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Workshop 04: Structural Analysis – Performance Driven Design

Workshop 04: Structural Analysis – Performance Driven Design

| On 16, Feb 2015

Digital Futures Workshop Series
Spring 2015

Pratt Institute
School of Undergraduate Architecture

Workshop 04
Performance Driven Design

Location: HHS 111
Date + Time: 2015.02.21, 12-2pm
Conductor: Benjamin Howes

Description: This workshop will serve as an introduction to performance driven design using Millipede, a structural analysis and optimization plugin for Grasshopper.  The exercises will demonstrate how to properly model structural systems for accurate analysis, and how to use high level analysis feedback to drive the design process.  The workshop will begin with a presentation of a few examples of performance driven design in contemporary design practice.

Requirements: Participants are required to bring a laptop with Rhino 5.0 installed, to download and install the latest versions of Grasshopper, Millipede, Kangaroo, and Lunchbox, and to download the Resources package below prior to the workshop.

Software:  Grasshopper,  Millipede,  Kangaroo, Lunchbox

Resources:  Download from box.com

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