mers considering extreme sports reject mainstream retailers and like to check out small stores rather of at chains plus malls. Several smaller retailers discuss trends in sports shoe sales. http://skateszone.com/
Though athletic shoes and sports stores and from doorways retailers have reported somewhat uptick in footwear sales due to the increase in extreme sports, the particular beneficiaries inside the trend are independent surf and skate niche stores.
Some West Coast surf and skate shops stated teenagers and even more youthful Generation Xers are not only rejecting traditional sports, but they're also shunning mainstream retailers and malls meant for smaller niche shops transporting hard-to-come-by brands.
Eddie Miyoshi, district manager at Atomic Garage, a 3-store chain situated in Gardena, Calif., stated the soaring recognition of skateboard footwear has boosted the retailer's total footwear business 20-thirty percent this year, rather of '95.
Skate footwear presently represent 80-90 % of Atomic Garage's shoe sales, while couple of years back, Dr. Martens and Timberland drove the retailer's footwear business.
Like many retailers, Miyoshi pointed to Airwalk since the trend's catalyst.
However, if Airwalk broadened its distribution to larger chains, which are frequently located in malls, only a few skate shoe customers adopted. Rather, many youthful males have switched for your skate shops for additional elusive brands like Etnies, Duffs, and Electricity Footwear by Circus. By refusing to market bigger retailers or sports stores, these brands are increasing their cachet among youthful consumers.
"Kids don't want stuff which have been within the shops,In . Miyoshi added.
Searching ahead, Miyoshi forecasted skate shoe sales will remain strong through spring '97 provided "the [hot] vendors don't auction other [non-particularly shop] retailers."
"Skaters and non-skaters are rebelling against mainstream retailers so on to surf and skate shops for many looks," echoed Mark Richards, co-online sources Val Surf, a 3-store chain situated in North Hollywood, Calif. Soaring sales of skate footwear have driven total footwear receipts up 25 percent this year rather of '95.
"The quantity of that increase might be connected while using exposure of maximum games? I am unsure. [Skate footwear] may also be actually the think about the moment,In . Richards acknowledged. And in relation to getting this right look, youthful customers can be very picky.
"Skateboard footwear is a huge category for people, but we're not able to own the brands, Etnies, Duffs, Electricity and Nice, simply because they won't sell us," stated Mark Anderson, buyer at Chick's Sports, a six-store chain in Covina, Calif. "We have people coming every single day requesting them." Consequently, skate footwear have consistently ongoing to obtain about 5 % of Chick's overall footwear business. http://skateszone.com/the-top-8-best-skateboards-for-beginners-reviews-2017/
Nonetheless, some outdoors, niche sports and sports retailers are noting the growing recognition and coverage of maximum sports will receive a modest impact on footwear sales. Trailrunning footwear and approach/outdoors crosstrainers will be the two groups benefiting the very best inside the recognition. Like the skate shoe business, some retailers realize that styling instead of function frequently drives sales of individuals footwear.
"At this time the merchandise is a lot more visual than function," stated Chet James, gm of Super Jock 'N Jill, Dallas, speaking about trailrunning footwear. Still, James noted the current hype over adventure sports helps draw more customer traffic. "The marketing campaigns and media help bring growing figures of people in, nonetheless they frequently occasions day an issue that increases results on their own account,Inch he conceded.
John Wilkinson, executive vp inside the 85-store chain Track 'N Trail, Eldorado Hillsides, Calif., stated the shop has "seen some activity in approach footwear," but he requested the amount of consumers depend in it commercially sport. And, instead of accelerating total footwear business, Wilkinson speculated elevated sales of approach footwear and trailrunners are gnawing away at traditional hiking shoe and boot volume.
But Dan Bazinet, president of Overland Exchanging, a 34-store chain situated in Westford, Mass., believes the company-new looks have breathed existence for the wilting hiking boot category. "[Approach-type footwear] don't represent the lion's participate the hiking market, nonetheless they have elevated the hiking business and provided us extra sales," Bazinet stated.
