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CoursesArchitectural DesignGenerative Algorithms for Facade Design
Free Workshop Dec 30, 2024 2 Hours 13,430 views
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Generative Algorithms for Facade Design

This 2-hour workshop explores generative design tools for creating context-driven, modular facade designs.

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Roberto Arguelles
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2 courses·4.0

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LunchBox
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About this workshop

Generative design and the different integrated design and analysis tools oriented to architectural design offer a wide range of options for its application.

Facade design, in particular, presents us with the opportunity to articulate climatic, engineering, material, and aesthetic aspects into one of the determining elements in the habitability and the urban integration of the architectural object into the design.

In this short 2-hour workshop, we will focus on processes that allow us, through integrated generative design and analysis tools, to carry out a contextual reading and determine specific geometric and material conditions for a facade. 

This workshop will explore the articulated use of tools such as climatic analysis, modular replication, and transformation, and we will review some design control processes considering future phases of design, construction, and assembly.

What you will learn

  • 01

    Learn how to integrate generative design tools for effective façade design.

  • 02

    Understand the relationship between façade design, climate, and context.

  • 03

    Explore modular design strategies and material transformations.

  • 04

    Discover design and control processes for façade development.

Course Content

3 Lessons

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Instructors

Roberto Arguelles
Roberto Arguelles
2 Courses4.0

Robertos's experience comprises methodologies and techniques associated with generative design and digital fabrication for urban, architectural and industrial design, as well with media arts. His work consist on research, teaching and project collaborations in México, Spain, USA, India and the Philippines with firms like DUNN lightweight architecture, GG Architects, NUDES in the Classroom and The Bittertang Farm.


He founded XenoLab in 2019 to further his research and works, focusing in the morphogenetic potential of the digital technologies applied in design, fabrication and analysis, in order to search for new means and alternatives to achieve complexity.


In 2021 he becomes part of the organizing team for Digital Futures in Spanish, commited for the open and free education in the arts, architecture and design around the world, specially in the Spanish-Speaker sphere.


In 2022 he joined Kinetica Group llc. computational design team, developing solutions for digital fabrication and production, through the creation of generative algorithms for optimization and automation processes.


In 2024 he joins the academic and research team of the degree in architecture at the Tonalá University Center of the University of Guadalajara (U de G), as well as the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), where he teaches architectural design and digital technologies for design and manufacturing.

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5.0avg·47 Reviews
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Bshara Rezik
Bshara Rezik

The parts about data management were very good, I think the presenter moved a bit too fast on the screen it was hard to follow but the idea is very clear. Thank you

Jan 28, 2026
Leemasri
Leemasri

I genuinely feel thankful for this learning experience. The sessions made me feel confident and happy while learning, and the way concepts were explained felt clear and encouraging. It was a really positive and motivating experience for me.

Jan 11, 2026
lohith kumar D A
lohith kumar D A

it was a good experience

Dec 15, 2025
Aleyna İMRAK
Aleyna İMRAK

I really enjoyed the hands-on approach and the clarity with which complex workflows were explained. It was a concise but truly enriching learning experience that expanded the way I think about façade design and its integration with computational tools.

Dec 7, 2025
Mahmoud Youssef
Mahmoud Youssef

good course

Dec 7, 2025
yashvsingh1208
yashvsingh1208

Great learning experience!!

Nov 16, 2025
Andrew SIMPSON
Andrew SIMPSON

Mybe some attention to content legibility would help the transfer of skills and technology and limiting the content to chapters that can be digested. But very interesting just needs more presentation management.

Nov 12, 2025
omer
omer

amazing as usual

Nov 8, 2025
Lambis Stratoudakis
Lambis Stratoudakis

Very Informative

Nov 8, 2025
Md Tareq Abdullah
Md Tareq Abdullah

I think the course content is fabulous. Thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot.

Nov 3, 2025
SAMBRAM RAAM
SAMBRAM RAAM

Thank you. Learnt something interesting.

Oct 18, 2025
Luca
Luca

Great!

