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We are thrilled to announce the “AI in Practice Competition,” a prestigious event sponsored by Studio Tim Fu, where architects and designers from across the globe will explore the intersection of AI and architectural design🚀 Register Now: Tap the🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/guCm5SXV The “AI in Practice Competition” challenges architects and designers from around the world to conceptualize a landmark building in the heart of London. The concept should be a harmonious blend of innovation and heritage, reflecting the dynamic essence of London’s architectural landscape. ✏️ Jury members: Tim Fu - Founder and Director of STF, Rada Daleva - Project Lead of STF, Marco Antonio Alfaro Ruz - Lead Researcher of STF, Saina Abdollahzadeh - Lead Architect of STF 📅 Registration Deadline: October 20th, 2024 ⚒️ Format: Online on Zoom, Discord, and the Parametric Architecture website 💰$5000 Prize Pool 🚀Sponsored by Studio Tim Fu. Awards 🏆 1st Place: 💰 $2200 cash prize 🌐 Publication on the PA website and social media platforms 📜 Certificate 2nd Place: 💰 $1300 cash prize 🌐 Publication on the PA website and social media platforms 📜 Certificate 3rd Place: 💰 $900 cash prize 🌐 Publication on the PA website and social media platforms 📜 Certificate 3 Honorable Mentions: 💰 $200 cash prize 🌐 Publication on the PA website and social media platforms 📜 Certificate ✨Internship and Job Opportunities at Studio Tim Fu. #artificialintelligence #midjourney #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #competition

Meet our instructor of this weekend’s “Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin” workshop, Kedar Benjamin. Last 24 hours to register: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/eCSJtq-w Kedar Benjamin, aka Benjometry, is a computational designer, AI for footwear, and DFAM expert with a background in industrial design. Kedar has 5 years of experience with Houdini and 2 years of experience as an independent computational designer in the footwear industry. In 2022, he created the world’s first AI-designed 3D-printed shoe, Basilisk, printed by Zellerfeld. This workshop explores 3d printed footwear design using procedural tools, allowing students to create professional-level manufacturing-ready 3d models of the highest quality using Houdini and blender. Students will learn about a variety of manufacturing technologies and will learn to unlock their full potential. In the workshop, we will use Sidefx Houdini and Blender to procedurally create 3d printable shoes that maintain manufacturing constraints through parametric methods. Participants will first learn how to model a simple shoe for FDM procedurally, then how to generate and apply textures so that overhangs are not created. 📑 Topic: Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin 📅 Date: January 4 - 5, 2025 🕕 Time: 15:00 – 19:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, SideFX Houdini 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #footweardesign

To explore digital fabrication workflows using Blender, join our new upcoming workshop, “Parametric Workflows with Blender: Animating Robots for Digital Fabrication” which will focus on creating custom toolpaths for 3D printing, CNC, and robotic fabrication using Blender’s Geometry Nodes. The workshop will be led by the Robotics and Digital Fabrication Research Specialist at RDF Lab and founder of Neobrutal Studio, Luis Arturo Pacheco, on January 11 - 12, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/e8N6Z5_y This workshop will explore several digital fabrication workflows using Blender. It will begin by introducing the fundamentals of Blender’s interface and navigation to ensure all participants are comfortable with the software environment. We’ll set up a workspace tailored for digital fabrication tasks and familiarize ourselves with Blender. We will export some manually generated toolpaths to get conformable with blender’s main interface. Next, we’ll delve into Geometry Nodes, Blender’s powerful system for procedural and parametric modeling. We’ll explore how node-based workflows can generate toolpaths, and we’ll practice creating toolpaths for drawing and cutting applications using plotters and CNC machines. 📑 Topic: Parametric Workflows with Blender: Animating Robots for Digital Fabrication 📅 Date: January 11 - 12, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, Tissue add-on 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #digitalfabrication #animating

Computational Mindset: Foundations for Innovation in Design with Jak Drinnan will teach how to apply computational design principles using Grasshopper to solve complex design problems efficiently on February 15 – 16, 2025🚀 Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/ewMG2RvY In this workshop, we will explore the principles, logic, rules, and methodologies you can repeatedly use to solve problems and design anything you can imagine in Grasshopper. Working individually throughout this workshop, participants will first get up to speed with some key principles of Grasshopper and Rhino geometry through live presentations and demonstrations. We will then review and practice storyboard sketching and reverse engineering methodologies in order to define a repeatable approach that we can use every time we create a new project in Grasshopper. 📑 Topic: Computational Mindset: Foundations for Innovation in Design 📅 Date: February 15 - 16, 2025 🕕 Time: 13:00 – 17:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #rhino3d #grasshopper

Resin 3D Printable Concept Shoe by Kedar Benjamin in collaboration with sko-lab. Join our upcoming workshop, “Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin” which will focus on using Houdini and Blender to create professional 3D printable footwear designs optimized for FDM and Resin printing technologies. The workshop will be led by a computational designer and DFAM expert, Kedar Benjamin, on January 4 - 5, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/eCSJtq-w This workshop explores 3d printed footwear design using procedural tools, allowing students to create professional-level manufacturing-ready 3d models of the highest quality using Houdini and blender. Students will learn about a variety of manufacturing technologies and will learn to unlock their full potential. In the workshop, we will use Sidefx Houdini and Blender to procedurally create 3d printable shoes that maintain manufacturing constraints through parametric methods. Participants will first learn how to model a simple shoe for FDM procedurally, then how to generate and apply textures so that overhangs are not created. 📑 Topic: Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin 📅 Date: January 4 - 5, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, SideFX Houdini 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #footweardesign

