Intermediate Grasshopper in Los Angeles

Somewhere Something is offering this two-day advanced Grasshopper workshop that will focus on complex geometry creation techniques, logic operations and advanced data tree management in Grasshopper, as well as utilizing number of Grasshopper Plugins. Through lectures and hands on exercises, the participants will construct the following two case studies:

1. The Cutty Sark pavilion by BAKOKO Architects is a pavilion scale case-study with interesting geometry which will allow us to delve into advanced geometry construction and data management techniques. We will install and utilize the Lunchbox plugin for this exercise for number of surface operations.

2. The Marlins Park by Populous architectural firm is a baseball stadium with an operating truss roof structure. The complexity of this case study's roof structure will allow us to further explore data tree management tool as well as logic construction techniques in Grasshopper. We will install and utilize the Centipede plugin for this exercise in order to generate a sequential animation of the operable roof.

Topics Covered

• What are Data Trees? Why do we need them?
• How to create and manage complex geometric relationships.
• How to install and use plugins in Grasshopper.
• How to create drawings, renderings and animations in Grasshopper.

About the Instructors
Jason King & Biayna Bogosian have nearly two decades of combined experience in architecture, design technology, and teaching. We strive to make our workshops fun and informative, helping participants integrate new design technologies into their workflows.