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From November 13-17, 2024, the 5th Computational Design Forum 2024 with the theme of "Computational Design: The Transformation of Architecture Empowered by Artificial Intelligence" was successfully held at Tongji University in Shanghai. Under the background of today's rapid development of science and technology, the theme of "Computational Design: Transformation of Architecture Empowered by Artificial Intelligence" is close to the pulse of the times and focuses on the profound changes that will take place in the field of architecture. Computational design breaks through the limitations of manual drawing and empirical judgment in the traditional architectural design process, while the rapid rise of artificial intelligence injects vitality and intelligence into computational design.

This academic forum is co-sponsored by the Professional Committee of Computational Design of Architectural Society of China and School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University, and supported by School of Architecture and Design of Harbin Institute of Technology, Digital Future, Shanghai Architecture and Decoration Engineering Group, D5 Renderer, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University (Group) Co. Ltd, Shanghai Tongji Green Building Civil Structure Prefabricated Assembly Engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Shanghai Digital Construction Engineering Technology Research Center, Shanghai Architectural Society Digital Building Branch, with the support of Beijing Hengzhi Technology Co. This academic forum is divided into several parts, including theme report, enterprise report, session report and workshop, with a total of more than 500 participants.

Conference Opening Ceremony

At the opening ceremony, Prof. Feng Shihong, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Tongji University, Mr. Li Cundong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of China Architecture Standard Design & Research Institute Co. Prof. Wang Zhendong and Mr. Yao Feijun, Technical Director of Autodesk Software (China) Ltd. delivered speeches for this conference.

Ruy, Professor Carlo Ratti, Head of the MIT Sensory City Lab and curator of the Venice Biennale 2025; and nine keynote speakers: Professor Sun Cheng, Dean of the School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology; Professor Luo Shijian, Professor of the Department of Industrial Design, School of Computer Science, Zhejiang University; Professor Qin Jingyan, Vice Dean of the School of Intelligent Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing; Professor Xu Weiwei, Vice President of Future Habitat Research Institute, Tsinghua University Shenzhen International Academy Prof. Xu Weiguo, Executive Vice President of Future Habitat Research Institute, Prof. Li Biao, Head of the Institute of Architectural Computing and Applications, College of Architecture, Southeast University, Prof. Xu Nicco, Director of the Institute of Intelligent Design and Construction, College of Architecture, Tianjin University, Prof. Yuan Fenghuang, Associate Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Lian Zhen, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Architectural Decoration Engineering Group and Mr. Jiang Jiacheng, Director of Industry Solutions, D5 Group. In addition, dozens of members of the Committee of Computational Design of Architectural Society of China and teachers and students from related colleges and universities attended the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was hosted by Vice President Yuan Feng.

Opening speeches by Mr. Feng Shihong, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee (left) and Mr. Li Cundong, Secretary General (right).

On behalf of Tongji University, Prof. Feng Shenghong, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Tongji University, warmly welcomed the leaders, experts, teachers and students attending the conference, and expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Architectural Society of China (ASC) Computational Design Committee for its support to the development of Tongji University. He pointed out that Tongji University is both an explorer and a practitioner in the transformation of architectural disciplines empowered by computational design and artificial intelligence. The university puts the development of "digital intelligence" in architectural design, urban planning and other disciplines in an important position, gives new kinetic energy to the development of traditional disciplines, and comprehensively promotes "AI+" in disciplinary construction, talent cultivation, scientific research, and platform building to open up new tracks and shape new advantages. He said, "Looking to the future, Tongji will continue to be a leader in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He said that looking to the future, Tongji University will continue to uphold the concept of "openness and tolerance, collaborative innovation", strengthen cooperation with top international universities and research institutions, and continue to deepen the research in the fields of computational design and intelligent buildings.

Mr. Li Cundong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Academy of Building Standard Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Secretary General of Architectural Society of China (ASOC), briefly explained ASOC through three dimensions - brilliant achievements, philosophy of running the society, organizational structure - and introduced the Committee on Computational Design from the perspectives of organizational functions Mr. Li Cundong introduced the Committee on Computational Design from the perspectives of organizational functions, academic activities, and outstanding contributions. He pointed out that the construction industry is now facing two major challenges: on the one hand, China is facing many institutional and managerial challenges in the process of promoting the industrialization and informatization of construction; on the other hand, the development of information technology is triggering a comprehensive change in the construction industry and even in the human society. The theme of this year's conference is "Computational Design: Transformation of Architecture Empowered by Artificial Intelligence", which aims to provide new ideas for the construction industry to cope with these challenges through in-depth exchanges and discussions among experts and scholars, help the informationization and digitalization transformation of the construction industry, and promote the excavation of new dynamics and potentials in the construction industry chain.

Opening speeches by Prof. Sun Cheng (left) and Prof. Wang Zhendong (right)

Prof. Sun Cheng, Director of Computational Design Committee of Architectural Society of China (ASC), reviewed the five years since the establishment of Computational Design Committee, which has been dedicated to the exploration of the whole building industry under the support of digital technology, and pointed out that architectural design can no longer be confined to the traditional design stage, but should fully utilize the technical means of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things (IoT), and incorporate into the design of the whole design-construction-operation-maintenance process, including the factors of resource, demand, performance, and efficiency. Instead, it is necessary to fully utilize the technical means of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things to incorporate resources, demand, performance, efficiency and other factors in the whole process of design, construction and operation and maintenance into the design, so as to achieve the optimal allocation of resources, the optimization of performance and the optimization of aesthetics, and to help the construction of the country's ecological civilization, the realization of the goal of "dual-carbon", and the high-quality urban and rural development. Afterwards, Prof. Sun Cheng summarized the work of the committee in 2024 on behalf of the committee, and showed the fruitful achievements of members and units in academic research, practical exploration and teaching practice in the field of computational design.

