Advance sign-up required by 1/15/2025 — email instructor

The workshop focuses on grammar-based structural design space exploration and the realization of bespoke design solutions through small scale models. Grammar-based structural design is implemented in a computational framework within a fully functional Rhinoceros 3D Grasshopper plugin named Libra (available on food4rhino). The tool enables the semi-automated generation of diverse, reticulated conceptual structures within predefined design domains and load conditions, all without requiring knowledge of structural mechanics. It offers a user-friendly, intuitive workflow that helps designers understand how force flows influence structural form.

Students must bring laptop to class with Rhino 8 installed.