The International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping (VRAP), organised every two years since 2003, has been designed to be a major forum for the Scientific exchange of multi disciplinary and inter-organisational aspects of virtual and physical prototyping and related areas. VRAP aims at making a significant contribution for further development of these fields. In 2007, as in the two previous editions, we gathered participants from more than 20 countries. The Conference carries out a full paper submission. Selected papers will be published in special issues of International Journals.
The Centre Pompidou Museum has acquired some of Neri Oxman's work for its renowned permanent collection. The collection houses some of the most important works of the 20th and 21st century acknowledging artists whose works have marked the creative production of the past years. Considered to be one of the most important museums in the world, and featuring the leading collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, the Centre Pompidou's mission is to spread knowledge about all creative works from the 20th century and those heralding the new millenium.
materialecology was formed in 2006 by Neri Oxman as an interdisciplinary research initiative that undertakes design research in the intersection between architecture, engineering, computation, and ecology. As such, this initiative is concerned with material organization and performance across all scales of design thought and practice. As such, it seeks to promote and define a design research agenda which is ecological in nature, in ideology and in material practice; it aims at embracing the evolving elements of change in both (and indeed related) social constructs and environmental descriptions of the ever changing built environment. materialecology undertakes research in advanced digital applications for architectural practice and pursuits their contribution to a design paradigm promoting generative design processes.