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lunedì 31 maggio 2010

Intricate Correlations - Workshops and Symposium

















"Intricate Correlations - Intensification of Relations
Workshops and Symposium On Digital Design Processes in Obergurgl / Tirol


Conducted by Prof. Patrik Schumacher the institute for experimental architecture.hochbau at Innsbruck University/Austria has set its focus on script based and parametric design research within the last years, aiming to explore new design methods in order to advance the field of contemporary digital architectural design. During this time, various new approaches to digital design were developed, iteratively tested, improved and applied in different architectural scales, the urban scale, the building scale and the ergonomic scale. Research was carried out parallel to and coordinated accordingly by Patrik Schumacher at Design Research Laboratory (DRL, Architectural Association London), and at Studio Hadid (University of Applied Arts Vienna)."
Link

via @[UTO]

"Essential Mathematics" - Second Edition












Rajaa Issa ha rilasciato una nuova versione di "Essential Mathematics" aggiornata ed implementata.
Link

Segnalo anche che è stata anche tradotta in spagnolo ed è reperibile sul blog di Jose Luis García del Castillo a questo link.

Geco - GH2Ecotect by @ [ u t o ]





















Thomas Grabner e Ursula Frick ovvero @[UTO] hanno rilasciato una nuova tool per grasshopper denominata GECO che permette di far interagire in modo diretto Grasshopper con Ecotect.
Link

the leda atomicus


















Blog di Gwyllim Jahn con alcune interessanti definizioni in grasshopper.
Segnalo i post:
- Vector Fields and Polysurface Flowlines
- Organic Mesh Modelling in Grasshopper

venerdì 21 maggio 2010

OPEN SOURCE 2010 - Architecture as an open culture





















Segnalo questo interessantissimo evento con numerosi nomi di prestigio ed la mostra "Cecil Balmond Informal".
Link

lunedì 17 maggio 2010

NEWS 048










Cerver.org - MayaParticle to Grasshopper Updated for Version 0.7
Cerver.org - Minimal Surface Plugin updated for 0.7
Archimorph - Tube Morphology
OPENSYSTEMS - 100419_Elasticity
urban future organization - topoStruct: topology optimization software
eat a bug - Graphic Statics
eat a bug - Interactive Graphic Statics
Morphocode Lab - Following the Rabbit
The proving ground - USC ARCH 517: Featured Student Work
NeoArchaic - Grasshopper Updates
NeoArchaic - Moving Day
Sjet - Nearest Neighbor Visualizer
designplaygrounds - Glassware Consultancy [Grasshopper]
Heumann Design/Tech - Displacing a mesh with an image in GH
Heumann Design/Tech - U Reverse, V Reverse, Swap UV in GH
eSCRIPT-O - Software[1]– Hardware[2]- Firmware[3]: Forma digital v/s forma construída
Design Computing and Digital Fabrication - Budak Final Project
Jorge Ayala - Prototypical Gennevilliers
complexitys - ARCHITECTURE HYBRIDE 4/10 : ESPACES SENSIBLES
complexitys - Formation Grasshopper / Atelier d'Architecture Paramétrique / #gh3D #Paris
peer produced space - Msc AAC 09/10: first term Processing sketches
Attitude Geometries - Cellular Automata Building
with love and squalor - Grasshopper Chiptune
FADarch - LOKI BLOCKS (ACADIA 09)
Geometry Gym - Mesh Inflation in Grasshopper (ETFE)
ctrl-i - Extremes and Balances
MadeInCalifornia - RH AutoDimension 01
MadeInCalifornia - Excel to GH01

Open Generative Design














Segnalo l'interessantissima iniziativa creata da Sivam Krish "Open generative Design - CAD independant Generative Design Frame Work".
"Why CAD independent ? Generative Design works on top of CAD. There are many types of CAD tools. Different tools are good for different tasks. It is best to generate designs at a schematic level. This way schemes can used for a variety of similar design problems. They can also be used across CAD platforms. More importantly they can be shared and built upon."
"The aim is to develop platform independent algorithms which can be used to browse through solution spaces of various parametric definitions. The algorithms will be written in Excel and special add-on will be developed for each parametric modeling package." [via Peer produced Space]

