About

Learn the basics of environmental analysis with industry leading plugin suite Ladybug Tools. In this course, you learn to analyse site conditions and simulate environmental effects to optimize your designs.

  • 1 hours on-demand video
  • 1 article
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Assignments
  • 2 Downloadable Resources

Conduct Real Time Environmental Analysis

Ladybug Tools has several tools to help you visualize and document important environmental impacts and site conditions to satisfy demanding project needs with simple Grasshopper workflows.

What you'll learn

In this course, you will learn key skills to become an environmental leader in your firm and community.

  • You will lYou earn workflows for bringing real world projects into the analysis environment of Ladybug Tools

  • You will learn quick and easy workflows for capturing location data to visualize with sun path diagrams, sun hours diagrams and wind rose diagrams.

  • You will learn how to customize visualizations to suite your project needs.

Course curriculum

  1. 1
    • 01 Environmental Design and Analysis Basics

    • 02 Intro To Ladybug Tools

  2. 2
    • 03 Creating A Sunpath

    • 04 Creating A Sun Hours 3D Diagram

    • 05 Customizing Legend Parameters

    • 06 Creating A Windrose

  3. 3
    • 07 Conclusion

    • Course Survey

    • Suggested Learning Next Steps

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Instructor(s)

Brandon Aaron Gibbs

Architect & Innovator

4.5+ Instructor Rating | 245+reviews | 10,000+ students

Brandon Gibbs is an award winning licensed Architect, Creative Director of MotionFORM and Architect in Residence at I Am The Studio. Brandon received a Masters in Architecture from the Architectural Association, studying under Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid, where he began his thesis and research into parametric Architecture. Brandon has design several pavilions, universities, churches, modern homes in addition to several award winning film and animation projects. He regularly speaks and mentor young Architects and designers in organizations like AIA (American Institute of Architects) NOMA (National Organization of Minority Architects) and AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists). I have spoken at several design conferences, media events, network groups and have gone from consulting a diversity of clients to professing the secrets of design, branding to listeners at all levels. Designers of all shapes and sizes have learned and succeeded from my programs, and I’ll help you win, too if you give me a try.