Algorithms-Aided Design

Algorithms-Aided Design (AAD) is the use of specific algorithms-editors to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. The algorithms-editors are usually integrated with 3D modeling packages and read several programming languages, both scripted or visual (RhinoScript, Grasshopper, MEL, C#, Python). The Algorithms-Aided Design allows designers to overcome the limitations of traditional CAD software and 3D computer graphics software, reaching a level of complexity which is beyond the human possibility to interact with digital objects. The acronym appears for the first time in the book AAD Algorithms-Aided Design, Parametric Strategies using Grasshopper, published by Arturo Tedeschi in 2014.

Further reading

• Mario Carpo, "The second digital turn: design beyond intelligence", Writing Architecture, 2017,
• "AD Scripting Cultures: Architectural Design and Programming", John Wiley & Sons, 1 edition 2011,
• Kostas Terzidis, "Algorithmic Architecture", Routledge, 1 edition 2006,
• Nicholas Pisca, "YSYT - Maya MEL Basics for Designers", 2009,
• Arturo Tedeschi, AAD Algorithms-Aided Design, Parametric Strategies using Grasshopper, Le Penseur, Brienza 2014,
• https://architosh.com/2016/05/inflection-point-disruptions-platforms-and-growth-with-rhino-grasshopper-part-1/