About this course

This course is an online learning content that matches the “CAAD Internship” for the second-year undergraduate students at Tsinghua University School of Architecture. The “CAAD Internship” course lasts for one week and is held throughout the week. It is a compulsory internship course for undergraduates majoring in architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture in the School of Architecture. There are about 120 students. This online course is the first part of the “CAAD Practical” course and teaches Grasshopper programming methods. Using the parametric method to design is to introduce the thinking of programming into the design and use algorithmic logic to generate geometric shapes. Such a design method can describe the logic of form, function and structure in the design through algorithms, which not only expands the architect’s ability to control form, but also makes the design more rational and adaptable. Grasshopper is a widely used parametric design platform. It is based on Rhinoceros three-dimensional modeling software and performs parametric modeling programming based on geometric modeling systems such as Nurbs and Mesh. Grasshopper adopts a graphical programming method. Many common algorithms are encapsulated in modules and combined in a graphical interface. Therefore, it is easy to write and highly efficient, making it very suitable for designers to learn and apply. In addition, Grasshopper, as a parametric design platform, has many plug-ins that can introduce different geometric modeling, physical simulation, and performance optimization algorithms into its system to expand its functions, and these plug-ins are still growing rapidly. Therefore, Grasshopper is a very valuable tool in scheme creation and daily design work, and it is worth learning by every designer.

At a Glance:
Institution: TsinghuaX
Subject: Architecture
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites:
None
Language: 中文
Video Transcript: 中文
Associated skills:Parametric Modeling, Visual Programming Language (VPL), Rhinoceros 3D, ANSYS Meshing, Computer Programming, Simulations, Algorithms, Structural Engineering, Geometric Modeling, Urban Planning, Grasshopper (Design Software), Landscape Architecture, Planning, Parametric Design, Dimensional Modeling, Industrial Design, Operations, Teaching, Graphical User Interface