ComStruct Workshop

ComStruct Workshop
Computational Structures as Form Generators
A 14-Day workshop on Computational Design and Fabrication (with Rhino, Grasshopper and Karamba)

ComStruct was a two-week workshop in summer of 2015 on computational structures as form generators, hosted by the Contemporary Architects Association in Tehran, Iran, and led by five tutors with 25 participants. The workshop aimed to explore material behaviour and directionality of elements, as well as understanding structural potentiality of complex geometries, utilising algorithmic design and analysis potentials of Rhino, Grasshopper and Karamba, as well as industrial fabrication techniques to design and construct a one to one scale canopy.

Collaborators:
Contemporary Architects Association (archca.com)
ARUP / Kristjan Plagborg Nielsen (www.arup.com)
theAlliance (thealliance.ir)
VEA / Vahid Eshraghi Architecture (vahideshraghi.com)

Tutors:
Kristjan Plagborg Nielsen / KPNE
Mehrad Mahnia / theAlliance
Vahid Eshraghi / VEA
Mariam Khademi
Ramtin Taherian / theAlliance

Participants:
Farhang Alipour / Soroush Asadi / Ahmadreza Atashbar Tehrani / Pouria BaniAdam / Ali Derazgisou / Paniz Farrokhsiar / Pouria Gachpazan / Faraneh Ghahremani / Hoda Hamzeh / Ehsan Heidari Zadi / Hooman Homayooni / Niloofar Imani / Mostafa Jahanmiri / Keyhan Khaki / Aryan Khalighy / Sadra Khosravan / Fatemeh Mahmoudyar / Ali Mirzadeh / Sogol Moaven / Farnaz Mohammadi / Hamid Peiro / Hasan Shafiei / Iman Shameli / Fahimeh Tahmasebian

Video Director: Sepand Saedi
Sound Designer: Mani Salehi

Music:
The Clockmaker by Vexare
Clear Sky by Sad Radio on Cassini
Désir Au Maximum by De-Phazz

Technical Support:
Laser Cutter Provider: Arpa Laser (arpalaser.ir)
Metal Laser Cutter Device: TRUMPF (trumpf.com)
CNC Sheet Metal Bending: Arpa Laser (arpalaser.ir)
Aluminum Anodizing Service: Arpa Laser (arpalaser.ir)
Lighting Device Provider: Shoa Industrial Group (shoaco.com)

Special Thanks:
Elham Razavi / CEO at Contemporary Architects Association
Ali Zolfaghari / Co-Founder at MA Creation Lab
Majid Kazempour / Co-Founder at MA Creation Lab
Afshin Koupaei / Founder & Director at Gozaar Studio
Sepand Saeidi / Cinematography and Video Director
Mehran Davari / Founder & Director at TehranPlatform
Farshid Esmaeili / Marab Mahbod Engineering & Technical Co.
Faraz Maleki / Arpa Laser
Raha Mohammadi / Contemporary Architects Association
Soodabeh Abbasi / Contemporary Architects Association
Amirali Zinati / Contemporary Architects Association
Fereshteh Aala / Contemporary Architects Association
Elmira Mahnia / Graphic Designer at Contemporary Architects Association
Fakhri Mehrizi / Contemporary Architects Association
Hamid Hadi / Technical Support
Mehdi Sefidi / Technical Support
Davood MohammadHasan / Photography
Amir Hosseini / Contemporary Architects Association