Oct 16, 2025
Andrew Bainomugisha
Andrew Bainomugisha

This was a great session! It would be nice to have the GH scripts down loadable for futher study.

Oct 10, 2025
erwin espinosa
erwin espinosa

great course

Oct 9, 2025
Emmanuel A. Acheampong
Emmanuel A. Acheampong

The workshop was great and insightful

Oct 8, 2025
Asim
Asim

really good

Aug 17, 2025
Melsa Beyaz
Melsa Beyaz

Great!

Jul 23, 2025
Khalid Khan
Khalid Khan

It was very informative

Jul 23, 2025
Thiago Costa
Thiago Costa

awesome

Jul 3, 2025
Shad Ahmad
Shad Ahmad

good webinar

Jun 29, 2025
Pranav Lokhande
Pranav Lokhande

gooddd

Jun 28, 2025
deepakchakicherla
deepakchakicherla

This is a very valuble course that everyone should take it

Jun 26, 2025
GABRIEL GOMEZ A
GABRIEL GOMEZ A

Great!

Jun 21, 2025
Asim S. M.
Asim S. M.

Great!

Jun 18, 2025
Trishul I S
Trishul I S

insightful workshop

Jun 15, 2025
Aslican
Aslican

very useful course

May 27, 2025
Dogancan Yilmaz
Dogancan Yilmaz

Good & fundamental insights, a bit unorganised.

May 15, 2025
svetla.yordanova.popova
svetla.yordanova.popova

very informative for beginners, clear explanation of complex concepts in Grasshopper. thanks!

May 15, 2025
Saikhan Dubayev
Saikhan Dubayev

A pretty good short couse to dive-in into the generative algorithms! Would love to watch and learn more about it.

Mar 17, 2025
ARUTCHELVAN.S
ARUTCHELVAN.S

nice workshop.informative

Mar 15, 2025
Devanshi Gor
Devanshi Gor

Great content

Feb 17, 2025
MUNIMOULI
MUNIMOULI

That was a Great session, I understood the application, process and work flow of tools in realworld

Feb 13, 2025
Fülöp Hegyi
Fülöp Hegyi

Decent technology

Feb 7, 2025
Fatemeh Mohseni
Fatemeh Mohseni

It was a usefull course

Jan 20, 2025
alessandro
alessandro

good work

Jan 14, 2025
Tugce Aladi
Tugce Aladi

insightful workshop

Jan 13, 2025
Reza Jamnezhad
Reza Jamnezhad

Thanks for this valuable workshop.

Jan 13, 2025
Youssef
Youssef

Great insights

Jan 7, 2025
enrico pupi
enrico pupi

Very good!

Jan 6, 2025
Nader Mohamad Belal Imsalam
Nader Mohamad Belal Imsalam

Nice Course, it would have been better if the presenter would have creater a some GH files that explain what he intended to explain that had a simpler visual aspect related to his work, and thus avoided the spegahetti code

Jan 6, 2025
asilva22
asilva22

Would love to see more indeph and explanation about other projects showcased in the pictures.

Jan 6, 2025
Junjie Yang
Junjie Yang

Beneficial workshop to get an insight into parametric design

Jan 5, 2025
Kardelen Aktulun
Kardelen Aktulun

It is a helpful and inspiring course. Thank you for the presentation.

Jan 5, 2025
Kardelen Aktulun
Kardelen Aktulun

It was very beneficial

Jan 5, 2025
Jean Lucas Pavon
Jean Lucas Pavon

great

Dec 31, 2024
Jailane Atef Amer
Jailane Atef Amer

very insightful presentation

Dec 31, 2024
Neo Obok
Neo Obok

A good spot to proceed with the area of creativity a value most... am eager to add to what I know.

Dec 28, 2024
    5 / 5Course rating
    Dec 30, 2024Course dates
    500 SeatsAvailable seats
    3 LessonsTotal content
    CertificateUpon completion
    All levelsDifficulty
    2 HoursTotal duration
    14:00 - 16:00Session hours
    Monday · MondaySchedule
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