DIGITAL OBSESSION2-Rhino SCRIPTS workshop

Digital Obsession Workshops Advances in Architectural Geometry workshop,
Damascus – Syria . August - September 2011
Rhino Level 2 - NURBS Modeling and Scripting
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Due to the success of the first workshops by MAG LAB in Damascus, Syria.
MAG LAB, Syria – Spain – Italy (Materials- Advanced Architecture – Generative Laboratory) as a part of Maksoud Architectural Group,
Authorized Reseller and authorized training center of McNeel in Syria and the Middle East through its affiliate offices, was pleased to announcetheofficial Rhino workshops results "Digital Obsession2-Advances in Architectural Geometry" which took place in Damascus - Syria on August and September 2011.

The workshop covered Rhino Level I I- NURBS Modeling-Basic.
In this class participants learnt how to create and edit accurate free form 3D NURBS models. This fast-moving class covered most of
Rhino's functionality, including the most advanced surfacing commands.

At the end of the workshop each participant received an official certificate of participation from McNeel Europe (Barcelona – Spain) and MAG LAB.
The event was the key event of the year for discussing, learning and networking about the emerging practice of digital parametric.

These workshops followed the highly successful previous workshops, Spain 2008-2009-2011, Italy 2010, Syria 2009-2010-2011 and multiple preceding events.

Credits:
Organized by: McNeel Europe and Middle East - Rhinoceros
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MAG LAB, Syria – Spain – Italy(Materials- Advanced Architecture – Generative Laboratory) as a part of Maksoud Architectural Group, authorized reseller and authorized training center of McNeel in Syria and the Middle East through its affiliate offices.
Media Partner - Supported by: Ibdaat Magazine (Damascus, Syria) www.ibdaat-sy.com



Instructor and director: M.Arch. Aref Maksoud; Escola Superior De’Arquitectura, Universitat Internacional de Cataluña (EsArq, UiC); Director of MAG LAB, Studies manager at MAG - Maksoud Architectural Group; Professor of Architecture, College of Architecture, Arab International University (AIU), Syria; Visitor Professor, College of Fine Arts and Design Arab International University (AIU), Syria Assistant Professor of Biodigital Program (Master and PHD level), Escola Superior De’Arquitectura, Universitat Internacional de Cataluña (EsArq, UiC), Spain MAG LAB Team: M.A. Anna Dabrowska; Arch. Dima Meiqari;


INTRODUCTION This Workshop, completely revised for 2011, was tailored to professionals in the architectural and engineering industry
and is suitable for architects, structural engineers, urban designers and building envelope engineers.
The course contains both intermediate and advanced content, the balance of which can be adjusted to suit particular classes.
Although classes follow a clearly defined structure there is scope for trainees to discuss individual work examples and work on real projects.


OBJECTIVES The main objective of the course was to extract the information from the research as input in order to generate an
adaptive system as output, showing the design process and applying the new digital skills taught during the workshop.
In this workshop the students focused on digital design through scripting processes in order to explore architectonical potentials seen and done by digital tools.
The students finished the workshop knowing how to generate design processes through Rhino tools and basic scripting tools. They applied this knowledge and were able to create architectonical proposals and physical prototypes.

STRUCTURE Over the five day intensive workshop students learnt Rhino scripting ,digital fabrication and strategy design . By the end
of the course students had the chance to present their final design showing their design strategy and process.
This workshop was built around the concept of calculating/computing design. Participants learnt how to think in algorithmic terms, and express their design ideas in procedures.
The main vehicle for the workshop was Rhino Script. Rhino script has proven to be the best platform in exploration of design-programming for beginners and experts.