Monoceros workshop

Monoceros workshops

Learn Wave Function Collapse for architecture from the creator of Monoceros. In-person or online. For universities, firms, and individuals.

Monoceros workshop in progress

What Monoceros workshop formats are available?

In-person workshop

Multi-day intensive at your university or firm. Lectures, guided tutorials, hands-on exercises, and individual feedback.

  • 2-5 days, 8-30 participants
  • At your institution or venue
  • From €350 / participant

Online workshop

Join from anywhere. Live sessions over 1-3 weeks with screen sharing, Grasshopper demos, and individual support.

  • 3-10 sessions, small groups
  • Live interaction
  • €250-400 / participant

1-on-1 mentoring

Individual sessions for researchers and professionals. Troubleshoot definitions, discuss strategies, or dive into advanced topics.

  • 1-hour sessions, flexible
  • Online via screen sharing
  • €120 / hour

What do Monoceros workshops cover?

Content is modular and adapted to the workshop duration and participants' experience level.

1. Fundamentals

Discrete aggregation theory. What is WFC. How Monoceros implements it. Your first solved envelope.

2. Module design

Faces and Rules - explicit, typed, and by example. Geometry, rotations, and weights.

3. Envelopes

Constructing Envelopes from geometry. Hard shell, soft shell, and heterogeneous Slot grids.

4. Solving

Seeds, entropy, deterministic solving. Weights and attractors. Dealing with contradictions.

5. Advanced topics

Megamodules and multi-scale assemblies. Pipe networks. Facade design and functional patterns.

6. Output

Reading and filtering solutions. Fabrication export. Visualization techniques.

Past workshops

arx.ace × Subdigital

The first complete public Monoceros workshop - four days of lectures, guided tutorials, and hands-on sessions. Final presentations judged by Gilles Retsin of UCL Bartlett.

Online, May 2021 • 30+ hours

arx.ace Monoceros workshop

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