Webinar: Digital Architecture by Nashville Design Week

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About This Webinar

Sim City of the next frontier? This panel explores architecture in the digital realm.

Presenters

Casey Estanislao

Host

Casey brings over fifteen years of experience to her role as the Director of Strategy at HASTINGS Architecture. A Senior Associate at HASTINGS, Casey is responsible for strategic planning and pursuit of new business. Her interest in “what’s next” for the profession has led to her curiosity in digital architecture and its potential impact on the profession.

Isabella Marcotulli

Project Leader and Urban Designer, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

Isabella joined BIG in 2017 and is currently a Project Leader and Urban Designer in the New York office. Working with clients such as Google, ICON Build and The Metals Company, Isabella specializes in leading research-driven masterplans that bring a focus to how we interact with technology and ecology. Her experience ranges from BIG’s notable Silicon Island Masterplan, a new 2300-acre Island in Penang, Malaysia, to defining the role of architects in BIG’s growing body of metaverse projects.

George Bileca

CEO, Voxel Architects

George Bileca is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Voxel Architects. Through Voxel Architects, he is helping brands and blockchain communities build a digital presence in the leading virtual worlds, while also developing assets and infrastructure solutions that aid the metaverse rapid expansion. Leading a team of 25 people, George has carried out challenging 3D construction projects for renowned companies and personalities such as Consensys, Sotheby's, Metamask, Real Vision, Beeple, Tom Sachs, Grimes, Elvis Presley among others.

Vishu Bhooshan

Lead Designer, Computation and Design Research Group (ZHA CODE), Zaha Hadid Architects

Vishu is an Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects, Computation and Design Research group (ZHA CODE) in London. He is also a Lecturer at Architectural Computation, Bartlett post-graduate program (BPro), University College of London. He leads the design research on computational geometries, with specific interest on structure and fabrication aware tectonics and the development of software agnostic computational frameworks to explore it. He has taught and presented at several institutes, international workshops and professional CAD conferences.

Joseph Platt

Moderator

Ryan Burnett

Program Coordinator, Nashville Design Week

Nashville Design Week