Computational Design
A course on computational design for landscape architects.
Introduction
A course on computational design, digital fabrication, and lidar and drone analytics for landscape architects.
Syllabus: 2020 & 2021 & 2022 & 2023
Videos: Youtube
Software: Rhino, Grasshopper, Metashape, Thea Render, & GRASS GIS
Lectures: Generative Design
Readings: Mario Carpo, The Alphabet and Algorithm & Christophe Girot, Cloudism
Fundamentals
Elements
- Parametric Bench with Grasshopper
- Lungomare Bench with Grasshopper
- Strange Attractor with Grasshopper
- Rendering a Strange Attractor with Thea for Rhino
- Attractors with Grasshopper
Paving
- Parametric Paving with Grasshopper
- Random Paving with Grasshopper
- Parametric Flagstones with Grasshopper
Planting
- Parametric Tree with Grasshopper
- Linear Array of Trees with Grasshopper
- Arraying Trees Along a Path with Grasshopper
- Parametric Grid of Trees with Grasshopper
- Ecological Gradient with Grasshopper
- Forest from Particle System with Grasshopper
- Rendering a Tree with Thea for Rhino
- Random Meadow with Grasshopper
- Rendering a Grove with Grasshopper
- Random Grove with Grasshopper
- Random Forest with Grasshopper
- Ecological Attractors with Grasshopper
- Recursive Tree with Grasshopper
- Drifts of Planting with Grasshopper
- Forests from Noise with Grasshopper
Terrain
- Parametric Landforms with Grasshopper
- Parametric Landscape with Grasshopper
- Trigonometric Landforms with Grasshopper
- Topographic Attractors with Grasshopper
- Landforms from Audio with Grasshopper
- Landscape from Audio with Grasshopper
- CNC Surface Milling with RhinoCAM
- Terrain Modeling with Grasshopper
- Grading Terrain with Grasshopper
- Exporting Terrain from Grasshopper