Robert J. Krawczyk

Illinois Institute of Technology
Associate Professor
College of Architecture
S. R. Crown Hall
3360 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA
Office: Room 212, 3410 Building
Phone: 312-567-5708
Fax: 312-567-6816
e-mail: krawczyk@iit.edu

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 359 art@IIT

• 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:

• 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:

• BitArt 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

Architectural Sites of Interest:

Organizations:

• ACADIA The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture: 1996 Conference
• ACADIA Member Survey
• Key Centre of Design Computing
• SIGGRAPH '96 Conference
• American Institute of Architects, National Headquarters

Publications:

• City of Bits by William Mitchell; Space, Place, and the Infobahn
• 3D Artist Magazine
• Cadalyst Magazine
• Cadence Magazine
• Digitial Video Magazine
• PC Graphics and Video Magazine
• Multimedia Producer Magazine
• NewMedia Magazine
• W I R E D Magazine
• The Nonlinear Nonsense News , about fractals, chaos, radical graphics
• 3D Design Magazine
• New Riders, CAD Bookstore

Schools of Architecture and Architectural Resources:

• University of Buffalo , index to 125 school sites in 21 countries
• University of Toronto , Architectural Virtual Library
• University of Buffalo , Internet Resource Center
• University of Nevada, Internet Resource Center , Architecture and Building Info
• AEC InfoNet , Architectural Resource Library
• AEC Access , Professional AEC Resources
• ArchiWeb , information exchange from Japan
• siteX , McGill University 'places' in cyberspace
• Architectural Visualisation , University of Auckland
• Portfolio , Carnegie Mellon's Student Publication
• Virtual Gallery , University of Miami's Student Work
• Virtual Studio , conducted by the Istanbul Mimar Sinan University
• basilisk ,a quarterly journal of film, architecture, philosophy, literature, music, and perception

3D Models, Textures, and Support Software:

• Mesh Mart
• 3D Studio Resources

For Your Own Searches Start Here:

• Alta Vista Search, 16 million Web sites
• All-in-One Search Page
• SavvySearch

Sources for Creating Your Own Home Pages:

• HTML Primer
• HTML Quick Reference
• Graphic Images, available from IIT

Other Sites of Interest:

Places and Resources on Hiking:

• National Park Service
• National Parks
• Great Outdoors Recreation Page
• Virtual Pathways , Ezine backpacking magazine
• Adventurous Traveler Bookstore
• The Backcountry Home Page
• National Parks and Conservation Association , support your backcountry
• Sierra Club