Topic: Optimizing Design Decisions With Machine Learning
Date: May 25 – 26, 2024
Time: 16:00 – 20:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 2 Sessions (8 Hours)
Registration Deadline: May 24, 2024
Total Seats: 50 seats
Difficulty: Beginner – Intermediate
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
General Registration: 90 EUR
Fee For Digital Members: 77 EUR (15% discount available only for Digital Members)
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Tutor: Zvonko Vugreshek
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all participants afterward indefinitely.

Introduction

Optimizing Design Decisions with Machine Learning

Nowadays, computers are often the ones calling the shots, and this trend is everywhere. From creative/aesthetic decisions to preparing blueprints, you’re always trying to make the best choice based on a few key details. But making the right call quickly isn’t easy because there’s much to consider. That’s where machine learning and artificial intelligence come in—tools that help us make smarter choices and reduce potential errors. Now, they are accessible more than ever, especially for designers, engineers, and planners.

The Scope of the Workshop:

The course will primarily focus on the technical aspects of using machine learning for design decision-making. During the course, we will cover both the theory and practical applications of machine learning to optimize parameters in different design scenarios, such as facade, roof structuring, and urban design. We will explore a range of methods and models, including single-objective optimization and neural network classifiers, to demonstrate how machine learning can be used. While the primary focus will not always be on the aesthetic outcome, we will work on optimizing the most valuable parameters required for the current example.

Methodology:

The workshop will adopt a hands-on approach, combining lectures and practical exercises. Students will work individually on design projects that optimize various design parameters using machine learning and AI methods.

The workshop will cover the following workflows:

• (Design) problem identification and formulation
• Data collection and analysis
• Model selection and utilization.
• Optimization and evaluation
• Design decision-making based on computed recommendations.

Objectives

• How to recognize optimizable problems in your workflow or tasks and automate them.
• First steps into data science and machine learning
• Analyze existing morphologies/structures and optimize them according to specific criteria.
• Make design decisions based on computed recommendations.

Program:

Day 1: Saturday, May 25th

• Lecture about ML/Optimization/Data Science for design decision making.
• Hands-on design of a structure to optimize.
• Project assignments.
• Q&A

Day 2: Sunday, May 26th

• More advanced concepts and building up on the projects/topics from the previous day.
• Project development and reviews.
• Q&A

Software:

• Rhino 8
• Grasshopper
• Plugins: lunchbox, owl, octopus, (supporting plugins would be announced later)

Instructor:

Zvonko Vugreshek

Zvonko Vugreshek is a computational designer, digital fabrication specialist and data scientist. He has been involved as a research assistant at the Digital Design & Fabrication department of the Brandenburg University of Technology in Cottbus as well as a teacher at the chair of biodigital architecture and sensorics (CyPhyLab) at the Technical University of Berlin. He has worked at offices for all scales of design and engineering, most notable at 3XN, doing optimization and fabrication of large projects, such as the Sydney Fish Market. Zvonko has been applying Machine learning and automation techniques in all scopes and scales of design and engineering. Currently he co-owns the Berlin-based tech company Pixolid bringing his experience in AI/ML to the physical world. He has been involved in many workshops, webinars and lectures aiming to popularize the use of computational practices.

Important Notes:

• The “Optimizing Design Decisions with Machine Learning” Studio workshop by PAACADEMY will start on Saturday, 25th May 2024, at 16:00 (GMT).
• Total sessions: 2 Sessions
• The teaching duration per session will be 4 hours.
• Students will have time for a break between teaching hours.
• Each session and the entire studio will be recorded, and videos will be available for participants just a day after the class for unlimited time.
• PAACADEMY will provide a certificate of attendance.
• The studio has limited seats. Tickets are non-transferable & non-refundable. Please read carefully before you register.

Topic: Optimizing Design Decisions with Machine Learning
Date: May 25 – 26, 2024
Time: 16:00 – 20:00 GMT
Format: Online on Zoom
Duration: 2 Sessions (8 Hours)
Registration Deadline: May 24, 2024
Total Seats: 50 seats
Difficulty: Beginner – Intermediate
Language: English
Certificate: Yes
General Registration: 90 EUR
Fee For Digital Members: 77 EUR (15% discount available only for Digital Members)
Organized By: PAACADEMY
Tutor: Zvonko Vugreshek
Recordings: Recordings will be available for all participants afterward indefinitely.