Conference Program Schedule
The 2008 VisMasters Design Modeling and Visualization Conference features 17 session covering topics from both the Architectural Visualization and Design and Information modeling fields. With speakers from around the world, the DMVC is two full days of learning and networking.
Tracks |
Track 1 - Architectural Visualization |
Track 2 - BIM/Architecture |
Track 3 - All Attendees |
Time |
DMVC Launch Party |
8:00pm -11:00pm |
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Grand Ballroom (C-E) |
Otis Room |
Stone Room |
8:00am - 9:45am |
Registration (Located in Conference Lobby) |
10:00am - 10:45am |
Keynote |
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11:00am - 12:00pm |
Session 1 - Arch Viz |
Session 2 - BIM/Arch |
Session 3 - Arch Viz |
12:15pm - 1:15pm |
Lunch/Exhibition (Located in Conference Lobby and Grand Ballroom (C-E)) |
1:30pm - 3:00pm |
Session 4 - Arch Viz |
Session 5 - Arch Viz |
Session 6 - BIM/Arch |
3:00pm - 3:30pm |
Networking Break/Exhibition (Located in the Conferenece Lobby) |
3:45pm - 4:45pm |
Session 7 - Arch Viz |
Session 8 - BIM/Arch |
Session 9 - BIM/Arch |
4:45pm - 5:00pm |
Networking Break/Exhibition (Located in the Conferenece Lobby) |
5:00 pm - 6:30pm |
Session 10 - BIM/Viz |
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6:30pm - 10:30pm |
Dinner/Exhibition |
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Time |
Grand Ballroom (C-E) |
Otis Room |
Stone Room |
8:00am - 9:45am |
Registration (Located in Conference Lobby) |
10:00am - 12:00pm |
Session 1 - Arch Viz |
Session 2 - BIM/Arch |
Session 3 - Arch Viz |
12:15pm - 1:15pm |
Lunch/Exhibition (Located in Conference Lobby and Grand Ballroom (C-E)) |
1:30pm - 3:30pm |
Session 4 - Arch Viz |
Session 5 - BIM/Arch |
Session 6 - BIM/Arch |
VisMasters Reserves the Right to change or update the conference program without notice.
Session Descriptions
Keynote Presentation: Evolution or Revolution and the Convergence of an Industry
Presented by: Phillip G. Bernstein FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP (Vice President - Autodesk)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 10:00am - 10:45am / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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AEC process is being increasingly transformed by innovative digital tools. This talk will describe the convergence of two critical technologies in the AEC industry, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and visualization. After a brief historical review of the development of each technology, critical emerging relationships between design representation platform supported by BIM and the importance of visualization to BIM, and by implication, the future of design and construction will be explored. Finally, key trends and their implications for the design process will be investigated, and future scenarios will be projected.
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Session 1 - Composition: The Art of Successful Visualization
Presented by: Ernest Burden III (Acme Digital)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 11:00am - 12:00pm / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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As one of the fundamental elements of architectural visualization, composition is an aspect that is often overlooked, misunderstood or poorly executed. Composition is about how we see the world and how the artist wishes to express what they see. A well composed image can captivate, engage and express emotion all in a single view. A poorly composed image leaves nothing to the imagination and lacks any emotional connection with the viewer. This session will examine what makes for a successful composition through the careful examination of contemporary and past works, and will help both veteran and novice artists alike to create engaging imagery.
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Session 2 - Continuity – Exploring New Architectural Languages Based on Digital Design and Manufacturing Methods
Presented by: Jens Borstelmann (Zaha Hadid), Thomas Vietzke (Zaha Hadid)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 11:00am - 12:00pm / Otis Room |
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ZHA’s designs point towards a future architectural language extending the disciplines formal boundaries. The Nordpark Cable Railway (Dec.2007) and the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion (Feb.2008) are part of an innovative research trajectory within ZHA that embraces latest digital design technology and digital fabrication methods. The application of advanced digital technology throughout the course of the project enables a seamless workflow from the fluid shapes of the drawing board to the realization process. An innovative architectural language meets new technologies in order to articulate each project’s complexities. By means of ZHA’s characteristic dynamic acceleration curves and sculpted surface modulations the designs express a contemporary position within the international architectural discourse.
Large sculptural roof structures made from thermoformed glass create the focal point for the Nordpark Cable Car project. NURBS modelling techniques allow for the creation highly continuous double curvatures within the roof’s surface modulation. Based on flow analogies of the frozen fluid such as glacial phenomena the landmark features were derived from an experimental design and manufacturing process from the projects start in 2004 to the opening of the tracks in 2007.
The Mobile Pavilion is based on a basic diagram of the torus, allowing the exhibition loop to evolve around a central light dwell. Various spatial conditions were created within the continuous exhibition layout by parametrically distorting the torus in order to create narrow and high spaces that morph into wider and lower sections. The introduction of a polar grid enabled the structure’s partitioning along the logics of tour-ability, assembly and disassembly as well as formal coherence. FRP (fiber reinforced plastic) was used to create the unique lightweight façade panels.
