AUA Holds Two-Day Computational Design Workshop on Grasshopper

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YEREVAN, Armenia – From July 24-25, 2015, the American University of Armenia (AUA) hosted a two-day workshop on Grasshopper, a node-based algorithmic editor that functions as a plug-in within the Rhinoceros 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.

The two-day introduction provided an overview of the plug-in, geometry types and attributes, geometry construction and transformation, data structures and management, and generation of Grasshopper geometry from GIS shape files. Through lectures and hands on exercises, the participants were able to compose various geometry constructs that demonstrated variation and transformation through their embedded adaptive logic.

Founded in 1991, the American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia and affiliated with the University of California. AUA provides a global education in Armenia and the region, offering high-quality, graduate and undergraduate studies, encouraging civic engagement, and promoting public service and democratic values.