e a "game changer" regarding lighting simulations and analysis. To harness the power of Grasshopper, the flexibility of Rhino in a lighting specific application is, I believe, already the future.
Because of the above I am a big proponent of Honeybee for the professional environment, but I feel that there are still a few shortcomings... from what I have tried.
1. It should be "photometrically" more comprehensive, not just for illuminance, luminance and energy (W.h). Other quantities are of great importance, namely intensity and flux.
2. Producing documentation is a big advantage (if not the main advantage) of dedicated packages such as Dialux or AGI32, it would be nice to see it as a strong feature in Honeybee as well.
3. Support for Eulumdat would be a nice feature.
4. There is a performance issue with multiple sources as you mentioned. I have tried a "simple" analysis with 120 sources and it takes, indeed, a substantial amount of time to produce the result. Don't know where the bottleneck is, perhaps not Honeybee's to blame, but it is a hindrance in using the software for complex simulations.
5. Material/surface design would benefit from more options.
Finally, do you have a roadmap of sorts and what can the users expect from Honeybee electic lighting in 2017?
Have a great year!! All the best.
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dina, Alexander Sapuntsov, Yulia Zarechkina and with a help of our friends: Roman Korseev, Sergey Zhigalev, Nikita Istratov.
Our pavilion presents itself as a kind of beach screen for Volga riverbank. An aesthetic of the object, which consist of yellow “stars”, is simultaneously due to the features of the tensegrity construction and to the representation of Samara as a city of space industry.
The pavilion is formed by 128 crosses made of 9 mm plywood. Each cross has its individual form. They are connected only by stretched vertical steel cables. We wanted to make manually assembled object, which was elaborated using parametric design techniques. All plywood elements were prefabricated with CNC machine, including a mounting frame for cables assembling. This allowed us to assemble a compound parametric tensegrity construction with high accuracy and just as it was designed.…
n get the correct results with cooling loads:
3. After I update LB+HB, a warning is given for the set EP construction component:
4. so I replaced it with the latest one (Feb 05, 2017):
5. Now the cooling loads is missing from the result for reason unknown ...
May I ask if the missing cooling loads is related to the latest update of LB+HB? What component update is causing this problem?
BTW, I'm using Singapore's epw file, and for a tropical city, there should be no heating energy at all. So, sth clearly is wrong over here ...
Thanks.
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ization processes aiming in maximizing the quality of buildings based on the daylighting, light levels, radiation and views. The first webinar in the Optimization Bundle introduce participants to metaheuristic optimization solving techniques. The training will cover evolutionary and particle swarm optimization applied to environmental problems such as radiation or amount of sunlight hours confronted with views. Grasshopper plug-ins used: Silvereye, Galapagos, Octopus, Opossum, Ladybug, Honeybee, Elk, Leafcutter Adrian KrężlikAdrian is a co-founder of Architektura Parametryczna - the biggest Polish firm dedicated to parametric education and co-founder of Parametric Support, a Berlin tech startup developing optimizationtechniques for architecture.He worked and collaborated on large scale projects in China, Saudi Arabia, US for the most innovative companies like Zaha Hadid Architects in London, FREE Fernando Romero, Rojkind Arquitectos inMexico implementing digital strategies into design. In his work he focuses on use of new media in design and construction processes. He is an active player across parametric scene - teaching andorganizing workshops, participating in Design Weeks, lecturing Parametric Design and Robotic Fabrication at School of Form and collaborating with several universities.The online webinar lasts 2 hours. The same session takes place twice on 7 January 2017: 1st session (https://goo.gl/haXsus): 9am London, 10am Paris, 12pm Moscow, 1pm Dubai, 2:30pm Mumbai, 5pm Beijing, 6pm Tokyo, 8pm Melbourne 2nd session (https://goo.gl/S6463C): 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York, 6pm London, 7pm Paris, 9pm Moscow www.rese-arch.org…
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dologies and large-scale prototyping techniques from previous years, while bringing together a range of experts from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, among others.
AA Istanbul Visiting School will investigate the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative design and fabrication techniques. Computational methods for design, analysis, and fabrication will be coupled with physical experimentation. The key objective of AA Istanbul Visiting School will comprise the design and fabrication of a one-to-one scale prototype realized by the use of robotic fabrication techniques.
The programme will be formulated as a two-phase process:
Stage 1: Participants will gain an insight of material processes, computational methods, and various fabrication techniques, culminating with core concepts related to complexity in design practices. During this stage, basic and advanced tutorials on generative design algorithms and analysis tools will be provided.
Stage 2: Participants will propose design interventions based on the skills and knowledge gained during the first stage. Study models of various scales will be produced, finally followed by the robotic fabrication and assembly of a full scale working prototype which unifies the design goals of the programme.
The design agendas of AA Athens and AA Istanbul Visiting Schools will directly create feedback on one another, allowing participation in either one or both Programmes.
Prominent features of the programme / skills developed:
Participants will be part of an active learning environment where the large tutor to student ratio (4:1) allows for personalized tutorials and debates.
The toolset of AA Istanbul includes but is not limited to Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, as well as analysis software.
Participants will have access to advanced digital fabrication tools.
Robotic design and fabrication processes will formulate the physical prototyping phase of the programme.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, PhD candidates and young professionals. Prior software knowledge is not required.
Accreditation
Participants receive the AA Visiting School Certificate with the completion of the Programme.
