ASCAAD

The Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD) is a society of those who teach, conduct research and practice in computer-aided architectural design (CAAD) in the Arab World regions of West Asia, and North Africa. ASCAAD is also active in Central Asia, Sub-Sahara Africa, and the Mediterranean. ASCAAD is one of five regional sister organizations that promote CAAD research and education worldwide, including ACADIA (North America), eCAADe (Europe), SIGraDi (South America), and (CAADRIA) Asia. ASCAAD aims to facilitate communication and information exchange regarding the use of digital design technology in architecture, planning and building science that are dramatically challenging our fundamental assumptions, theories, and practices of conventional design paradigm. Since 2005, the society has been holding conferences and educational events that are hosted by a different university each time. The output of the conferences and contributions from the educational events are published as a Conference Proceedings book.