Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs

The recording of our Educator’s Lab webinar: Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs is now available!

In this mouth-watering session, architect and Authorized Rhino Trainer Jose Antonio Carrillo reveals how he fuses architecture, gastronomy, and digital fabrication with Rhino 8 and Grasshopper to make computational design instantly tangible and engaging for students.

He walks us through his first food-inspired architecture project, the touching story of how the Ribbon Chapel shaped one of his designs, and how these inspirations evolved into chef collaborations, award-winning student outcomes, a demo that both teaches and inspires you to design your own cakes, and his latest cross-disciplinary research.

If you’re seeking fresh teaching strategies, new ways to engage students, or love seeing computation meet cuisine, this recording is a must-watch.

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Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs

Educator's Lab Webinar

Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 4:00 PM CET

How do you make computational design instantly tangible and unforgettable for students? In this Educator's Lab webinar, architect and Authorized Rhino Trainer Jose Carrillo (American University in Dubai) reveals a classroom-proven framework that fuses architecture and gastronomy to teach Rhino 8 + Grasshopper with clarity, high engagement, and chef-industry collaborations. Jose shares concise teaching methods, standout student outcomes, awards, an edible Grasshopper live demo, and case studies you can adapt tomorrow. He also opens his research and professional pipelines, demonstrating how computational design connects architecture, gastronomy, AI, and art to produce fabricable, edible, and publishable results.

About the speaker:

Jose Carrillo is an architect, educator, and Ph.D. researcher in computational food design. He explores how AI, biomaterials, and digital fabrication can redefine our perception of sight, taste, and construction. An Authorized Rhino Trainer and associate professor at AUD since 2015, he founded @archEatable to teach Rhino + Grasshopper across architecture, art, and culinary practice. Jose coaches architects, artists, and chefs on computational workflows that move from screen to fabrication and plates. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Art Dubai, and the Sikka Art & Design Festival.

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ArchEatable: The Ephemeral Art of Gastronomy through Architecture and Digital Fabrication

ArchEatable is a university course that explores food and gourmet pastry art as a vehicle for teaching digital design and fabrication lessons in architecture.  

Since 2018, Jose Carrillo, Architect, Authorized Rhino Trainer, and Associate Professor of Architecture at the American University in Dubai, has been the founder, director, and course instructor.

What is unique about this teaching project is that students design and manufacture a consumable product from beginning to end. The materialization of these pieces and edible works of art is supported in  Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, and related plugins. The course incorporates novel 3D-printed  prototyping, silicone molds, and laser cutters into the process to create stunningly unique geometric cakes.

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