Computational Design for Landscape Architects

This book introduces algorithmic approaches to computational design through both Grasshopper and Python. This book (including its accompanying code and datasets) is a much-needed guide, both theoretical and practical, on computational design for students, educators, and practitioners of landscape architecture.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Visual Programming 3. Programming 4. Randomness 5. Random Paving 6. Tessellations 7. Point Clouds 8. Grove 9. Waves 10. Surfaces 11. Patterns 12. Attractors 13. Noise 14. Biome 15. Terrain 16. Dunes 17. Earthworks 18. Fabrication A. Packages B. Color Gradients C. File Paths D. Code and Data

About the author

Brendan Harmon is a computational designer, spatial scientist, and Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University, where he teaches geographic information systems, computational design, digital fabrication, and robotics.

Summary

This book introduces algorithmic approaches to computational design through both Grasshopper and Python. This book (including its accompanying code and datasets) is a much-needed guide, both theoretical and practical, on computational design for students, educators, and practitioners of landscape architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Harmon, Harmon Brendan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032407050
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240705-0
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Design / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, GARDENING / Essays & Narratives, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, Urban & municipal planning, Gardens (descriptions, history etc), Technical design, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Landscape architecture and design, Architecture: professional practice, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / CAD-CAM, Urban communities / city life