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This course explores the role of computation in the conception and representation of form and shape. Learn Python programming language as a creative medium for design, architecture, art and beyond. Learners will develop, analyze and critique algorithmic approaches to digital drawing, modeling, and projection. Specifically, the powerful and robust Python Rhinoscript library will be introduced and explored in detail. This library allows Rhinoceros, the popular 3D graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) modeling software to be scripted with text-based code. Scripting in this manner can automate existing processes and can lead to novel kinds of relationships, and orders of shape and form.
Architects, sculptors, and any artist or designer interested in either fabrication or communication of form and shape will recognize the importance of projection–the the transformation of three-dimensional geometry onto a two-dimensional picture plane, cut sheet, paper, or screen. As a result, this course focuses not only on the generation of geometry, but the output of geometry.
In parallel to extending learners' technical proficiency, this course will touch on the conceptual and theoretical implications of algorithmic design. Each of the five lessons will build upon each other to develop an understanding of the Python language, algorithmic strategies, and digital geometric craft (the interrelated structures and topologies that make up digital models).
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Below you will find an overview of the Learning Outcomes you will achieve as you complete this course.
• Capacity to program in the Python programming language with an understanding of the Rhinoscript Python library and its documentation.
• Understanding of the geometric foundations of basic Rhino topologies and their relationships to one another via the Rhinoscript library.
• Ability to incorporate scripting into various digital modeling workflows.
• Ability to create scripts for themselves, and adapt them to function as design tools for others. Students understand the practical implications of thinking and working with algorithms.
• Mastery of the ideas and structures that underpin procedural algorithms common to all programming languages: loops, conditionals, abstraction, and serialized data structures.
• Understanding of the theoretical implications of thinking and working with algorithms.
Carl Lostritto conducts research and teaches in the area of computational design with an emphasis on drawing and media.
He is currently Assistant Professor of Architecture at RISD. He previously taught architecture and design at The Boston Architectural College, The Catholic University of America, The University of Maryland, and The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching has spanned all levels of design curricula including introductory and advanced architectural studios, design seminars, and workshops. He recently taught a high school level outreach program at MIT and a fabrication and digital craft research studio, which was supported by an Education Committee Grant at the Boston Architectural College.
Concurrent to teaching, he operates a computational design consultancy, which partners with artists, architects, and designers on projects of various types and scales including web design, print media, graphic design, prototyping, installations and buildings.
He studied in a post-professional research program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology within the Design and Computation Group. His professional architecture degree was earned at the University of Maryland.
Students should be comfortable with Rhinoceros modeling software. No computer programming knowledge is required, though students who are proficient in another programming language or have dabbled in Python will find most of the content new and useful.
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