Pre-Term Workshop

The Pre-Term Workshop is a required one-week intensive course, registered as GSD 1211 (0 units), to prepare students entering the third core studio in the Master of Landscape Architecture program.

Those enrolled are MLA I candidates entering their third semester, and newly admitted students in the MLA I AP and MLA II programs.

This term's Pre-Term Workshop was coordinated and led by David Mah, with the teaching assistance of Devin Dobrowolski, Liza Langer, and Linh Kim Pham.

This document was prepared by Leif Estrada and Liza Langer.

The following pages go through the daily exercises conducted in class with an overview, step-by-step walk through of each grasshopper script, and examples of the works produced by students.

Softwares

The following programs were used during the Pre-Term Workshop, with links to their download sites.

Rhinoceros 5: https://www.rhino3d.com/download/rhino/5/latest

Grasshopper: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/page/download-1

Ladybug: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/ladybug

Post-production editing: http://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html