food4Rhino webinar: TRfem and TRmesh (June 1 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: TRfem and TRmesh

June 1 at 5 PM CEST

TRfem and TRmesh are a pair of new Rhino plugins for simulation, particularly for the volumetric 3D heat transfer solver for Rhino. They feature solving for interior/exterior boundary conditions, with result slicing, isosurface extraction, and other import/export capabilities. In this webinar, Mathias will provide a comprehensive introduction to heat transfer simulation in Rhino, covering essential concepts such as thermal flux, dissipation, transmittance, U-values, and related quantities.

TRmesh is the associated tetrahedral meshing plugin for TRfem. TRmesh features several tetrahedral meshers, from well-established ones to others inspired by Poisson disk sampling and Metropolis sampling techniques. TRmesh thus enables the generation of high-quality tetrahedral finite element meshes efficiently. As any finite element-based volumetric simulation relies on quality tetrahedral meshes, TRmesh's functionality is also crucial for simulations other than heat transfer. During the webinar, we will guide participants through the complete finite element workflow, showcasing a practical case study focused on insulation evaluation and building heating and energy efficiency analysis.

This webinar is aimed both at Rhino novices and experts, with or without previous exposure to finite element simulation.

Speaker: Mathias Fuchs is a Mathematician with ample experience in applied geometry, statistics, and simulation. He's been Senior Researcher at the CODE group, Zaha Hadid Architects, London, and is now an independent programmer specializing in numerical algorithms for geometry and Rhino.

Mark your calendar on LinkedIn events and watch the webinar on YouTube live...

Symposium ArchitectureNature – NatureArchitecture: neglect construct care, June 16 at TU Munich

 

Image: Point could of a tree in Munich by LiDAR scanning, Hadi Yazdi, 2023

ArchitectureNature - NatureArchitecture symposium

June 16, 2023, 

9 am-7 pm CEST

at the Technical University Munich

ArchitectureNature - NatureArchitecture critically gathers current and retrospective views on the city's green infrastructure. The three major fields of Soil, Water, and Plants provide the thematic structure. Within each thematic area, the three fields of action Construct, Care, and Neglect address contrasting and complementary principles in dealing with urban nature.

Organisation: Ferdinand Ludwig, Sandra Bartoli, Silvan Linden, Andres Lepik

Speakers: Elena Ferrari, Frank Koch, Fahim Amir, Amina Chouairi, Verena Vogler, Daniel Köhler, Harald Kraft, Marije Van Lidth de Jeude - Oliver Schütte, Marie Davidová, Wilfried Middleton, Miriam Ferstl

More information and registration details...

IAAC Global Summer School (July 2023) - Join the GSS23 Educational Experience

Global Summer School

July 3-28

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is glad to announce a new online edition of the Global Summer School (GSS) program! This July, the GSS will inaugurate the 15th edition of this globally interconnected summer educational program, reaching students and professionals worldwide to learn and develop projects toward the use of advanced architecture tools.

Within the GSS23 experience, participants can choose between four different online modules, participating in their preferred ones thanks to a flexible workshops model enabling a link between the extraordinary GSS network of faculty, institutions, and industry collaborators.

IAAC GSS offers four online workshops exploring our digital routes within an agile format to investigate the impact of innovative tools that broaden the traditional boundaries defining a new advanced architecture at different scales. Architects, designers, and engineers will be able to conduct multi-level investigations focusing on Computational Design, Design for Robotics—remotely controlling robots in IAAC, Urban Analytics and Environmental Design.

During the GSS23 program, each participant can pick a single module or enroll in the full program, tracking a personal learning path, and being exposed to a virtual class environment. The GSS participants will interact with IAAC faculties, learn new design and fabrication tools, and connect to Global Lectures with experts from the AEC sector throughout July 2023.

Since 2020, the GSS online program gathered together 400 participants ready to engage in a multidisciplinary experience and improve their skills module after module, guided by expert faculties and in collaboration with other participants. This summer, be part of GSS by submitting your application here within May to join GSS with an early bird fee or apply by June 28th as the ultimate deadline. 

Explore the GSS23 program, apply through the GSS application form, and learn more about the GSS previous editions from the official IAAC GSS profiles on IG and Facebook.

Rhino User Webinar - Discrete Aggregations: Workflows Between Houdini & Rhino

 

Rhino User Webinar

Discrete Aggregations: Workflows Between Houdini & Rhino

June 1, 2023, at 4:00 PM CEST

In this workshop, we will explore how Rhino + Grasshopper can take advantage of Houdini’s solvers to generate physics-based aggregations of complex rigid bodies. The workflow will leverage the ease of modeling in Rhino, Houdini's simulation power, and Grasshopper's interoperability capabilities, taking advantage of the best of each world.

