The workshop is oriented towards exploring the possibilities of the way
we think about materials and design. Here we will design a form or
material that is reactive as well as responsive in nature. It will explore
the notions of adaptability and interactivity in architecture & design
and aims to expand beyond the use of the computer and digital fabrication
into robotics, electronics and physical computing platforms.
Sensing and Interactive technologies in architecture and design aims
to highlight process of design and through that what can be achieved
with the help of integration of technologies in it. The workshop
goes into establishing physical and digital connections leveraging
operational flexibility and fluidity using Grasshopper. The workshop
will strive to highlight intelligence in systems and pose the problem of
multiple contradicting parameters in digital design. The workshop will
focus in creating physical interactive prototypes responding to certain
parameters or information. Grasshopper and plugin Firefly paired with
Arduino Board’s computing platform will be introduced to participants
as possible tools for experimentation.