invites to participate in our workshop at the upcoming SmartGeometry conference 'Urban Compaction' from July 14th to 19th 2014 at the Chinese University of Hongkong.
In four days of intensive workshop we are fusing Chinese tradition with digital planning & optimization to ultimately build a superlightweight urban pop-up pavillon made of bamboo, paper, and inflated PVC balloons.
The workshops will be followed by a two-day conference, featuring invited international keynote speakers showcasing major projects and research from around the globe that mark out the territory of the year's Challenge 'Urban Compaction'.
www.smartgeometry.org - conference page
The Bearable Lightness of Being - workshop outline
APPLY FOR THE WORKSHOPS HERE…
i pull to magnet curve, Controllable Rheotomic-surfaces-and-flowline Voronoi points, Controllable Mobius Transformations Voronoi points Controllable 3 interloking fibonacci spirals Voronoi points.
With Geometry Gym curve fillet network processing.
Other examples can be seen in this album.http://www.grasshopper3d.com/photo/albums/fibonacci-voronoi-concepts
Inspired by...
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/basic-attractor-point-question
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/profiles/blogs/rheotomic-surfaces-and-flowline-generation-tool
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/fractals-sierpinski-variation
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/fibonacci-sequence?id=2985220%3ATopic%3A671207&page=2
http://geometrygym.wikidot.com/downloads…
ttern at once.
Controllable Voronoi pull to magnet curve, Controllable Rheotomic-surfaces-and-flowline Voronoi points, Controllable Mobius Transformations Voronoi points Controllable 3 interloking fibonacci spirals Voronoi points.
With Geometry Gym curve fillet network processing.
Other examples can be seen in this album.
Inspired by...
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/basic-attractor-point-question
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/profiles/blogs/rheotomic-surfaces-and-flowline-generation-tool
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/fractals-sierpinski-variation
http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/fibonacci-sequence?id=2985220%3ATopic%3A671207&page=2
http://geometrygym.wikidot.com/downloads
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Visiting School Rio de Janeiro will collaborate with the Centro Carioca de Design with the support of Columbia University Studio X to investigate new possibilities for the urban infrastructure surrounding World Cup Stadiums. Nation-wide, there has been significant investment to build and renovate stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in order to meet the required standard FIFA regulations (‘Padrão FIFA’). At the same time, there has been a large public demand for equal investment into transport systems, public space, and public programs such as hospitals and schools. The Visiting School will tap into the momentum of this movement, and promote a series of interventions within and around the World Cup structures, proposing new public programs and standards for their legacy. Students can choose to focus directly on the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the venue for the Final match of the World Cup. The intense ten-day workshop will employ computational design and digital fabrication to introduce a design methodology that creatively automates and promotes transformation, mutation and complexity for these infrastructure interventions.
Prominent Features of the workshop
Teaching teamThe teaching team will include a mix of tutors from the Architectural Association, including Theodore Sarantoglou Lalis e Dora Sweijd (lassa-architects.com) of Diploma 17, and locally-based architects, urban-designers and experts, mediated by locally-based Visiting School directors, to promote cutting-edge innovative strategies informed by local political, economic and construction issues.
Computational skillsThe workshop will teach advanced digital modeling and parametric design skills, no previous experience is needed. A group of specialist computation tutors will conduct an initial skills workshop and continue to assist throughout the workshop to develop the individual projects of the participants.
Digital FabricationA series of physical models will be built using digital fabrication techniques that will be taught during the workshop, no previous experience is needed.
Applications
1) You can make an application by completing the online application found under ‘Links and Downloads’ on the AA Visiting School page. If you are not able to make an online application, email visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk for instructions to pay by bank transfer.
2) Once you complete the online application and make a full payment, you are registered to the programme. A CV or a portfolio is not required.
The deadline for applications is 11thApril 2014.
All participants travelling from abroad are responsible for securing any visa required, and are advised to contact their home embassy early. After payment of fees, the AA School can provide a letter confirming participation in the workshop.
Fees
The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £695 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting membership fee.
Fees do not include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be advised. Students need to bring their own laptops, digital equipment and model making tools. Please ensure this equipment is covered by your own insurance as the AA takes no responsibility for items lost or stolen at the workshop.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, phd candidates and young professionals.
