SAN FRANCISCO, CA | INTERMEDIATE GRASSHOPPER WORKSHOP | September 13th, 2009 | 10:00am-5:00pm
Open to all CCA students/faculty who are interested exploring new forms and shapes using generative algorithms, this one day workshop will cover a range of diverse topics with a focus on fabrication techniques. We will look at the various ways that the graphical algorithm editor can facilitate traditional laser cutting methods and other fabrication tools available to the CCA students.
This workshop is an extension of the spring Grasshopper workshop and will require a basic understanding of the plug-in (attending the spring workshop is not a pre-requisite). All inquiries for the workshop can be sent to assistant professor, Andrew Kudless at akudless@cca.edu
BERKELEY, CA | GRASSHOPPER + GIS WORKSHOP | September 19th-20th, 2009 | 9:00am-5:00pm
LOCAL CODE proposes a new paradigm in architectural design, systematically bringing place-based data to bear on automatic digital modeling and manufacturing, in order to leverage architectural intelligence to multiple, local settings. The work takes advantage of widespread existing research in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and parametric design, but is among the first the first to synthesize these two strands of thinking and technology to question basic assumptions about the architectural profession, and its role in shaping our changing human landscape. Look for work, including creative-commons licensed scripts and examples, to be distributed in late 2009 and 2010.
This workshop will aim to support the research seminar and thesis studio developed by assistant professor Nicholas de Monchaux. The workshop is available (limited space) for UC Berkeley students and faculty. Please contact demonchaux@berkeley.edu if you are interested in enrolling in the workshop.
LOCAL CODE is supported by the Berkeley Center for New Media (bcnm.berkeley.edu), UC Berkeley's Geospatial Innovation Facility, and a grant from the Hellman Family Faculty Fund.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA | GRASSHOPPER WORKSHOP | September 26th-27th, 2009 | 9:00am-5:00pm
GRAPHIC THINKING is a rigorous investigation focused on the exploration of field structures which serve to establish dynamic relationships among multiple systems (social, political, ecological, economic, etc). This research, led by T. David Fitz-Gibbon Professor of Architecture Robin Dripps, will examine how the Grasshopper plug-in can be used to create various forms of parametrically controlled field structures that might undergo a process of intervention and transformation that ultimately question the relationship between program, context, and environmental energies. We will explore the different ways that generative modeling makes one think and how this thinking leads to other ways of working with the translation of idea to form.
This workshop will be open to graduate level architecture and landscape architecture students enrolled in the GRAPHIC THINKING course. Please direct any inquiries to dripps@virginia.edu