Link al sito
Link alla community

Intervista su Wilfing Architettura
















Segnalo che Salvatore D'Agostino ha pubblicato sul suo blog "Wilfing Architettura" una intervista-colloquio che abbiamo "tracciato" inerente il blog DigitAG& ed i suoi dintorni.
Link a "0029 [MONDOBLOG] Reti e relazioni digitali"

martedì 11 maggio 2010

Apomechanes 2010 studio - seminar & workshop









Apomechanes 2010 studio [seminar and workshop] will be held from the 19th of July till the 6th of August. Apomechanes is an intensive 3-week computational design studio held each summer in Athens, Greece.

The studio is devoted to furthering techniques and concepts of algorithmic processes as means for design and fabrication. Apomechanes brings together individuals from diverse backgrounds and fields of study to discuss, exchange and collaborate on projects that investigate modes of algorithmic and machinic processes in architectural design. At present computational techniques are predominantly employed in the optimization, rationalization or surface decoration of more traditionally created wholes. This research instead focuses on the inherent potential of computation to generate space and of algorithmic procedures to engage self-organization in the design process. During the workshop, participants create their own custom algorithms leading to the fabrication of working full-scale prototypes appropriate to their research trajectories. Participants engage closely with computational processes in order to develop an aesthetic and intuition of complexity that resides in a balance between design intent and emergent character.












"INSTRUCTORS:
EZIO BLASETTI, registered architect TEE-TCG, was born in Athens and holds a MsAAD from Columbia University after graduating from the NTUA. Founder of algorithmicdesign.net Ezio is a partner at ahylo studio, his recent collaborations include Acconci Studio, Serge Studio, biothing and a|Um studio. He has taught at Columbia University, the Architectural Association, the Pratt Institute.
DAVE PIGRAM is the founding Partner of supermanoeuvre, Dave Pigram has taught at Columbia University, the Architectural Association, the Pratt Institute, The University of Michigan and The University of Canberra. He has exhibited and lectured on his work internationally and was formerly a project director for Studio Daniel Libeskind.
ROLAND SNOOKS is the founding partner of kokkugia, Roland Snooks has taught at Columbia University, The University of Pennsylvania, Sci-Arc, University of Southern California, the Pratt Institute, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and California Polytecnic. Roland was the curator of the Australasian section of this year's Beijing Bienalle.

COORDINATORS:
PAVLOS XANTHOPOULOS architect NTUA, MΑrch Architectural Association [AADRL], phd candidate NTUA. Executive coordinator. Partner at ahylo studio. He was an architect at Zaha Hadid Architects and his work has been published and exhibited internationally.
IOULIETTA ZINDROU architect NTUA, MArchAA Iaac [Institutto de Arquitectura Abancada de Catalunia]. Digital Fabrication Lab coordinator. Partner at ahylo studio, her collaborations include ΑCTAR architecture and Guallart architects in BCN. Invited jury at UPC, Iaac, Pratt Institute."

Link to the website
The press release can be downloaded here.
Further material, including a detailed portfolio of the projects from apomechanes 2009 can be found here.

venerdì 7 maggio 2010

Co-de-iT - Conditional Proliferations - GH Workshop - Roma











Conditional Proliferations

Grasshopper workshop Level I – parametric & generative design
Roma - 07-11 giugno 2010 [.] Descrizione

