Robert J. Krawczyk

Illinois Institute of Technology
Professor of Architecture
Associate Dean Undergraduate Academic Affairs
College of Architecture
S. R. Crown Hall
3360 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Office: Room 5, Crown Hall
Phone: 312-567-5708
Fax: 312-567-6816
e-mail: krawczyk@iit.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Current Courses:

• ARCH 428 3D Animation in CAD Presentations
• ARCH 429 CAD Programming, Form Generation
• CAD Minor

• ARCH 225/425 Examination for Credit

IPRO Projects:

• EnPRO Proposal Virtual Reality
  
  
• EnPRO 359 art@IIT

• IPRO Propsoal: Technology and Art - A Kinetic Scuplture

Student Work:

• Renderings

Research:

• Hilbert's Building Blocks 3D Space Curve Generation
• JAVA Experiments Fractals, Space Curves, Spirolaterals, Trees, and Wall Paintings

Research from the PhD and MArch Programs:

• Issues of Integrating Building Codes in CAD
  by Hassan M. Satti,  presented at First International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design,
  ASCAAD 2004 Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February, 2005
• Overview of Intelligent Architecture
by Khaled Sherbini,  presented at First International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design,
ASCAAD 2004 Conference, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, February, 2005
• Tall Building Form Generation by Parametric Design Process -----(Images)
by Sang Min Park,  presented at Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat,
CTBUH 2004 Conference, Seoul, Korea, October, 2004
• Form Development with Spatial Character
by Ying-Chun Hsu,  presented at Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2004 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 2004
• Two Approaches to BIM: A Comparative Study
by Magdy Ibrahim,  presented at Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2004 Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September, 2004
• Space Adjacency Behavior in Space Planning
by Ying-Chun Hsu,  presented at the CAADRIA 2004 Conference,
Seoul, South Korea, April, 2004
• A Web-Based Approach to Transferring Architectural Information to the
  Construction Site Based on the BIM Object Concept
by Magdy Ibrahim, presented at the CAADRIA 2004 Conference, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2004
• The Level of Knowledge of CAD Objects within the Building Information Model
by Magdy Ibrahim,  presented at the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture,
ACADIA 2003 Conference, Muncie, IN, October, 2003
• CAD Smart Objects: Potentials and Limitations
by Magdy Ibrahim,  presented at Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2003 Conference, Graz, Austria, September, 2003
• Seashell Architectures
by Kamon Jirapong,  ISAMA/Bridges 2003 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Granada University, Spain, July, 2003
• Mobius Concepts in Architecture
by Jolly Thulaseedas,  ISAMA/Bridges 2003 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Granada University, Spain, July, 2003
• Architectural Forms by Abstracting Nature
by Kamon Jirapong,  presented at Generative Art Conference,
Milan, Italy, December, 2002
• Natural Form as Virtual Architectures
by Kamon Jirapong,  presented at Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2002 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, September, 2002
• From CAD to iAD, A Web-Based Steel Consulting of Steel Construction in Architecture
by Qi Zhou,  presented at Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2002 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, September, 2002
• Exploring the Effect of Direction on Vector-Based Fractals
by Magdy M. Ibrahim,  presented at Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Bridges 2002 Conference, Towson, MD, July, 2002
• Case Study: Modeling the Interior Structure of Seashells, March, 2002 and
Discovering Architecture within a Seashell, December, 2001
phase one research results by Kamon Jirapong
• Generating Fractals Based on Spatial Organizations,
working paper by Magdy M. Ibrahim, February, 2001
• From CAD to iAD: A Survey of Internet Application in the AEC Industry
by Qi Zhou, presented at the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture,
ACADIA 2001 Conference, Buffalo, NY, October, 2001
• Structural Gizmos-----(Visual Approach for Structural Education Web Site)
by Samir Abdelmawla, presented at the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture,
ACADIA 2000 Conference, Washington, DC, October, 2000

Selected Papers and Exhibits:

• Truchet Tilings Revisited
ISAMA, Conference of The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture,
Chicago, Illinois, June, 2011

• Metallic Lace: A system of ornament based on Cellular Automata
  Dr. Wolfram's New Kind of Science Conference Art Gallery, Washington, DC, June, 2006
  
