Engaging with Complexity:  Computational Parametrics in Architecture and Urban Design by Keith Besserud

Publishing outlet:  Chapter for book entitled, "Parametric Architecture"; 2014

A broad overview of the use of parametric modeling in the architecture, urban design, and structural engineering disciplines at SOM.

SOM BlackBox by Keith Besserud

Publishing outlet: Chapter for book entitled, "New Computational Paradigms in Architecture", 2013

An overview of the use of advanced computation in the design processes at SOM, using the Nanchang project as a case study.

Structural Emergence: Architectural and Structural Design Collaboration at SOM by Keith Besserud, Neil Katz and Alessandro Beghini

Publishing outlet: AD (Wiley); 2013

A discussion of both the historical and contemporary culture of interdisciplinary collaboration between SOM architects and structural engineers, highlighting the use of computation as part of the current collaborations.

Scales of Metabolic Flows: Regional, Urban, and Building Systems Design at SOM by Keith Besserud and Mark Sarkisian

Publishing outlet: AD (Wiley); 2013

An examination of the concept of "metabolic flows" as it relates to 3 different scales of study: the regional, the urban, and the architectural.

Urban Design, Urban Simulation, and the Need for Computational Tools by Keith Besserud and Thomas Hussey

Publishing outlet: IBM Journal of Research and Development; 2012

Overview of the urban design process at SOM, using the Beijing CBD expansion project as a case study; and highlighting the aspects of the design process that would stand to benefit from the availability of more rigorous computational tools for simulation and analysis.

Durability of Cold Bent Insulating Glass Units by Keith Besserud, Matt Bergers, Andrew J. Black, Lawrence Donald Carbary, Arkadiusz Mazurek, Donald Mission, and Kenneth Rubis

Publishing outlet: Journal of ASTM International; 2012

Article written for a technical journal that describes a research project that studied the long-term performative behavior of cold-bent curtainwall panels, specifically the primary sealant joint of the IGU.

SOM's BIM Trajectory by Keith Besserud and Heechan Shin

Publishing outlet: SPACE Journal (Korea); 2009

An overview of the work of the BlackBox group at SOM.

Inside the BlackBox: SOM's Technological Trajectory by Keith Besserud and Annie Simpson

Publishing outlet: SOM website

Introduction to BlackBox, its mission, and its position within the arc of technology use at SOM since the early years of the firm.

Architectural Genomics by Keith Besserud and Josh Ingram

Publishing outlet: Proceedings from the ACADIA conference; 2008

Discussion of the development and use of the Genetic Algorithm by BlackBox.