Slides from Week 1 of the Generative Design course on Performance Network - http://bit.ly/gd-course

1. Generative Design
Danil Nagy
August 12, 2019

2. Generative Design
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• Columbia GSAPP March (2010) + MS Urban Planning (2011)
• Columbia GSAPP Adjunct Professor of Architecture (2012 – present)
• The Living/Autodesk Research Principal Research Scientist (2013 – 2018)
About me

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Design complexity

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Design technology

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Design automation

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Artificial Intelligence and design

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Generative Design
1. Generate 2. Evaluate 3. Evolve

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Generative Design
1. Generate 2. Evaluate 3. Evolve
Parametric design
and scripting

10. Generative Design
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Generative Design
1. Generate 2. Evaluate 3. Evolve
Parametric design
and scripting
+ Simulation

11. Generative Design
August 12, 2019
Generative Design
1. Generate 2. Evaluate 3. Evolve
Parametric design
and scripting
+ Simulation + Optimization

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Parametric design
Rhino Grasshopper

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Scripting
Python scripting in Grasshopper

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• Week 2 – Parametric modeling in Rhino and Grasshopper
• Week 3 – Working with data in Grasshopper
• Week 4 – Scripting in Python
Computational design + scripting

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• Week 11 – Object packing and collisions
• Week 12 – Assignments and routing
• Week 13 – Recursion and subdivision
• Week 14 – Agent-based systems
Advanced techniques in computational design

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Simulation
Static simulation

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Simulation
Dynamic simulation

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• Week 7 – Structural analysis
• Week 8 – Daylight
• Week 9 – Views
• Week 10 – Occupancy
Simulation

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Design space model

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Optimization

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Optimization
1. Initialization 2. Selection 3. Crossover 4. Mutation
Genetic algorithm

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Optimization
colidescope.com/discover

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Optimization
• Week 5 – Introduction to optimization
• Week 6 – Designing better generative models
• Week 15 – Designing with objectives and constraints
• Week 16 – Visualizing Generative Design / What’s next?