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:
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:
The project brief for Light Diffusing Screens can be found online at this link and is embedded below.
The Light Diffusing Screens project brief is embedded below, and is available on google docs at this link.
The Parametric Seating project brief is embedded below, and is also available on google docs at this link. Unlike last semester, students were asked to choose an existing seating system to model in rhino and grasshopper instead of designing their own. Hopefully by taking the design work off the table, we’ll be able to better focus on proper technique and gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of parametric and rule-based modeling.
The brief for the mid-term project is available on google docs (the embed did not work with this doc – sorry). We’ll go through this brief tonight as we discuss your individual schematic design options. I thought it might be useful to share this before the presentations so that you know what we’re going for at the end of the project. See you in a bit!
The first weekly grasshopper exercise of many, Parametric Wireframes, is embedded below and available for your reference on google docs. The assignment is due at the beginning of class next week.
I forgot to mention the reading assignment at the end of class on Thursday. It is in the syllabus, but I thought a reminder might be in order.
The assignment is to read the chapter ‘In the Library of Form’ in Out of Control by Kevin Kelly. This work will introduce us to the concept of a multi-dimensional design space, or what Kelly calls a library. We’ll discuss it during the grasshopper workshop next week. Enjoy!
Part 2 of the Variable Section Geometry assignment is available for your reference below, and on google docs.
Amada bench by Matthias Pliessing
object for first project.
Parametrics 
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