Skylar: Rhino_scripting

The following is a link to Rhino scripting tutorials that I have found really helpful.
http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/RhinoScript101.html

I also wanted to post the link to Marc Fornes' website www.Theverymany.net

Other links...
http://www.mesne.net/
http://www.dritsas.net/scripting/scripting_book.html
http://senseable.mit.edu/realtimerome/ ..... This link is for Real Time Rome a project from MIT that looked at charting cell phones throughout the city of Rome.
http://www.new-territories.com/Defaut2.htm
http://www.dataisnature.com/
http://generatorx.no/

As for the reading... I thought the reading was particularly interesting, specifically because it broke down design strategies into the representations of the tools available. I think it is quite interesting to look at the results of injected technology in the field of architecture.

Re-learning Geometry

JC-Based on last class, I believe we could all use a bit of a geometry refresher:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/Geometry.html
check it out, wolfram is quite helpful!

Matt

after Skylar's presentation I thought I would post a few websites that are on the topic of scripting to help further the introduction of scripting in architecture:

http://www.biothing.org/
http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/hub.php?id=1
http://materialsystems.org/
http://www.plasmastudio.com/
http://www.nso.penndesign.net/
http://www.mat.ucsb.edu/~g.legrady/rsc/algo_arch.html

-the last link is a page of links related to various architects/studios/research that are involved with scripting. this is just a start to become more familiarized with the topic, some of the links above I really find the work interesting (material systems & plasma studio) others I do not.

Dave

I thought that the first reading was very informative. It made me think about what kind of thinker I am when it comes to design. I'm probably more of a line and volumetric designer because we've been trained to present our material in technical drawing format as well as renderings. What kind of designers do you guys think you are?

A624: Blog set up

JC: This is a blog space for A624: experiemental modeling. All students will have access to post information pertaining to our class. 50% of your grade is based on in-class participation, to encourage collective learning. You can fulfill part of the requirement by contributing what you learn out side of class to this blog spot, for all to share-in and learn. When you post something, put you initials at the begining of the post, so we know who you are... and pick a unique, readable color for your posts.