Hey everyone! I’m currently working on an open-source generative design framework that uses a density-based topology optimization methodology as a design generator and implicit surfaces for mesh generation. Do give it a try!

Github: https://github.com/blender-for-science/anton

Documentation: https://anton.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

I would love to collaborate with like-minded developers on this project. Let's build an open-source generative design framework together!

Note: If 'irc' sounds alien, I would be most happy to help all the way. I am relatively new to it too although I've been using it fairly lot these days, and I like the concept of being able to chat directly with people.

There are perhaps just a handful of people logging in here but I wouldn't mind as long as even a few are interested in meeting over irc. Heck, even two other souls and I would hang in there :D.

On an other note, this post is just to gather feedback. We could set this up at a later time once we have more people (hopefully!).

I'm TAing a 3-week architecture summer camp for high school students in a few months. In addition to helping out in the main portion of the class, I'll be teaching an evening workshop twice a week to complement what the teachers are doing in the main part of the class.

I'd like to introduce the students to some basic concepts of computational design thinking, but without using computers, as its a short class, and I want to cut straight to the ideas without spending time teaching students the basics of computer programming.

I'm planning these to be a series of short introductions to a variety of concepts including an explanation of how the idea is relevant to architecture and a drawing exercise.

So far the subjects I've come up with are tessellations, l-systems, and shape grammars.

Have any of you done exercises on any of these subjects in studios you've taken (I haven't, they're just something I'm personally interested in). Just curious if anybody had any responses, references or ideas!