and led a 1-day workshop on generative design techniques utilizing Processing, a Java development environment.

Public, Private, Protected Symposium

at UC Berkeley

Joy Ko and Kyle Steinfeld

This symposium takes stock of the current state of geometric and algorithmic literacy in architectural design education, and seeks to understand the evolving dynamic between increasingly powerful tools of design and the empowerment of designers.

Authored Sensing Workshop

Smart Geometry at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Nick Novelli, Kat Park, and Kyle Steinfeld

In contrast with generic approaches to quantification, this 6-day workshop cluster, occurring at the Smart Geometry Conference and hosted by The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, hypothesizes that data-driven design must be supported by designed data.

Fresh Eyes - Universität der Künste Berlin Workshop

Applying machine learning to generative architectural design

Adam Menges, Kat Park, Kyle Steinfeld, Matt Turlock, Nono Martinez Alonso

This workshop offered at the Design Modeling Symposium in Berlin presents tools and techniques for the application of Machine Learning (ML) to Generative Architectural Design (GAD).

Flows, Bits, and Relationships Workshop

Smart Geometry at the University of Toronto

Carlos Sandoval, John Faichney, Scott Ewart, Matthew Shaxted, and Kyle Steinfeld

This 6-day workshop cluster, occurring at the Smart Geometry Conference and hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, speculates about about the use of a novel analytical tool for structuring the various spatial constituents and datasets related to high-density urban environments.

Data and Design Workshop

at UC Berkeley

Nicholas De Monchaux and Kyle Steinfeld

In the context of the 2014-15 Studio One research program, I co-chaired a research workshop on making big-data analytics actionable for architectural design.

Large Scale Data and Small Scale Behavior Workshop

at the Design Modeling Symposium hosted by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Jessie Braden, Joy Ko, Kyle Steinfeld, Lynette Widder

The workshop, offered at the Design Modeling Symposium and hosted by the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, examines the use of real time behavioral data for urban planning and design. Technologies of GPS and GIS allow now to map flows of goods and to create maps on the large-scale of countries, regions and cities. Participants will explore inter scalar data mapping combining open data with mobile personal tracking technologies.