Introduction to Grasshopper in Los Angeles

Somewhere Something is offering this two-day workshop that introduces participants to Grasshopper, a node-based algorithmic editor that functions as a plug-in within the Rhinoceros3D environment. Grasshopper enables designers to explore variation and possibilities in an efficient workflow. Furthermore, Grasshopper has encouraged a vast community of users who have created an impressive body of reference, as well as plugins that greatly extend the functionality of Grasshopper to achieve varied, and very specific, tasks. In this workshop we will focus on an overview of the plug-in, geometry types and attributes, geometry construction and transformation, and list and data tree structure and management. Through lectures and hands on exercises, the participants will be able to compose various geometry constructs that demonstrates variation and transformation through their embedded adaptive logic.