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Grasshopper3D for Beginners 101

Name: Grasshopper3D for Beginners 101
Price: 30.00 EUR
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This course offers a thorough introduction to Grasshopper for beginners, focusing on parametric design and creating dynamic, algorithm-driven geometry.

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Date:

Mar 19, 2025

Duration:

3 Hours

Difficulty:

Beginner

Language:

English

Certificate:

Yes

Registration:

€30.00

Tutor:

Ignacio Revenga

Members:

25.50 EUR (57.50%) discount

Recordings:

Available Indefinitely

Gift Course

Introduction of the workshop:

Grasshopper is a visual programming tool integrated with Rhinoceros 3D, a popular software for 3D modeling. Unlike traditional design tools, Grasshopper allows you to create complex geometries and parametric structures through algorithms instead of manual modeling.

Grasshopper lets you control geometry parametrically, enabling you to design complex forms by manipulating underlying parameters. This approach opens new possibilities for innovation, from generative design to responsive architecture.

By the end of this course you will have a strong foundation in Grasshopper and the basics of computational thinking and parametric design to create a dynamic, flexible, and innovative architectural solutions.

What You’ll Learn?

Develop a Computational Thinking design process.

Produce Algorithms structured in Inputs - Code - Output

Create inputs from Rhino and Grasshopper and combine them

Create Data Lists / Trees to control Multiple Geometries

Organize, Randomize, and Remap Data

Manage and Filter Data and Geometry

Color Data Visualization

3D Organic Structures

Methodology:

This course will teach the foundational concepts of Grasshopper and how to create simple parametric models. As the course advances, these models will grow in complexity, introducing participants to more sophisticated algorithms and advanced techniques for controlling geometry and data.

Through practical exercises, you'll develop computational thinking and learn to create and organize algorithms. This course will deepen your understanding of Grasshopper, moving from basic concepts to more advanced techniques.

Program of the course:

Exercises 1 & 2 - From Single to Multiple cylinders

Generating intrinsic geometry in Grasshopper
Control of geometry properties based on established parameters Generation of multiple elements simultaneously.
Generation and control of data list using Series, Range, Domain
Modify the order of the data list using Jitter
Visualization of results by color based on Data using Gradient

Exercise 3 & 4 - Custom patterns & Parametric Pavilion

Custom patterns
Surface-based on pattern
Triangular and Dual Graph Grid
Curves by controlling points using Graph Mapper
Organic surface using revolution along axis
Apply Custom Pattern into Organic surfaces
Generate 3D Patterns

What You’ll Use?

Rhinoceros 3D

Grasshopper 3D

Highlights:

Knowledge Requirements:

No previous knowledge of the software is required. You will learn everything in the course.

Content

Introduction to the course (06:06)

Course structure, Rhino, Grasshopper introduction

This session introduces the course structure covering computational thinking, Rhino, and Grasshopper as essential tools for generating geometry through nonlinear design processes and algorithmic relationships.

Exercise 1 - Cylinders (09:59)

Cylinder modeling, parameters, data organization.

This session introduces creating and organizing a single cylinder in Rhino and Grasshopper, with a focus on setting parameters, extrusion, and efficient data structuring.

Exercise 2 - Multi-Cylinder Modeling Part 1 (23:33)

Multiple cylinders, data structuring, organization

This session demonstrates how to create multiple rows of cylinders in Rhino and Grasshopper using data structures, organization, and parameter manipulation and arrangement.

Exercise 2 - Multi-Cylinder Modeling Part 2 (27:37)

Randomization, Organization, and Data Manipulation.

This session explores how to randomize, organize, and combine data using various methods to manipulate and preview data outputs in Grasshopper.

Exercise 2 - Cylinders Part 3 (05:55)

Cylinder Generation, Data Organization, Visualization

This session consolidates Exercise 2 by creating multiple cylinders from a single base, manipulating data, and organizing outputs through various filtering and visualization methods.

Exercise 3 - 3D Truss Part 1 (32:03)

3D Truss, Patterns, Visualization, Organization

This session demonstrates creating a 3D truss by generating custom patterns with rectangles and curves, removing duplicates, forming triangular and dual-gram patterns.

Exercise 3 - 3D Truss Part 2 (21:52)

2D Pattern, 3D Truss Generation

This session demonstrates transforming a 2D pattern into a 3D truss by extruding points, extracting pattern lines, combining patterns, analyzing length for radius data.

Exercise 3 - 3D Truss Part 3 (03:42)

Custom Patterns, Surface Subdivision, 3D Truss

This session sums up the complete process of generating a 3D truss structure by creating customizable 2D patterns, subdividing surfaces, generating pattern lines, projecting them to 3D, combining data, and forming 3D pipes based on length-driven data values.

Exercise 4 - Pavilion Part 1 (36:54)

Parametric Pavilion & Pattern Application

This session demonstrates how to develop a parametric pavilion by applying a previously generated pattern onto an organic surface using a surface revolution technique, transforming the pattern into a 3D structure using smart mapping, graph mappers, and pattern extraction.

Exercise 4 - Pavilion Part 2 (18:45)

Pattern Extrusion & Surface Mapping

This session demonstrates transforming a 2D pattern applied to an organic surface into a 3D structure using extrusion techniques, area-based displacement, and vector manipulation, creating a detailed parametric pavilion geometry.

Important Notes:

The “Grasshopper Fundamentals for Architects” course by PAACADEMY has a total of 10 Sessions

Each session and the entire course is recorded, and videos will be available for participants right away.

PAACADEMY will provide a certificate of attendance.

Instructors:

Ignacio Revenga

Biography

Ignacio Revenga is a Spanish architect based in New York and holds a Master's in Architecture from ETSAM - Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, Polytechnic University He is the founder of Topomorpho, a design lab specializing in computational protocols and experimental architecture through emerging technologies and computational thinking. His work dissolves the boundaries between art and architecture through complex geometries inspired by nature and form-finding methods. By integrating mathematics, physical simulations, and biomimicry, he develops architectural solutions that evoke poetic atmospheres, which he refers to as heterotopias. Part of his research has been published in architecture magazines such as UPM and COAM, contributing to the discourse on computational thinking applied to architecture. He has collaborated with educational institutions such as the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Pratt Institute of New York and has worked with renowned international firms like Caza or Theverymany, among others, on projects across the United States, Colombia, the Philippines, and Japan. His work has been recognized and published in Architizer A+Awards, Dezeen, Rethinking the Future, German Design Awards, Archilovers, The Plan, Archello, AIA NY News, Design Icons, BluPrint, Goood, AasArchitecture.