ARCH 370 or permission of instructor. Ellen Y. Do Experimental studio explores creative powers of computing technologies in architectural design of community center, library, complex buildings and open space in Northgate area. Interplay of traditional and digital media including plexiglas and animations as a source of imagination and inspiration. This seminar course explores the processes and products of design in the context of information technology. The seminar examines the processes, representations, and principles underlying architectural design and how these map to computational structures and tools.
Work includes readings and participation in class discussions, design exercises, and a term project.
CAD experience is not required, as this is not an application course. Introduction to the form and computational description of designs. Introduction to research paradigms and their assumptions, with an emphasis on design inquiry. The formulation of questions and frameworks of description, representation, analysis, and interpretation. Seminar review of developments in computing appled to architecture and current major research issues.