Skill Up, Design Better

This workshop focuses on teaching participants various workflows for designing geometrically functional facades within building code constraints, emphasizing the use of parametric modeling. Instructors and guest speakers will guide participants through the process, sharing experiences, challenges, and solutions, culminating in group projects where participants apply their learning to a modular facade system using Grasshopper3D and Python codes provided by Ardaena.

• May 11, 2024
• Saturday
• 13:00 – 17:00 GMT
• Rhino , Grasshopper , Python
• Upcoming Workshop

The Cyber Villa: Mastering Maya Essentials workshop aims to provide participants with a basic knowledge of polygon modelling techniques inside Autodesk Maya. This workshop will cover a range of simple modelling and geometry manipulation techniques, with a focus on designing fluid architectural forms. By the end of the workshop, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of Maya as a design tool and will be able to apply their knowledge to create a spatial Low Poly model of The Cyber Villa.

• March 17, 2024
• Sunday
• 14:00 – 19:00 GMT
• Maya
• Watch the Livestream

AI-Driven Design Practice” will cultivate a practical framework for integrating artificial intelligence into the design process. AI can significantly contribute to the overall process from the initial brainstorming phase to the later stages. Participants will gain insights on optimizing their design methodology by strategically incorporating Midjourney and Stable diffusion in the Creative design process. Join us in exploring the transformative impact of AI on design, elevating your approach with precision and innovation.

• January 21, 2024
• Sunday
• 14:00 – 19:00 GMT
• Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, ControlNet, Photoshop Beta
• Watch the LiveStraem

This studio will mainly focus on the Midjourney image generator from a beginner level. However, participants will also get a chance to explore the full design workflow ideal for video generation. This will include but is not limited to creating a content calendar in Notion, prompt engineering with Midjourney, post-processing with Adobe Photoshop (Beta) and Runway ML, and a brief exploration of emerging trends within the AI-Architectural landscape.

• December 30, 2023
• Saturday
• 14:00 – 19:00 GMT
• Midjiurney , Runway Ml, Photoshop AI
• Free Workshop

This course is geared towards developing technical and practical skill sets in using AI for architecture. Under the design and technical guidance of Tim Fu, participants will learn to fully develop their own design from 2d to 3d, using holistic AI workflow, going from AI concept design with Midjourney, parametric design with Rhino/Grasshopper, and LookX for detail development and rendering. We will learn how to sell a design, post-processing techniques, productivity strategies, essential resources, and overview of other applications in order to prep for the coming era of AI.

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

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

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

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

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
• Recordings are 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

This workshop aims to introduce the students to alternative ways in which the articulation of digital geometry, digital materiality, and human activities define a relationship between site, space, and program. In this workshop, students will design a pavilion using various computational design methods and morphological and geometrical strengthening techniques addressing building systems.

• 5th March – 8th April 2021
• Monday & Thursday
• 16:00 - 20:00 GMT+1
• Autodesk MAYA & RHINO
• Recordings Available

• March 2nd – April 6th,2021
• Tuesday
• 14:00 – 18:00 UTC
• Rhinoceros3D + Grasshopper 3D
• Recordings Available

The Designing for Robotic Fabrication workshop provides a gentle, hands-on introduction to geometry topics of stereotomy, ruled surfaces, and their computational adaptation. The workshop also incorporates technological topics of robotic fabrication and web services, including remote access and instructing an industrial robot to cut foam.

• October 3-4 & 10-11, 2020
• Saturday and Sunday
• 10:00-14:00 (GMT)
• Recordings Available

The main aspiration of this workshop is to precisely develop a critical argument based on individual research, which will translate into pure geometrical-formal exploration; the format will be an ongoing desk crit symposium with the participants, meeting them and discussing their architectural projects, along with daily tutorials to progress their knowledge of the software techniques.

• July 27 - 31,2020
• Weekdays
• 18:00-22:00 (GMT+2)
• Autodesk Maya
• Recordings Available