La proliferazione è una modalità di occupazione dello spazio. In dipendenza dal proprio modo di interazione ambientale, gli edifici possono essere distrubuiti e/o aggregati in modalità appropriate in modo da accumulare o disperdere gli effetti della loro interazione e il proprio impatto sull'evoluzione delle relazioni future. A livelli più bassi si può, ad esempio, considerare la distribuzione di componenti o caratteristiche lungo un involucro.
Approcci basati su unità funzionali operano una proliferazione basata sulla ripetizione indifferenziata e insensibile all'ambiente, risultando in una discretizzazione di matrice convenzionale e nella separazione tra edifici, edifici e contesto o spazi interni ed esterni; un diverso tipo di approccio, basato sulla condizione (termine usato nella sua doppia accezione di indicatore dinamico della tendenza di sviluppo dell'ecosistema e in quella causale – if a then b), introduce una forma di proliferazione che sfida e scioglie la dicotomia artificiale: molte piante crescono ovunque le condizioni portino ad esse beneficio, senza riguardo per limiti codificati nello spazio in cui si sviluppano. Le implicazioni sulla negoziazione dello spazio e sulla definizione di soglia sono notevoli; il sistema produce un campo armonicamente articolato e differenziato di fenotipi a partire dal genotipo attraverso un processo di "estetica delle forze" guidata attraverso lo strumento digitale.
A livello urbano questo può tradursi nella proliferazione di infrastrutture o di spazi che mettono in discussione la concezione statica di "confine" e "unità" in favore di modelli in grado di generare una gamma più estesa di inflessioni tra livelli di complessità e indirizzarli per abilitare e rendere accessibili potenzialità d'uso a loro volta articolate e complesse.
Il tema sarà dipanato attraverso le giornate del workshop sviluppando aspetti teorici e tecnici dell'approccio parametrico generativo, con particolare attenzione a strategie di design urbano basate su caratteristiche endogene (vincoli interni del sistema) ed esogene (fattori ambientali) allo scopo di stimolare l'esplorazione di soluzioni sistemiche innovative.

Il numero dei partecipanti è stabilito tra le 15 e le 20 persone per offrire un tutoraggio proficuo ed una effettiva esperienza di learning ad ogni iscritto.

[.] Temi

. teoria

. condizione, genotipo/fenotipi, transizione, mappatura, eleganza, sensibilità, spazio

. tecnica

. dati:gestione, manipolazione, visualizzazione
. generazione di geometria da dati
. logiche parametriche applicate al design
. genotipo/fenotipi
. attrattori, mappers, drivers e tecniche di modulazione

[.] Dettagli

Istruttori:
Alessio Erioli + Andrea Graziano + Davide Del GiudiceCo-de-iT (GH & design tutors)

Si richiede esperienza di base nella modellazione in Rhino (equivalente a Rhino training Level 1, il Level 2 è gradito – la documentazione per il training è disponibile gratuitamente all'indirizzo: http://download.rhino3d.com/download.asp?id=Rhino4Training&language=it).

Aggiungo per chi fosse interessato:
- il brief del corso
- il programma dettagliato
- il report del ws di marzo a Bologna "Elegant Ecotones"

Luogo : presso NETFORM – via Alessandro Cialdi 7, Roma
Orario : 9.00-18.00.
info: info@a-m-u-r-i.it |
tel: +39 338 4201162
iscrizioni: www.cesarch.it
tel: 06.97604590

giovedì 6 maggio 2010

Generic Explorations















Blog inerente le esplorazioni matematiche, sia con grasshopper che con applicazioni apppositamente sviluppate, da un gruppo di ricerca della Facoltà di Architettura dell'Università di Belgrado guidato dalla Prof.sa Mirjana Devetakovic.
Link

