Grasshopper Workshop Fall 2011 Schedule

woodbury spring 2011
ARCH 6712 / 2725
grasshopper workshop
saturdays 2:00pm - 5:00pm

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DAY 1 _9.10.11 course introduction / overview

blog post - intro to design computation

referencing data within grasshopper
exercise 01 - design reform's patterning based on point distance
exercise 02 - design reform's patterning with two attractor points

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DAY 2 _9.17.11 generating masses

videos:
parametric play 1

exercises:
exercise 01 - - design reform's creating a solid surface
exercise 02 - - design reform's twisty tower 01
exercise 03 - - design reform's twisty tower 02
exercise 04 - - design reform's parametric truss

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DAY 3 _9.24.11 referencing data external to grasshopper / managing data

exercise 01 - intro to grasshopper the color sampler tutorial @ minute 40.
exercise 02 - design reform's take on david rutten's shift tutorial
exercise 03 - design reform's list management
exercise 03 - design reform's data trees part 1
exercise 04 - design reform's data trees part 2
exercise 05 - designalyze's data trees
exercise 06 - designreform's fun with sets

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DAY 4 _10.08.11 creating parametric components

exercise 01 - designalyze's responsive components
exercise 02 - ted ngai's color-baked mesh components
part 01 - multipoint attractor on mesh
video on vimeo here
part 02 - image mapping on mesh
video on vimeo here
part 03 - component population on mesh
video on vimeo here
exercise 03 - bundle towers in grasshopper
exercise 04 - branching towers in grasshopper
exercise 05 - design reform's creating solids
exercise 06 - designalyze's image sampler + fabrication

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DAY 5 _10.15.11 surface relaxation / minimal surfaces

exercise 01 - minimal surfaces through metaballs
exercise 02 - parametric model's dynamic relaxation
exercise 03 - geometry gym's costa minimal surfaces
exercise 04 - minimal surfaces on gh3d

  • download for cerver's minimal surface generator here
  • cerver's tutorials on using the minimal surface generator here.
DAY 6 _10.23.15 worksession

pin up requirements: (1) 11x17 sheet with enough renders and drawings to describe your design. please have the graphics and layout support your underlying design concept or strategy.

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DAY 7 _TBD pinup