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Session 3 - The Future of 3D Visualization in AEC: The 3D Architect and Large Scale Projects
Presented by: Knut Ramstad
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 11:00am - 12:00pm / Stone Room |
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Today, large urban developments and complex architectural projects comprise new challenges for designers and planners regarding rapid adaptation to change, precise communication, efficient decision-making processes, transparency and reliability. Being embedded in the project management groups, the expert 3D Architect can play the part of the central information agent, forming the hub in multi-disciplinarian environments and ensuring that planners, stake holders, decision makers and the public get an optimum understanding of the different aspects of the proposed development. Based on the insight gained through large and very ambitious architectural projects; particularly the Telenor Fornebu Project and The Tjuvholmen Project, this session will focus on how these processes can lead to better design, improved quality, high predictability and above all; a greater enthusiasm and more fun!
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Session 4 - Photography for Visualization Artists: Learning to See Creatively
Presented by: Lon Grohs (Neoscape)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:00pm / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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Visualization and Photography have a lot in common, yet many architectural visualization artists have never spent any time behind the lens of a camera. When you look at the world through a lens and come to understand how exposure, lighting, color and composition all delicately work together, the way you approach visualization will change forever. This session will provide an in-depth lesson in architectural photography, learning to see the world creatively and how visualization artists can use and learn the art of architectural and landscape photography to enhance their skills as visualization artists.
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Session 5 - Virtual Terraforming in Architectural Visualization
Presented by: Evert Vandenberghe (Animated Motion Studios)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:00pm / Otis Room |
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Contour lines, GIS data, survey coordinates, LIDAR scanning and triangulated 3D meshes all make up the confusing soup of terms and data one typically receives when attempting to create an accurate model of terrain. It can be quite a daunting task to decipher all of this data and determine the best way to convert it to a usable 3D terrain model. This session will explore the various tools and techniques used to create virtual 3D terrains for use in your architectural and landscape visualizations.
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Session 6 - The Inside Track: BIM Solutions Reviewed on Real World Projects
Presented by: Dat Lien (Gensler)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:00pm / Stone Room |
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You’ve heard the hype about BIM but have you heard the whole story? From small retail 2500 SF projects to large multi-million dollar buildings, find out what it really takes to put a project together in a Building Information Modeling environment. Just like most software that we use today, only 20% of the tools are used in day-to-day application, the problem is figuring out which of these tools are right for the job at hand. Each of the projects takes advantage of a very distinct toolset and each has their own challenges. Don’t miss this session because your next project could venture down the same path, a path that someone has already paved.
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Session 7 - Visualizing the London & Madrid Olympics
Presented by: Ximo Peris (Smoothe) and Gustavo Capote (Precontruct)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 3:45pm - 4:45pm / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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Visualizing the Olympics is a very specific job. Most large scale projects require a certain degree of abstraction and often the animations will focus on highlighting zones and technical descriptions that will focus on the urban design aspects of the interventions. The visuals for the Olympics will often ignore all these issues and concentrate on the aspirational ideas of the games. Media attention will demand photorealistic imagery from the very beginning requiring sometimes a parallel design development presentation that is used only for internal meetings. The rest of the animations will often be produced to be shown on the news and the budgets will suddenly go from none existing to very generous allowing helicopter filming and camera tracking. This presentation will use the Madrid and London Olympic bids as well as other Preconstruct and Smoothe productions to illustrate the singularities of working for the Olympics.
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Session 8 - BIM Evolution: Beyond Drawings and Pretty Pictures
Presented by: Jim Balding (WATG)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 3:45pm - 4:45pm / Otis Room |
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Many firms are using BIM tools and doing quite well with them. They can whip out a set of 100% coordinated drawings complete with plans, sections, elevations, details and schedules; not to mention renderings. This session will explore the next steps in the natural progression of BIM implementation/adoption/use. In other words, what you can do with a model once it is under way or built. Come prepared to talk; this session will be an open discussion about the future of this latest movement. We will discuss hardware, software, deliverables, process, integration and whatever else pops up.
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Session 9 - Good to Great -- Rendering BIM Projects in 3ds Max Design
Presented by: Scott D. Davis (Autodesk)
EARN 1 AIA CREDIT FOR ATTENDING THIS SESSION
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 3:45pm - 4:45pm / Stone Room |
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This session is designed for Revit Architecture users who want to take their rendering skills to the next level using advanced visualization techniques. Autodesk 3ds Max Design is a powerful tool that offers visualization opportunities not available in the Revit rendering engine. This presentation will cover the process for producing high-quality still images from your building information modeling (BIM) and project files for an effective design visualization workflow between the two applications. If you’d like to use realistic-looking materials, advanced illumination techniques, and accurate compositions in your project presentations, this session is for you.
