August 4-5, 2011
Thursday-Friday, 8am-5pm
CES/AIA LU 14 units
Algorithmic processes allow for an efficiency and economy not possible with other design tools. Through an introduction to basic principles and techniques with visual algorithms, this program seeks to provide participants with both the intellectual tools and the technical skills to intelligently integrate algorithmic processes into a more robust design method. A broad tour of this realm will be provided through workshops, discussions, and presentations of exemplary precedents and relevant projects in development. Demonstrations of essential tools and techniques will be made at the outset of each workshop session, and the corresponding exercises will be presented in class. Participants will be able to familiarize themselves with the essential tools and sharpen their skills through directed practice. This program will use Grasshopper for Rhino 3D. Grasshopper is quickly becoming the industry standard for the implementation and integration of algorithms to architectural design.
Coordinator:
Andrew Atwood is an adjunct assistant professor at the USC [University of Southern California] School of Architecture where he teaches undergraduate and graduate level studios in addition to graduate level seminars focusing on the intersection between technology, media and type in architecture. He graduated from the Harvard University GSD [Graduate School of Design] in 2007. He has worked in the offices of MOS in New Haven, CT and Belzberg Architects in Santa Monica, CA. While at Belzberg Architects he was the project manager for the Conga Room at LA Live. A 14,000 sq ft, themed dance club that won an AIA National Honor Award in 2011. In 2010, he was asked to be a consulant on the Astana National Library by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and developed a design tool capable of rationalizing and inputting solar exposure data and bitmap data into a facade panelization tool. In 2009 he founded his own firm ATWOOD-A, a design research office interested in the expanding roles and ambitions of architectures various mediums. His worked has been published in Architectural Record and exhibited internationally. 