PAACADEMY

• January 6-7 & 13-14, 2024
• Saturday and Sunday
• 16:00 GMT - 20:00 GMT
• Midjourney - LookX.AI - Rhino3D - Grasshopper3D
• Upcoming Workshop

The course will teach how to use Cinema 4D’s essential tools to create unique results without struggling with the software’s details to speed up your workflow. And will use the Corona engine for rendering while exaggerating the form’s characteristics in a specific style “Mean looking” of images.

• November 18 - 19, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 18:00 GMT - 22:00 GMT
• Midjourney + Cinema4D + Corona Render
• Recordings Available

In this workshop, you will learn how to seamlessly integrate 3D printing elements, using real-world context to inform our designs and manipulating Gcode to create an artifact inspired by the systems that create nature. The process adds another layer of intrigue to fabrication, where material and print paths must be finely tuned to achieve spectacular results. It is a compelling and exciting method of creation, with techniques applicable from Object to Architectural scales.

• December 9 – 10, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhino, Grasshopper, Wallaci, ladybug, Houdini
• Upcoming Workshop

This workshop is the second series of the Revit flow series By Mustapha Nachar. It will focus on intermediate to advanced Revit techniques, including designing using families, BIM techniques, and parametric tools to enhance the design process and produce BIM data schedules.

• October 28 – 29, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Revit 2024
• Recordings Available

In this workshop, we’ll craft distinctive installation art and interior designs inspired by the beauty of flowers and nature. We’ll delve into the art of crafting unique prompts using Midjourney, exploring functions like ‘stylize,’ ‘style raw,’ ‘chaos’ and more to infuse your creations with a distinctive artistic flair, setting your work apart from the rest.

• November 25 - 26, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Midjiurney , Chatgpt
• Recordings Available

In this workshop offers technical knowledge and fosters creative thinking by exploring Midjourney, Stable Diffusion XL, combined with Rhinoceros3D, to produce open-ended and controlled designs to industry-ready standards. On the one hand, we will learn to expand architectural concepts using Midjourney’s commands such as /image, /blend, and /remix, including using image prompts as guidance. Also, we will develop solid skills to further control geometry, materiality, and atmosphere using Stable Diffusion + ControlNet, including inpainting techniques.

• November 4 - 5, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Stable Diffusion XL x ControlNet
• Recordings Available

In this workshop, you’ll learn to prepare intricate designs for the 3D printing process using parametric design tools, such as Grasshopper and Pufferfish. These powerful tools will enable you to create complex building components like organic walls, facades, and curvy floor plans.

• October 21 – 22, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 17:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Pufferfish
• Recordings Available

This workshop serves as an introductory exploration of Revit, though it deviates from the conventional path of standard software tutorials. Instead, it aims to unveil the fundamental components of Revit with a forward-looking perspective, highlighting its integration potential with Rhino Inside and its strengths within the AEC domain. Through these sessions, participants will gain the skills to confront modeling and parameterization challenges utilizing innovative tools and methodologies.

• September 30th & October 1st, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Revit 2024
• Recordings Avalaible

The Spatial Fragmentations course will offer an understanding the node-based procedural modelling with Houdini, and an introduction to surface-based features.

For more information, please visit Spatial Fragmentations with Houdini- Studio Mümün Keser

• September 9–10, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 14:00 GMT - 18:00 GMT
• SideFX HOUDINI - Apprentice Version is enough.
• Recordings are Available

The workshop will teach the fundamentals of parametric design, structural analysis, and optimization techniques, enabling the students to create structure-aware and visually appealing architectural and engineering designs.

For more information, please visit Data Structure(D) Design

• September 16 - 17 ,2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Rhino3D - Grasshopper3D
• Recordings Avalaible

Prompt Intelligence will focus on developing images of ideas combining art, architecture, fashion ,automobile (interior and exterior), with effects, materials exploration. Also, we will focus on setting up the camera according to design needs, also learn to apply the different materials on the same scenes.

For more information, please visit: Prompt Intelligence – Studio Shail Patel

• September 2 – 3, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 17:00 GMT - 21:00 GMT
• Midjourney (subscription required, standard membership recommended)
• Recording Available

This workshop is for architecture and structural designers to explore and to learn the simultaneous design process of structural and architectural aspects, and learn how to apply different computational analysis using only Rhino3D and Grasshopper3D.

