Number of students: Maximum 25 students
Official language: English with Spanish, Italian and Arabic supports
Total training hours: 80 hours
Place: University of Illinois _ College of fine & applied Art –
School of Architecture
Final exhibition: University of Illinois campus
professors and tutors from Illinois - USA, politecnico di Milano-
Italy, Beirut Arab University- Lebanon
Fees: 750 dollars includes all teaching materials and software,
printing and projects fabrications.
relative outcomes:
www.arch.illinois.edu - www.arch-algorithm.com
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Module 01: |
Generative design, NURBS modeling, parametric modeling, architectural design algorithms,
form finding algorithms, generative designs in architecture and urban scale and
fields algorithms. |
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Module 02: |
urban Performance Simulation, urban environmental analysis, sustainable design optimization,
parametric adaptation Genetic Algoritm |
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Final project Date: 12 January 2019 |
Jury and exhibition of students’ projects open for the public |
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Computational technology is rapidly developed. It provides strong capabilities to change life mechanism and the way we act, think, communicate and interact in real life. The goal of the summer school is to provide students with a new digital paradigm in design and architecture, and make them able to gain practical experience on future trends of computational architecture, generative design, Algorithmic analysis, design optimization, digital fabrication and smart kinetic systems. As they merge the fields of art, architecture, engineering, communications, sustainability and technology. Students will learn how architecture can transform itself in response to the constant change of surrounding environment and human actions especially in poor urban spaces.
The workshop allows students to develop skills on computational design in both architectural and urban scales. According to the parametric design strategy, the Architectural forms should not be superimposed, where an overview of building science and control techniques will be provided to link form and performance. Students will also gain insight on what computer tools are available in practice to assess various measures during the design process of built environments.
The school encourages the observation of social behaviors and their applications in urban design featuring subconscious experiences. Students will investigate modern materials and their digital fabrication by direct experience. They will work with algorithms able to respond to human attitudes and environmental adaptation in poor urban spaces. Students will engage digital virtual world with real environment in their final the projects.
The program is based on advanced computational approach that enables designers and architects to overcome the imposition of prefixed architectural forms in order to enhance poor urban spaces and form solutions that interact with humans and environment in urban scape. Lectures on parametric design simulation, generative and form finding as well as urban-space optimization, analyzing and digital fabrication prototyping, are integrated together in 2 main modules. Students from the beginning of the workshop will be divided into groups to compete on a case project increasing their ability to define project parameters, design factors, solving problems, understanding factors relationships, involving environmental and human factors, and optimizing their projects solutions in smart and inelegance way.
In the beginning of the school, parametric modelling will be introduced (Rhino3d and Grasshopper) to build the necessary skills of parametric generative form methods to students. In this module will be dedicated to digital design methods and physical model making by various fabrication techniques, including laser cutting and 3D printing. Students will focus on the idea of creating algorithmic architectural form inspired by nature and their research will be supported by a series of lectures. Also they will be split into groups in order to develop projects assigned by the professors. This Module also adds Form Finding techniques to the parametric design strategies. Students will learn how material system behaviors, physical forces and responsive structure system can be digitally simulated into parametric models in order to explore complex forms that optimized and adapted to its natural behaviors, initial forces, material, particles, and structure systems. Series of lectures on form finding, natural structural algorithms, material behaviors, and physical forces will lead student to optimize their project forms.
The engagement of urban adaptation, sustainable design and parametric developments will be in concentration of this Module in order to optimize projects that responsive to architectural, urban and environmental contexts. Students will learn how to involve environmental surroundings parameters and Data and to analyze them in order to optimize their solutions regarding to environment. Students will optimize their projects through a series of lectures and tutorial on Environmental analysis, adaptation, and sustainable design in both urban and architectural scale. Students will be 3rd phase of the students project will be developed and discussed.
