Performance Aided Design (PAD) Summer School in Aalborg (Denmark)

** ****Aalborg University ** Woven + Reciprocal wooden structures Performance Aided Design (PAD) Summer School 28th July -15th August, Utzon Center, Aalborg, Denmark

The aim of the summer school is to apply new design tools in the field of reciprocal wooden structures. The design tools involve parametric design based on application of Rhinoceros and Grasshopper (PAD:PerformanceAidedDesign)

The goal of the summer school is the development of an experimental 1:1 scale prototype of a novel system that sits at the boundary of the typologies of woven and reciprocal structures, particularly promising with respect to material and constructional efficiency.

The focus will be directed on the joint development and on the design and manufacturing of an architectural body whose formal appearance is determined by the specific properties of the material in use and by the response to a large array of performance factors.

Finite Element Method, iterative loops, in-house developed Grasshopper plugins, and physical models will be used, while constantly looking and learning from the traditional culture of building in wood.

Application deadline: May 15th

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Posted May 12, 2014 by Carlos Perez on Rhino News, etc.