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studioModeRonnie Parsons | Gil Akos[ ]

Catalyst Parametric Design WorkshopAdvanced Design Strategies with GrasshopperUniversity of Minnesota | School of Architecture

Studio Mode | modeLab+001.347.788.0571

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www.modelab.nu


studioModeRonnie Parsons | Gil Akos[ ]

Studio:Mode is a design office that leverages computational expertise through design research, teaching, and consulting.

Mode utilizes diverse methodologies including code, associative and relational strategies, as well as digital fabrication in the production of material organizations and the formation of space.

While we are interested in intense iterative design processes, we believe the evolution and contextualization of these procedures in a broader social and cultural domain is both our primary objective and the means for embedding interest and significance into design.

Bios:Gil Akos is a Partner and Designer at Studio Mode, a design, research, and consultation practice located in New York City. He holds both a Mas-ter’s of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia Univer-sity and a Master’s of Architecture from the University of Kansas. Gil has taught seminars at Stevens Institute of Technology and Pratt Institute and assisted in design studios at Columbia University and Princeton Univer-sity.

Ronnie Parsons is a Partner and Designer at Studio Mode, a design, research, and consultation practice located in New York City. He holds both a Bachelor and a Master of Science in Architecture and has studied abroad at The Architectural Association, London, The Institute for Ex-perimental Architecture, Innsbruck, and The University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Ronnie has taught seminars at Stevens Institute of Technology as well as the Pratt Institute and has assisted in design studios at Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture and Princeton Univer-sity School of Architecture.

Contact:Studio Mode20 Jay Street, Suite 834Brooklyn, NY [email protected] | www.modelab.nu

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modeLab | Catalyst Proposal


modeLabRonnie Parsons | Gil Akos[ ]

Laboratory:modeLab is the research entity of Studio Mode. It is conceived of as a laboratory and serves as a knowledge base for design research and experimentation. The laboratory is distributed in nature and operates across multiple time-scales and locations ranging from intensive work-shops to design studios throughout North America and Europe.

Our primary objective is to discover novel and inventive design solutions through the identification of key concepts relevant to contemporary archi-tectural discourse and the development of related maps of action.

Previous Workshops:Spatial Strategies : NYCCT | City University of New YorkPopulations + Pressures : FOA | University of WaterlooAssociative Protocols : ACADIA2009Parametric Robotics : SOA | Yale University Prototypes : NYCCT | City University of New York Crisis Modes Urban Infrastructures | NYCAtlas : SOA | Princeton University Structure + Skin : NYCCT | City University of New York Advanced Parametrics : FLUX2009 | California College of the Arts Component Strategies : FOA | University of Toronto Digital Futures Group : UG | Pratt Institute Makgadikgadi Desert Ecologies : SOA | Princeton University Crisis Fronts : UG | Pratt Institute



Catalyst Parametric Design Workshop | Outline2010.03.08-12

Description:This workshop will introduce participants to the conceptual and techni-cal domain of parametric design by engaging systemic processes which register and respond to a range of diverse ecological criteria. The para-metric modeling plug-in Grasshopper in conjunction with digital fabrica-tion technology will be the primary platform for design research. Our brief will investigate the Urban Archipelago as an architectural catalyst for tectonic and spatial innovation. The archipelago, a chain of islands grouped either geographically or geologically, is a diverse ecology that differs vastly from that of its land-based counterparts in its capacity to accelerate the adaptation of material systems. This catalyst will develop a collection of architectural prototypes related both spatially and logically that range in scale from the wearable to the occupiable.

Capacity:25-30 maximum participants.

Infrastructure:modeLab Workbook | Printed + PDF DocumentationmodeLab Exercises | Annotated Pre- and Post-Exercise GHX FilesmodeLab Primers | Annotated Primer GHX Files modeLab Strategies | Annotated Parametric Strategy GHX FilesmodeLab Utilities | Custom Parametric Design Workflow Utility GHX FilesmodeLab ModeTools | Custom Plug-In Add-On GHA Files

Topics:Parametric Design LogicsComputational GeometryVisualizing DataNovel + Generative Design StrategiesModularity + RecombinationPressures + InfluencersGeometric + Spatial AnalysisDocumentation + FabricationCross-Platform Communication



Catalyst Parametric Design Workshop | Outline2010.03.08-12

Introduction:Welcome + IntroductionsIntroduction to Parametric Design + GrasshopperVisual Programming ParadigmDiscuss Workshop Objectives + General Outline

Schedule:TBD



Appendix | modeLab MatrixmodeLab Primers

modeLab Strategies

modeLab Utilities

modeLab ModeTools

Material BakingColor Baking

Excel WorkbookExcel Exporter [Matrix]Excel ExporterExcel Importer

Weaving

MorphingRemappingNestingSlicingDriver Logic

CullingClusteringImage SamplingAttractors_Curve FalloffAttractors_Curve

Attractors_MultipleAttractors_SingleSpiral Lattice_Driver LogicSpiralling_Driver LogicSpiralling_Function

Curves Introduction Vectors Introduction Boxes Introduction Surfaces Introduction Data Trees Introduction

List ManagementData MatchingLogic ComponentsScalars IntroductionComponent Types



Appendix | modeLab Primers

Primer: Data Matching

File: 20091201_ghx060043_DataMatching_Introduction.ghx

Version: Grasshopper 0.6.0043

Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Logic Components

File: 20091201_ghx060043_LogicComponents_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Scalars Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Scalars_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Component Types

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Components_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05




Primer: Boxes Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Boxes_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Vectors Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Vectors_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Curves Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Curves_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: List Management

File: 20091201_ghx060043_ListManagement.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05




Primer: Data Trees Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_DataTrees_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Primer: Surfaces Introduction

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Surfaces_Introduction.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05



Appendix | modeLab Strategies

Strategy: Attractors_Single

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Attractor_Single_Scaling.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Spiral Lattice_Driver Logic

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_SpiralLattice_DriverLogic.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Spiralling_Driver Logic

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Spiralling_DriverLogic.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Spiralling_Function

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Spiralling_Functions.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05




Strategy: Image Sampling

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Sampling.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Attractors_Curve Falloff

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Attractor_Curve_Falloff.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Attractors_Curve

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Attractor_Curve_Scaling.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Attractors_Multiple

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Attractor_Multiple_Scaling.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05




Strategy: Slicing

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Slicing.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Driver Logic

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_DriverLogic.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Culling

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Culling.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Clustering

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Clustering.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05




Strategy: Weaving

File: 20091202_ghx060043_Strategy_Weaving.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Morphing

File: 20091202_ghx060043_Strategy_Morphing_XXX.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Remapping

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_ReMapping.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Strategy: Nesting

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Strategy_Nesting.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05



Appendix | modeLab Utilities

Utility: Excel Exporter [Matrix]

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Utility_ExcelExporterMatrix.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Utility: Excel Exporter

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Utility_SimpleExcelExporter.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Utility: Excel Importer

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Utility_SimpleExcelImporter.ghx


Date: 2009.12.05

Utility REF: Sample Excel Workbook

File: 20091205_ghx060043_Utility_SampleExcel.xls20091205_ghx060043_Utility_SampleExcel.xlsx

Date: 2009.12.05



Appendix | modeLab ModeTools

Tool: Material Baking

File: 20091124_ModeTools_Bake_b01.gha


Date: 2009.11.24

Tool: Color Baking

File: 20091124_ModeTools_Bake_b01.gha


Date: 2009.11.24



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