Of Interest
Project for UDON Restaurant Madrid
Project Architect: Quim Girbau & Neus Mateu
Design Consultation and Fabrication: Medio Design
Parametric Design and Geometry Consultation: Luis E. Fraguada – LaN
This project for the design the UDON Chueca restaurant in Madrid was recently completed by Arquitects Quim Girbau & Neus Mateu. Medio Design and LaN collaborated on the ceiling which traverses the span of the [...]
Live Parameters: LaN On-Site Barcelona 3 Workshop
LaN announces its third On Site Barcelona workshop August 23rd through 29th at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC): Live Parameters.
One of the key elements in any associative design model is the data to which it responds. The ‘Live Parameters’ workshop will investigate several modes for interacting with real time, real life data [...]
Collaborative Cloud Project
Collaborative Cloud is an installation which investigates distributed and decentralized design and fabrication. The interface (in the link above) allows you to design and give information to a piece of the cloud, thus anyone can participate in the project’s growth over the next 8 months. The physical construction will take place at the Disseny Hub [...]
LaN ARCH RESPONSE…. MIAMI Aug 18-21
ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE time / tech / tectonics
AUG 18 – 21 2010 @ MIAMI sponsored by Act Interiors
hosted by Mitrani Warehouse
4 day workshop on LIVE aspects of digital design & fabrication for architecture
Its clear in 2010 perhaps more than ever that significant shifts in economies and culture can [...]
Smart Geometry 2010 Barcelona
These images show a glimpse into what were the workshop sessions during the Smart Geometry 2010 event, which took place at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) from the 19th through the 24th of April (with Conference sessions taking place at the Petit Palau). This event came to Barcelona and IaaC thanks to [...]
Toronto Arch Response workshop… in planning
LaN ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE WORKSHOP – TORONTO
3+ day seminar on LIVE aspects of digital design & fabrication for architecture
Its clear in 2010 perhaps more than ever that significant shifts in economies and culture can occur extremely rapidly; climatic crisis can devastate enormous populations in seconds. Our architectural response is critical. [...]
BOS: LaN @ MICROSOFT JULY 7-9
LaN RETURNS to Microsoft NERD July 7 – 9 2010… as part of LaN FLIGHT >>
Join us in-full or specifically for the LaN sessions @ Microsoft
July 7 – 9, 9am-2pm daily, details forthcoming
see April 2010 LaN @ Microsoft session details below
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ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE time / tech / tectonics
**IF JOINING US FROM OUT OF TOWN… WE [...]
LaN / Microsoft NERD Scholarships – APRIL
**if you have arrived to assist LaN in voting for 2 scholars… please scroll below to the entries in the reply field, review and submit 2 names / your affiliation in the reply field…
please note this is not an experience competition– judging will be on interest and intended application following workshop– all [...]
Fabricating for Haiti MAR 11-14 Santo Domingo Wrkshp
LaN Focus: Fabricating for Haiti
LaN invites professionals and students alike to attend a 4 day workshop (evenings + weekend) focused on research and development of temporary structures for the displaced victims of the Haiti Earthquake. Participants will learn Digital Design and Fabrication methods and later apply those methods in project proposals. The workshop will [...]
GH Surface Subdivision Strategies
Downloads:
GH Srf Subdivision Strategies for GH 0.6.0043 **REQUIRES WEAVERBIRD
Description: This definition is a collection of ten methods to subdivide surfaces. Collection includes UV Division, Physical Distance, and Mesh Algorithm subdivision strategies. Further Catmull-Clark mesh subdivisions thanks to Giulio Piacentino’s Weaverbird Plug-in for Rhino and Grasshopper. Below are examples of the subdivisions generated.
GH Surface Diagrid Pattern
Downloads:
GH Surface Digrid Pattern for GH 0.6.0043
Description: This definition uses a vb.net component to panel a surface with a diagrid pattern.
Designing Interface Architecture – Brazil 2010
UPDATE: The fund raising for the first edition of this workshop series has been successful! In 30 days, 54 wonderful supporters pledged from $1 – $1000 to make this event possible. We want to thank them and everyone else who’s actions were paramount in spreading the word.
FABberz (www.fabberz.com) and LaN (www.livearchitecture.net) are collaborating to hold [...]
LaN at Hong Kong – Shenzhen Biennale 2009
Photos By Tom Verebes
These images show a recent collaboration between Ocean CN, Crystal Design, and LaN for the Hong Kong – Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale 2009. LaN was asked to develop a custom user interface for an associative urban model in order to provide visitors to the biennale with the experience of designing their own city. [...]
