Host: ABACUS, Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde,
UK.
Organisers: Tom
Maver, Jelena Petric and Jean Dick
The 1994 conference was hosted by ABACUS at the University of Strathclyde and attended by, at that time, a record number of 130 delegates. For the first time in the series of ECAADE Conferences the word "virtual" featured in the title and had significant relevance to the way in which the conference was organised: the main lecture hall hosted the "real" presentations while an identical lecture hall located directly below, hosted the "virtual" presentations relayed simultaneously in sound and video from "above". This arrangement allowed committed participants to engage "live" with actual presenters while other participants could connect - on and off - with the virtual presentations below. It all seemed to work quite well.
The organisers of the Glasgow Conference think that 1994 contributed to a more ambitious expectation of the number of participants attending ECAADE conferences but maybe it was the allure of the national drink, the national party (CEILIDH -we had the tallest man in the shortest kilt and the shortest man in the longest kilt) and, of course, the wonderful Glasgow weather.
Despite all the academic quality and great good fun, Jelena Petric opted, on the Saturday, to give birth to Nina; a double and memorable celebration in Glasgow.
Proceedings: The Virtual Studio proceedings are available in book format from Jean Dick at ABACUS (ISBN: 0 95 2 3687 0 6)