FABbots - DIGITAL FABRICATION ON-SITE

FABbots is the fruit of a series of design & research studios directed by Marta Malé-Alemany in several international schools of Architecture. All projects have been developed in teams, and have benefited from a supporting group of expert tutors and multidisciplinary consultants. 

Link to FABbots website

"Nature Of Code" Tutorials for Python in Grasshopper

Jake Hebbert is translating "Nature of Code" by Daniel Shiffman into the Grasshopper Python environment of Rhino 3d.

Link to Jake Hebbert's youtube webpage

Onix - opensource robotic controlling plugin for GH

Onix i s an open source robotic controller for universal robots currently in beta. Right now onix can generate URscript programs for universal robots using it's inverse kinematic solver with the ability to stream directly to the multiple robots at once.
The set of tools includes Inverse kinematic solver for the non spherical wrist UR10 robots, end effectors and I/O tools, program generation and program streaming components. All the tools are open source under the creative common licence.Feel free to edit update and improve the codes and clusters and share it with others.
The tool was created during the AAC "adaptive architecture and computation 2012/2013" course Thesis , Bartlett school of architecture, UCL, London.

Link to 'ONIX' grasshopper webpage
Link to 'THINKING ROBOTICS' blog

Obuchi Lab

G30 Obuchi Laboratory at the University of Tokyo is dedicated to interdisciplinary design research connecting architecture, engineering, and computations to explore the ecosystems of contemporary urban environments. It seeks to develop and speculate upon new knowledge for architecture, where the practice of design engages in both social constructs and material performances on a number of scales. Its goal is to redefine the role of architecture as the essential element to theorise, conceptualise, analyse, form, organise, and generate new ideas of and for sustainable future–‐built environments.

Link to 'Obuchi Lab'

MASTA project

MASTA consists of a set of software tools which permit the construction of large scale structures and sculptures with the aid of 3D printers and a subsequent manual assembly process.
These software tools work by fragmenting large 3D models into pieces which have a printable size for usual personal 3D printing devices.

Link to 'Masta project'

Betatype / Research

Research into Material & Design through the use of Digital Computation and Solid Freeform Fabrication.

Link to 'Betatype / Research'

Somewhere Something

Somewhere Something is a design, fabrication and education collaboration between man, woman and machine located in a converted warehouse on the Eastside of Los Angeles.

Link to 'Somewhere Something'

Archsim - Energy Modeling for Grasshopper

The Archsim Energy Modeling component for Grasshopper allows you to quickly create multi-zone energy models and simulations for building design. The tool comes with an abstract thermal model class library and various functions such as “early design auto-zoning”, “automated intersections” etc. that assist you with model creation, simulation and result visualization.  Currently, supported simulation engines are Energy Plus 8.0 and ( TRNSYS 17). However, the open library allows you to extend the output functionality for any other simulation package.

Link to Archsim