Time: 02 – 06 January 2019
Tools: Rhino3D – Grasshopper – Paneling tools- Kangaroo plugin - fields grasshopper -Digital Fabrication
Topics: generative design, NURBS modeling, parametric modeling, architectural design algorithms, form finding algorithms, generative designs in architecture and urban scale and fields algorithms
Schedule:
| Day 01 | - opening lecture on Algorithmic aided Design- tutorials and introductions to NURBS modeling with Rhino 3d |
| Day 02 | - Parametric modeling tutorials with grasshopper 3d- Grasshopper processes, algorithmic logic and data management-Essential mathematical functions and logical operations- Projects assignments, groups divisions, project phase’s schedule |
| Day 03 | - Form finding methods and theories for architecture and urban- Training on physical algorithms using Kangaroo plugin-Catenary systems on curves, Catenary on surfaces, and mesh relaxation |
| Day 04 | - Algorithms and design inspirations- Subdivision algorithms, paneling tools- Magnetic fields algorithmic form finding using fields’ component on grasshopper- - Responsive materials, structural optimizations |
| Day 05 | - Parametric fabrication techniques, Nesting and optimization- Project phase one submission |
Time: 07 – 12 January 2019
Tools: UMI, urban scripting for grasshopper, Social/digital tools, Galapagos optimization
Topics: urban analysis, environmental analysis, sustainable design optimization, and – human Adaptive Architecture
Schedule:
| Day 01 | - urban adaptive design introduction and projects examples - parametric analysis and design strategies for upgrading poor urban areas |
| Day 02 | - dynamic pattern & starting projects - Training on scripting for grasshopper |
| Day 03 | - optimization strategies and grasshopper definitions - Environmental and human factors and parametric design reactions |
| Day 04 | - Smart and embedded forms for urban areas - reviewing projects and fabrications techniques |
| Day 05 | - project finalization and assembly |
| Day 06 | Exhibition and final jury |
ARTURO TEDESCHI
Architect and computational designer.
Author of “AAD_Algorithms-Aided Design ” and “Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper” books. He is currently digital consultant at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and he taught at IUAV (Venezia, Italy) and AA School (London, UK). He has collaborated with leading architecture firms - including Zaha Hadid Architects - before setting up his consulting company.
Credits :
Links:
www.arturotedeschi.com
MOSTAFA RABEA
Assistant professor at Beirut Arab University – Lebanon , PhD, Parametric design and Architecture, SAS-UNICAM-Italy. Lecturer at Faculty of Architecture - MSA University-Egypt validated by Greenwich University-UK 2013 – 2015 . Founder of Algoritm workshops and Epochal design studio-Egypt. Instructor of parametric design and Algorithmic generative Architecture.
Credits :
Links:
Algoritm
Aaron Brakke
Architect and designer born and educated in the United States and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He is Founder and Director of Design at Whiteknee. He graduated with a post-professional degree in Architecture (MArch II) Ball State University. His experience provided the opportunity to inhabit Arcosanti and dialogue with the visionary architect Paolo Soleri. He has worked with several avant-garde architecture firms in New York such as; Joseph Giovannini and at Archi–tectonics (Winka Dubbeldam). He spent a decade in the city of Bogotá, Colombia where he founded Whiteknee and He is a Professor of Architecture at the Universidad Piloto de Colombia. At this institution, he founded the Center of Innovation, which blends digital fabrication machinery with tools for Simulation and Visualization (VR and Augmented Reality). His primary research interest is situated in use of technology in territorial demarcation and construction practices within several indigenous groups inhabiting the Andes Mountain Range. He continues to work with communities in precarious habitats in both the urban periphery of Bogota and rural zones of Colombia that have been afflicted by conflict with the belief that design and architectural projects of co-creation can have agency and resonating impact.
The workshop will be held on main campus in Urbana-Champaign at the Illinois School of Architecture, which is the 2nd oldest architectural program in the United States. The school is organized around four Program Areas - Building Performance, Detail + Fabrication, Health + Well-being, and Urbanism. Faculty teach and conduct research in these areas in support of the School's primary objective to promote critical engagement with the design of a healthy and sustainable built environment. It is one of the programs of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Illinois. The college is singular in the nation for its diversity, innovation, and breadth. Home to creative thinkers in the performing, visual, design, and environmental arts, our college encourages daring collaborations and deeper cultural understanding. The school bold artists, researchers, and educators include Guggenheim Fellows, Doris Duke Award winners, Fulbright Scholars, members of learned societies, decorated educators, and renowned performers. The school dynamic atmosphere motivates us to generate work that pushes boundaries and addresses society's most pressing challenges.
Registration deadline is 10 October 2018.
You can register to the workshop by completing the online application found in the link below. If you are not able to make an online application, send email to register@arch-algorithm.com for registration and instructions to pay by bank transfer. Once you complete the online application and make a full payment, you are registered to the program. All students travelling from abroad are responsible for securing visa required, and are advised to contact their home embassy early. The School can provide a letter confirming participation in the workshop. In case of visa rejection, a full payment refund will be available. By the end of the workshop , an official mini diploma certifications authorized by Illinois university and the external ministry of international exchange education will be provided to participants.
- The required fees is 750 USD per participant ,which includes all teaching materials,
software kit, lectures kit, laser cutting, cnc routers , and 3d printing, and using
equipment.
- Fees don’t include flights or accommodation, but accommodation options can be
advised. Students need to bring their own laptops.
Refund policy:
A full payment refund will be available only in case of visa rejection for international
participants
This workshop program is open to current Art, architecture and design students, masters, PhD candidates and young professionals. Software Requirements: basic knowledge of 2D and 3D modeling software.