Alfredo Chavez is an Architect and Computational Designer born in Spain. His approach focuses on blending technologies from different fields and exploring their applications to the AEC industry. He holds an M.Arch in Architecture from the University of Seville and an M.Arch (Design and Research Lab) from the Architectural Association.

Over the past six years, Alfredo’s interest in design, digital/robotic fabrication, and programming has led him to work on a wide range of projects and collaborate with companies such as Autodesk and Zaha Hadid Architects. Alfredo is part of Heatherwick Studio, where he is a member of the Ge-Code/Applied Research team.

Complete details and registration...

food4Rhino webinar: Wasp - Combinatorial Design Toolkit (May 25 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: Wasp - Combinatorial Design Toolkit
May 25 at 5 PM CEST

Wasp is an open-source Grasshopper plugin for combinatorial design which allows users to represent and design with discrete parts. This is possible thanks to the combination of geometric and topologic data into a Part data structure. The toolkit's core relies on a set of aggregation procedures, allowing the generation of large structures from the bottom-up combination of different parts, mediated through top-down constraints and design drivers. Currently available procedures include stochastic aggregation, graph-grammar aggregation, and field-driven aggregation, enabling approximation of both geometric and performance-based drivers with discrete parts.

The webinar will introduce the context and ideas behind the development of Wasp, and will then demonstrate its primary usage, as well as some application examples using more advanced features.

Speaker: Andrea Rossi is an architectural researcher and computational designer. He is currently a research associate at the Experimental and Digital Design and Construction chair at the University of Kassel while also completing his doctoral dissertation at the DDU Digital Design Unit at TU Darmstadt. His current focus is on combinatorial and circular design strategies, robotic fabrication, and architectural biomaterials. He is the developer of Wasp. Previously, he was a research associate at ETH Zurich, a robotic fabrication specialist at Coop Himmelb(l)au and IndexLab - Politecnico di Milano. In addition, he taught courses and workshops on digital tools and fabrication in Italy, Germany, Austria, USA, and Israel, as well as on several online platforms.

Image Credits: F. Dannecker, A. Rossi, J. Keller, A. Yavuz, S. Uzkal, M. Wang, Z. Rui, R. Qin, Z. Xia, M. Gilles, M. Javadi, T. Pardini, N. Jakimavicius, C. Yuan, T. Xu, T. Hristov, A. Corre, T. Feng, R. Nong.

Mark your calendar on LinkedIn events and watch the webinar on YouTube live... 

Mastering Grasshopper Tekla Live Link: Discovering Hidden Options and Effective Workflow Tips (May 16 at 14h CEST)

This session explores some of the most interesting and non-intuitive components in Grasshopper Tekla Live Link, as well as uncovers some hidden options that can help streamline your workflow. Sebastian Lindholm (Trimble) and Krzysztof Wojslaw (LearnGrasshopper.com) on May 16 at 14:00 CEST will share their expert tips and tricks for working effectively with Live Link, allowing you to get the most out of this powerful tool.

Free registration...

 

First BIM Bootcamp and New Technologies of the AECO Sector in Spain, by Miautics (in Spanish) - starting in September 2023

The first BIM Bootcamp and New Technologies of the AECO Sector in Spain, structured and directed by Miautics and promoted by Upgrade Hub, is already prepared. Intensive Training as BIM Expert/Manager, BIM App Developer, IFC Specialist, Computational Designer, CGI Archviz Expert, Digital Architecture Designer, and Urban Data Analyst. 

Miautics begins the alliance with Upgrade Hub, the number one community in the creating bootcamps with this powerful program, which starts in September 2023, oriented to the most advanced procedures and demanded by the best companies in the AECO Sector.

Complete info and registration (in Spanish)... 

MSc in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication (MScCDDF)

 

The University of Nicosia offers scholarships for the academic year 2023-2024 for the MSc in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication based on academic merit and background experience.

Application deadline: April 17, 2023.

The MSc in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication is offered in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck, Institute for Experimental Architecture Hochbau in Austria. The program explores the relationship between computational tools and architectural design to attain new insight into the relationship between design intent and built form. Prospective participants will have the opportunity to develop computational design skills and acquire hands-on cutting-edge fabrication experiences while cultivating analytical and creative thinking on the applications of computation in design. The MScCDDF offers a very promising employment outlook while encouraging participants to become part of the global community of applied computational research and digital fabrication, a growing industry increasingly crucial for producing the built environment.