In addition, Prof. Wang Zhendong, Secretary of the Party Committee of School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the school.

Conference Report and Keynote Presentation

In the morning of the 16th, Prof. Mario Carpo, Reyner Banham Chair Professor of University College London and "Peak Discipline Team" of Tongji University, gave an invited lecture entitled "Generative Al-Problems and Perspectives for the Design Professions". and Perspectives for the Design Professions". The presentation discussed the problems and challenges of applying generative AI in the design professions, and provided important inspirations on how to correctly apply generative AI tools to empower design.

Prof. Sun Cheng, Dean of the School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology, made a keynote report entitled "Inter-temporal Development and Frontier Prospect of Computational Design", which focuses on the development of the development of computational design and the cutting-edge dynamics of the development of computational design, which is an important inspiration for how computational design can promote the design innovation.

Prof. Luo Shijian from School of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University gave a keynote speech entitled "New Paradigm of Design Knowledge Production in the Age of Digital Intelligence", which explored a new mode of knowledge production in the field of design in the context of digitization and intelligence. Prof. Jingyan Qin from the School of Intelligent Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, gave a keynote speech entitled "Sustainable Meta-Design under the Perspective of Digital Eco-Civilization".

Presentation by Prof. Mario Carpo (left) Presentation by Prof. Sun Cheng (right)

Prof. Luo Shijian giving his presentation (left) Prof. Qin Jingyan giving his presentation (right)

In the afternoon of 16th, Prof. David Ruy, Professor and Vice Dean of Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), firstly made an invited report entitled "Through a Mirror Darkly". Prof. Xu Weiguo, Executive Vice President of Future Habitat Research Institute of Tsinghua Shenzhen International Academy, gave a keynote speech entitled "Intelligent Design Generation, 3D Printing Construction", which demonstrated the possibility of combining intelligent generation and 3D printing construction. Prof. Li Biao, Professor of the School of Architecture and Director of the Institute of Architectural Computing and Applications, Southeast University, gave a presentation entitled "Algorithmic Embedding of Archiweb Applications". Then, Prof. Nicco Xu, Director of the Institute of Intelligent Design and Construction, School of Architecture, Tianjin University, gave a keynote speech entitled "Design and Realization of Spatial Interactive Devices", discussing the design possibilities and realization paths of spatial interactive devices in the context of technological development. Finally, Prof. Yuan Feng, Associate Dean of School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, gave a keynote speech entitled "Sustainable Computing: Material Reduction, Recycling & Reuse", discussing the application of computational methods in sustainable design.

Presentation by Prof. David Ruy

Prof. Xu Weiguo giving his presentation (left) Prof. Li Biao giving his presentation (right)

Prof. Nicco Xu giving his presentation (left) Prof. Yuan Feng giving his presentation (right)

On the morning of the 17th, Lian Zhen, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Architectural Decoration Engineering Group Co., Ltd. gave a presentation entitled "New Mode of Building Decoration Construction Based on Digital and Intelligent Integration", which discussed how to promote the innovation of design, construction and management of architectural decoration projects through the fusion of digitalization and intelligent technology. Mr. Jiang Jiacheng, Director of Industry Solutions of D5 Group, gave a keynote speech entitled "Multimodal Scene Editing, Reinventing Spatial Narrative", focusing on the use of multimodal technology to realize scene editing, in order to reshape the narrative in digital and physical space.

Chief Engineer Lian Zhen made a report (left) Director Jiang Jiacheng made a report (right)

On the afternoon of the 17th, Prof. Carlo Ratti, head of the MIT Senseable Cities Experiment and curator of the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture, gave a lecture entitled "Senseable Cities". In this lecture, Prof. Carlo Ratti will discuss the new technological revolution into the traditional fields of architecture and design through the introduction of his research platform "Senseable Cities Laboratory" at MIT and the projects of his design office Carlo Ratti Associati.

Presentation by Prof. Carlo Ratti

moment of truth

As a supporting organization of the forum, this participation further demonstrates our responsibility and accountability in promoting innovation in the field of computational design.

We look forward to working with more universities, research institutions and industry partners to contribute to the continued development of computational design and create a new future for AI-enabled architecture!

Hengzhi Technology Booth

The regional head of HBTS introduced HBTS neuroscience products to the attendees.

Li Min, Head of East/Central China Region, Hengzhi TechnologiesIntroducing the Cortivision Wireless Portable NIR Optical Brain Imaging System for experts and scholars.

Mr. Li Min, Head of East/Central China Region, introduces Hengzheng Technology to experts and scholars.Cortivision NIR-SmartBCI Portable EEG Multimodal Acquisition and Analysis System

Liang Gang, Head of East/Central China Region of Hengzhi TechnologyFriendly exchanges with experts and scholars of the conference

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