Program: PARAMETRICISM 1.0

For : Architecture Students & Young Professionals 

No previous knowledge of Grasshopper & Rhino3D required !

Limited Seats for 1 Month Program

Benefits:

• Register at just Rs 8250/- for 1 Month Program
• Registration closes on 3rd September 2020

Workshop Topics :

• Parametric Facade & Cladding System - 4,5 & 6 September, 2020 ( Friday, Saturday & Sunday )
• Form Finding & Digital Simulation - 12 & 13 September, 2020 ( Saturday & Sunday )
• Environmental Analysis & Performative Design - 18, 19 & 20 September, 2020 ( Friday, Saturday & Sunday )
• Introduction to Digital Fabrication & Design Studio & Online Exhibition - 26 & 27 September 2020 ( Saturday & Sunday )

Bundle Registration Benefits :

• 1 Month Computational & Parametric Design Certification
• Recorded Sessions Provided
• Design Project with online exhibition on 4th additional week
• Introduction to Digital Fabrication

*These benefits are only limited to participants on bundle registration

Our aim is to fabricate the foundation of computational and parametric design among the students and young professionals and develope an advanced skill sets by incorporating all the varied domains of computational and paramteric design. The workshop will initiate from the very basics of grasshopper and rhino, so no prerequisite knowledge is required !

At the end of one month training program, a participant will develop the required skills for designing a parametric system of facade, form finding techniques and digital simulation techniques and generate multiple iterations using enviromental analysis and performative design tools. The participants will develop all the necessary skills to apply computational design techniques in live projects and gets amplified due to the inclusion of a small introduction to Digital Fabrication Techniques in the additional week.

Software: Rhino3d & Grasshopper

Plugins: Lunchbox, Morphing, Attractors, Kangaroo, Weaverbird, Mesh+, Ladybug, Honeybee, Galapagos

Workshop Topic : Parametric Facade & Cladding System

Date: 4, 5 & 6 September, 2020 ( Friday, Saturday & Sunday )

Software: Rhino3d & Grasshopper

Plugins: Lunchbox, Morphing & Attractors

Description:

3 Day online workshop focusing on parametric facade and cladding system. The studio will kich off with an introduction to computational design and parametricism and its current scenario in India. This would be followed by introduction to in-depth Rhino3D and grasshopper software interface as a digital framework for parametric facade and cladding system. Discussions on plugins like Lunchbox, Morphing and attractors to create parametric facade and cladding systems followed by design expercice and virtual exhibition on Epoch India Platform.

Detailed Day-Wise Plan:

Workshop Day 01 : September 4, 2020 ( Friday )

• Introduction to Computational Design & Parametricism
• Need & Current scenario in India
• Introduction to Rhino3d
• Introduction to Grasshopper Interface
• Data Management
• Curves & Surface in Grasshopper

Workshop Day 02 : September 5, 2020 ( Saturday )

• Transformations
• Skins & Advanced Data Management
• Attractor Point & Line
• Attractor Plugin
• Lunchbox Plugin
• Exploration of Parametric Facade Design
• Introduction to Design Exercide

Workshop Day 03 : September 6, 2020 ( Sunday )

• Design Exercise Continuation
• Doubt Clearing session
• Individual team discussion
• Online Design Presentation
• Virtual Exhibition
• Workshop Culmination

Workshop Topic : Form Finding & Digital Simulation

Date: 28, 29 & 30 August, 2020 ( Friday, Saturday & Sunday )

Time: 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM

Software: Rhino3d & Grasshopper

Plugins: Mesh+, Kangaroo, Weaverbird

Description:

3 Day online workshop focusing on Form Finding & Digital Simulation and Fabrication. The studio will kich off with an introduction to computational design and parametricism. This would be followed by introduction to in-depth Rhino3D and grasshopper software interface as a digital framework for form finding and digital simulation techniques. Discussions and exploration using grasshopper plugins like mesh+, Kangaroo and weaverbird for form-finding techniques like minimal surface followed by design exercise and virtual exhibition on Epoch India Platform.

Detailed Day-Wise Plan:

Workshop Day 01 : September 12, 2020 ( Saturday )

• Introduction to Computational Design & Parametricism
• Introduction to Rhino3d
• Introduction to Grasshopper Interface
• Grasshopper basics for form finding and digital simulation
• Introduction to Mesh
• Mesh basis commands
• Mesh+ Plugin
• Mesh manipulation & Analysis
• Introduction to Weaverbird plugin
• Loop Subdivision Algorithm
• Catmull-Clark Algorithm

Workshop Day 02 : September 13, 2020 ( Sunday )

• Introduction to Digital Simulation
• Kangaroo plugin
• Cable Simulation
• Membarane Simuation
• Tensile Structure Design
• Introduction to design exercise
• Design Exercise Continuation
• Doubt Clearing session
• Individual team discussion
• Online Design Presentation
• Virtual Exhibition
• Workshop Culmination

Workshop Topic : Environmental Analysis & Performative Design

Date: 18, 19 & 20 September, 2020 ( Friday, Saturday & Sunday )

Software: Rhino3d & Grasshopper

Plugins: Ladybug, Honeybee & Galapagos

Description:

3 Day online workshop focusing on Environmental Analysis & Performative Design. Start learning to optimise your design ideas into sustainable projects by learning enviromental analysis simualtion and techniques. The studio will kich off with an introduction to computational design and parametricism. This would be followed by introduction to Rhino3D and grasshopper software interface as a digital framework for Enviromental Analysis & Performative Deisgn. Detailed discussion and scripting techniques for enviromental analysis and optimising your design according to a given enviromental condition using Galapagos plugin. Following this, a design studio exercise will be introduced which would be published as a vitual exhibition on Epoch India Platform.

Detailed Day-Wise Plan:

Day 01 : September 18, 2020

• Introduction to basic concepts of Rhino & Grasshopper
• Creation of basic geometries
• Focus on Environmental Analysis Plugin : Ladybug
• Exploration of different types of analysis
• Exploration using Ladybug
• Design Problem !

Day 02 : September 19, 2020

• Introduction to Honeybee plugin
• Understanding basic concepts of honeybee
• Exploration of design using honeybee
• Introduction to Galapagos plugin
• Introduction to design problem !
• Working on Design problem

Day 03 : September 20, 2020

• Working on design problem
• Design Virtual Exhibition
• Culmination

Workshop : 4th Additional Week 

Date: 26 & 27 September, 2020 ( Saturday & Sunday )

Event : Design Studio & Online Exhibition

Description:

A design exercise based on the learning of computational and parametric design techniques in the psat month, would be induced at the end of the third week. Participants will be grouped based on the studio strength and will be given specific design briefs which will be broadcasted at online portal leading to a virtual exhibition for the same.