He designated Timberland's Treeline Series and Rockport's Leadville line as strong performers. Unsurprisingly, he noted the company-new looks are attractive to youthful consumer base than traditional hikers.
For that month of June, sales of men's hikers were up 49 percent at Overland, rather of June '95, while sales of women's hikers were up 17 % for that month. Bazinet also attributed elevated sales that shops walked inside the hiking business, departing that business for that specialists.
Some retailers draw a good example concerning the hiking boom of two yrs ago combined with the current extreme sport phenomenon. "Plenty of bigger chains will get a specific percent in the industry while [extreme] sports remain a fad because they are selling cost-point type gear," described Steven Carre, assistant hard goods buyer at Adventure 16, a six-store chain situated in Hillcrest.
"However individuals [true enthusiasts] will say `we need real gear' and may shown up at us. That will help us after a while. What Size Skateboard good for an 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 year old
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on Grasshopper, I'd probably research how people use the tools. For example; take a well known architectural shape and make algorithms that duplicate this shape in a number of languages (written English, drawn images, RhinoScript, MEL, AutoLISP, Grasshopper etc. etc.), then compare these different implementations. Which approach allows you to achieve the goal with least steps? Which representation can be most easily explained to others? Which can be most easily changed? and so on and so forth.
Voronoi diagrams are pretty mundane these days. Not that long ago only the best and brightest could use them for architectural purposes, but now everyone who is smart enough to install a plugin can.
One of the truly useful features of Grasshopper (and -of course- programming in general) over traditional approaches is that it can handle vast amounts of data. Given a couple of hours I can create a Voronoi diagram for 500 points by hand, but I would be hard pressed to manually evaluate the year-average of sun light contribution on every vertex of a 10000 point mesh.
If you're looking to do something reasonably innovative (and I think 10~11 weeks is plenty of time for that), I have yet to see someone do 3D isovist data maps of architectural models. I think Grasshopper can be used to at least aid in researching isovist properties of platonic, organic and custom volumes.
Or... a lot of people worry about shadow-casting properties of building envelopes, but nobody seems to be interested in solar reflection via windows and other reflective surfaces.
Or... given the average dioptre of the human eye, what can we say about the level of detail that is perceivable on every square unit of the facade of a 50 story building?
Or... how are grooves in a floor, wall or facade surface perceived as one walks past them? Or take it even further and research the rate of change of visual properties of a bas-relief surface.
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Added by David Rutten at 4:41am on November 21, 2009
ino:
Go to "Windows Control Panel", then "Programs and Features", then find "Rhinoceros 5 (64-bit)" and "Rhinoceros", select and "Repaire".
Permalink Reply by Heath on August 14, 2013 at 1:13pm
I got it to work, thanks.
Permalink Reply by Akche MacEshwa on August 22, 2013 at 8:20pm
Right click the .rhi file and open it with rhino execution wizard which is located in Rhino directory. Good luck.
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Added by Adam Donner at 5:38pm on September 19, 2013
of curved surfaces, its fabrication methods are still a challenge especially on the level of complex surfaces and large scale assemblies. Mathematical surfaces in general and hyperbolic paraboloids (Hypars) in particular embed neverending opportunities for planar construction techniques. The ancient surface of Hypars is one of the most interesting mathematical forms for architects from quantitative structural optimization to qualitative ornaments. Hypars have been used extensively in the works of avant-garde architects including: Gaudi, the Philips pavilion of le Corbusier, Shell structures of Felix Candela and Frei Otto tensile structures, as well as, many contemporary architects. Hypars workshop aims to develop the computational design techniques of complex organizations of hyperbolic surfaces from the structural to the ornamental scale in respect to the planar fabrication methods. The mathematical and geometrical qualities of ruled surfaces will be explored in parallel to material and assembly logic of planar elements for 1:1 prototype of an outdoor canopy in Alexandria. Geometrical properties of Hypars will be coded on the platform of Rhino and Grasshopper while the physical prototypes will be in wood and paper which offer an integrated and intuitive understanding of complex geometries and physical relationships. The workshop objective is to reconsider materials and fabrication as a design tool for architects. /// Application To apply, please follow this link to fill the application form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S2-7YNifUing8SVX3Iz9ArrgQgjIk77w9jzG70sIHv0/viewform /// Fees* 1700 EGP for students / 2000 EGP for graduates and young professionals * 20 % discount for early registration and payment before 22 nd of August 2014 more info on the workshop webpage: http://www.encodestudio.net/#!hypar/co9p…
diseño computacional.
