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• Grasshopper private lessons

  I was asked to teach the fundamentals of Grasshopper, so I developed an 8 hour crash course in which I taught the fundamentals of parametric design along with the Grasshopper flow paradigm. The themes rangd from the basic variable radius with slider to an example of genetic algorithmic optimization with Galapagos. Lectured in February 2013

• WorkYourFolio – PORTFOLIO DESIGN WORKSHOP

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• Stereotomic BIM

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• Reinforced, Reusable, Reconfigurable Molds for Cast Voussoirs

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• Genetic Algorithms in Architecture – History and Relevance

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• Nexus 2010 – Rural Hyperboloid Paraboloid Roof

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• CorkVault research at CEAAD

  This work was the result of my studies at CEAAD – Curso de Estudos Avançados em Arquitectura Digital – organized by ISCTE-IUL and FAUP, and hosted in ISCTE-IUL and VFABLAB in Lisbon in 2013-2013. When approached with a raw material such as expanded cork agglomerate, materiality is a concept that is present from the very […]

• Flying Earth Workshop

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