Postgraduate Programme in Parametric Design with Visual Programming in BIM
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Unlock Your Creative Potential with our Parametric Design Course
With this parametric design course you will be trained by relevant industry professionals, gaining greater accuracy and consistency for your models, and acquiring the technological fluency necessary for today's industry.
Parametric design is a cutting-edge approach that harnesses technology and mathematical algorithms to create customised, efficient and creative solutions. It allows you to tackle complex problems, experiment with new forms and push the boundaries of traditional design methodologies.
You will work with powerful and versatile software such as Revit, Archicad, Blender, Rhino, and Dynamo, applying visual and textual programming languages (Grasshopper and Python). In this way, you will develop skills related to BIM-based programming to improve your modelling workflows and collaboration with your teams and clients.
Sign up for our parametric design course and surprise your stakeholders!
Academic content
16 ECTS
Module 1
Introduction to Programming
Unit 1. Introduction to Programming
Module 2
Programming OpenBIM with Python
Unit 1. Concepts of textual Programming for BIM
Unit 2. Exploring IFC with ifcopenshell
Module 3
Parametric BIM with Visual Programming in Grasshopper
Unit 1. Introduction to visual programming for BIM
Unit 2. Parametric BIM with Grasshopper
Unit 3. Exploratory design with Grasshopper
Module 4
Visual Programming with Dynamo
Unit 1. Working with data in Dynamo
Unit 2. Processes' automation and interoperability
CFP
Course Final Project
A combination of all the practices you have done at the end of each module (in the practical weeks). You’ll have a space, within your course schedule, to share this and talk about the progress you’ve made along your learning journey, receiving feedback from your professors and peers.
Faculty board
Dion Moult
Gerente de Engenharia Digital Emergente na Lendlease
Rui de Klerk
Lead Computational Designer em factorymaker
Rogério Lima
CEO da DOMUS arquitetura e consultoria
Marilena Christodoulou
Ph.D. em Arquitetura
Testimonials
This course not only offers powerful software and programming platforms. The professor are experienced and have a positive and helpful attitude for teaching, and the lessons are structured in a manner that allows you to acquire complex knowledge with easeAlumni Tarek Mallak - Lebanon
BIM Manager at Urban Dimensions ME
This programme has definitely helped me find relevance of digital workflows and latest software in my job. This unlocks a whole new level of possibilities for data utilisation and manipulationAlumni ed Kashif Ali Shah - Pakistan
Project Engineer at Bauer International FZE
Thanks to this course I now have a more efficient workflow. It opened my mind to new ways to do my tasks.Ednée Gómez
BIM Coordinator at The BIM Engineers
The ZIGURAT methodology
Active & Social Learning
Training based on participation and collaboration
Studying at ZIGURAT means expanding your professional network and having the unique opportunity to participate in selective working groups, decided on through the expertise of our professors: leaders in technological innovation and construction.
Lifelong Support
A holistic view of the professional profile
From the initial orientation to post-Master's advice, we guide you to have a critical and 360º vision of your future as an expert in the sector.
Online Experience
Interactive and flexible digital experiences
Through live sessions with industry leaders and high-quality materials on global case studies, our learning approach adapts well to the hybrid pace of today's professionals.
Software
Admission process
Application for admission
Personal interview
Submission of documentation
Admissions Committee
Admission decision
Enrolment
Admission Request
If you wish to start the admission process, click here Admission Process.
ZIGURAT also offers financial aid plans, which 2,000 students have benefited from since we were founded. If you would like to find out more about these plans, you can do so by clicking on the link Institutional Grants.
Applications are open until the end of the available places and financial endowment of each program.
FAQ
Parametric design is a design technique in which parameters are used to control and define the elements of a design. These parameters can be anything from an object's dimensions to its shape or color. Parametric design allows designers to create complex designs quickly and efficiently.
Parametric design is a design approach that uses algorithms and mathematical formulas to create and manipulate digital models. Parametric design is often used in architecture to create complex, organic forms and structures that would be difficult to design using traditional methods. Therefore, the relationship between parametric design and architecture is that parametric design is a tool that architects can use to create innovative and unique designs.
The parametric design course is suitable for both architects and engineers. The two disciplines can benefit from the use of algorithms and mathematical formulae. In the case of engineers, parametric design allows them to speed up design iterations, improve their accuracy, optimise task efficiency and explore a wide range of options according to their specific professional requirements.
No. We'll cover the tools from scratch, and we'll give you practical exercises for you to apply them and gain confidence in their usage.