masterclasses
explore the latest in AEC tech September 24th Chicago from 9 am to 4 pm
check your ticket for time ( bring your own equipment)
Title | Course Duration | InPerson or Virtual |
|---|---|---|
McNeel Rhino | Blank Canvas: Grasshopper 2 from the Ground Up | Full Day | In Person |
Orkestra Agentic Playground | Full Day | In Person |
From Concept to Visualization:
Generative Al for Architectural Design | Afternoon Session | In Person and Virtual |
Automating Grasshopper Plugin Development with AI | Afternoon Session | In Person |
Digital Strategies for Addressing the 2024 City of Chicago Sustainable Development Policy | Morning Session | In Person |
McNeel Rhino | Blank Canvas: Grasshopper 2 from the Ground Up
Full Day
Full-day, hands-on intro to Grasshopper 2 (GH2) running in Rhino Beta. GH2 isn't an incremental update to Grasshopper — it's a full rewrite with new data structures, a new component library, and a different underlying approach to building algorithms. No prior GH1 experience for this workshop.
In Person
$50
From Concept to Visualization:
Generative Al for Architectural Design
Afternoon Session
Explore how generative Al can transform the way design ideas are developed, communicated, and refined. This session will demonstrate how tools like RunDiffusion can rapidly convert early concepts and annotations into compelling visualizations, renderings, and animated story-telling experiences.
In Person and Virtual
$50
Digital Strategies for Addressing the 2024 City of Chicago Sustainable Development Policy
Morning Session
Perkins&Will is running a hands-on masterclass on turning the City of Chicago's 2024 Sustainable Development Policy into practical workflows. It opens with a policy primer — applicability, point requirements, documentation, and the intent behind each strategy — so participants know which requirements actually apply to their projects.
In Person
$50
Orkestra Agentic Playground
Full Day
A full-day, hands-on workshop where attendees build a working AEC tool from scratch using an AI agent as a co-developer. It opens with a grounded intro to AI agents (how they differ from chatbots/copilots) and a demo of okpy agent, Orkestra's AEC-focused AI agent. The rest of the day is a hackathon: attendees pick their platform (Revit, Rhino, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, or Navisworks) and build a real tool by end of day, solo or in teams, with mentors available. It wraps with quick demos.
No coding or AI experience required — Orkestra provides free Orkestra + okpy Pro licenses to all attendees. Only prerequisite: bring a laptop with the platform you want to build for already installed (Orkestra 2.3.0.1 pre-installed too).
In Person
$50
Automating Grasshopper Plugin Development with AI
Afternoon Session
This hands-on workshop uses PleaseREST, an open-source Claude Code plugin, to automate the creation of Grasshopper plugins that connect GH to web apps. Wiring a REST API into Grasshopper usually means weeks of repetitive work setting up an HTTP client, a component per endpoint, icons, tests, and packaging. In this workshop, you'll drive a real API into a complete, buildable, and publishable Grasshopper plugin. You plan, review, and test. PleaseREST does the rest. No Grasshopper or C# coding knowledge required.
In Person
$50