Topic outline

  • Parametric Design

    Not available unless: You belong to V01 (SISU)

    The course Parametric Design is an intro 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 & surfaces, NURBS-geometry and fundamentals of data-handling.

    All teaching within the course will be conducted remotely! An Introduction into the course takes place on Tuesday 10 Jan 2023 at 9:15 at zoom.

    The course is organized in six blocks related to one specific topic. It is recommended to work through the course in the given sequence of topics, one topic each week. The learning is supported by exercises as well as weekly Q&A sessions and individual consultation hours. In addition, some readings are provided for a better understanding of parametric design. Successful completion of the course is based on in-time submission of the three designated assignments. 

    Q&A: always Tuesday 10-11 at zoom (starting on 17.1.2023)

    Individual Consultation: always Tuesday 11-12 at Väre, O302


    Associative Geometry


    Curves

    Assignment: Homework_1


    Surfaces


    Data Handling

    Assignment: Homework_2


    Form-Finding


    Optimization

    Assignment: Design Exercise


    In preparation of the course you need to have (at least) the latest Rhino 6 version installed on your computer. A 90-day full version for evaluation is available at this link.


    Assignments

    Successful completion of the course requires submission of Homework_1, Homework_2 and the Design Exercise no later than 30 April 2023 at 23:00.


    Tutorials

    The Grasshopper Primer (3rd edition)

    The Grasshopper Primer (2nd edition)

    Generative Algorithms


    Reading List on Digital in Architecture

    Carpo, Mario: The Digital in Architecture 1992-2012, Wiley, 2013

    Carpo, Mario: The Alphabet and the Algorithm, MIT Press, 2011

    Oxman, Rivka & Oxman, Robert: Theories of the Digital in Architecture, Routledge, 2014

    Picon, Antoine: Digital Culture in Architecture, Birkhäuser, 2010

    Helmut Pottman et.al.: Architectural Geometry, Bentley Institute Press, 2007