About

The Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST) investigates the evolving relationship between emerging technologies and the built environment.

Research

Hedgework

Hedgework is an urban landscape intervention installed at the Brookyn Navy Yard in New York City that takes the form of a sentient hedgerow.

Publications

Initiatives

Hida Workshop

The semi-annual Hida Workshop combines Japan’s traditional craftsmanship with current digital design techniques.

Courses

ARC 605: (re)seeking architecture

Instructor: Mark Shepard | Type: Studio
This design research studio will investigate the limits of sensing, processing, and actuating physical space through the design, fabrication and development of a full-scale installation that attempts to playfully engage the contingencies of its use and occupation.