La Visiting School digitalMed 2014, promovida por Medaarch y Emwesoft Sevilla S.L.N.E, se celebrará en la ciudad de Sevilla, y tendrá como tema central la Smart City y el estudio de la interacción entre las personas y su entorno a través de objetos, dispositivos e infraestructuras.
Fecha limite de inscripción: 16/01/2014
info@emwesoft.com
OBJECTIVOS Adquirir la capacidad de gestionar flujos de datos en los que las ciudades están sumergidas, para insertar proyectos que sean útiles, contextualizados, poco invasivos y aptos a establecer un intercambio de informaciones con los usuarios.
El objetivo final es redactar un catálogo de proyectos que puedan formar parte de un contexto urbano y puedan delinear el perfil de las ciudades en las que viviremos en el futuro próximo.
METODOLOGÍA Metodología basada en el aprendizaje activo, en la puesta en práctica de métodos activos que estimulan y facilitan el intercambio de experiencias y puntos de vista entre el alumnado: Buscando la participación del alumno, planteando todas las cuestiones que considere necesarias a la hora de aclarar conceptos.
Fomentando el debate y la colaboración entre los participantes.
Dando respuesta a las dudas planteadas.
La metodología será presencial, lo cual permite un mayor acercamiento entre profesor y alumno, y en consecuencia una mayor asimilación de los conceptos.
PROGRAMA Los primeros días del taller serán dedicados a establecer definiciones comunes que nos permitan trabajar a partir de significados compartidos. En esta fase se tratarán temáticas que recurren a menudo en la práctica arquitectónica contemporánea, es decir el diseño computacional, la fabricación digital y los data driven. Los alumnos tendrán la posibilidad de aprender a usar software para el diseño paramétrico, como Rhinoceros y el plug-in Grasshopper, a través del conocimiento de dichos software, el alumno conseguirá competencias teóricas y técnicas, para un enfoque al diseño computacional.
PROFESORADO La formación será impartida por profesionales con amplio conocimiento y experiencia en el ámbito. Los tutores serán los arquitectos Amleto Picerno Ceraso y Francesca Viglione.
DURACIÓN TOTAL DEL TALLER
40 horas
QUIÉN PUEDE PARTICIPAR?
. Funcionarios con una actitud proactiva hacia la construcción de ciudades inteligentes;
. Académicos y estudiantes en áreas relacionadas con el desarrollo de proyectos y soluciones tecnológicas para ciudades digitales y ciudades inteligentes;
. Arquitectos;
. Ingenieros;
. Diseñadores;
. Profesionales de las tecnologías de información y con relación a el área de tecnología.
REQUISITOS BÁSICOS
- Conocimiento básico de Rhinoceros
- Inglés medio
*Disponibilidad de un intérprete español.
PRECIO y Tarifa especial
El cuesto del taller es de 500€.
También hay facilitacióno en caso de Inscripciones de grupo: para cada grupo formado por 5 inscriptos, que paguen en un única solución, el costo total será de 4 miembros y no 5 (una persona gratis)
DONDE
Emwesoft Sevilla S.L.N.E C/ Monte Carmelo 21, 41011 – Sevilla (España)
Teléfono: +34 (955) 224 524
Email: info@emwesoft.com
Internet: www.emwesoft.com …
main attention is set on easy to handle interface , which should be used at a early stage of conceptual design to respond to external and internal influences in a intelligent and sustainable way.