For more information, visit Evolutionary Computation Desing: For Structural Optimization 2.0

• August 19 & 20, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Karamba3D + Lunchbox + Human
• Recordings Avalaible

The workshop will provide a unique experience of different 3d modeling strategies in Grasshopper, using a wide range of parametric design tools and approaches. The workshop will expand design creativity and will help participants to achieve an in-depth understanding of workflows in Grasshopper.

For more information, please visit: Advanced Grasshopper 1.0

• August 5 - 6, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 14:00 GMT - 18:00 GMT
• Rhino3D - Grasshopper3D
• Recordings Avalaible

The course will teach how to use Cinema 4D’s essential tools to create unique results without struggling with the software’s details to speed up your workflow. And will use the Corona engine for rendering while exaggerating the form’s characteristics in a specific style “Mean looking” of images.

For more information, visit FormVerse With Cinema 4D

• July 15 – 16, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 18:00 GMT - 22:00 GMT
• Cinema4D + Corona Render
• Recordings Avalaible

Taking Control 2.0: Midjourney x ControlNet workshop will teach how to expand architectural concepts using Midjourney’s commands, as guidance. On the other hand, we will develop solid skills to further control geometry, materiality and atmosphere creation using Stable Diffusion + Controlnet, including inpainting techniques.

For more information you can visit Taking Control 2.0: Midjourney x ControlNet

• July 15 – 16, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Midjourney (subscription required, standard membership recommended) + Photoshop (recommended)
• Recordings Avalaible

The workshop will mainly focus on form generation and presenting them in various architectural formats. Participants will learn how to create intricate architectural forms and integrate different materials, spatial elements, and arrangements to add diversity to them.

For more information, you may visit: Ideation to Creation With AI – Studio Ida Rasouli

• June 10 – 11, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Midjourney - Chat GPT
• Recordings Avalaible

This workshop is for architecture and structural designers to explore and to learn the simultaneous design process of structural and architectural aspects, and learn how to apply different computational analysis using only Rhino3D and Grasshopper3D.

For more information, visit Evolutionary Computation Desing: For Structural Optimization

• June 3 – 4, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Karamba3D + Lunchbox + Human
• Recordings Available

The workshop will teach how to expand architectural concepts using Midjourney’s commands, as guidance. On the other hand, we will develop solid skills to further control geometry, materiality and atmosphere creation using Stable Diffusion + Controlnet, including inpainting techniques.

For more information you can visit Taking Control: Midjourney x ControlNet

• May 13 – 14, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Midjourney - Photoshop - Stable Diffusion - Rhino3D
• Recordings Available

The workshop will explore the organic-parametric design tools for designers, using Cinema 4D and Corona Renderer in depth. Students will learn to use the advantages of a CGI software during various design stages, and post-processing, using Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe After Effects.

For more information please visit: Biomorphic Topologies – Studio Andreas Palfinger

• May 27 – 28, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Cinema4D + Corona Render + Photoshop + After Effects
• Recordings Available

Grasshopper for Beginners 2.0 is a weekend-long workshop, where participants will have a more in-depth view of the Grasshopper3D plugin and its applications in creating complex and breathtaking structures.

For more information, please visit Grasshopper For Beginners 2.0

• May, 6 - 7, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D
• Recordings Available

Midjourney Design will teach how to undertake commissioned projects using A.I., learning to curate, evaluate, and critique their results towards their own goals.

For more information, please visit: Midjourney Design

• April 22 – 23, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Midjourney (subscription required, standard membership recommended) + Dalle-2 (recommended) + Photoshop (recommended)
• Recordings Available

The workshop will demonstrate how Grasshopper 3D can help architects have a dynamic and fast workflow while fully controlling geometries. Using this software, you’ll be able to generate visually striking, engaging, and efficient geometries.

• April 29 – 30, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 GMT - 16:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D
• Recordings Available

The workshop will provide participants with the information and skills required to create and implement a successful social media strategy for their design practices. They will also learn how to use various social media platforms to build a consistent and visually appealing social media presence.

