Two Parametric Design Workshops, Parametric modeling for exploration of design options and adaptability to change, and Parametric Design Tools in Skilled Hands: Methods of Engaging Complexity, will be held in Montreal on June 15th and 16th as part of the CAAD Futures 2009 Conference. Click below for more details... Parametric modeling for exploration of design options and adaptability to change 15 June 2009 Volker Mueller (Bentley Systems) http://www.arclab.umontreal.ca/CAADFutures09/contenu/CAAD_futures_2009.php?lang=ENG&n_image=2&page=program The increased availability of parametric tools for building design offers new opportunities in the design process. It lets design teams generate and explore design alternatives and variations, provides designers with high levels of responsiveness to changing project conditions, and lets project teams experiment with innovative approaches to inter-disciplinary collaboration throughout project design and delivery. This workshop explores concepts of parametric design in theory and exercises, presents case studies, and offers opportunities for discussion. Adaptable to the knowledge level of workshop participants, this workshop will introduce fundamental to advanced concepts of parametric modeling. Illustrated by case studies, methodology will be presented how to conceive, develop, and edit a parametric design parti in response to an initial set of sustainable performance goals. Attendees will participate in parametric design exercises and will subsequently subject the parametric parti to change scenarios. Through these scenarios attendees will be able to evaluate intended or predicted design behaviors against their performance goals. They will also explore how parametric models can be modified to change their behavior in order to achieve or exceed defined performance goals. Intended attendees are curious about the potential of parametric design and want to start or have recently started exploration of parametric design methods and tools. Each participant should prepare a statement of what they believe the primary benefit of their use of a parametric design approach will be. Participants interested in using the parametric design tool GenerativeComponents hands-on should bring their own laptops with the software already installed. Please contact the workshop leader Volker Mueller at volker.mueller@bentley.com for information how to download the software which will be provided once workshop registration has been confirmed. Attendees at this workshop will be granted a one-year license to Bentley's Generative Components (a $250 value). To advance their case studies in parametric design participants are encouraged to register for Earl Mark's and Rob Woodbury's workshop "Parametric Design Tools in Skilled Hands: Methods of Engaging Complexity” that follows on June 16th. They are also invited to a "Parametric Modeling Dinner" that bridges the two workshops on the evening of the 15th. ***************************************** Parametric Modeling Dinner Evening 15 June 2009 Hosts: Earl Mark, Volker Mueller, Robert Woodbury http://www.arclab.umontreal.ca/CAADFutures09/contenu/CAAD_futures_2009.php?lang=ENG&n_image=2&page=program Join us for the evening for informal discussion of practice and research issues in parametric modeling. Each participant is responsible for the costs of their meal (sorry, no sponsor for this one!). Restaurant information TBA. ***************************************** Parametric Design Tools in Skilled Hands: Methods of Engaging Complexity 16 June 2009 Robert Woodbury (SFU) & Earl Mark (Virginia) http://www.arclab.umontreal.ca/CAADFutures09/contenu/CAAD_futures_2009.php?lang=ENG&n_image=2&page=program All tools work better in skilled hands. With parametric modeling designers have a new set of tools but not yet a mature craft of use. This two-day workshop will bring together a small group of researchers and teachers of parametric modeling to discuss and demonstrate what designers and their organizations must know and learn about parametric modeling to use it well. Parametric based design tools provide a dynamic way to approach to design problems, but their use may benefit from the art of complex problem solving through a range of different strategies from seeing the big picture to small technical means. Participants should be skilled in using or teaching at least one parametric system (e.g., CATIA, Cinema4D, GC, Grasshopper, Revit, SolidWorks,...), especially at a scripting/programming level. In particular, the workshop aims at better understanding the strategies needed for effective use of these new tools. For example, in object-oriented systems a major strategy of use is to prefer composition over inheritance. Each participant should prepare in advance a short presentation, including a live demonstration of key issues of tool use. Each participant should bring their own laptop and expect to use it to demonstrate and work on parametric problems throughout the workshop. Registration will be limited to so as to aid deep discussion and a workshop character. Pending available space, participants in the Volker Mueller's 15 June workshop are welcome in this workshop. Attendees at this workshop will be granted a one-year license to Bentley's Generative Components (a $250 value). Participants who are actively developing their skills with parametric modeling are encouraged to register for Volker Mueller's workshop "Parametric modeling for exploration of design options and adaptability to change” that precedes this workshop on June 15th. They are also invited to a "Parametric Modeling Dinner" that bridges the two workshops on the evening of the 15th.