the pedagogical projects I've been involved in are presented below:
1 > seminars
24h - experimental structures - 2009-2010
public
5th year students - Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalunia
organised by Marine Bagnéris
pedagogical aim
innovative structure design issues - modelling boundaries
method
physical experiments on strong "form-force-material" coupling systems
numerical tools
ToyGL - Cadenary - Rhino - Grasshopper
class and links
24h - CAD design and scripting - 2009
people
5th year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier
organised by Alain Marty
pedagogical aim
"under pictures, some words"... generative tool approach to grasp representation above seductive rendering
method
geometrical approach of parametrics using pForms. by teaching basic operators, students are provided to discover a hand-drawing method to represent parabolas, cubics, surfaces and volumes
numerical tool
Sketchup - Autocad - Blender
class and links
download
3h - complex shapes - 2009
people
5th year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier
organised by Nicolas Pauli and Vinicius Raducanu
pedagogical aim
design process of double-curved envelops
method
complexity level according to a curved shape classification
case-study
download
21h - CATIA Free Style - 2009
people
3rd year students - Licence Professionnelle "Création industrielle et CAO", IUT Nîmes
coordinator Dominique Ambard
pedagogical aim
curve and surface design
method
introduction to parametric theory in order to provide a better CAD tool use
numerical tool
CATIA - Part Design, Free Style
download
curve class | surface class 1 | surface class 2 | Free Style exercice
16h - complex shapes - 2005/2006
people
5th year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier
organised by Alain Marty
pedagogical aim
architect - engineer dialogue
method
case-study and form finding methods for architectural membranes
numerical tool
Sketchup - Autocad
download
2 > one-week workshops
spanning
build the curve
people
last year students - Ecole Normale des Ponts et Chaussées ParisTech
organised by Cyril Douthe session 2009 - Cyril Douthe & Marine Bagnéris session 2010
pedagogical aim
design process of double-curved structures
method
design competition - conception and realisation of the winner projects : a gridshell and a fabric membrane
numerical tool
Sketchup - plugin FerrariSketch for the form finding - Autocad
material
membrane: PVC Ferrari fabric - wood elements - aluminium and wood corner plates
gridshell : composite profils
links & download
free forms - october 2007
people
Grands Ateliers de l'Isle d'Abeau
5th year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier and TU Delft Department Building Technology
organised by René Motro, Nicolas Pauli and Andrew Borgart
pedagogical aim
design process of complex shape structures
method
design competition - conception and realisation of the winner project : a double-curved envelop
numerical tool
Sketchup - RubyScripts pForms - Autocad
material
cardboard envelop and wood arches - resin shell
download
links
fabric membranes - october 2006, 2007 and 2008
people
Grands Ateliers de l'Isle d'Abeau
5th year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier, Grenoble and Clermont Ferrand
organised by Nicolas Pauli
pedagogical aim
design process of fabric membranes
method
design competition - conception and realisation of winner projects
numerical tool
Sketchup - plugin SoapBubble / Autocad - autolisp script to flatten the membrane
material
PVC Ferrari fabric, steel arches, wood masts, aluminium corner plates
crossing over
crossing over with folds - november 2009
people
39 students (2nd and 3rd years) - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier
organised by Vinicius Raducanu
pedagogical aim
folds as a structural principle
method
student competition - conception and realisation of the winner project : a 6m-span folded bridge
numerical tool
Sketchup
material
thin wood plates (10mm thick for current parts and 15mm for the roadway)
download
video under construction and photos coming soon
crossing over with softness- march 2006
people
Grands Ateliers de l'Isle d'Abeau
2nd year students - Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Montpellier
organised by Vinicius Raducanu and Nicolas Pauli
pedagogical aim
softness as a structural principle
method
conception and realisation of a 10m-span light bridge
numerical tool
Autocad - autolisp script plotting geodesics
material
PVC Ferrari fabric - steel frame
download
3 > academic class
18h - hyperstatic structures - 2008
people
2nd year students - IUT Génie Civil Nîmes
coordinator Jean-Pierre Seton
pedagogical aim
introduction to hyperstatic structure analysis
method
analytical and numerical analysis compared with practical experiments on continuous beams, arches and frames
numerical tool
RDM6