Celestino Soddu is an architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 and professor

Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 of Generative Design at Politecnico di Milano university in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. He is one of the pioneers of Generative Art

Generative art

Generative art refers to art that has been generated, composed, or constructed in an algorithmic manner through the use of systems defined by computer software algorithms, or similar mathematical or mechanical or randomised autonomous processes....

 and Design. His first generative software was designed in 1986 for creating 3D models of endless variations of typical Italian Medieval towns.

Starting from 1998 he is the chair of Generative Art annual international conferences.

External links

• http://www.generativeart.com
• http://www.argenia.it
• http://www.digicult.it/digimag/article.asp?id=61
• http://www.nexusjournal.com/2010/celestino_soddu.html