Grasshopper

Tutors: Mehrdad Azizkhani, Ali Nakhaei

Grasshopper is a visual programming language and environment that runs within the Rhinoceros 3D computer-aided design application. The program was created by David Rutten at Robert McNeel & Associates. Programs are created by dragging components onto a canvas.

rhinoceros

Tutors: Nariman Nejati, Ali Nakhaei

Rhinoceros is a commercial 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by Robert McNeel & Associates, an American, privately held, employee-owned company founded in 1980.

DIGITAL FABRICATION

Tutors: Mehrdad Azizkhani

Digital fabrication is a design and manufacturing workflow where digital data directly drives manufacturing equipment to form various part geometries. This data most often comes from CAD (computer-aided design), which is then transferred to CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) software.

responsive architecture

Tutors: Mehrdad Azizkhani

Responsive architecture is an evolving field of architectural practice and research. Responsive architectures are those that measure actual environmental conditions (via sensors) to enable buildings to adapt their form, shape, color or character responsively (via actuators).