mercoledì 5 maggio 2010

NEWS 047










Dima's blog - First Evolution-based System!
complexitys - Equilibrium y'all !!
complexitys - developable surfaces
complexitys - ARCHITECTURE HYBRIDE 1/10 : Espaces Sensibles et Nouvelle Conception
conditional form - Thermal Textiles 2.0
conditional form - Mediating Device (Jodi & Keith)
conditional form - Thermal Textiles 3.0
archimorph - Detroit Soundscape
archimorph - acoustic aggregation
archimorph - Mechanic Autopoesis
MadeInCalifornia - many post
NeoArchaic - Real World Unit Conversion
NeoArchaic - GEODEX update: Complete
Woo Jae's Blog - Digital Workshops + Lectures @ Syracuse Architecture
Geometry Gym - Genetic Algorithm - Naples Metro Station
Geometry Gym - Parametric Structure Models in Grasshopper
Cerver.org - GC minSurf plugin update
Cerver.org - Maya Particle importer for Grasshopper
Cerver.org - Maya Particle to GH updated
Cerver.org - GH_minSurf updated to 1.0.3.0
The Proving Ground - USC Arch 517 Grasshopper Course: It's Alive!
4ofSeven - 0910M5_[WS]_Zeed Grey
Bojana Vuksanovic - Change/ Time Component of a Form
designplaygrounds - Responsive Honeycomb Morphologies [GH3D]
designplaygrounds - Processing for Architecture
designplaygrounds - Responsive Skin / Arduino + Grasshopper Firefly
Rhinoscripting Playground - Armstrong Teasdale Rhino Script
y_architect[ure] - Thesis Structural Solution
Reza Ali - 3D Field Flow
urban future organization - GH srfWeave
urban future organization - adaptive circle packing
urban future organization - grasshopper hanging studies
urban future organization - networks; complexity; disorganization
FrikeArq - Manual de diseño paramétrico con Grasshopper actualizado
fancyWires - Multi Source – 2 Ways
dfabnus - Insertion
Far From Equilibrium - Shape Memory Polymer Chair
yet another script? - Thermal Analysis Visualization Tool 1.0 Alpha 1
echorost - Electric Field
echorost - Electric Field – revisited
Heumann Design/Tech - Unroll Ruled Surfaces in Grasshopper
LIVE COMPONENTS-NY - 2_3 TERRAIN SURFACE MAKER
IaaC Blog - many post
LaN - LAN-FLIGHT JUL 7-13 …digifab en route w/ LaN
probotics[code] - many post
Yuan blog - + Computational Geometry_In Between 2 surface
Nervous System - Nervous System @ DHUB
Nervous System - Xylem Furniture Sketches
un didi - CLJ: Parametric Design Workshop
theverymany - [The blog has moved to]
Jorge Ayala - LU_ESA/ Connecting Skins

LMNts - Tech Studio

















Blog dello studio "LMN architects" dove sono condivise alcune definizioni particolarmente interessanti.
Link al blog
Link al post "Grasshopper to ANSYS"
Link al post "Surface Patterning with UV Coordinates"
Link al post "Grasshopper to Excel Exporter"

supermanoeuvre


















"SUPERMANOEUVRE is an architectural practice that sees computation as a means of opportunistically collaborating with the heterogeneity and flux of social, cultural and ecological substrates. Employing both genetic and phenotypical strategies of formation in which multiple intelligences and behaviours compete for the gift of instantiation, supermanoeuvre seeks to move beyond the diagram as the dominant of architectural understanding. The resulting complex and adaptive morphologies achieve their definition performatively as the emergent outcome of highly specific architectural concerns embedded within generating rulesets. The practice was co-founded in 2006 by Dave Pigram [New York] and Iain Maxwell [London] as a collaborative studio through which contemporary architectures may be engaged. This blog is intended as a active repository of knowledge pertaining to contemporary architectural resources, techniques and theory. It is an open platform intended for not only our collaborators, peers and students, but also for the greater design community."

Un blog che non ha bisogno di presentazioni dove sono condivise moltissime risorse dedicate allo scripting in processing, rhinoscript e con una sezione appena aperta dedicata a futuri script in python sia per Maya che per Rhino.
Link al blog
Link al sito di supermanoeuvre

martedì 4 maggio 2010