Michael Silver
Assistant Professor
Department of Architecture
State University of New York at Buffalo
United States of America
Biography
Michael Silver pursues pioneering research in the fields of sustainable design, digital mapping, green composites manufacturing, high-throughput computing and proprietary software development. His current work explores technologies like L.I.D.A.R., mobile computing (AutomasonMP3) and a variety of new robotic fabrication tools, including numerically controlled fiber-placement technology. Michael Silver holds a Masters of Building Design from Columbia University, and is both a LeFevre’ 29 research fellow for The Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus Ohio and a Sanders Fellow at the University of Michigan. He was the Director of Digital Media at the Yale School of Architecture from 2001-2004 and a design instructor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He is also the author of numerous books and articles on the relationship between technology and design practice including "Pamphlet Architecture #19 Reading / Drawing / Building, AD’s “Mapping in the Age of Digital Media” and a new release by Wiley and Sons, entitled “Programming Cultures”.
Research Interest
Architecture
