Grasshopper 3d Mastery: Zero to Design Hero in <5 Hours

Grasshopper in less than 5 hours: Fast, practical training with key plugins for architecture & optimization

What you'll learn
- Model a complete architectural project from scratch using Grasshopper
- Use Voronoi patterns for intelligent site planning and mass placement
- Design contextual urban elements like streets, neighboring buildings, and site boundaries
- Perform accurate sun path and shadow analysis using Ladybug
- Import and analyze EPW climate data to inform environmental design
- Visualize and optimize solar radiation on building façades
- Prepare parametric models for form optimization using Galapagos (genetic algorithm)
- Prevent block overlaps with collision detection logic
- Optimize building orientation and location for maximum solar gain
- Create rotating buildings and analyze their visibility and view access
- Perform wind analysis and generate wind rose diagrams
- Model complex fabric structures using Kangaroo Physics
- Convert Breps to Mesh with Dendro for efficient physics simulation
- Analyze and optimize views and sightlines using Isovist and Galapagos
- Generate urban models using OSM data and Elk2 plugin
- Create shortest path networks and analyze site accessibility in Grasshopper
- Apply real-world workflows in parametric urban and architectural design
- Build a portfolio-ready project using advanced visual outputs and diagrams

Requirements
- Just a basic understanding of Rhino (you don’t need to be an expert!)
- No prior knowledge of Grasshopper is needed — we start from zero
- A laptop or PC with Rhino + Grasshopper installed
- Curiosity and a passion for smart design!
- That’s it — everything else will be taught step by step!

Description
Are you ready to masterGrasshopper– not in months – but in justa few focused hours?

Whether you're an architecture student, urban designer, or professional with a busy schedule, this course isyour shortcut to real-world parametric design mastery. No fluff. No filler. Just hands-on, project-based learning with results you can showcase.

In this course, you’ll build a complete parametric design project — from site modeling to environmental analysis and optimization — usingGrasshopper and essential pluginslikeLadybug, Galapagos (genetic algorithm), Kangoro, andElk2.

What You'll Build:

A full architectural site with randomized building blocks using Voronoi

Roads, green areas, and realistic surrounding buildings

A fully analyzable and optimized design model forcommercial buildings and offices

You’ll Learn How To:

Model adaptive building forms and heights using environmental data

Import real EPW weather files and analyzesunlight, shadow, and solar radiation

Simulatewind flowand visualizewind rose diagrams

Optimize building orientation, visibility, and placement using theGalapagos component

Modelfabric and mesh-based structuresusing theKangoro plugin

Import real-world urban layouts usingElk2and performsite analysis and pathfinding

Create powerful visualizations, legends, and presentation-ready graphics

Why This Course?

Less than5 hoursof fast, efficient training

Perfect forbusy students or professionals

100% practical — project-based from start to finish

No prior experience with Grasshopper required

Coversessential workflowsfor architecture, urban design, and environmental planning

By the end of this course, you’ll have:

A complete parametric project from scratch

A deep understanding ofreal-world design workflows

A strong portfolio piece to present in studios, interviews, or client meetings

Skills to integratedata-driven designinto your work — fast and professionally

Plugins You’ll Work With:

Ladybug(sun, shadow, wind, and radiation analysis)

Galapagos(genetic algorithm optimization for solar/view/site)

Kangoro(fabric/membrane simulation with physics)

Elk2(real-world data import from OpenStreetMap)

Ready to Design Smarter, Not Harder?

Don’t waste weeks figuring it out alone.Join now — and go fromzero to professionalin less than 5 hours.

Let’s build something amazing — together.

Who this course is for:
- Architecture, urban design, and landscape students and professionals looking to enhance their digital design skills
- Civil engineers, environmental designers, and urban planners interested in integrating parametric workflows into their projects
- Interior designers who want to explore spatial logic, lighting, and form-finding with Grasshoppe
- Design educators and researchers seeking hands-on, visual ways to teach computational thinking
- Sustainability-focused professionals eager to learn environmental analysis using tools like Ladybug
- Game designers and 3D artists curious about procedural modeling and form optimization
- Beginners to intermediate users of Grasshopper who want a clear, project-based path from zero to confidence
- Anyone passionate about smart design, automation, and problem-solving through creative coding
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