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:
Recent Courses:
art @ IIT:
Recent IPRO Projects:
Student Work:
Research:
Research from the PhD and MArch Programs:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Space Adjacency Behavior in Space Planning
by Ying-Chun Hsu, presented at the CAADRIA 2004 Conference,
Seoul, South Korea, April, 2004
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Seashell Architectures
by Kamon Jirapong, ISAMA/Bridges 2003
Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Granada University,
Spain, July, 2003
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Mobius Concepts in Architecture
by Jolly Thulaseedas, ISAMA/Bridges 2003
Conference, Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science,
Granada University,
Spain, July, 2003
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Architectural Forms by Abstracting Nature
by Kamon Jirapong, presented at Generative Art Conference,
Milan, Italy, December, 2002
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Generating Fractals Based on Spatial Organizations,
working paper by Magdy M. Ibrahim, February, 2001
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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
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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
Last update: October, 2013 by Robert J. Krawczyk