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Design Integration with Cyclops, Ladybug & Wallacei

This workshop focuses on using Cyclops, Ladybug, and Wallacei for sustainability analysis and performance-driven optimization from massing to facade.

Days
Hrs
Min
Seats:
50
Format:
Online On Zoom
Date:
Aug 23, 24, 2025
Duration:
8 Hours
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Language:
English
Certificate:
Yes
Registration:
€93.50
Tutor:
Olaf Olden
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79.48 EUR (27.75%) discount
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Introduction of the workshop:

This workshop introduces a streamlined workflow that enables quick feasibility assessments of form studies. Using Grasshopper 3D, Ladybug/Honeybee, Cyclops, and Wallacei, the process allows for seamless transitions from initial design iterations to detailed facade optimization with minimal effort.

Ladybug, in combination with Cyclops, facilitates near-instant interactive testing, making it easier to explore various design scenarios. The communication between meshes and SubD modeling enables the handling of complex forms with ease, providing greater flexibility in shaping and refining architectural designs.

The core of this approach lies in Grasshopper logic, which efficiently structures data and supports smart computational decisions, ensuring optimal model setup and performance throughout the design process.

What You’ll Learn?

Optimize daylight performance in combination with possible heat stress and glare issues.
Apply radiation simulations to assess and balance solar gains and shading strategies.
Optimize views while integrating them into facade performance assessments.
Highlight viewpoints and rationalize them for benchmarking.
Use sustainability metrics across design scales, from massing to detailed facade elements.
Facilitate a smooth workflow from massing studies to facade rationalization by utilizing structured Grasshopper logic.
Apply evolutionary solvers to optimize form and facade parameters iteratively.
Set up early-stage energy modeling workflows to support informed design decisions.
Set up Carbon emissions for building elements for the integral approach and awareness.

Methodology:

In this workshop, we will focus on an office building typology, known for its freedom in facade articulation and emphasis on transparent, expressive envelopes. Set within an existing urban context, the design will respond to both site-specific and neighboring conditions.

We will begin with form studies, utilizing form factor metrics to assess massing efficiency and envelope performance. SubD modeling will support the transition from mesh-based studies to more complex, organic forms. Form and facade articulation will be linked through an efficient Grasshopper setup.

Next, Ladybug and Cyclops will drive interactive, data-driven evaluations, enabling rapid testing of sustainability KPIs such as daylight and solar exposure.

For detailed facade analysis, Ladybug will assess cumulative radiation, balancing solar gains and shading needs. Finally, we will utilize an evolutionary solver to optimize key design and facade parameters, refining the building iteratively toward enhanced environmental and contextual performance.

Participants will work individually throughout the workshop. A form study of the facade rationalization script will be provided, with predefined guidelines for setting up the geometry. This workflow and its limitations will be explained during the introductory lecture.

Once the facade rationalization is in place, we will explore shading strategies and building specifications, including glazing properties and material selections, assessing their impact on the project's sustainability KPIs.

What You’ll Use?

Highlights:

Design Integration with Cyclops, Ladybug & Wallacei
Design Integration with Cyclops, Ladybug & Wallacei

Instructors:

Olaf Olden
Biography
Olaf Olden is a sustainability technologist whose work explores the intersection between sustainability and parametric design. He completed his master’s degree at TU Delft in 2021, following his initial studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem. Driven by a longstanding goal to contribute to a more sustainable built environment, Olaf has shaped his career around this mission.He began as a sustainability consultant, focusing on the social and environmental performance of buildings, public spaces, and BREEAM certification processes. This experience led him to a similar role at MVRDV, where he further developed his expertise. A pivotal chapter in his professional journey was his time at OMRT, where he gained in-depth experience with parametric design, a central pillar of his work today. Currently, Olaf works as a Sustainability Technologist at UNS, where he develops practical tools that enable architects to embed sustainability into their design processes. He also shares his knowledge as a teacher at TU Delft and through his own company, MisterMetric. Alongside this, he runs a YouTube channel under the same name, aiming to make parametric design and sustainability concepts more accessible to a broader audience. Through all of these efforts, he hopes to contribute to the conversation about how technology can drive a more responsible future for architecture.
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