Scott Sorenson | On 25, Oct 2017

Digital Futures Workshop Series
Fall 2017

Pratt Institute
School of Undergraduate Architecture

Workshop 04
Ladybug
Environmental Analysis

Location: HHC 018 – Auditorium (Part of Building Environments Class Lecture)
Date + Time: Fri, 2017.10.27, 9:30am-12pm
Instructor: Scott Sorenson

Description: This workshop will introduce Ladybug – an environmental analysis plugin for Grasshopper that allows designers to make environmentally-conscious design decisions. The exercises will cover a number of Ladybug basics, including weather data visualization, sun path and sky dome visualization, sunlight hours and insolation analyses, and view analysis. We’ll also look at a performance driven design workflow that demonstrates how to productively pair parametric design and environmental analysis.

Software:
Grasshopper
Ladybug

Requirements: Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino 5.0 installed on their laptops and download and install the latest version of grasshopper and additional plug-ins.

Questions or Comments: Please contact us at – info@digitalfutures.info

Downloads: Please download workshop files before the start of the workshop.

All Files for the workshop should be downloaded –> here