Approach Workshop | Yale

Approach Workshop | Yale University | 20090917-20090919

Digital processes and digital fabrication technology are playing an increasingly important role in the way in which architecture is produced today. The complexity of data necessary for the materialization of architecture suggests a strategy of integrating design, analysis, manufacturing logic, and assembly processes into a streamlined and informed workflow. This workshop introduced participants to beginner to intermediate parametric modeling within Grasshopper for Rhinoceros in close coordination with a 7-Axis Kuka Articulated Arm Robot. The Kuka represents the most contemporary fabrication technology currently available, situating this workshop at the forefront of fabrication processes within architecture. Emphasis will be placed on an integrated workflow model which will incorporate design criteria, analysis, and fabrication constraints as generative devices for the creation of architectural prototypes.

This workshop was conducted by Ronnie Parsons + Gil Akos [Mode] with Brian James [McNeel].