Research Colloquium at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology in Surrey presents

Dina Krunic

Wednesday March 21, 2007 at 1:30 pm

Room 14-400, SFU Surrey Campus, 14th floor Central City Tower

Dina Krunic

Title: SUPERFICAL DEPTH

Abstract:

The idea of computer application in design was based on the hypothesis that design is purely visual tool or representation. Computing in architecture has reached a certain ubiquity that the idea of practicing without it seems incomprehensible; however the architectural profession has largely been conservative in the use of digital media and digital fabrication as nothing more than tools of representation. Parametric modeling is not only a movement in the software development but a shift in thought processes from a static, stable, solid architectures into a liquid, non-linear, unstable state. The use of computers in architectures becomes a dynamic design tool of analysis and exploration.

The project Superficial Depth is a series of experimentations using inductive design approach done at the University of British Columbia that questions the necessity of computer interface in the process of design. By appropriating the algorithmic design and depth exploration into digital production, we posed the question of the computer interface’s role in design and production. This project focuses on accelerating the discourse on conceptual and material plasticity of surface in contemporary design that is advanced by the use of Maya, Rhinoceros and computer numeric controlled (CNC) machines resulting in complex structures. The evolution of design depends on the definition of the system’s internal and external constraints that are integrated from the beginning in the design process.

Through the study of the topology of surface and understanding surface as a composite of mathematical data with the inherent potential for depth, Superficial Depth investigates the underlying structure of post-Euclidian geometries, and questions the relationship of geometry to time and space.

Bio:

Dina Krunic (MArch UCLA, BArch University of Arkansas), is an architect-designer leading an experimental practice within studio DiNA. Since Fall 2005 she has taught as a visiting assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Prior to, she was an assistant professor at the University of Belgrade. Her work on research projects at DR_D Office were exhibited at the Pompidou Center, Biennale in Venice, Biennale in London amongst others. Her independent work was exhibited at the UIA Conference in Istanbul, Biennale in Beijing, Design Week in Belgrade, MARHI in Moscow and Vancouver. Her research involves investigations of surface complexities and use of digital media in the design processes.