Gabriela Celani
Gabriela Celani is a Bachelor (1989) and a Master (2007) in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of São Paulo (USP), and a PhD (2002) in Architecture: Design & Computation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. She is the founder of LAPAC, the Laboratory of Automation and Prototyping for Architecture and Construction. Her work focuses on generative design, rapid prototyping, digital fabrication, 3D digitation and automation of the architectural design process. She is vice president of institutional relations of SIGRADI, the Iberoamerican Society for Digital Graphics, and belongs to the scientific committees of various CAAD conferences, such as eCAADe, CAADRIA and DCC, and journals such as IJAC, Automation in Construction, AIEDAM and Design Studies.
Interview
This face-to-face interview was conducted in Berlin, on August 31st, 2015. Gabriela Celani traveled to Germany through the Connect program, sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The translation to Portuguese was done by Maycon Sedrez.