One of the most interesting developments about computation I saw lately
Bio-Computation (2012) from David Benjamin on Vimeo.
martedì 2 ottobre 2012
lunedì 1 ottobre 2012
RhinoPaint3D
'RhinoPaint3D is a free Rhino plugin allowing intuitive painting, as is performed with pixel images, but on multi-resolution mesh geometries. Painting can be done based on vertices or faces within a single mesh. Colorwheel, Eyedropper and Eraser functions are included in the plug-in.'
Link to 'RhinoPaint3D' post on UTO website
Link to 'RhinoPaint3D' on food4rhino website
martedì 18 settembre 2012
Free DIGITAL PROJECT trainings - October - Paris
Gehry Technologies offers 5 free seats to attend the Digital Project Designer trainings in October. The training will take place in Paris.
For info and details check the image
lunedì 10 settembre 2012
GOAT 1.3 - Grasshopper optimization solver
'GOAT is an optimization solver component for Rhino's Grasshopper. Optimization affects shape, weight, cost and is a driving force of a modern design process. goat provides tools to solve design problems as optimization problems.
Optimization was introduced to the Grasshopper community with David Rutten's galapagos. Galapagos is an evolutionary optimization approach, and as such is based on a randomized core.
goat perfectly complements galapagos by pursuing a mathematical more rigorous approach. It relies on gradient-free optimization algorithms, delivering fast and deterministic results. At every run, goat will yield the same optimal result.
goat is a drop-in replacement for galapagos. It is based on David Rutten's galapagos GUI and interfaces NLopt, a collection of mathematical optimization libraries. goat was developed in joint work with Heinz Schmiedhofer and Martin Reis from feasible.'
Link to 'GOAT' website
Link to 'GOAT' grasshopper group
PhD opportunity - Perth AU - Curtin University
'Expressions of Interest are invited for one PhD scholars in Computational Design to be supported by the Curtin Strategic International Research Scholarships (CSIRS) and jointly based at the Built Environment Research Laboratory under the Australian Sustainable Development Institute (ASDI).
Candidates with a background in architecture, engineering, computer science or a combination thereof are sought in the overlapping areas of conceptual design, building performance and computational simulation. An expertise or interest in architectural geometry and programming methods for design exploration with procedural, generative, parametric methods will be highly regarded. Candidates will work on simulation and generation of built environment models based on data sets and methods at the scales of components, buildings and urban precincts. Both candidates will work on novel multi-scale representations combining geometry models, environmental models and performance models; new methods for model building, model variation and contribute to model construction, simulation, validation and interoperation.
The CSIRS are a prestigious merit-based scholarship aimed at attracting high calibre international applicants in computational design. These scholarships are to support scholars of high promise in their doctoral studies upto a duration of 3.5 years. The Scholarships will provide students with a tax-free living allowance of $25,000 AUD per annum, 100% tuition fee support through the CIPRS ($25,800 AUD per annum) scheme, and a thesis allowance. Additional annual top-up support from the Enrolling Areas are available for variable expenses such as field trips, and conference attendance based on progress and merit on an annual basis.'
For any info contact Shih-Yuan Wang at: yuan322002[AT]gmail.com
giovedì 6 settembre 2012
mercoledì 5 settembre 2012
RAMBOLL - Computational Design
"In recent years the tools used by engineers and architects to design buildings have changed. Influenced by developments in advanced 3D modelling, material science and automated fabrication designers are now harnessing the power of the computer to explore the world beyond the boundaries imposed by traditional design approaches."
Link to 'RAMBOLL' website
martedì 4 settembre 2012
SCI-Arc's ESTm
SCI-Arc's ESTm [Emerging Systems, Technologies & Media] post-graduate program is a rigorous, experimental post-professional degree platform focused on data-based and physical investigations into the rapidly evolving fields of digital design, innovative fabrication methodologies and new building systems.
Link to 'SCI-Arc's ESTm' blog
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