CLJ02: Parametric Design Workshop

CLJ02: Parametric Design Workshop

ASTA Cluj organizes a parametric design workshop with the aim of designing the actual lounge pavilion of the ZA event in Cluj, Romania. Tutors are Dimitrie Stefanescu and Patrick Bedarf. Organizers are Bogdan Hambasan and Anamaria Androne. Read below for registration and participation information.

The aim of the week long workshop is to produce a working model for the fabrication of the ZA lounge pavilion, which will be placed in Unirii Square, Cluj. The design process will explore different computational techniques which will all work together towards the actual building of the pavilion. The material goal of the workshop is to have a 1:1 working prototype by the end, whilst the final fabrication and assembly will take place before the ZA event.

The software used will be Rhino3d and Grasshopper. Participants are expected to have some experience using the tools mentioned above, though this is not mandatory.

The workshop will take place during the 7th to the 13th of March 2011. If you want to participate, please fill in the form below. Please note that the participation fee is 50 RON/12 EUR for students and 211 RON/50 EUR for graduated individuals, payable to ASTA Cluj at the beginning of the workshop.

For more information please direct your questions to the organizers.

modeLab Parametric Design Workshop

 

modeLab Parametric Design Workshop

ModeLab will be conducting a Parametric Design Workshop in New York City, April 24/25. This workshop will engage the conceptual and technical domain of parametric design by introducing participants to systemic processes capable of registering and responding to a range of diverse ecologic criteria.

Emphasis will be placed on workflows that utilize constraint-based design, associative modeling techniques, and environmental influencers to discover novel and inventive design solutions. For more information and details, click here.

aast International Workshop 2011

International Architecture Workshop

aast, Advanced Architecture Settimo Tokyo, is a series of events ideated by CASARTARC, an architectural association in Italy, (with Andrea Graziano and Davide Del Giudice) to link the host cities of the UIA InternationalCongress of Architecture in 2008 and 2011: Turin and Tokyo.As the joint event of ALGODE TOKYO 2011 (http://news-sv.aij.or.jp/algode/index.html) the international symposium on Algorithmic design held byAIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan), Casartarc is offering the aastinternational student workshop in Tokyo on the theme:Generative Space for Tokyo: innovative use of wood with algorithmic design.

Objectives

The aast workshop aims at offering a unique, hands-on experiencefor architectural students to research and experiment in the field ofGenerative Architectural Technology and Computational Design applied toDigital Fabrication.Participants will be able to explore new concepts for architecture andurban space by setting up adaptable design processes and seamlesslyconnect them to the real construction of a 1:1 scale prototype for a temporary space in Tokyo. Computational design techniques and realfabrication processes will be approached and explored at the same timethrough the use of the most traditional of the building materials in Japaneseculture: wood. In traditional construction, the Japanese carpentersemployed their knowledge (passed on from generation to generation) to usewood as a construction material, solving joint problems in a way to createlong lasting structures.Now algorithmic programs can help the designer to explore several designprocesses at once, to generate new environments and to create adaptivesolutions for a particular spatial concept.Digital fabrication processes, such as CNC cutting can deal with extremelycomplicated but algorithmically controlled work, making it possible to usethis sustainable and natural material in innovative ways. By joining smaller,machine-cut pieces, according to an assembly rule to generate a whole it isthus possible to innovate along the Japanese tradition of creating patternsas a space-defining interface. Tradition and innovation, digital design andreal fabrication will be the topics of this workshop, with the aim to advancetheoretical research as well as potential practical applications of algorithmicdesign in architecture and urban design.
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for more info see the flyer or send a mail to:

lorenaATalessiostudio.com, cristina.edizioniATtucanoviaggi.com