{"57915":{"#nid":"57915","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Al-Haddad wins Fulbright Exchange Position to Chile","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETristan Al-Haddad has been accepted to the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program to the Federico Santa Maria Technical University in Valparaiso, Chile for the fall 2009 semester. Al-Haddad, a celebrated local artist and visiting professor in architecture will teach concepts of digital design and manufacturing in architecture and construction. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\ufffdThe project objectives will be to design a variable system of construction that can be expressed as a parametrically defined design representation and can be fabricated using CNC [Computer Numerical Control] technology,\ufffd said Al-Haddad. \ufffdThis system will be generated bottom-up by interrogating materials, configurations, and constructability in order to digitally parameterize the material world.\ufffd\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work will result in an exhibition and a publication on each of the design systems generated by the students.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\ufffdI will also run a series of intensive workshops on generative design, parametric modeling, design simulation, and digital manufacturing for both the general faculty and for the student body at large,\ufffd he continued. \ufffdThese workshops represent an opportunity to expose the entire school to these new techniques and technologies and will broaden the impact of the exchange.\ufffd\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1946, the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program has helped nearly 23,000 teachers and administrators contribute to mutual understanding between the United States and countries around the world.  Learn more at \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.fulbrightexchanges.org\/\u0027\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.fulbrightexchanges.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Professor will teach digital design, manufacturing in architecture and construction."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Tristan Al-Haddad has been accepted to the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program to the Federico Santa Maria Technical University in Valparaiso, Chile for the fall 2009 semester.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor will teach digital design, manufacturing"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2009-03-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:43","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57916":{"id":"57916","type":"image","title":"Recent installation by Tristan Al-Haddad","body":null,"created":"1449176194","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:34","changed":"1475894510","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:50","alt":"Recent installation by Tristan Al-Haddad","file":{"fid":"190723","name":"tlj77627.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlj77627_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tlj77627_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11675,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tlj77627_0.jpg?itok=fsG5BKG3"}}},"media_ids":["57916"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1168","name":"architecture grant"},{"id":"369","name":"Fulbright"},{"id":"638","name":"georgia tech architecture"},{"id":"1169","name":"tristan al-haddad"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}