connected hyperspace where architecture can be fluid, flexible and vivid, yet the aspect of materiality requires more attention.
Action-designed structures begin to move beyond the utopian proposals of the 20th century’s manifestos and hold a place in the world of realized designs. The AA Athens Visiting School aims to bring users closer to the built environment while revisiting habits of designing, building and experiencing space through materiality. Understanding materiality and form as a ‘unified whole’, the programme integrates manufacturing techniques through the experimentation fabrication of prototypes at a 1:1 scale.
Prominent Features of the workshop/ skills developed
Participants become part of an active learning environment where the large tutor to student ratio allows for personalized tutorials and debates.
The toolset of the Athens VS includes but is not limited to Processing and Grasshopper for Rhinoceros, as well as design analysis software.
Participants gain hands-on experience on digital fabrication.
Design seminars and a series of lectures support the key objectives of the programme, disseminating fundamental computational techniques, relevant critical thinking, theoretical understanding and professional awareness.
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 28 June.
Location AKTO College – Athens Campus 11Α Evelpidon Street (Pedion Areos) Athens, 113 62, Greece
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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.
Eligibility The workshop is open to current Undergrad and Graduate architecture and design students, PhD candidates and young professionals. Software Requirements: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino 5.
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perienced with grasshopper, but so far I've managed to combine the following:
Giulio Piacentino's "Catenary arch from height" script
Pirouz Nourian's "Mobius" script (Obtained from a friend)
End Result:
Here's where I'm stuck: I want the mobius twist to revolve around the midpoint of the arch, but the script uses the input values to determine the endpoints, resulting in a weird sinuous shape when viewed from above. Also, the secondary end points (generated by the mobius script, determining the width of the surface) are generated by default along the z axis, resulting in an arch that only touches the "ground" at two points. I attempted to work around this issue by trying to force the zHeight parameter to correspond with the y axis (thus rotating the arch 90 degrees so it would lay "flat"), but the script interprets the third point as a value and not as an actual point to bisect. I thought this might be an issue with the C# component that I obtained from Giulio Piacentino's script, so I attempted to tinker around with the source code. Unfortunately, I'm not fluent in C# so I only managed to mess everything up (I've since recovered the code from the cache). Anybody got some ideas? -BC …
s levels of detail by subdividing a 6 sided cube mesh and projecting its vertices according to a referenced height map. This is one of the standard conventions for building full sizes planets. At the lowest level (0) the mesh planet is made of 6 pieces(each 32x32 resolution). The next level down (1) is made of 24 pieces... 6 divided by 4 = 24. Level (2) is 96 quads etc etc. The script will generate each quad at its sub-division level and compare edge vertices to neighboring quads. It will then make sure any shared vertices are in fact at the same projected vector. This ensures a planet quad with edge vertices that match.
The problems comes in texturing each quad.
If I build the quad as a nurb surface from points I can place the texture easily because each surface UV maps squarely to my texture map (which is also square).
If I build the quad as a mesh I cannot just apply the square texture to the mesh UVs. This is because when you unwrap the UVs from a mesh they will not unwrap like a nurb surface's UVs. Therefore to get the correct mapping I would have to manipulate each UV back to an evenly aligned array (which is 1024 points in a 32x32 resolution UV). Maya and blender have 'relax uv' and 'align UV' functions but they don't do the trick and manual corrections are out of the question. So why not skip the mesh method and use the nurb method?
I did this and there is a trade off. The nurb will accept the material texture I want with no other work on my end but when I export the object as an .obj rhino creates its own mesh to describe the nurb(with various unsatisfactory setting options). This works great up to a point because at some level the interpreted mesh will have vertices that do no match at the edges, ie .. creating visible seams in the mesh. The picture below is the nearly seamless planet at LOD(1) made of 24 quads, each with 32x32 vertice resolution and a 512x512 jpg texture running in Unity3d 5. It works but at close level there are seams. This will be resolved simply by having the next LOD(x) instantiate before getting close enough to see the seam but at core nerd level I want the seamless mesh.
So, I can make the seamless mesh but I can not realistically texture map it. I can also make the nurb surface from points and texture it at the expense of the edge vertices matching. I am at the split in the road but I want to have my cake and eat it too. Thoughts, comments, trolls...?
Thanks for reading =)
Footnote: For you pros I am not using seamless noise across the map I am using grasshopper to sew up my otherwise non perfect edges.
Other programs in the pipeline:
-WorldMachine 2
-Wilbur
-Photoshop
-Unity3d…
ents will react to sensors, creating a range of different lighting and spatial effects that will trigger further movement and produce a feedback loop of behaviour and response. To accommodate this responsiveness, the design will be developed using parametric associative modeling, processing, arduino, and digital fabrication using the CNC and Laser Cutters. Students can both develop completely new designs, and/or work on the evolution of the Workshop 1 Supple Pavilion project.
