Credits: 3
Schedule: 03.06.2019 - 07.06.2019
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Toni Kotnik
Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
begining of the Summer Teaching Period as one-week long workshop.
Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Basic knowledge of parametric design thinking, the transformation of concepts into geometric operations and the implementation of these operations in a graphic scripting editor.
Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
The course is an introduction into fundamental concepts of parametric design thinking in architecture and landscape architecture using Grasshopper, a plug- in to Rhinoceros. The course covers basics of geometry of curves and surfaces, NURBS-geometry and mesh geometry as well as data handling. It is taught as intense one-week long workshop at the beginning of the summer teaching period. For the maximum amount of credits an individual design task based on parametric methods has to be conducted. The design task can be combined with ARK-E2513 Algorithmic Design.
Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Assessment is based on the daily exercises and the final documentation as well as the (optional) final design work.
Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
For 3 cr the total workload is 81 hrs consisting of input lectures (20 hrs), exercises (25 hrs), and independent study (36 hrs). Optinal design exercise (workload: 81 hr) can be used to gain additional 3cr.
Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Course reader and technical manuals will be provided to students in digital format over MyCourses.
Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
MyCourses
Prerequisites (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Working knowledge of Rhinoceros (ARK-2504 Software Basics 2 or equivalent)
Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
pass/fail
Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
WebOodi
The order of priority for admitting students to courses at Aalto ARTS 1.1.2018 onwards (approved by The Committee of Arts, Design and Architecture on 10.10.2017)
The order of priority is as follows:
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS);
- exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their major/programme and who have not completed it yet;
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and has been scheduled in the student's PSP (HOPS) for the current academic year
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her major’s or programme’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
- students for whom the course is compulsory for their minor;
- students, for whom the course is part of his/her minor subject’s alternative studies and who have not completed the requisite number of credits for alternative studies yet;
- students who have applied for the course through a student mobility scheme (internal mobility within Aalto University, flexible study right (JOO) studies etc.);
- other students.
Courses that are intended to be multidisciplinary (e.g. UWAS courses) may apply an order of priority based on the learning outcomes of the course, while bearing in mind the university obligation of enabling students to complete their degrees within the normative duration of study set for the degree. The order of priority does not apply to courses organised by the Centre for General Studies or doctoral courses.
This decision on the order of priority does not influence the right of the teacher to define prerequisites for the course.
Further Information (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
detailed schedule will be announced in March/April