Spring 2014 Parametric Seating Assignment

The first assignment of the Spring semester is available online here.  This assignment, which we’ve done a few times before in this class, asks students to model a precedent seating system in Rhino, and to extend that surface parametrically in Grasshopper.

The assignment, including parts 1 and 2 is also embedded below.  Enjoy:

Spring 2014 Syllabus

The class syllabus for the Spring 2014 term can be found here.  As the schedule and content is likely to change a bit over the course of the semester, I like to let this published google doc be the master syllabus for the term.  Any and all changes will be reflected in real time in this document – be sure to check back periodically for any updates.

It is also embedded below:

Parametric Seating Assignment – Fall 2013

The first assignment of the Fall semester is online here.  The assignment asks students to model a precedent seating system in Rhino, and to create an extended design space around the precedent system using Grasshopper.

We’ve done this a few times before in this class, and it has proven to be a good way into some of the concepts and techniques we’ll be developing over the course of the semester.

The published document is also embedded below:

Parametric Seating Assignment – Spring 2013

The first assignment for the spring courses can be found by following this link.  For this four week assignment, students are asked to accurately model a precedent seating system of their choice and to extend the model parametrically using grasshopper.

We did this assignment once before last summer, and the results were very strong.  The intent of the assignment is to let students focus on the fundamentals of parametric modeling by taking the design work out of the project’s scope.

The assignment is also embedded below:

Class Syllabus – Spring 2013

The class syllabus for the Spring 2013 term can be found by following this link.  The schedule and content will most likely change a few times during the course of the semester based on our progress.  All changes made will be reflected in real time in the online doc – please be sure to check back from time to time to look for updates.

The document is also embedded below: