Hi,

Your group is called parametric landscape. I would be interested to see your pluggin, thank you in advance for your sharing.

Hello,

There is no "plug in" per say in the works. What I am aiming to do with this group is provide a resource of existing, experimental, and potential grasshopper definitions that can be applied to Landscape Architectural practices.

Some definitions and workflows that I am personally working on are integrating GIS dem's into rhino then using existing grasshopper defs to generate contours. I am also experiemnting with slope and hydrology definitions. I will post things as the develop into working definitions. 

Hello All!

I am excited to see that the group is gaining some momentum and that the concept is being embraced by a diverse group of individuals. I wanted to share some precedent links for inspiration and hope that this page can evolve into catalogue of relevant references for the practice of Landscape Parametrics. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it is a start!

The Architectural Association Landscape Urbanism Program 

Relational Urbanism

Groundlab Landscape Urbanism

Plasma Studio Architects

[Ay]Architecture

asensio_mah

atelier_nGai

peg office of landscape + architecture

Hey all,

I came across this great GH tutorial/script awhile back and thought I would share it with everyone. It basically acts like the “rain water” tool in GIS which will draw a vector along a mesh to represent the path a drop of water would follow from a defined point. Hopefully everyone will find it useful as it lets you use multiple source points.

http://woojsung.com/2011/11/24/vb-workshop-harvard-gsd/

Also can we open the discussion up to see what tools group member would like to see developed?

Cheers,

Matt

Hi All,

Great tool.
By cons as stated it does not work on mesh surfaces but not limited.

Hi All

I've made some surfaces with patch  in rhino (with 6 curves) now I wanna  manipulate these in grasshopper but I couldn't, Do you know what should I do?

Hello all... I am an architect/professor at VA Tech, I have been teaching GH for about 5 years  to architecture students. I was recently charged with teaching a course in parametric modeling for landscape architects.  Any suggestions? Here is your big chance!

Hey Dennis,

I'm a LA professor at UNLV and use grasshopper in several of my classes that include performative landscape design and stormwater management. We explore design applications that include constructed wetlands, dynamic shade structures, parametric bench design, permeable paving, green roofs, etc. There are certainly a lot of opportunities with topography and terrain form exploration. Hope some of those ideas help!

Hi, Dennis, Phillip,

I'm very curious about the work that you guys are doing exploring parametric design in landscape. I am an MLA student considering that area for a thesis, and I'll be on a fellowship at CITA in CPH this autumn exploring possible applications. Would either of you be willing to share some of your experience in developing teachable process in this area? I also teach the intro digital media course in the winter, and am always looking for more compelling workflows to capture students' imagination. You can reach me by DM here, or I would enjoy a chance to trade emails. My school email is ivanheit [at] uw [dot] edu. 

I did a fair amount of searching for who might be working on these issues, and didn't find a whole lot. I know Jillian Wallis at Uni of Melbourne has published a couple papers, but am interested in what other folks are working on.

Hi All--

To help the community grow, I thought I'd share 2 syllabi from the core media sequence that we teach at UPenn LA. There are 4 classes in total. I'll post them soon as well.

Hope y'all find it inspiring!

15-0112%20Media%202_FINAL.pdf

15_LARP543_MediaIII.pdf

Hi Keith,

Thanks for sharing the syllabi - the courses look great. I'd be interested in any other classes that teach Grasshopper within landscape architecture — there are some at the University of Toronto, Seoul National University and the GSD/AA that I know of, along with those mentioned by Phillip and Dennis mentioned below. As a relatively new practice it would be great to try and pool tools/techniques to get an idea of what is effective and achievable within a class.

Also I am currently working on a Grasshopper plugin as part of my PhD research, send me a direct message if you would be interested in helping to test it sometime in the future. It's a bit of a grab-bag in terms of its functionality having components for analysing/generating hydrology, planting, etc. If anyone is at ACADIA this month I'll be presenting a paper on some of the challenges I've found in approaching landscape architecture using computational design techniques — I'll see if I can post the paper/presentation here after!

Hi Iva and All,

As mentioned before I'm very curious and excited about integrating the data and analysis of environmental systems into design for a responsive dialogue between data and space. I'm currently co-teaching a studio course on Performative Landscape Architecture with an emphasis on campus and parking lot design. We are exposing the students to the scales of environmental systems in addition to the conditional relationship between the different env processes. Some specific elements include tree benefits/temperature reduction through monitoring tools and data collection, stormwater collection and erosion prevention, and others. If you or any others would like to converse more you can also direct message me or contact me at phillip.zawarus@unlv.edu.

Thank you Keith for sharing your syllabi! I look forward to checking it out to see how others are incorporating parametric design with their teaching. I will make an effort to post my syllabi as well!

Hi All--

Following up on my last post, I'm sharing my seminar syllabus: Simulated Natures.15-0824%20Simulated%20Natures.pdf

I'll also post some example definitions from our UPenn media courses later when I have more time.

Thanks again, Keith! It would be great to see some example definitions. I wish I could take your class!

Very interesting Keith. thanks for sharing, looking forward to the defs as well.