The MaCAD is a unique online programme training a new generation of architects, engineers and designers ready to develop skills into the latest softwares, computational tools, BIM technologies and AI towards innovation for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.
RE:EDU
Design a temporary school for emergencies with few clicks! RE:EDU for Re – Education. The idea of this project is to create a web platform for non-profit associations and municipalities to design an easy to assembly and low cost school structure. Several events, especially in this past year, have left children without a school’s infrastructure, … Read more
ISOVIST ANALYSIS OF A BUILDING
Isovist analysis offers a way of geometrically describing the spaces and forms of a building which can be seen from a particular position. As such, it combines a consideration of both fixed, building-related factors, such as space and form, and temporal, experiential ones, such as visibility and the impact of movement. Isovists are part of … Read more
Grasshopper Voronoi Wall Facade on any Surface
Introduction In this seminar, Data Management, the instructor covered different practical and modern coding languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js and Vu. In addition, he also covered how to use Hops and “Rhino Compute” server that helps to collaborate with other programming languages. This server can process incoming http requests to perform geometric computations and/or … Read more
Optimized & Responsive Skin
Instead of just creating renders or a virtual tours, This app is a creative way for clients, architects, and contractors to interact and be part of the the design process. The use of computational design and digital fabrication by architects and builders today is vital to the exploration and construction of ideas and projects. However, … Read more
Realtors Profit Calculator
Introduction This webpage helps real estate developers know the total built up area and the profits they can earn from each option they generate here. The basic site dimensions are 200 * 200m. Using points on each edge the streets are generated. Streets play an important role in creating the plots here. Plots are generated … Read more
Grasshopper to Web Apps with Rhino.Compute in between
This course stretched our understanding of what is possible. If you ever coded HTML websites back in the 90’s, today’s development is something completely different, yet still utilizes some HTML and CSS. The strength and power of THREE.js and Vue.js was shown to us, while some aspects may still remain a mystery or out of … Read more
Unraveling Urban Growth
“Unraveling Urban Growth” is an application developed to analyze and quantify the effects of new constructions on the vibrancy and accessibility of city amenities within 5, 10, and 15-minute travel time ranges. The objective of this application is to facilitate informed decision-making for urban planners, policymakers, and community stakeholders by assessing the impact of new … Read more
cHair
cHair is an app that utilizes an optimized Grasshopper file, defines the HTML structure of the page, while utilizing Vue.js directives to bind data and methods to the page. The JavaScript code in the script section provides the logic for the page and defines the data and methods used in the template section, and the … Read more
fumbrella
Harvesting water and sunlight Imagine if we could solve both a water and energy crisis using urban installations. Take a funnel to collect water and merge this with an umbrella. What do you get? A fumbrella of course! In this module we created a custom web app using JavaScript and Vue components. This web application … Read more
Martian Playground // Studio
Design Brief and Scope The purpose of this project is to design a colony on Mars to sustain life for 50 people with the possibility to expand to 300 people over time. This specific projects revolves around the specific function of recreation. Site Detection and Analysis ChatGPT 3 is used to create a relative grading … Read more
Mars Medical Center
Introduction For the BIMSC studio project, the class designed a human colony initially capable of accommodating 50 inhabitants, with the potential to expand to 300 inhabitants. Working together, the class settled on the Jezero Crater as the site for the colony and developed a masterplan consisting of thirteen distinct zones. Each group selected one zone … Read more
Construct Spiritual Place on Mars
Overview: The evolution of architecture over the last decades brought challenges on joint cooperation between architecture professionals. Digitalization of processes and introduction to interdisciplinary teams made this process specially challenging. This work sample is a demo of a collaborative workflow between 2 people inside one project, while this same project is a part of a … Read more
Mars Colony: Food and Energy Production
01 / SITE ANALYSIS OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES As a part of a team working on a project to establish a colony on Mars, and we’re focusing on developing a sustainable food system for our future home. In order to do this, we first analyzed the conditions on Mars, such as the maximum solar radiation, average … Read more
Collaborative Food and Energy Production on Mars
INTRODUCTION The project entails establishing a self-sustaining and productive colony on Mars through a collaborative effort among seven remote groups from across the world. The primary goal of the project is to develop a colony that can adapt to the harsh Martian environment and sustain itself over an extended period. To accomplish this feat, the … Read more
MARSSCAPE COLONY – LIVING SPACES – INTEGRATIVE
Program SPACE SYNTAX: The Idea of space syntax is to locate the programs using points and curves to establish connectivity among the programs which is then computed on grasshopper by the space syntax component to give optimized zoning based on CONTROL, DEPTH & INTEGRATIVE factors. REVIT DOCUMENTATION As a part of this seminar the Rhino models were … Read more