For more information, please visit: Social Media for Designers

• June 3 & 4, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 16:00 GMT - 20:00 GMT
• Adobe Photoshop + Adboe Illustrator
• Upcoming Workshop

Revit for Beginners 1.0 aims to deliver an engaging and hands-on learning experience utilizing BIM methodology. Participants will be able to view real-world examples of how the BIM approach is applied in the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector through project displays.

For more information please visit: Revit for Beginners 1.0

• April 8 - 9, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 17:00 GMT - 21:00 GMT
• Autodesk Revit - Enscape
• Recordings Available

Creative Artifacts workshop aims at promoting a methodology that leverages AI (Midjourney, ChatGPT) and computational design (Grasshopper) as paradigms for creativity and inspiration, but intends to go beyond a sterile celebration of digital technology.

For more information please visit: Creative Artifacts – Studio Arturo Tedeschi

• March 25 - 26, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 17:00 GMT - 21:00 GMT
• Rhino3D - Grasshopper3D - Midjourney - ChatGPT
• Recordings Available

Grasshopper for Beginners 1.0 is meant to teach the core principles of Grasshopper3D and provide the foundations for further advanced courses over 2 sessions. At the end of the course, students will have a solid knowledge of the fundamental principles and tools required to properly utilize Grasshopper.

• March 11 - 12, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D
• Recordings Available

Rhino for beginners 2.0, is a course on Rhinoceros 3D and Grasshopper 3D for beginners. It will cover basic 3D modeling terminology and tools, as well as an introduction to parametric design using Grasshopper3D.

• February 19 & 26, 2023
• Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D
• Recordings Available

The ‘Rhino for Beginners 1.0’ will cover basic 3D modeling terminology and tools using Rhinoceros3D through exercises and design challenges.

• January, 28 - 29, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 GMT - 15:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D
• Recordings Available

In this workshop, students will learn some of the secrets of prompt crafting (the ability to control diffusion-model A.I.) and the intricacies associated with iterative design evolution. Beyond technical skills with A.I. (Artificial intelligence), they will learn some of the architectonic and visual sensibilities that go into curating A.I. (Artificial intelligence) as a medium of art and architecture.

• January 14 - 15, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 11:00 - 15:00 GMT
• Midjourney - Dalle2 - Photoshop
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 13 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• April 15 - 16, 2023
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 20:00 GMT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Autodesk Maya
• Upcoming Conference

In “AI Conceptual Architecture,” participants can expect to learn the basics of working with different Ai text-to-image tools in creating conceptual works using architectural elements with an emphasis on Midjourney and briefly touching on other platforms like Dall-E2 and DreamStudioAI. Participants are expected to learn the basic prompt crafting techniques in different models of Midjourney and understand the differences between each one through exploring various concepts in relation to architectural elements. To conclude the workshop, a few participants’ works will be selected for further discussion/development.

• December 17 - 18, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 21:00 - 01:00 GMT
• Midjourney - Dalle2 - DreamStudio AI
• Recordings Available

Hyper Patterns aims to redefine the fundamental understanding of patterns, re-discovering possibilities and expanding the rational capacity of complex geometries for the next generation of high-rise buildings in XXX.

• January 27 - April 21, 2023
• Friday
• 09:00 – 18:00 (GMT - London Time)
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Adobe Illustrator + Adobe InDesign
• Live Workshop

In this workshop, students will learn some of the secrets of prompt-crafting (the ability to control diffusion-model A.I.) and the intricacies associated with iterative design evolution. Beyond technical skills with A.I. (Artificial intelligence), they will learn some of the architectonic and visual sensibilities that go into curating A.I. (Artificial intelligence) as a medium of art and architecture.

• November 26 - 27, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 13:00 - 17:00 (GMT)
• Midjourney - Dalle2 - Photoshop - Rhino3D - Grasshopper3d
• Recordings Available

In this workshop, students will learn some of the secrets of prompt-crafting (the ability to control diffusion-model A.I.) and the intricacies associated with iterative design evolution. Beyond technical skills with A.I. (Artificial intelligence), they will learn some of the architectonic and visual sensibilities that go into curating A.I. (Artificial intelligence) as a medium of art and architecture.

• November 5 - 6, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 14:00 - 18:00 (GMT+1)
• Midjourney - Dalle2 - Photoshop - Rhino3D - Grasshopper3d
• Recordings Available

The Body Architecture studio workshop explores the possibilities of designing unique wearables for different natural and artificial environments and how the human body and its prostheses would react and adapt to future trends.