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Session 10 - Digital Cities and the Future of Design Visualization (Panel)
Presented by: Doug Eberhard (Autodesk), Tim Case (Parsons Brinckerhoff), Didier Madoc Jones (GMJ)
Time: Monday May 12, 2008 / 5:00pm - 6:30pm / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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While Design Visualization has been used for years to help communicate and sell proposed projects within communities and cities around the world, the deliverables have traditionally been renderings, animations, videos and DVD’s. In recent years, there has been a move to develop real-time interactive models that offer a more flexible and engaging experience, but the underlying 3D/4D models themselves have remained a proprietary digital asset of the studios and companies that produce them. So what if there was a way to actually share or publish these models for end-clients to use without diluting the intellectual property or “secrets” contained within them? What if there was a new market opportunity for these 3D/4D/Geospatial Visualization models that provided added value to the end client and increased revenue to the producer? This panel discussion will explore the concept of “Digital Cities” and how the convergence of BIM, Design Visualization, Geospatial, Simulation and Collaboration technologies are creating a new way to visualize, analyze, communicate and sell projects at a macro scale. Presenters will show real world examples of how 3D/4D models are being created and how they could be shared within a larger community or city context. See how this idea is helping to create a new market opportunity for the design visualization community while offering greater digital sustainability in the future.
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Session 1 - Anatomy of an Architectural Film: Production and Compositing Workflows Revealed
Presented by: Nils Norgren (Neoscape), Louis Marcoux (Autodesk)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 10:00am - 12:00pm / Grand Ballroom C-E |
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A revolution has recently come upon our industry in the form of a newly coined term and marketing vehicle: the architectural film. Inspired and influenced by the entertainment and commercial advertising worlds, the walkthroughs of years past, conjuring images of robotic and mind-numbing journeys through a space, are finally on their way out. This session will present in-depth production and compositing techniques used in some of our industry's most recognized architectural short films.
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Session 2 - Real World BIM: Tips & Tricks in a Real World BIM Implementation
Presented by: Eric Bobrow (Bobrow Consulting Group), James Vandezande (SOM)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 10:00am - 12:00pm / Otis Room |
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In this session you'll get tips for implementing BIM successfully in the real world from two BIM veterans with very different backgrounds. James Vandezande is an architect and Revit user, while Eric Bobrow is an ArchiCAD reseller, trainer and consultant. They'll give their personal perspectives on real world questions including:
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What is BIM (really) and how do you implement it
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Training – what type and how much do you really need
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Transition Strategies
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Standards and Support What to Model and What to Draft – and how much do you have to change your design process
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The Roles of BIM Champions, BIM Managers and Principals
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Real World Objects – how specific do you need to be
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Sharing with the Contractor – Liability/Disclaimers
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Real project stories
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Session 3 - Beyond the Frame Buffer: Post Production Techniques
Presented by: Ryan Lintott (Squint Opera)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 10:00am - 12:00pm / Stone Room |
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Although many do not realize it, some of the most successful and well recognized images in the industry were at most 60 percent complete when the image finished rendering. Many hours of post production go into making a final image from what is usually a bland and unengaging base image, and turning it into a visual masterpiece. Some of these techniques used on still images can also be translated for use in animations with the help of 2d and 3d compositing tools. This session will unlock the post production secrets used by top studios and artists, featuring workflows, tips and tricks and production ready techniques to help you take your images and animations to the next level.
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Session 4 - Anatomy of an Image: Production and Image Workflows Revealed
Presented by: Rodrigo Lopez (Neoscape), Gustavo Capote (Precontruct)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:00pm / Grand Ballroom (C-E) |
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As a Visualization artist one has to wear many hats to execute a successful image. You need to be an artist, a photographer, a technician, a skilled software user, and an IT professional all in one. Although your clients think it all happens with the push of a button, even the most novice visualizer knows how difficult managing all of these skills and workflows can be. In this session, attendees will be immersed in the production workflows of well known visualization studios, where they will learn the behind the scenes secrets, tips and tricks and production techniques that were used to create some of our industries most well recognized images.
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Session 5 - Moving Models: Best Practices & Workflows for Sharing and Translating BIM Models
Presented by: Jorge Tiscareno (Gensler), Mark Gerhard (IMAGINiT)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:30pm / Otis Room |
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Struggling with your BIM Models and Visualization? Getting more then you bargained from your BIM model? Then this class is for you! In this session we will tackle this and more questions that arise from working with BIM models and how to best use them in our visualization workflow. We will discuss this new workflow of real-world projects and the pitfalls and successes of them. In addition we will present a step by step process of a project from export-import to final setup for visualization.The new BIM movement as opened a realm of new possibilities and visualization on every phase of the project is now not only possible but necessary; so come and join us and struggle no more!
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Session 6 - Ask The Experts: An Open Forum for BIM Implementation Questions
Presented by: Dat Lien (Gensler), Jim Balding (WATG), Eric Bobrow (Bobrow Consulting Group), James Vandezande (SOM)
Time: Tuesday May 13, 2008 / 1:30pm - 3:30pm / Stone Room |
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Join our panel of experts from around the world and with different expertise from residential to commercial, large to small projects and corporate businesses to sole proprietors. Discuss expectations, costs, time and value. How do you work on a job with offices around the nation; How do you get everyone trained; What is the adoption rate; How do you measure success on a BIM implementation? These burning questions (and more) are on everyone’s minds and will be answered in a fashion that you can use on your own implementation in practice.
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