Resin 3D Printable Concept Shoe by Kedar Benjamin in collaboration with sko-lab. Join our upcoming workshop, “Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin” which will focus on using Houdini and Blender to create professional 3D printable footwear designs optimized for FDM and Resin printing technologies. The workshop will be led by a computational designer and DFAM expert, Kedar Benjamin, on January 4 - 5, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/eCSJtq-w This workshop explores 3d printed footwear design using procedural tools, allowing students to create professional-level manufacturing-ready 3d models of the highest quality using Houdini and blender. Students will learn about a variety of manufacturing technologies and will learn to unlock their full potential. In the workshop, we will use Sidefx Houdini and Blender to procedurally create 3d printable shoes that maintain manufacturing constraints through parametric methods. Participants will first learn how to model a simple shoe for FDM procedurally, then how to generate and apply textures so that overhangs are not created. 📑 Topic: Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin 📅 Date: January 4 - 5, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, SideFX Houdini 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #footweardesign

Amazing work by Ismail Seleit, instructor of the upcoming “The Diffusion Architect 2.0” workshop on January 18 - 19, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/gpRHZZZU This workshop adopts a hands-on, practical approach to mastering AI diffusion models for architectural design. Starting with a deep dive into foundational concepts, including how these models are trained. Participants will then explore advanced tools like Automatic1111, ComfyUI, and Fooocus to run these models effectively. Building on this foundation, the workshop will focus on combining state-of-the-art models like SDXL and Flux with advanced techniques such as ControlNets and LoRA models. Participans will engage in practical exercises to apply workflows like text-to-image, image referencing, Rhino-to-image, and in-context generation alongside advanced methods like inpainting and upscaling. By the end, participans will create custom workflows designed to enhance creativity and efficiency in your architectural projects. 📑 Topic: The Diffusion Architect 2.0 📅 Date: January 18 - 19, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Stable Diffusion, ControlNet and ComfyUI 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #artificialintelligence #midjourney #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #stablediffusion #controlnet

To explore digital fabrication workflows using Blender, join our new upcoming workshop, “Parametric Workflows with Blender: Animating Robots for Digital Fabrication” which will focus on creating custom toolpaths for 3D printing, CNC, and robotic fabrication using Blender’s Geometry Nodes. The workshop will be led by the Robotics and Digital Fabrication Research Specialist at RDF Lab and founder of Neobrutal Studio, Luis Arturo Pacheco, on January 11 - 12, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/e8N6Z5_y This workshop will explore several digital fabrication workflows using Blender. It will begin by introducing the fundamentals of Blender’s interface and navigation to ensure all participants are comfortable with the software environment. We’ll set up a workspace tailored for digital fabrication tasks and familiarize ourselves with Blender. We will export some manually generated toolpaths to get conformable with blender’s main interface. Next, we’ll delve into Geometry Nodes, Blender’s powerful system for procedural and parametric modeling. We’ll explore how node-based workflows can generate toolpaths, and we’ll practice creating toolpaths for drawing and cutting applications using plotters and CNC machines. 📑 Topic: Parametric Workflows with Blender: Animating Robots for Digital Fabrication 📅 Date: January 11 - 12, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, Tissue add-on 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #digitalfabrication #animating

Join our upcoming workshop, “The Unreal Engine Blueprint” which will focus on how to make CAD models fully interactive and presentable to the client. The workshop will be led by an architect and a co-founder of Very Good Architecture Company, Gediminas Kirdeikis, on February 8 - 9, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/ejmexEA7 The workshop aims to form a foundational understanding of Unreal Engine’s Blueprint system and explore its use for architects and other CAD designers. Participants will learn how to make their CAD models fully interactive and presentable to the client. through the injection of game-development systems present in Unreal Engine 5. Throughout the workshop, we will go through the whole process of taking a CAD design and making it interactive. Due to this, the framework will be rigid and aimed at intermediate to advanced users of Rhino and complete novice users of Unreal Engine 5. While a sample starting file will be provided, the users will be urged to use their own designs as a kick-off point. 📑 Topic: The Unreal Engine Blueprint 📅 Date: February 8 - 9, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Unreal Engine, Rhinoceros 3D 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #unrealengine #rhino3d

Laceless Poseidon shoe by Kedar Benjamin in collaboration with Laceless Design. Join our upcoming workshop, “Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin” which will focus on using Houdini and Blender to create professional 3D printable footwear designs optimized for FDM and Resin printing technologies. The workshop will be led by a computational designer and DFAM expert, Kedar Benjamin, on January 4 - 5, 2025. Register Now: Tap the 🔗 link: https://lnkd.in/eCSJtq-w This workshop explores 3d printed footwear design using procedural tools, allowing students to create professional-level manufacturing-ready 3d models of the highest quality using Houdini and blender. Students will learn about a variety of manufacturing technologies and will learn to unlock their full potential. In the workshop, we will use Sidefx Houdini and Blender to procedurally create 3d printable shoes that maintain manufacturing constraints through parametric methods. Participants will first learn how to model a simple shoe for FDM procedurally, then how to generate and apply textures so that overhangs are not created. 📑 Topic: Additive Footwear Design: FDM and Resin 📅 Date: January 4 - 5, 2025 🕕 Time: 14:00 – 18:00 GMT ⚒️ Software: Blender, SideFX Houdini 🧑🏼🎓 Total Seats: 50 seats 🛒 15% Discount for Digital Members. #parametricdesign #computationaldesign #architecturestudents #formgeneration #blender #footweardesign