Learning Grasshopper shouldn’t require spending hundreds of hours on obscure plugins or flashy, outdated shapes that are rarely used in actual architectural practice. At Hopific, our mission is to help architectural designers go from an initial idea to a highly detailed 3D model quickly, allowing you to focus on perfecting the design instead of working late hours on repetitive tasks.
We provide training that is strictly practical, focusing on real results and real-life applicability. Our curriculum cuts out the “fluff” and focuses on the core algorithms and techniques that cover 95% of the actual use-cases you will encounter in professional architecture projects.
Our vision for the future is to complement our highly focused training with ready-to-use tools and script libraries that save architectural designers and architecture firms hundreds of hours every month. By making the design process fundamentally more streamlined, we empower architects to create better designs faster and become more profitable. Ultimately, our goal is to ensure architects get paid what they deserve, uplifting the profession as a whole.
Thomas Jeremy Tait is an architect and McNeel Authorized Rhino Trainer. During ten years at Snøhetta, until 2026, he was the person his project teams turned to for Grasshopper, using it to develop façades, patterns and massing studies. He founded Hopific to teach that way of working to other architects.
Having worked at international, industry-leading practices such as Snøhetta and NADAAA, Thomas has contributed to award-winning buildings including the Beijing Public Library and the Budapest South Gate Masterplan.
