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Buildings take 40% of our society’s energy budget and create our scenery. Computational architectural tools have been explored and developed for decades. Still, architecture schools don’t teach them and architecture firms don’t practice end to end use of design technology. We are working to improve tools, curricula and proactive to streamline architectural practice to improve the quality of work and reduce the negative impact of buildings.

We are a group of computational designers that meet once a month in San Francisco. The objective of the groups is to foster the exchange of innovative workflow, explore new technologies, share case studies of Computational Design based examples applied to real-world problems, and bring together a pool of local Computational Design users. The main focus is on new technologies and open-source in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Since several game companies, manufactures and bioinformatics are also looking for these skills and expertise we are open to any opportunity to cross-pollinate with different and diverse knowledge of our AEC industry.

SFCDI Board of Directors

The group is a non-profit with the 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status.

Cesar Escalante

President

Design Technology Director – Gensler

cesar.escalante@sfcdi.org

So Young Lee

Treasurer

Architect – HOK

soyoung.lee@sfcdi.org

Gabriele Sorrento

Secretary

CEO – Mindesk

gabriele@mindeskvr.com

Dennis Eldridge

Director of Events & Program

Software Developer – Join Inc

dennis.eldridge@sfcdi.org

Jennifer Lew

Director of Marketing

marketing@sfcdi.org

Samuel Williams

Director of Research & Development

research@sfcdi.org

Enrico Chionna

Director of Product

Design Technology Manager – Heller Manus

enrico.chionna@sfcdi.org

SFCDI Volunteers

Alberto Tono

Colin McCrone – Autodesk

Mark Perry – HOK

Andrea Zani – Eckersley O’Callaghan

Bryan McCaffrey – ARUP

Arman Hadilou – WRNS Studio

Alvaro Luna – WeWork

Interested in volunteering? We need you!

Send an email to SFCDI info@sfcdi.org

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SFCDI 5th Anniversary

Logo Design Competition DeadlineAugust 12, 2020

SFCDI is turning 5 years old. Come celebrate with us.

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We are a programmers, developers, architects, engineers, and designers passionate about Technology in relation to Buildings. We meet once a month in San Francisco. The objective of the groups is to foster the exchange of innovative workflow, explore programming ideas, share case studies of Computational Design based examples applied to real world problems, and bring together a pool of local Computational Design users.

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