Participants will use the software Grasshopper as a parametric modeling plug-in for Rhino. The usage of this graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools open up the possibility to construct highly parametrical complex models. To generate this complexity we will use live linkages to several programs listed below:
• Autodesk Ecotect Analysis and Radiance via GECO
• Processing, Excel or Open Office via gHowl
• FEA software GSA via SSI
In this 3 intense days, the participants should learn the workflow of the plug-ins with the help of examples and get an overview of the different software’s, there possibilities for evaluating the performance of a design or the usage of additional tools to be not chained to a single system .
(e.g. parametrical accentuation, parametrical formation, parametrical reaction)
TIME AND LOCATION
27th – 29th September 2010Leopold-Franzens university innsbruck/austria
Technik Campus | ICT - building
Technikerstraße 21a
A - 6020 Innsbruck | Austria
47°15’50.71”N 11°20’43.45”E
detailed program as pdf-version
FOR WHOM
All levels are welcome (students & professionals)
The only requirement is knowledge of Rhino and Basic Grasshopper.
You will need a level which corresponds to the Grasshopper Primer course outline.
FEES
21 hours
professionals: 395€
students (bachelor/master): 250€.
REGISTRATION
please send a email to to.from.uto@gmail.com attached with following information :
Last Name
First Name
Date of Birth
Nationality
Email Address
Current Address
Profession or proof of student status
After submitting you will receive an email with a PayPal link to complete registration.…
Ruby, [9] R, [10] PHP ,[11] MATLAB [12]
Maybe it can find it's way into GH somehow..
when using the default GH random number generator i mostly use much higher seed values.…
Added by Robert Vier at 10:08am on December 27, 2012
hange to a rectangle or a sequence of lines to get the tube geometry. Author of the video explained how to do this in the comments, but that didn't help. :(
"Alan Rodriguez Carrillo 1 year ago + Aldo Villanueva Hi, what you can do is try to handle points (4) with the ListITEM component and change the order of relation, for example (0,1) (1,2) (2,3) (3, 4) (4.0) in a panel. Subsequently do the relation of points through a line from points or LineSDL and elaborate the same steps that are explained in this video. Thanks.
Carlos González Puchol 11 months ago + Aldo Villanueva + Alan Rodríguez Carrillo Buenas, Alan and Aldo. I made a closed, tube design. First I listed the 4 points and put them in order with the polyline the polyline, making it closed. Then I had to close them also in the last steps before doing the triangulation."
Can anyone explain how to make this work ? It seems easy. For a person that knows the trick :))
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9dnyfoielum6m1r/PABELLON_last.3dm?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/y8xdiaf66xbyn9l/PAVILION.gh?dl=0…
ace Syntax." eCAADe 2013 18 (2013): 357.
http://www.sss9.or.kr/paperpdf/mmd/sss9_2013_ref048_p.pdf
The measure Entropy is newer. I hereby explain it (from my PhD dissertation):
Entropy values, as described in (Hillier & Hanson, The Social Logic of Space, 1984) and specified in (Turner A. , “Depthmap: A Program to Perform Visibility Graph Analysis, 2007), intuitively describe the difficulty of getting to other spaces from a certain space. In other words, the higher the entropy value, the more difficult it is to reach other spaces from that space and vice-versa. We compute the spatial entropy of the node as using the point depth set:
(11)
“The term is the maximum depth from vertex and is the frequency of point depth *d* from the vertex” (ibid). Technically, we compute it using the function below, which itself uses some outputs and by-products from previous calculations:
Algorithm 4: Entropy Computation
Given the graph (adjacency lists), Depths as List of List of integer, DepthMap as Dictionary of integer
Initialize Entropies as List(double)
For node as integer in range [0, |V|)
integer How_Many_of_D=0
double S_node=0
For depth as integer in range [1, Depths[node].Max()]
How_Many_of_D=DepthMap.Branch[(node,depth)].Count
double frequency= How_Many_of_D/|V|
S_node = S_node - frequency * Math.Log(frequency, 2)
Next
Entropies [node] = S_node
Next
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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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