Rhino and Grasshopper are the tools behind much of today’s most striking architecture, giving designers the freedom to create complex, organic, and parametric forms impossible by conventional means. This program equips architects and designers to model in Rhino and to drive designs algorithmically with Grasshopper, opening a world of computational and generative design.
As parametric and computational design reshape architecture and product design, Rhino and Grasshopper skills are highly prized by leading practices. This course combines precise 3D modelling with algorithmic design and introduces emerging trends in generative design and digital fabrication.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Navigate the Rhino 3D modelling environment
- Create and edit curves and surfaces
- Model complex 3D geometry and solids
- Apply NURBS modelling techniques
- Organise models with layers and blocks
- Understand parametric design concepts
- Navigate the Grasshopper interface
- Build visual definitions with components
- Manage data, lists, and data trees
- Create parametric geometry algorithmically
- Apply mathematical and logical operations
- Build responsive and adaptive designs
- Apply attractors and field-driven design
- Prepare models for fabrication
- Manage and document definitions
- Apply emerging trends in generative design and fabrication
Course Outline
- Module 1: Rhino 3D Environment & Navigation
- Module 2: Curves & Surface Creation
- Module 3: Complex 3D Geometry & Solids
- Module 4: NURBS Modelling Techniques
- Module 5: Layers, Blocks & Organisation
- Module 6: Parametric Design Concepts
- Module 7: Grasshopper Interface & Workflow
- Module 8: Components & Visual Definitions
- Module 9: Data, Lists & Data Trees
- Module 10: Parametric Geometry Creation
- Module 11: Mathematical & Logical Operations
- Module 12: Responsive & Adaptive Design
- Module 13: Attractors & Field-Driven Design
- Module 14: Preparing Models for Fabrication
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Generative Design & Digital Fabrication
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for architects, designers, and engineers who want to model complex geometry and apply parametric and computational design using Rhino and Grasshopper. No prior Rhino experience is required.
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