GRASSHOPPER FOR ARCHITECTS

Design the logic.
Then build the script.

The four-module path that takes you from a design idea to working façades, patterns and massing studies— without hunting for components.

Taught by Thomas Tait, computational designer at Snøhetta.

Join 3,400+ architects and designers learning Grasshopper with Hopific

grasshopper course for architects

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Architecture-first curriculum

Professional proficiency, fast

Why learn Grasshopper with Hopific?

Most people learn Grasshopper component by component — a tutorial here, a plugin there, a script copied from a forum. It works right up until you hit a problem nobody has made a tutorial for.

Grasshopper Pro teaches the opposite order:

1 · Design — start from what you want to build
2 · Logic — work out the rules that produce it, before you touch the canvas
3 · Grasshopper — build it, and know why every wire is there

Learn that once and it generalises to whatever you design next. 71% of students who finish rate their Grasshopper skills as intermediate or advanced.

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From an architect, to architects

I’m Thomas Jeremy Tait. I’ve spent ten years as a computational designer at Snøhetta, and I’m a McNeel Authorized Rhino Trainer.

I built Grasshopper Pro because I kept watching good architects give up on Grasshopper — not because it’s too hard, but because they were learning it component by component instead of learning how to think in it.

It’s four modules and seven hours, built on one method: Design → Logic → Grasshopper. Assignments every few lessons with my scripts to compare against. Lifetime access, free updates, 30-day guarantee.

Download a free copy of "Grasshopper for Beginners"

Inside this 119-page guide, you will discover:

  • How to navigate the Grasshopper interface with confidence.

  • How to come up with your own algorithms

  • The core components every beginner needs to know.

  • A step-by-step walkthrough to build your first parametric project.

Join 3,400+ beginners who’ve downloaded this guide.

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— H.Subramaniyan | Teaching Assistant for The Chair of Design Informatics, TU Delft

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— S.Allen | Design Director, LanzDesign

FAQ

A four-module, seven-hour Grasshopper course for architects, built on the Design → Logic → Grasshopper method.

Massing studies, façade systems and pattern generation — real architectural problems, worked from the design intent up.

Thomas Jeremy Tait, computational designer with ten years at Snøhetta and a McNeel Authorized Rhino Trainer.

A tutorial gives you one result. This teaches the logic to work out the next one yourself.

$197 one-time. No subscription. Lifetime access including future updates.

No experience required. Complete beginners are welcome.

You’ll need a working copy of Rhino 8. Grasshopper ships with Rhino so you won’t need to install it separately.

The course comes with lifetime access – pick up where you left off any time. The course becomes your lifetime reference.

Of students who complete the course, 70% rate their Grasshopper skills as intermediate or advanced and 97% would recommend it.

Yes. The examples are architectural, the logic is universal — structural, building physics and mechanical engineers have taken it.