• Fermat's Spiral Mandalas -----(Mandala Gallery)
  Bridges 2005 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
  Banff, Alberta, Canada, July, 2005
• Introduction to Artistic Programming
  Bridges 2004 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
  Winfield, KS, July, 2004
• The Ghostly Imagery of Strange Attractors
  Bridges 2004 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
  Winfield, KS, July, 2004
• Explore the Massing of Growth in Cellular Automata
  Generative Art Conference, Milan, Italy, December, 2003
  
• Dimension of Time in Strange Attractors
ISAMA/Bridges 2003 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Granada University, Spain, July, 2003

• Architectural Interpretation of Cellular Automata
Dr. Wolfram's New Kind of Science Conference Art Gallery, Boston, MA, June, 2003

• Architectural Interpretation of Cellular Automata
Generative Art Conference, Milan, Italy, December, 2002

• Experiments in Architectural Form Generation Using Cellular Automata
Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe,
eCAADe 2002 Conference, Warsaw, Poland, September, 2002

• Shattered Perfection: Crafting a Virtual Sculpture
IEEE Information Visulation 2002 Conference, London, UK, July, 2002

• Sculptural Interpretation of Mathematical Form
Bridges 2002 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Towson, MD, July, 2002

• Experiments in Architectural Form Generation Using Cellular Automata
ACSA Conference On Growth and Form, University of Waterloo, October, 2001

• The Art of Spirolaterals
Selected entry ACADIA 2001 Digital Media Exhibit, Association of Computer-Aided Design in Architecture,
Buffalo, NY, October, 2001

• More Curved Spirolaterals -----(Spirolateral Gallery)
Bridges 2001 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Winfield, KS, July, 2001

• Curving Spirolaterals -----(Spirolateral Gallery)
Mathematics & Design 2001 Conference, Geelong, Australia, July, 2001

• Form Generation, Creating Hilbert's Building Blocks
Selected entry ACADIA 2000 Digital Media Exhibit, Association of Computer-Aided Design in Architecture,
Washingotn DC, October, 2000

• The Art of Spirolaterals-----(Spirolateral Gallery)
MOSAIC 2000, Millennial Open Symposium on the Arts and Interdisiciplinary Computing,
Seattle, Washington, August, 2000

• Evolutionary Development of Mathematically Defined Forms ----- (Image Gallery)
Bridges, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science Conference,
Winfield, Kansas, July, 2000

• The Art of Spirolateral Reversals
ISAMA, Conference of The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture,
Albany, New York, June, 2000

• Spirolaterals, Complexity from Simplicity
Conference of The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics and Architecture,
San Sebastian, Spain, June, 1999

• Hilbert's Building Blocks
Mathematics & Design Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, June, 1998

• Programs as Pencils: Investigating Form Generation
ACADIA, Association of Computer-Aided Design in Architecture, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, 1997

Computer Generated Artwork:

• BitArtWorks Web Site, The Art of Spirolaterals, Strange Attractors, Spiral Mandalas, and Metallic Lace
  
  
• Mobius Spider Seating, work in progress
  
  
• Any Wall, paraody of Sol LeWitt's wall painting,
  exploration of viewer directed art
• Flow, a streaming piece displaying Spirolaterals
• InterSculpt'03, 3nd International Digital Sculpture Competition and Exhibit
spnsored by Arts Mathematica, Paris, France, October, 2003
Mobius Spider Seating, work in progress
• The Dimension of Time in Strange Attractors at SIGGRAPH 2003 Art Gallery and
  Flowing Transformations and Any Wall at SIGGRAPH 2003 Web Expo
• YLEM Newsletter, Nov/Dec 2001, interview by Torrey Nommesen
• InterSculpt'01 and TeleSculpture'01 2nd International Digital Sculpture Competition and Exhibit,
spnsored by Arts Mathematica, Paris, France, November, 2001
• Curved Spirolateral Series
- SOMARTS Cultural Center Main Gallery, YLEM: 20 Years of Art, Science and Technology, San Francisco, CA, September, 2001
- N-Space Art Gallery, SIGGRAPH 2001, Los Angeles, CA, August, 2001
- Bridges 2001 Conference Art Exhibit, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science, Winfield, KS, July, 2001
• Virtual Ornaments Computer Generated Ornaments
ACADIA Quarterly, December, 1999
• InterSculpt'99 1st International Digital Sculpture Competition and Exhibit,
Arts Mathematica, Paris, France, October, 1999
• TeleSculpture'99 Internet Digital Sculpture Exhibit,
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, October, 1999

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