The Visiting School will return to Barracão Escola de Carnaval to evolve the design of the migrating Pavilions, their contents and their context, exploring a design philosophy of interactive event design and the production of a creative fusion of high-tech design generation and fabrication with low-tech redefinition of Carnival-float artisan techniques, paraphernalia, and materials. We will work in the immense and creative Pimpolhos warehouse, collaborating with local artisans of several Samba Schools in the post-industrial, partly-derelict Porto do Rio area, (the birthplace of the Carnival and Samba), introducing digital fabrication techniques. The goal is to create interventions for micro-venues and cultural events that express the identity of the Samba culture within the `Porto Maravilha` planning.
Instruction for the Supple Pavilions workshop series will be led by Rob Stuart-Smith of Kokkugia, Lawrence Friesen of Generative Geometry, Ivan Ivanoff of Interactive Art Estado Lateral Media Lab, Toru Hasegawa of Proxy, with Anne Save de Beaurecueil and Franklin Lee of SUBdV, along with other AA tutors, the Pimpolhos Artistic Directors, and Carnival float-fabricators. Each workshop will provide an introduction to computational design (Grasshopper, Processing and Arduino) and digital fabrication, no previous computational experience is required. Students taking part in multiple workshops will have access to advanced computation instruction. This workshop will produce 1:1 prototyping, exploring the structure and transformations of the pavilions. Final fabrication and assemblage will occur in July.
The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide. Participants can take part in one or more workshops, with fee discounts offered to those interested in multiple workshops.
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o use these extensions in order to integrate numerous tools for analysis and simulation in the architectural process.
This course aims to develop a link between the virtual and the real context model through structural or environmental simulations, using other software or plug-ins dedicated. Through this link the virtual model receives physical properties that can further modify and adapt the initial model. This creates feedback loops that can optimize the design to provide an object responsive to environmental conditions.
Curriculum
Mesh subdivision with Weaverbird, continuous surfaces without NURBS
Genetic optimization with Galapagos, optimal search
Physical environment feedback with Diva and Geco, solar and day lighting analysis
Adding physical properties with Kangaroo Physics, interactive form-finding
Linking the parametric model with structural analysis using Karamba, structural performance simulation
Extracting data with Firefly and Kinect, 3D scanning and human movement tracking
Exchange of information between Grasshopper and other applications with Ghowl links to internet feeds or Excel files.
Schedule:
Module 04 / Grasshopper intermediate & advanced (24 h)
11 Oct – 26 Oct 2013
Fri:
Sat:
16-20
10-14
Language: Romanian
Organized by:
OAR Bucureşti – Romanian Order of Architects, Bucharest Branch
Trainers:
Ionuț Anton, idz arhitectura (ART-Authorised Rhino Trainer)
Daniela Tănase, idz arhitectura (ART-Authorised Rhino Trainer)
https://www.facebook.com/cursurigrasshopperrhinoceros
http://www.oar-bucuresti.ro/anunturi/2013/02/27/d/…
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ated in all editions of Architektura Parametryczna Workshops!Architektura Parametryczna Workshops Optimization Warsaw 2016 FAQWHEN?21-22nd May 2016 (Saturday-Sunday)HOW LONG DO THE WORKHSOPS LAST?The workshops last in total 16 hours.Saturday 10AM -7PM (with lunch break), Sunday 10AM -7PM (with lunch break)WHAT WILL I LEARN?On Saturday the optimization processes with solar, views and structural analysis will be explored. We will be discovering optimal solutions with the help of plug-ins such as Galapagos, Silvereye, Octopus, Karamba and Ladybug. In the Sunday morning we will learn how to present the results of the optimization: creating catalogues of solutions and printing the optimization graphs. In the afternoon participants will have time for the development of the personal project. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?The workshops cost 600 PLN (or 160€) for Early Bird payments and 700 PLN (or 190€) for the regular payments. The 3-person group - 1500 PLN (or 440€ )EARLY BIRD?For those who are certain that they will attend the workshops, we have a special Early Bird offer till 30th of April 2016.HOW CAN I SIGN UP?Send an email to info@architekturaparametryczna.pl with the title: “OPTI WAW 16”.HOW MANY PLACES ARE AVAILABLE?We have only 11 places!WORKSHOPS: Level: intermediate – advancePerquisites: the basic knowledge of Rhino and Grasshopper3D. Plug-ins: Silvereye, Octopus, Ladybug, Karamba. Weaverbird. Python GHThe main aim of the 16-hour workshops is to give the participants the understanding of how the optimization process can be used in practice and how it can help in solving everyday design problems. The practical exercise will be supported with the short lectures explaining the theoretical background of the optimization algorithms. The general program of the Optimization Warsaw 2016 Workshops*:1. Optimization of the facade geometry with solar analysis.2. Optimization of the roof structures with Karamba.3. Finding the optimal configuration of the space frame structures with Karamba.4. Discovering the best location or/and geometry of the building in accordance to the best views from the plot.5. Presentation of the discovered solutions. *Some of the exercises might be changed.…
at we have different versions of kangaroo, or...