The program is extensively using Rhino and Grasshopper.

More information... 

Rhino New Developments Day at STF London (April 25, 2023) - applications close on Tuesday, April 18

Applications close on Tuesday, April 18!

The Rhino New Developments Day (London, April 25, 2023) is geared towards people and organizations interested in extending Rhino’s functionality through Grasshopper or new development frameworks such as rhino3dm, Rhino Compute or Rhino.Inside, and external plugins.

There are many new revolutionary technologies available this year surrounding Rhino. Many of these technologies are opening up new workflows and previously impossible possibilities. Get a jump on understanding what McNeel has been working on and how it might help move your office's workflow forward. Learn about extending Grasshopper, Rhino, ongoing web technology projects that can be deployed anywhere, and the unbelievable Rhino.Inside integrations allowing you to bring Rhino and Grasshopper into almost any workflow you have.

Get up-to-the-minute information on what we have been working on as we explore together what is possible.

Meet the people developing these technologies to understand how they work and what might be possible.

The "Rhino New Developments Day" is by invitation/application only. Everyone interested in attending must fill in this form.


Once completed, we’ll review your application and confirm whether a place at the Development Day is available. We will email everyone who applies for a place as soon as possible.


The Rhino New Developments Day is separate from the Shape to Fabrication Conference. But of course, attendees may wish to also join the Shape to Fabrication conference on the following two days at the same venue. Find out more and buy your ticket for the Shape to Fabrication conference.

Rhino User Webinar: Developing Digital Tools for Design Teams

Rhino User Webinar

Developing Digital Tools for Design Teams

April 19, 2023, at 4:00 PM CEST

In this webinar, Reope will present tools they have developed for clients like Heatherwick Studio or Oslo Works. This includes Grasshopper and Rhino.Inside.Revit workflows to automate data-driven designs focused on facades or urban developments. They will also show Metrics, a plugin for Rhino for early-stage volumetric studies, and a versatile tool for custom parameters in a model. Reope is an international team of architects, engineers and developers who specialize in developing custom tools, systems and processes for the AEC industry. Fernando Ceña is an architect specializing in automating workflows for design and simulation analysis. He also has deep experience in digitizing stadium designs and implementing augmented reality for building purposes. Before joining Reope, he worked in the computational design departments of Gramazio Kohler at EHT Zürich and Meis Architects in New York. Thomas Holth is an architect specializing in programming. He draws experience from both having practiced as an architect and worked as a consultant towards companies in the building industry, using programming parallel to enhance the efficiency and quality of architectural production. He currently works developing digital tools at Reope in Oslo, Norway.

Complete details and free registration...

VisualARQ Webinar and Online Course

Last week's Rhino3D.Education webinar, Modelado Arquitectonico BIM con VisualARQ, by Francesc Salla, is ready for watching, En Español!

If you couldn't join us live or want to rewatch or share the webinar, you can do so here!

Francesc Salla, architect, a specialist in parametric design, and Product Manager of VisualARQ and Lands Design at Asuni, showed us how VisualARQ integrates intuitively into the design process with Rhino and Grasshopper, with the shortest learning curve and thus generates any type of freeform architecture.

Check out Salla's free online course, VisualARQ, Flexible BIM Tools for Rhino.

Le Corbusier's masterpiece, The Villa Savoye, is the model selected for this course. It is a step-by-step guide explaining the architecture modeling workflow with VisualARQ and Rhino. Students will learn about the different VisualARQ commands and features.

Enroll now!

You can follow this course with just a little Rhino experience. However, most videos focus only on VisualARQ features, and we recommend you take this free Rhino Introductory course.

Disrupt - The Largest Business of Architecture Symposium in the World (May 1-3, 2023 Online)

Disrupt - The Largest Business of Architecture Symposium in the World 

May 1-3, 2023

Online

Disrupt is the first-of-its-kind Business of Architecture Symposium looking to bring all major architecture practices under one roof to discuss how they strategize for growth and success.

These are the experts behind top architecture practices. Their everyday decisions help build the world's most admired mega-structures. If you want to learn about the business, you want to learn from them.