Generate Seminar Review, Oulu, Finland
Photos from a recent trip Oulu, Finland. LaN co-director, Luis Fraguada, was invited to Oulu to lecture and teach at the Generate Seminar. The seminar was organized by the Algorithmic Architecture Project Group at the University of Oulu, Department of Architecture. Many, many sincere thanks to Eetu Arponen, Eva Haggrén, Aulikki Herneoja, Eeva Hinkka, Hannes [...]
**LaN WORKSHP @ San Juan Dec 2-5
LaN Digital Fabrication and Rhino Workshop
San Juan, Puerto Rico
*December 2 – 5
location: Classes will take place in in the following location:
TASK
420 Calle San Antonio esquina Calle Sagrado Corazon, Suite 1
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00909
*tentative Digital Fabrication explorations by using the CNC machine at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico/ 10 tents 10 [...]
Alternate Interface: Control Grasshopper from iPod
Current exploration into alternative interfaces for presenting and interacting with associative models. Here we see two examples of communication from an iPod Touch 2g to McNeel’s Grasshopper plug-in for Rhino. This is made possible by Open Sound Control (OSC) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). In these examples, a Processing interface was utilized to show [...]
Grasshopper and Rhinoscript Connections to OpenOffice
Provided are some examples of how to bridge between OpenOffice’s Calc program and Rhinoscript or Grasshopper.
MASSIVE CUSTOMIZATION
photo credit: ‘Tornado III’ via Fickr user Lethbridge_man’s
Massive Customization: preventative architectural parameters
Its a gray day & perhaps one to be mindful of the one topic that deserves to come before the rebuilding of environments that have encountered extraordinary destruction through both human initiated (repurcussions of politics / economics / terrorism) & natural forces (climatic)… [...]
Grasshopper UDP Receiver
Synchronous UDP Receiver
GH version 0.6.0019
Description:
This definition allows receiving with the User Datagram Protocol through .net. Please note, this definition uses a synchronous structure, meaning Rhino/GH will hang until some data is received from an external application. Please run the included Processing Sketch in order to begin transmitting continuous data to GH.
Examples:
http://www.livearchitecture.net/archives/3664
http://www.livearchitecture.net/archives/3732
http://www.livearchitecture.net/archives/3745
Requirements:
Grasshopper 0.6.0019
Processing 1.0.5: http://www.processing.org
UDP Library [...]
HTWK Leipzig Workshop Results
Henning Rambow, professor at HTWK Leipzig organized the First Parametric Design Workshop last June, 2009. Six tutors and 40 participants from all around Europe and beyond took to Leipzig for 4 days of intense teaching, learning, and production.
Rhino Grasshopper was utilized as the main design tool, allowing participants to explore various aspects of the workshop [...]
LaN OnSite BCN2 Workshop Results
LaN OnSite Barcelona v2 workshops concluded with composite fabrication processes and associative design production. Participants joined a two phase / six module workshop series that immersed them in contemporary digital design and fabrication techniques. McNeel Rhinoceros was the base platform for all design and parameterization. Through the Grasshopper plugin for Rhino, participants [...]
LaN @ eCAADe 2009 Istanbul
LaN co-director, Luis Fraguada, has been invited by McNeel Europe to instruct a RhinoScript workshop during the eCAADE 2009 Istanbul Conference. The 2-Day intensive session will be held September 14-15, 2009. For more information, visit the eCAADE 2009 website.
About eCAADE:
What is eCAADe?
eCAADe (Education and research [...]
Maya Fluid to Grasshopper via UDP
In a collaboration with Shajay Bhooshan, Autodesk Maya 2009 can communicate with McNeel’s Rhinoceros::Grasshopper. The work on communicating to and from Grasshopper via the user datagram protocol (UDP) was to effectively speed up communication between programs without the use of each program writing and reading a text file. This investigation was begun to open up [...]
LaN presents @ Pecha Kucha BOS JUL 22
Pecha Kucha Boston 12
LaN thanks Brett Stilwell and all organizers of Pecha Kucha Boston for a great event (our first 4 screen presentation)!
Wed Jul 22 | Mantra, 52 Temple Pl, Boston (near Park St T)
20×20 talks
Alex Camlin, Da Capo Press
Bill Gallery, Bill Gallery
Brandon Bird, Brandon Bird Design
Chong-Zi Chen, Chong-Zi Chen Architect
Efi Georgiou, Tufts University
Lynn [...]