In my opinion, it is better to avoid components from plugins unless it is really necessary (this error I am getting kind of proves my point).
So, the reason you are getting multiple V isocurves is because you are calculating them for every point generated by [SDivide]. You can avoid that by getting only one point for every row, like this:
Another thing is that I am still getting some strange curves at the top of the surface but I will not get into this since Danny has done that already.
So, to finally get to your question,
I think if you want more control over those curves you would have to change your definition to something closer to Daniel's proposal.
Here is what I am thinking: instead of getting messy with trees, branches etc, you could take the 11 V isocurves and extend/trim each one with different values and then just divide them and interpolate curves through these points. this way you can chose to control the top and bottom of the stairs independently and get a result similar to the one you want (play around with the graph mappers and the settings in orange).
Also I added a small part at the end to remove the curves that start or end outside of the handrail (I don't know if you want that or would rather trim the parts that fall outside the surface).
Hope this definition makes sense and please get back with any questions.
Cheers,
Nikos
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hat offer an even spacing of 11 gems from 0.0 to 1.0, and though the Anenome script works it is not as robust to various shapes and sometimes just stops at some point even on mellow curves:
The Hoopsnake script in the other thread: Hoopsnake doesn't want to appear multiple times in a document since resetting one resets them all and it only runs the first instance when I pasted two more copies of the whole script in, so I'll do them separately, and instead of an input reset wire, there is a right click Reset All item in the pop-up menu.
I understand now how the two looping components work, in having a geometry input for the first item, then they accept a second item input as new geometry that then gets looped as the new geometry replaces the original. What a great hack, so I was wrong above about only being able to loop numerical values.
Since I really like Anenome better due to its nice interface, I've converted the old thread Hoopsnake program to Anenome. It still won't handle multiple curve pairs, so I made copies of the whole script.
I learned a lot today. Thanks guys. Given how well these straightforward scripts can work, I'll bet there's a much shorter Python version possible, one that most anybody could understand and thus adapt. If I have time I can start again this time from scratch. Converting the long one taught me about the problem though. Grasshopper makes it easier though, since Circle TTT only needs one center point hint whereas Rhinocommon TryFitCircleTTT needs three.…
nally used on the pre-intersected multizone file, which also needed the full exterior distribution only.
Running your revised version now on these machines here, the result is identical to the one you posted above (below screenshot from run on my machine; and yes, the last GH file I sent is the one from which the previous screenshots originated)
(CMap result from your attached script ComfMap_CWM, ran on MD machine)
That is, incidentally, identical to what my script produced even before your changes!
In an earlier post, you showed a result image that comes much closer to what I would expect the output to be (so, in fact, you have already produced two different results):
(screenshot from your earlier post on July 11, 2016 at 10:05pm)
The "error" I was/am hence chasing is in the difference between these two results. The last screenshot from your earlier results shows a radiant temperature dropoff that is much more in line with the contribution of the cold glazing temperatures as evident in the E+ results. What do you think?
Apart from that, I am glad that now, at last, our outputs from the same script are identical on both machines. The usercustomLibrary has not changed, I have however attached it again. Other GH files are usually not open, no; the last results all came from single open file GH instances.
Thank you for your help again Chris- it's an interesting issue. I owe you a beer (or a few) should you stop by in Berlin one day!
Best,
Max
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len , I lost all of my work (at least the 3d modeling)
And I frankly if I want to participate I´ll need to finnish up the board and i cant do the renders on my own I need more time , but I only have until 11:59 pm of July 6 to finnish up one render, if you feel up to the challenge, whoever completes it will receive 290 dollars (its all I can give) to any account you want. I basically need one single image.
It consists on 3 towers, with an organic facade, I'm including the competition board I had saved on in my dropbox, I want more or less the same perspective shown on the left of the board.
Sorry, but i'm desperate, I had it all done but well cant control everything in life i guess, only do it if you feel you can pull off a professional render.
Thanks. (contact me and I´ll give you more info on the towers, I was able to save some limited sections and floor plans .... but yeah.. limited, so you´ll have to base your work on the images I provide here.
I can give some files now, including images of the physical model.
Board: http://i.minus.com/idYpFK844DWns.jpg
Physical model: http://imgur.com/a/PywJa
Hope its enough, I'm also including one image i had where I explored the footprints of all the buildings, but its just for reference.
I know theres barely enough time to finnish it... but I dont know what else to do, do you guys think i should probably just take a good photograph of the model and run with that? I feel that would probably look very unprofessional :l but I really dont have a choice here
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