• November 26, 2022 – January 28, 2023
• Saturdays
• 16:00 - 20:00 (GMT)
• Rhino+Grasshopper, Midjourney AI, Makehuman, Keyshot
• Recordings Available

After the successful launch of the “META-Fluid Studio” workshop with the fantastic results from the students, the requests for the second iteration of this studio arise. The “META-Fluid Studio 2.0” takes another step to unlock the potential of Fluid Design with the Maya software to develop cyber-urban environments in virtual cities

• November 13, 2022 - January 8, 2023
• Sundays
• 16:00 - 20:00 GMT
• Autodesk Maya + Unreal Engine
• Recordings Available

The “Design in Virtual Reality” workshop by PAACADEMY will dive into 3d modeling and creation directly within a Virtual Reality setting via Gravity Sketch, an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in VR.

• September 24 - October 2, 2022
• Saturdays & Sundays
• 13:00 - 17:00 GMT
• Gravity Sketch 5.5 + Adobe Substance + SparkAR Studio
• Recordings Available

The INFINIUM Studio aims to design a pavilion as the shell of the project to demonstrate the importance of upholding a balance between the art-digital-architecture relationship, particularly in this ever-evolving digital space.

• August 13 - October 8, 2022
• Saturday
• 17:00 – 21:00 London Time (GMT+1)
• Houdini + Unreal Engine
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 12 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• December 10-11, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 21:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Houdini
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 11 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• October 8-9, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 21:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Autodesk Maya
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 10 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• July 16-17, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 20:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Blender
• Recordings Available

The Reactive Miniverse studio explores the fundamentals of architectural geometry and how it is implemented in geometries within a game engine to create interactive environments. This playful process aims to develop design and software skills, notably in Unreal Engine, Rhinoceros3D, and Grasshopper3D.

• June 25 - August 13, 2022
• Saturdays
• 18:00 - 22:00
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Unreal Engine
• Recordings Available

The Meta-Fluid Studio explores the quality and power of Fluid Design to conceive cyber-urban environments in virtual cities. The goal is to create a virtual free-standing town designed by 30 designers teamed up in 3s. Some teams will create meta-archi typologies for this studio, and some designers will join skills to develop a ‘meta-urban’ base. Combined, they will make a free-standing, fluid virtual urban field and prove the Multi-Author Urban Design to be the directionality for the future of virtual cities.

• May 15 - July 10, 2022
• Sundays
• 17:00 - 20:00 GMT
• Autodesk Maya + Unreal Engine
• Recordings Avalaible

Computational Design: NEXT 9.0 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• May 7-8, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 20:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Autodesk Maya
• Recordings Avalaible

The Mars Architecture studio workshop by PAACADEMY is devoted to the exploration of the computational design capabilities applied to space architecture.

• March 26 - June 11, 2022
• Saturdays
• 14:00 - 18:00 (GMT+2)
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Ameba + Karamba3D
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 8.0 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• March 5th - 6th, 2022
• Saturday and Sunday
• 12:00 - 20:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + Cinema 4D + kangaroo + Lunchbox + Pufferfish + Weaverbird + Ameba + Monoceros
• Recordings Available

The Body Architecture studio workshop explores the possibilities of designing the unique type of wearables for different natural and artificial environments and how the human body and its prostheses would react and adapt to future trends.

• November 6 – December 18, 2021
• Saturdays
• 14:00 - 18:00 GMT/UCT
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D + MakeHuman
• Recordings Available

The Elastic Architecture studio workshop aims to introduce the potential of material-driven deformation behavior for architectural applications. The workshop is organized by PAACADEMY in collaboration with ITKE, University of Stuttgart. A certificate of attendance will be will provide ITKE upon delivering the final project.

• December 2nd, 22021 – January 20th, 2022
• Saturday
• 12:30 - 18:00 (GMT+1)
• Rhinoceros3D version 6.0 or 7.0 + Grasshopper 3D + Karamba 3D
• Recordings Available

Computational Design: NEXT 7.0 brings together pioneers and professionals from all industries to meet and discuss new emerging technologies in art, architecture, design, and manufacturing.

• December 11th - 12th, 2021
• Saturday and Sunday