Applications
The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £600 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership fee. Discount options for groups or for those wishing to apply for both AA Istanbul and AA Athens Visiting Schools are available. Please contact the AA Visiting School Coordinator for more details.
The deadline for applications is 14 June 2017. No portfolio or CV, only requirement is the online application form and fees.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/istanbul
http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/istanbul/
For inquiries, please contact:
elif.erdine@aaschool.ac.uk…
propose new models of infrastructural self-organisation, urban automation and mobility systems.
Adaptive networks based on multi-agent principles and crowd simulation are used to solve complex architectural and programmatic conditions in a three-dimensional urban environment. We will explore towards an intelligent architecture, defined by flows of information and its materialization in speculative infrastructure and architectural scenarios. A responsive infrastructure that is deployable in multiple regions.
Our design process will be driven by a direct feedback loop of different simulation software, each informing another as input for emerging connectivity networks and interrelated urban systems, driven by site specific urban and topographical parameters.
The workshop aims to develop ideas of adaptive and evolutionary space-making beyond deterministic and finite solutions. In a series of algorithmic design exercises, different network principles and speeds, users behavior and needs are tested and evaluated, both by observation and parameter based criteria.
Students will propose an architectural intervention in dense urban scenarios, that is both tested for optimised efficiency and stimulating in its embodiment.
METHODOLOGY
Students will be introduced to expertise in generative, algorithmic and parametric design approaches. Tutors and students will engage experimentally with computational simulation, analysis, design and production to query the design repercussions of these information-based technological methods for urbanism. During the workshop, students will develop design proposals responding to studio briefs using Processing with Rhino and Grasshopper. The final results of the workshop will be visualized using V-Ray for Rhino and the Adobe Suite.
Basic knowledge of Rhino and Adobe Suite is required. Advanced knowledge of Grasshopper and Processing is not mandatory.
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nd linear/planar tectonics. Within this new field of investigation, the Stuttgart VS will be researching into novel techniques of material mixtures and grading, associative design and double curvature surface generation.
For the second cycle of this exploration we will be based at the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. Drawing from the Institute’s long history of experimentation and research on tensile structures instigated by Frei Otto in the 1960s and conducted at present by Werner Sobek, this year we will be focusing on the design and fabrication of materially graded membranes, as well as the application of UHPC and FGC on fabric formworks. The workflow followed will be divided into two stages:
1. Computing Membranes: Computational form finding methods will be taught by professional engineers and architects from ILEK and str.ucture GmbH. The aim will be to utilise the latest software technologies to form find membranes for textile structures, or fabric formworks for complex concrete structures. The results will be evaluated against criteria such as internal air pressure, as well as asymmetric and wind loading. The outcome of this research will inform the material grading procedures (i.e. changing the stiffness, thickness or porosity of the membranes themselves, or the consistency of the concrete poured into the formworks) that will follow in stage two.
2. Fabricated Grading: The digitally computed membranes or formworks will eventually be fabricated physically, utilising the workshop and robotic fabrication facilities at ILEK. The objective will be to rethink conventional research on tensile and concrete structures as isotropic constructs, by customising attributes such as materiality, reinforcement, rigidity, translucency, patterning, and porosity among others. The final, graded prototypes will be made up of mixtures of materials, all accurately engineered to respond to variable environmental, structural and aesthetic criteria, in essence forming multi-material structures that have finally caught up with the latest material developments.
Prominent Features of the workshop/ skills developed:
Teaching team consisting of AA diploma tutors and ILEK and str.ucture GmbH engineers.
Access to the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), the Materials Testing Institute and Concrete Spraying Robotic facilities at the University of Stuttgart, as well as to the office of str.ucture GmbH Structural Design Engineering.
Computational skills tuition on Grasshopper, Rhino Membrane, and Karamba.
Lectures series by leading academics and practitioners in architecture and engineering.
Fabrication of functionally graded membrane and/or concrete structures.
Eligibility
The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, PhD candidates and young professionals. Software Requirements: Rhino (SR7 or later) and Grasshopper.
Fees
The AA Visiting School requires a student fee of £595 and a young professional fee of £895 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting membership fee.
The deadline for applications is 10 July 2017.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/stuttgart?name=stuttgart
For inquiries, please contact:
mixedmatters@aaschool.ac.uk…
milar thing as Amaraa's (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ladybug/forum/topics/finding-an-...), to explore an optimal pv array with the most AC energy production.
Have in mind, that Amaraa's topic dealt with PV system integrated into a facade. And as far as I understood you would like to put your PV modules on a roof. So it may be that some of my replies from that topic, may not apply to your roof PV system.
Also, Amaraa's topic did not deal with optimal PV system size (DC rating in kW). You would like to calculate that one as well?
I plan to set three parameters (orientation, tilt angle and distance of pv), and use Galapagos to make a best horizontal pv grid of most AC energy. So the most important is to avoid the dark core-shadows from shelf shading. If so, I wonder whether the gh document you uploaded in the discussion named "Finding an optimal size of PV panel in given array" will be helpful to me. And should I use the Sun Path component to calculate the self shading?
Ok, so you decided to go with the upper 2)a) solution?
Did I understand that correctly?Btw. sorry if you receive three emails for this reply. For some reason I had to delete it, and post it again. Grasshopper forum is working strange in the last couple of weeks.…