Site: Umeå Universitet Professor: Elena Vazquez Peña Course: Architectural Project II, Architectural Project III Period: November 2024 Mode:workshop Class: 40 people
⚙️ Setup
During this workshop we tried out a recipe methodology widely used when teaching programming and software development but hardly applied within architectural field.
The workshop was organized in the following way:- Short introduction to Graphical Programming + gh UI
- Full day following the step-by step GH exercises
- Preparing a model or a concept drawing implementing parametric design in their own architectural projects
- Short presentation of the results and discussion
- 🍪 Fika :)
Each step consisted of 4 parts:
- Instruction
- Illustration of the result (collapsable)
- Hint (collapsable)
- Solution (collapsable)
🎓 Learnings
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setup with steps, hints and solutions was well-accepted :)
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Such workshops should take at least 2.5-3 days:
- 1st day - exercises
- 2nd day - applying new skills to the students’ own project
- 3rd day - presentation of the results and discussion
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Working in pairs is the preferred way for this activity type
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UI and general principles explanation should be kept as short and simple as possible
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One suggestion that we received on UI explanation was showing how to create a box. A simple exercise that demonstrates basic working principles.
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Tutorials should have more steps for thebeginner level
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Hints could have the images or the names of the blocks from grasshopper
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Highlighting the difference in the solution image after each step
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Separately explain how each of the components work (with a clickable link)
💫 Feedback
How was the overall experience?
How easy is it to follow the tutorials and coding examples?
How user-friendly is the setup?
How well were you able to understand the instructions presented in the tutorials?
How do you estimate the difficulty level of the exercises?
