Masonry Meets the Future
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time
1 LU/HSW
Learning Objectives:
- Discover fresh perspectives on generative and ecological architectural design.
- Investigate the collaboration between designers, robotic tools, advanced software, and nuanced material behavior that creates the potential for architects and craftspeople to have a more direct and active relationship with their designs.
- Comprehend historic masonry strengths and weaknesses and explore rehabilitation strategies using image recognition software.
- Define advances in deep learning for computer vision to identify and detect viable damage on facades.
About the Speakers
Jenny e. Sabin, M.ARCH, BFA, BA
Principal, Jenny Sabin Studio
Jenny E. Sabin is an architectural designer whose work is at the forefront of a new direction for 21st century architectural practice — one that investigates the intersections of architecture and science and applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of responsive material structures and ecological spatial interventions for diverse audiences. Sabin is the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture and the inaugural Chair for the new multi-college Department of Design Tech at the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, where she established a new advanced research degree in Design Technology. She is principal of Jenny Sabin Studio, an experimental architectural design studio based in Ithaca, and Director of the Sabin Design Lab at Cornell AAP. Her book, LabStudio: Design Research Between Architecture and Biology, co-authored with Peter Lloyd Jones, was published in July 2017. That same year, Sabin won MoMA & MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program with her submission, Lumen.
Beth Bailly
Chief Operating Officer, Building Conservation Associates, Inc.
Beth is part of the senior executive team, overseeing operations across the company and providing client relationship support. In addition to day-to-day operations, Beth is responsible for creating and integrating custom built software solutions for the restoration and maintenance of buildings working alongside BCA's staff of architects and conservators to customize these tools. A strong proponent of sustainability, Beth recognizes preventative maintenance's role in the preservation of heritage buildings and the importance of extending these resources for the next generation.