FORMATIONS 2011

CCA Architecture and the MEDIAlab, URBANlab, and ECOlab are pleased to announce FORMATIONS 2011, a series of workshops for students and professionals taking place on March 5 and 12 in San Francisco. The workshops focus on a variety of different advanced digital design platforms related to environmental analysis, BIM, parametric design, GIS, responsive systems, and urban/landscape design.

Eligibility: The workshops are open to all students and professionals in the design fields. Please review the specific experience requirements for each workshop in the full workshop descriptions.

Cost: Each workshop costs $75/$150 for students/professionals. [Registration will be online on Monday, March 1]

Hardware and Software: Attendees must bring their own laptop to the workshop. Workshop instructors will make available trial versions of the software.

Location: All workshops will be held on the CCA San Francisco Campus in the Graduate Center.

Parametric Modeling with Grasshopper I
Date: March 5, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Ben Golder (developer of Finches plugin)

Parametric Modeling with Grasshopper II
Date: March 12, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Ben Golder
(developer of Finches plugin)

Intro to Physical Computing with Arduino
Date: March 5, 10am-5pm
Instructors: Jason Kelly Johnson (CCA/FCL and co-developer of Firefly plugin), with Rip DeLeon (FCL)]

Conceptual Modeling Tools in REVIT
Date: March 12, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Charles Lee (HOK, BIOS Design Collective)

Environmental Analysis in Ecotect
Date: March 5, 10am-5pm
Instructor: Olivier Pennetier of Symphysis

ESRI ArcGIS I: Mapping and Analyzing Urban Information
Date: March 5, 2-9pm
Instructor: Richard M. Kos, AICP

ESRI ArcGIS II: 3D Analyst and ArcScene
Date: March 12, 2-9pm
Instructors: Richard M. Kos, AICP and Mona El Khafif (URBANlab)

Advanced Illustrator for Urban Ecologies
Date: March 5, 10am-5pm
Instructor: David Fletcher (Fletcher Studio, URBANlab)