FABformations V 4.01 : Algorithms and Parametric Fabrication in Design

Are you interested in gaining Parametric competency to push your design skills to the next level?

Are you ready to learn a very exciting and powerful tool that will take your ideas and concepts to a whole new realm?

The two-day introductory workshop to parametric design with digital fabrication in the field of Design, integrated within the algorithmic modelling. It will allow to investigate new formal solutions optimized for the architecture and design. It will also include a lecture and presentations on the subject of complexity in our design methodology and how to incorporate it as a design tool. The recent development of sophisticated computational design tools has instigated new ways of integrating computation in the design process; both within architecture and engineering disciplines. The new set of digital tools has infiltrated a bottom up system to open the design space towards a high level of complexity. The integration of these tools allowed the architect to generate and control complex information derived from a manifold of sources. Consequently, a more complex architectural order emerged as a reflection of sophisticated adaptive structures. The workshop will explore algorithmic strategies and the main techniques of form finding using the basic and intermediate level tools in Rhinoceros. The techniques will be applied at different scales, from architecture (surface modelling) to product level design. The model will further explore the fabrication methodologies in architecture and design.

STRUCTURE Program has been structured to teach participants the use of Rhino and associated plugins that help in achieving parametric fabrications, with a real design exercise. Participants will learn how to build and manage parametric data structures (from basic simple lists to complex data Structures) and to develop data driven geometry and envelops. This will help them in understanding and taking the data visualization to next level. The workshop technical tutorials will include:

Day1 - Software interface - Components of Rhinoceros - NURBS and polygon meshes, Polygonal modelling in Rhinoceros - Basic exercise of surface creation, subdivision and modelling techniques. - Geometry tessellation

Day 2 - Subdivision using panelling tools. - Morphing - Application of the learned techniques in a parametric design exercise - Basics of laser cutting - Fabrication tools and plugins to realize your parametric designs using the laser cutting machine.

Takeaways: - Your designed model along with you size (1’6” x 1’6”)

TOOLS All the participants should have following tools installed on their workstations: - Rhinoceros 5 SR12 or Higher (30 day Trial version can be downloaded from https://www.rhino3d.com/download) - PanellingTools for Rhino (https://wiki.mcneel.com/labs/panelingtools) - T Splines for Rhino (http://www.tsplines.com/latestversion) - AutoCAD

REQUIREMENTS - There are no prerequisites, anyone from the design background or an enthusiast in the field of design are invited for this workshop. - Participants should bring their own computer with above mentioned software installed. Further details will be sent to the registered participants.

REGISTRATION A total of 8 seats are available for the workshop. Registration will close 3 days prior to the workshop or till the seats last. Please follow the link to complete the registration:

Fee for students: INR 3000 + 18% GST Fee for professionals: INR 4000 + 18% GST