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 Bill Taylor give an intensive workshop on Rhino Grasshopper parametric modeling for four days in early January.  He has lessons for learning software through the lens of Bio-Inspired Building Envelopes.  With the goal of creating beautiful structures for supporting plant life, students will be stepped through creating grids, shaping geometry and placing adjustable elements, so that they understand how to create a family of forms.The workshop will take place in a new computer lab at the…See More

This is an intensive immersion into the Rhino plug-ins that takes the code-writing out of parametric design and Arduino electronics.  Firefly is a set of comprehensive software tools dedicated to bridging the gap between Grasshopper, the Arduino micro-controller, the internet and beyond. It allows near real-time data flow between the digital and physical worlds, and will read/write data to/from internet feeds, remote sensors and more. Workshop participants will be guided in building responsive…See More

This is an intensive immersion into the Rhino plug-ins that takes the code-writing out of parametric design and Arduino electronics.  Firefly is a set of comprehensive software tools dedicated to bridging the gap between Grasshopper, the Arduino micro-controller, the internet and beyond. It allows near real-time data flow between the digital and physical worlds, and will read/write data to/from internet feeds, remote sensors and more. Workshop participants will be guided in building responsive…See More

3 day seminar focusing on Associative Design through Grasshopper for students & professionals. Learn basic functionality of Grasshopper's vast interface that enables designers to generate and control complex forms.The workshop will look at ways to construct logics which take advantage of diverse data sources, algorithms, geometry, and manufacturing processes.Instruction conducted at beginner / intermediate level. Requires Rhino 4 modeling, no knowledge of programming or scripting.…See More

3 day seminar focusing on Associative Design through Grasshopper for students & professionals. Learn basic functionality of Grasshopper's vast interface that enables designers to generate and control complex forms.The workshop will look at ways to construct logics which take advantage of diverse data sources, algorithms, geometry, and manufacturing processes.Instruction conducted at beginner / intermediate level. Requires Rhino 4 modeling, no knowledge of programming or scripting.…See More