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014 Lunes a jueves de 9.30 a 13.30h
Organizado por: RENDERS'FACTORY® Centro de Formación Autorizado de Rhino (ARTC - Authorized Rhino Training Center) McNeel Authorized Training Center.
más información: http://www.rendersfactory.es/sevilla/curso-rhino-sevilla/…
Autorizado de McNeel (ART - Authorized Rhino Trainer)
Organizado por: RENDERS'FACTORY® Centro de Formación Autorizado de Rhino (ARTC - Authorized Rhino Training Center) McNeel Authorized Training Center.
Más información: http://www.rendersfactory.es/sevilla/curso-grasshopper-sevilla/…
During the intense ten-day workshop of the AA São Paulo Visiting School 2014, advanced computational design and digital fabrication will be used to generate speculative new architecture models in the creation of a ‘liquid design’ that can mediate multiple-scale flows. The workshop will explore the redevelopment of a bordering territory along the Marginal Rivers of São Paulo, where in the 1960’s, much of the water-system was disastrously canalized, causing problematic flooding and the creation of ill-conceived residual post-industrial riverbanks that are inhabited by monolithic, large-scale programs such as sports centers, distribution centers, mega-stores and a convention center. The Visiting School São Paulo will work on bringing a new urban life for these sites by redefining the existing macro-architectural typologies along the river with micro-scale interventions that can introduce new flows of urban street culture. Specifically, the workshop will focus on the reinvention of the large-scale market distribution center, CEAGESP (Companhia de Entrepostos e Armazéns Gerais de São Paulo), to introduce programs and structures that could mediate a new movement of people, commerce, and environmental forces using parametric design and fabrication. Students can choose to work either at the larger architectural scale or at the scale of the shop-front display, bringing a new contemporary interface between agricultural production and consumption.
-Teaching team The teaching team will include lead tutor Hart Marlow of su11 (www.su11.com) who specialize in advanced digital design, and local-based architects, to promote innovative strategies informed by local political, economic and environmental issues. -Computational skills
The workshop will teach advanced digital modeling and parametric design skills and rapid prototyping software: no previous experience is needed. A group of specialist computation tutors will conduct an initial skills workshop and continue to assist throughout the workshop to develop the individual projects of the participants. -Digital Fabrication A series of physical models will be built using digital fabrication techniques that will be taught during the workshop, no previous experience is needed.
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nteraction in the design of an enclosed volume.
Revolutions have occurred through architectural history and vary widely in terms of design methods and fabrication techniques. Focusing on inspiring natural form‐finding techniques, AA Athens VS works towards producing a large‐scale interactive prototype that alters in real‐time the perception of interior space.
Technology and architecture are coupled for the third year in Athens with a novel agenda of transforming an enclosed area and creating internal contrasting city‐life characteristics that transcend the local conditions. In collaboration with the National Technical University of Athens, Cipher City: Revolutions explores participatory design and active engagement modeling and continues building novel prototypes upon horizontal planes.
The toolset includes mainly ‐among others‐ Rhino Grasshopper, Processing and Arduino platforms. With the completion of the Programme participants receive the AA Visiting School Certificate. In 2013, the design agenda of AA Athens will connect with the agenda of AA Greece VS in the city of Patras. Participation in both Programmes will allow for a more extensive learning experience through additional tools like Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3D Studio Max and more.
Discounts
The AA offers several discount options for participants wishing to apply as a group or participants wishing to apply for both AA Athens and AA Greece Visiting Schools:
1. Standard application
The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £600 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership. If you are already a member, the total fee will be reduced automatically by £60 by the online payment system. Fees are non-refundable.
2. Group registration
For group applications, there will be a range of discounts depending on the number of people in the group. The discounted fee will be applied to each individual in the group.
1. 3-6 people group: £60 (AA Membership fee) + 540*0.75 = £465 (25 %)
2. 6-15 people group: £60 + 540*0.70 = £438 (30%)
3. more than 15 people group: £60 + 540*0.65 = £411 (35%)
3. Participants attending AA Greece VS and AA Athens VS | 40% discount
For people wishing to attend both AA Greece VS and AA Athens VS, a discount of 40% will be made for each participant. (The participant will pay the £60 membership fee only once.)
£60 (AA Membership fee) + (540*0.60)*2 = £708
Eligibility The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide.
Applications
The deadline for applications is 24 March 2014. A portfolio or CV is not required, only the online application form and payment. The online application can be reached from:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/athens
Contact:
Alexandros.Kallegias@aaschool.ac.uk…