Morphing materials

Morphing materials course focuses on developing and integrating new materials Bi-metals like nitinol (memory retaining wire) into our architecture design workflow. 

The premise of the material computation workshop

Material Computation is a design strategy that can be utilized by controlling the inherent properties of the material (length, size, density, etc.) with the help of data and a microcontroller. This course will explore ‘smart materials’ - which can be programmed for specific design challenges(climate, space usage, preferences, etc.) that can arise in a myriad of architectural situations. In the workshop, you will be able to integrate these concepts in your design projects, detail them and explore a new dimension in built environment design. Besides learning about existing cases and synthesizing their techniques, the workshop will also be about hands-on programming, prototyping in utilizing smart materials, their fabrication, working assembly detailing.

This course focuses on developing and integrating new materials Bi-metals like nitinol (memory retaining wire) into our architecture design workflow.

Structure of the morphing materials workshop 

The course is structured in three stages, primary stage will include equipping participants with technical knowledge of how to use allied scripting techniques and hardware to utilize smart materials. The intermediate stage will explore possibilities and applications to spark application-level ideas. The third stage will involve group level prototyping - discussion - review of the design.

DAY 1 SATURDAY (8 HOURS)

1. INTRODUCTION TO SMART MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES.

2. USE OF CONDUCTIVE FABRIC AND BIMETALLIC STRIPS

3. TAKING DATA OUT OF MATERIALS

4. USE OF ACTUATORS AND SENSORS

5. GRASSHOPPER INTERFACE WITH UDP

6. MAKING MATERIAL COMMUNICATE WITH DIGITAL INTERFACES USING GRASSHOPPER AND FIREFLY.

DAY 2 SUNDAY (8 HOURS)

1. UTILIZING MATERIAL COMPUTATION STRATEGIES IN REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURAL SITUATIONS

2. MAKING A SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PROTOTYPE WITH THE HELP OF LEARNED TECHNIQUES, PRESENTATION AND REVIEW FOR THE SAME.

Take-Aways

• Understanding how to utilize different materials in an architectural context.
• Understanding how bi-metallic materials work and we can incorporate them in our design context. • Your designed model along with you and some more goodies.

Requirements 

• Participants should bring their own computer with the above-mentioned software installed. More details will be sent to the registered participants.
• Intermediate knowledge of 3D modelling acquired on Rhino. (If you wish to gain expertise in Rhinoceros Join our workshop Algorithms and Parametric Fabrication in Design V 5.01)
• Intermediate knowledge of Grasshopper. (If you wish to gain expertise in grasshopper Join our workshop Programming Morphologies V 5.02)
• In order to experiment on your own Arduino kit, an extra amount of 50 USD for the Arduino kit has to be paid.
• Link to the respective software for download will be sent to the registered participants separately.

Classrooms will be conducted at SPARRO Studio, New Delhi

Classroom competitions are a part of this series of workshops and are meant for all the designers who want to explore their way with hands-on experience to gain skills and create real-world projects. Under this series, you participate in workshops at one of these Micro-studio and get awarded a trophy. In association with UNI, we are now expanding our vision of creating these micro-studios globally with a fusion of online design community and offline classrooms. This fusion will help us in combining different ideologies and diverse methodologies, to create a continuum that links ideas such as exploration, debate and collaboration at a global level to understand and create ‘Architecture of Everything.

EDUpass

EDUpass is a pass that can be used to participate in any workshop in this series (registration to be done 3 days prior to the commencement of the workshop). Multiple EDUpasses can be purchased and used in a group to attend a single workshop or a single participant can register for multiple workshops. For example, If you had purchased 6 passes, you can register for 6 different workshops or bring along 5 other friends/colleagues with you to attend a single workshop of your choice.

How does it work?

A Participant can purchase as many passes as he/she wants and 1 PASS permits entry to any 1 workshop and classroom competition of his/her choice. 

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