Speakers at the May Event:

• Thom Mayne - Founding Partner at Morphosis
• Francine Houben - Creative Director/Founding Partner of Mecanoo
• Satoshi Ohashi - China Director at Zaha Hadid Architects
• Gabriela Carrillo - Co-Founding Partner Taller Rocha + Carrillo
• Jacob Stromann-Andersen - Director, Innovation and Sustainability, Partner at Henning Larsen
• Patrick Macleamy - Former CEO of HOK, Chairman at buildingSMART International
• Charles Berman - Associate Principal at Diller Scofidio + Renfro
• Julian Lipscombe - Director at Bennetts Associates
• Manuel Frey - Head of Digital Planning & Simulations at Gruner
• Giovanni Betti - Head of Sustainability at HENN
• Chad Clinehens - CEO at Zweig Group
• Jerónimo Van Schendel- Director of the Master in Business for Architecture and Design at IE School of Architecture and Design
• Anthony Graves- Z by HP, AEC and M&E, HP Inc
• Ken Hauck- HP Anyware Industry Strategy, AEC and Manufacturing, HP

Complete details and registration...

Rhino User Meeting Amsterdam hosted by Packhunt - April 21, 2023

On April 21, Packhunt is hosting a Rhino User Meeting in their office in Amsterdam.

To keep the event intimate, and due to limited space (up to 50 seats), they’re keeping the event invite-only. Please join the waitlist, if you want to attend but don't have an invitation.

The concept of the event: First McNeel will update us on the latest and greatest Rhino and Grasshopper developments. After, there will be short (5-10 min) presentations about computational design in the AEC industry from various companies—more info on the agenda will follow soon. Since this is a Rhino User meeting, it’s a great opportunity to share your feedback and potential feature wishes with McNeel.

Complete details and registration to the waiting list...

Online Course for Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design

                             

Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design

A transdisciplinary approach in structural design and digital architecture of timber structures with advanced manufacturing workflow.

Institution: EPFL, IBOIS.

Authors: Prof. Dr. Yves Weinand, Dr. Aryan Rezaei Rad, Dr. Petras Vestartas.

The MOOC will introduce its audience to the development of a set of computational tools for geometry processing, mesh and network processing, computer-aided structural engineering design, and digital fabrication. The aim is to introduce a teaching module that systematically transfers both academic findings and industrial experience to the professional society. It also covers technological advancements in advanced timber construction and real-world applications. The latter, specifically, could be inspiring not only for graduate students but also for professional engineers and architects.

The proposed MOOC intends to foster a trans-disciplinary design approach in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) for timber structures. It outlines an innovative and sustainable methodology with examples from recent construction projects. The primary development goal for this MOOC is to spread the innovative design approach in AEC we developed at EPFL. Therefore, the MOOC results from the compilation of five doctoral theses, research-industry technology transfer with our industry partner, and a flagship structural system with has been constructed. Accordingly, it will be beneficial for not only graduate students but also industrial professionals and civil engineering, architecture, and construction society.

Software

What you'll learn

• Technological advancements in timber construction.
• Innovative timber construction in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector.
• A structural design methodology for spatial timber shellsAlgorithmic-aided structural design.
• Joinery generation using Joinery Solver Algorithm
• Global geometry generation algorithm.
• Case studies, real-world applications, and flagship large-scale timber structures.

Contents

1. Introduction to advanced timber construction
2. Case studies in advanced timber plate structures
3. Advanced timber construction and large-scale structures
4. Digital architecture and advanced geometry processing
5. Engineering design and simulation methods in timber plate structures
6. Optimization methods

Shape to Fabrication 2023 Workshops (London, April 22-24)

Shape to Fabrication 2023 Workshops
London, April 22-24

Taking place in the days preceding the main conference, our curated selection of workshops feature the latest technologies delivered by industry leaders in a forum where attendees can make new connections, gain knowledge and develop existing skills in their chosen field.

We are fortunate to have this stellar line-up of Shape to Fabrication workshop facilitators, supported by members of the Rhino development team from McNeel.

Explore our workshops, join us on one, and learn!

• Robotic Fabrication for Industrialised Building Components
• Circular Design & Fabrication – Impacting reality one parameter at the time
• Data-Driven Workflows with Rhino and Power BI
• Pollination Rhino Plugin Workflows
• Multiplayer Design Workflows: Connecting People With 3D Data
• Automating building design using Grasshopper, ShapeDiver API, Cortex and Ellipse
• Integrating Rhino and Revit for Design, Fabrication, and Documentation
• Collaborative Design in the Industrial Metaverse: An introduction to NVIDIA Omniverse
• Robotic fabrication for industrialised building components with Maya, Rhino Compute and Omniverse

Complete details and registration...

Grasshopper for Beginners workshop by Parametric Architecture - March 11-12

Parametric Architecture has organized a Grasshopper for Beginners workshop that will take place on March 11-12, 2023.

