Robert J. Krawczyk

Illinois Institute of Technology
Professor of Architecture
College of Architecture
S. R. Crown Hall
3360 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Office: Upper Level East, Crown Hall
Phone: 312-567-5708
Fax: 312-567-6816
e-mail: krawczyk@iit.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Newly released book covering digital design concepts, available February, 2016:

Newly released book covering digital design concepts, available October, 2013:


Book on digital design, available January, 2009:

Publications can also be found at:

Academia.edu

ResearchGate.net

Recent Courses:

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

art @ IIT:

• Archive for art @ IIT 2004-2007

Recent IPRO Projects:

• EnPRO Proposal Virtual Reality
  
  
• EnPRO 359 art@IIT

• IPRO Proposal: Technology and Art - A Kinetic Sculpture

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
• New Generation of Computer Aided Design in Space Planning Methods - A Survey and a Proposal
By Ying-Chun Hsu,  presented at the CAADRIA 2003 Conference,
Bangkok, Thailand, October, 2003
• 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:

• Twistors - Sculptural Explorations, with Nat Freidman
  ISAMA Hyperseeing Journal, Winter 2014
  
• Generalized Tetrahedrons and Sculptural Variations, with Nat Freidman
  ISAMA Hyperseeing Journal, Winter 2014
  
• Exploring the Visualization of Music
  Bridges 2012 Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
  Towson, MD, July, 2012
• 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 Visualization 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,
Washington DC, October, 2000

• The Art of Spirolaterals-----(Spirolateral Gallery)
MOSAIC 2000, Millennial Open Symposium on the Arts and Interdisciplinary 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, parody 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
sponsored 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,
sponsored 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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