INTERGRATED COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN WORKSHOP
Date : 2026/06/20-21 & 06/27-28 (Sat/Sun) 2 weekends
Time : 9:00-13:00 GMT
Course Format : online Zoom
Language : English
Target Audience : This workshop is designed for architects and designers seeking to enhance their project development process through advanced computational design workflows using Grasshopper. Participants will explore how parametric systems can be applied to contemporary architectural challenges, including adaptive facades, modular systems, design automation, and integrated computational methodologies. The course is open to individuals with a basic understanding of Grasshopper. While primarily tailored for architects, engineers, computational designers, and professionals from related disciplines are also welcome.
Software : Rhino 8 / Grasshopper
Registration : Click Here
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Contemporary architecture is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the increasing complexity, scale, and speed of large-scale developments — particularly within rapidly expanding urban environments such as Dubai. Today’s projects demand not only strong design vision, but also faster delivery, higher coordination accuracy, adaptability, performance integration, and the ability to manage increasingly sophisticated systems across multiple disciplines.
Despite these demands, architectural workflows often remain fragmented and linear, where design, analysis, documentation, and coordination operate as disconnected processes. Critical issues are frequently discovered only during later project stages — when design flexibility is at its lowest — resulting in redesign, coordination conflicts, delays, and unnecessary project risk.
This workshop introduces a computational design methodology focused on bridging these gaps through the creation of integrated architectural systems. Through a hands-on Grasshopper workflow, participants will explore how computational thinking can transform the way architects approach design development, adaptive façade systems, data management, automation, visualization, and interdisciplinary coordination — enabling the creation of intelligent, scalable, and highly adaptable design workflows for contemporary architecture.
Rather than approaching Grasshopper purely as a modelling tool, the workshop positions computation as a design methodology — enabling architects to develop intelligent, adaptable, and scalable systems capable of responding to real-world project constraints.
Participants will explore workflows inspired by methodologies implemented on large-scale international projects, including computational strategies developed within Zaha Hadid Architects for complex façade systems, coordination logic, and integrated design delivery.
MODULE 1 – Parametric Facade Systems
MODULE 2 -Adaptive Systems
MODULE 3 – Architecture Case Study
MODULE 4 – Integrated Computational Framework