Grasshopper for Beginners 1.0 is a weekend-long workshop that teaches the core principles of Grasshopper and provides the foundations for further advanced courses over two sessions. At the end of the course, students will have a solid knowledge of the fundamental principles and tools required to utilize Grasshopper properly. This course will give an excellent beginning place for your adventure into the world of Grasshopper, whether you are an architect, designer, or enthusiast.

Complete details and registration...

 

The Efficiency Boost: Computational Design in AEC

The Efficiency Boost: Computational Design in AEC 
March 21, 2023, at 5 PM CET
Free Live Webinar

Join ShapeDiver on Tuesday, March 21, for a webinar to showcase the latest computational design innovations for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry.

Hear from a panel of experts, including Thornton Tomasetti | CORE Studio (USA), Webb Yates Engineers (UK), Construsoft (Spain), and Cake Houses (Czech Republic), as they share how they are driving efficiency gains by leveraging Grasshopper and ShapeDiver in their respective projects.

Whether you are an architect, engineer, builder, or designer, this event is the perfect opportunity to learn from four of the most innovative companies in the AEC space. You will also have the chance to interact with the panelists and ask questions during the Q&A session, gaining a deeper understanding of how these technologies work and how you could leverage them in your projects.

Register now...

Rhino New Developments Day at Shape to Fabrication - London, 25th April 2023

The Rhino New Developments Day (London, 25th April 2023) is geared towards people and organizations interested in extending Rhino’s functionality either through Grasshopper or through new development frameworks such as rhino3dm, Rhino Compute or Rhino.Inside and external plugins.

There are many new revolutionary technologies available this year surrounding Rhino. Many of these technologies are opening up new workflows and previously impossible possibilities. Get a jump on understanding what McNeel has been working on and how it might help move your office's workflow forward. Learn about extending Grasshopper, Rhino, ongoing web technology projects that can be deployed anywhere, and the unbelievable Rhino.Inside integrations allowing you to bring Rhino and Grasshopper into almost any workflow you have.

Get up-to-the-minute information on what we have been working on as we explore together what is possible.

Meet the people developing these technologies to understand how they work and what might be possible.

The "Rhino New Developments Day" is by invite/application only. Everyone interested in attending must fill in this form.


Once completed, we’ll review your application and confirm whether a place at the Development day is available for you. We will email everyone who applies for a place as soon as possible.


The Rhino New Developments Day is separate from the Shape to Fabrication Conference. Of course, attendees may wish to also join the Shape to Fabrication conference on the following two days at the same venue. Find out more and buy your ticket for the Shape to Fabrication conference.

food4Rhino webinar: Share data between Rhino and Revit with Autodesk’s Data Exchange Connectors (March 15, 2023 at 5PM CET)

food4Rhino webinar: Share data between Rhino and Revit with Autodesk’s Data Exchange Connectors
March 15, 2023 at 5PM CET

In this webinar, Japhy Walton (McNeel) and Tobias Hathorn (Autodesk) will provide an overview of Autodesk’s new Data Exchange Connectors for Rhino and Revit, with some live collaborative demos between the two applications. We will walk through how you can use Data Exchanges to share your design data through the cloud, across the apps your team works with every day, without the hassle of importing / exporting entire design models. 

Free webinar registration...

Shape to Fabrication London - AEC Conference, Workshops and Dev Day (April 22-27, 2023)

Shape To Fabrication London (organized by SimplyRhino UK with full McNeel support) is back! And this will be the best edition ever, with AEC & Computational Design workshops and a Developer Day, during the same week as the conference! April 22-24: Shape to Fabrication Workshops delivered by industry leaders and supported by Rhino developers, McNeel, include AEC Workflow Automation with Speckle, Robotic Fabrication with Zaha Hadid, Integrating Rhino and Revit for design with Rhino.Inside.Revit, Pollination Rhino Plugins, and more! April 25: Rhino New Dev Day for people and organizations interested in extending Rhino’s functionality through Grasshopper or through new development frameworks such as rhino3dm, Rhino Compute or Rhino.Inside and external plugins. If you know someone who should be attending, let them know so they may apply for their place. April 26-27: Shape to Fabrication Conference New presentations announced for the 2-day main conference, including Xylotek, Metron, Arup, Zaha Hadid, and PLP Architecture... with more coming soon. Don't miss your chance to grab an Early Bird ticket for the main event - Early Bird tickets finish on 27th February! Each event needs its own registration, so click on the links for complete info...