Past workshops

arx.ace × Subdigital - Online Monoceros Workshop, May 2021

arx.ace Monoceros workshop

arx.ace presents Monoceros online workshop

The first complete public Monoceros workshop - four days of intensive lectures, guided tutorials, and hands-on exercises led by the makers of the tool. In 30+ hours, participants were introduced to discrete aggregation and Wave Function Collapse, guided through real-life examples, and revealed the advanced concepts of controlled discrete assembly.

The workshop was held entirely online in a virtual venue built in Gather.town, itself designed in Monoceros. A week after the main programme, participants presented their individual projects in front of a jury and received a signed certificate.

Workshop at a glance

  • Organizer: arx.ace
  • Workshop: 27th – 30th May 2021
  • Desk crits: 4th June 2021
  • Finals: 11th June 2021
  • Format: Online - Gather.town virtual venue
  • Duration: 30+ hours + 13 h bonus tutorials
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate & advanced Grasshopper users
  • Certificate & awards: final presentation jury

Programme

Daily structure (27–30 May)

  • 3 pm – 4 pm CEST - optional catch-up session
  • 4 pm – 6 pm CEST - theory lectures
  • 6 pm – 9 pm CEST - hands-on tutorials

Topics

  • Day 1: Introduction to Monoceros, discrete aggregation, WFC basics
  • Day 2: Mastering Rules - advanced and alternative rule definitions
  • Day 3: Mastering Slots and Envelopes - attractor-weighted modules, hard shell strategies
  • Day 4: Postprocessing and interactive Solver - reading solutions, optimization, real-life constraints
  • One week later: Desk crits - individual troubleshooting with tutors
  • Two weeks later: Finals - 5 + 5 min presentations, jury feedback, certificate
Workshop session Day 1 Workshop session Day 2
Workshop session Day 3 Workshop session Day 4
Workshop finals

People

Tutor:
Ján Pernecký

Co-maker of Monoceros. Founder of Subdigital, a studio aimed at digitally enhanced design. Previously a software architect at Vectary. Taught and organized computational design workshops across Europe since 2010 through rese arch and rese arch Sessions.

Ján Pernecký

Jury:
Gilles Retsin

Architect and designer living in London. Programme Director of the M.Arch Architectural Design at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. Editor of AD: Discrete. Co-founder of UCL AUAR Labs and AUAR Ltd.

Gilles Retsin

Assistants:
Kristýna Uhrová & Michaela Krpalová

Kristýna Uhrová is an architect, designer, and specialist in digital production and prototyping. Graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Brno University of Technology, where she works as an external consultant for Jiří Vítek’s studio.

Kristýna Uhrová & Michaela Krpalová

Michaela Krpalová is a student at the Department of Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, specializing in large-scale architecture, urban strategies, and computational design.

Host:
Eva Blsakova

Architect and designer with a Master’s from the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Prof. Zaha Hadid). Fab Diploma from Fab Academy at IAAC Barcelona. Professional experience with Bollinger+Grohmann, Coop Himmelb(l)au, and others. Co-founder of arx.ace.

Eva Blsakova

Partners

Organizer

arx.ace is a space where architects and designers gain knowledge through high-quality workshops, lectures, and practical experience in direct interaction with influential figures from the industry.

Email: workshop@arxace.com
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