Introduction to Digital Fabrication Alliance (DFA) and TEX-FABBrad Bell

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Texas Arlington School of Architecture Co-Director, TEX-FAB *Digital Fabrication Alliance

The Digital Fabrication Alliance (DFA) is an international network comprised of academics, professional designers, hardware and software developers and digital fabricators. It is a member driven platform bridging the gaps within the digital fabrication community in the fields of architecture, engineering, construction and the allied arts.

WORKSHOPS EXHIBITIONS LECTURES COMPETITION

73 Submissions from 18 countries in 5 continents

Will Laufs and Erik Verboon of Buro Happold New York provided Finite Element Analysis

First round jury:

GIL AKOS / RONNIE PARSONSSTUDIO MODE

BILLIE FAIRCLOTHKIERAN TIMBERLAKE

JONATHAN MALLIESHoP CONSTRUCTION

JASON VOLLENCASE / Center for Architecture Science and Ecology

Second round jury:

NADER TEHRANI, Head of JuryNADAAA

ANDREW KUDLESSMATSYS DESIGN

VLAD TENUREPEAT Competition Winner

Facade Innovation:  Performance, Optimization and Integration

Anna DysonDirector, CASE | Center for Architecture Science and Ecology

Erik VerboonTechnical Designer/Façade Consultant, Buro Happold

Phillip AnzaloneDirector, Laboratory for Applied Building Science, GSAPP, Columbia University

Andrew Vrana, Session ModeratorPrincipal Architect, Metalab

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of ArchitectureCo-director, TEX-FAB *Digital Fabrication Alliance