11368 Introduction to Parametric Modelling
6cp; availability: Master of Architecture Students onlyRequisite(s): 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10271 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10272 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of International Studies OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10322 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10423 Bachelor of Design Interior Architecture Bachelor of Languages and Cultures OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10004 Bachelor of Design Architecture OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10413 Bachelor of Design Architecture Master of Architecture OR 72 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C10325 Bachelor of Design Architecture Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation OR 48 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C09079 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours)
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Description
The advent of user friendly, graphic-based coding tools like Grasshopper 3D have expanded the opportunity for architects at all skill levels to learn and apply parametric modelling without the need to learn text based coding languages. In the past decade, Grasshopper 3D, and the environment it created (vis-à-vis open source and free plugins), have strengthened and supported architectural approaches to design problems, allowing for the integration of analytic and generative approaches within the design process, equipping designers with quicker access to data driven analysis and a wider range of morphological variation in their design output.
Offices worldwide have adopted these tools and so they have become integral to the technical literacy of computational designers. Most offices have established research groups and departments dedicated to the application of these tools, which has proliferated in their application on projects of all scales. Most importantly, these tools are parameter based, i.e., the relationship of one parameter to the other and the impact of this relationship on the form that is being generated. This is the basic principle of parametric modelling, which is most clearly observed through graphic based coding. As such, this elective teaches the use of Grasshopper 3D from beginner to intermediate level (depending on the pace of the class, some advanced material may also be taught) and the various ways in which the tool can be applied in the design process. Various plugins are taught, and students are encouraged to propose plugins they are interested in as well!
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