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05/10 – 07/10/2009

The Design Modelling Symposium sees itself as an interdisciplinary platform of designers, developers and scientists of the disciplines architecture, design and engineering. 

The fundamental technological principals of designing, planning and building have changed radically. CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) are nowadays an integral part in concept and planning processes. FEM (Finite Element Method) helps in analysing and optimising more and more complex structures. It is now possible to simulate and explore complex coherences between material, structure and climate. New materials open up the development of more effective constructions, new spatial and material experiences. br>
The Design Modelling Symposium would like to encourage discussion about the target course of this development by exchanging the experiences in appliance of such new technologies. Rather than the prospects of modelling complex geometries and structures, the main focus lies in new concepts and design strategies emerging from the application of new technologies. Another emphasis is the discussion of the role of analogue and digital models in the design and planning process as well as questions regarding realisation of complex geometries and construction systems. 

The new focus on the event’s content is documented in changing the name from „3D Modelling“ into „Design Modelling“ Symposium Berlin. 

The Design Modelling Symposium Berlin is an initiative of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gengnagel, Director Institute for Architecture and Urban Planning, Chair of Structural Design and Technology School of Architecture University of the Arts Berlin and Ioannis Zonitsas, owner of Visual-Dream, CAD trainer and modelling expert.