Schedule

TASKS, SCHEDULE, PRODUCTS *revisions will be posted to the course weblog

Ia. Background and Methods, Week 1

Week 1: Tuesday, January 6^th and Thursday, January 8^th

Data Making + Public Space – Social Interaction Cohesion Tool, BCN to PDX

Lecture on Parametric Urbanism and Barcelona (Eixample, 22@, Super Illa and Social Interaction Cohesion Tool
ACADIA Lecture: Off-site, On-site, Virtual [R: ACADIA, Speranza]
JUD: Systematic abstraction, Inclusion of Experience, Open Formulation [R: PS]
Content of Site (Barcelona and Portland): Google Earth, OpenStreetMap
Measuring urban phenomena directly vs urban characteristics that support it
- Supplemental Rhino/Grasshopper tutorial (point attractor and image sampler)
Discuss reading on Open, Systematic and Formulaic, Speranza
Lecture on Barcelona Eixample Grid (+Portland) [R: Sola-Morales and Guallart]
Scales of development: Super Illa, Block and Parcel Address (ex. Guallart to UD&CL)
Start Exercise 01: 2D in class [Exercise 01: Tiling 3D to 2D] Rhino only
Grasshopper (GH) Workshop: “Off-Site Workflow” HUMAN, object attribute and color
GH Workshop: Exiample, GH geometry vs Rhino geometry

Ib. Case Study and Data Gathering, Weeks 2-3

Week 2: Tuesday, January 13^th and Thursday, January 15^th

Parametric Urbanism and Measuring Social Data In-Situ, Case Studies,

Case Study / Urban Organization, Week 2

Review Exercise 01: Tiling 3D to 2D and Readings Morales and Guallart
Lecture on Social Interaction Cohesion Tool 2: Rueda Ecological Urbanism, Social Interaction Cohesion Tool, Intergenerational Interaction
Selected urban phenomena related to 3 readings, [Writing Assignment 1]
Case Study Exercise (Also see Assignment Post)
GH Workshop: Data Trees (Graft, Flatten, Param Viewer)
- Supplemental Grasshopper Workshop: ELK 1, basic tutorial
Tiling Exercise Pin-Up
Case Study: Pin-up / desk crits, paired groups
GH Workshop, In-Situ Workflow: Google Maps pins, KML to CSV conversion, GH CSV component
GH Workshop ELK 2 of Barcelona and Portland: Geographic data
Prep for Portland site visit, Sunday (each person selection urban quality to rate: 0/1, 1 to 5, etc)

(Portland trip I) Selected phenomena, analog mapping, mobile sensors, data recording

Week 3: Tuesday, January 20^th and Thursday, January 22^th

Case Study / Data Gathering, Urban Phenomenom

Reading Assignment, 04 Readings, Phenomenology
Rebuild Case Studies: isolate and rebuild individual parametric relationships
Case Study: Pin-up / desk crits, paired groups
Writing assignment Abstract and Outlines due
GH Workshop: CSV component Portland data management
- Supplemental Workshop: Case-Study Trouble Shooting
Case-study Presentations to group (share website documentation, identify, show GH, understand why, chart findings to Google Doc via assignment)

II. Final Project, Weeks 4-9

Week 4: Tuesday, January 27^th and Thursday, January 29^th

Writing assignment Due
Assign Urban Analysis Project and discuss outline of work for Thursday. Provide work time for formulation and research.
Review the Neighborhood Social Interaction framework. Answer questions.
Watch Carlo Ratti TED talk and discuss Data Access reading
Assign Evgeny Morozov video clip.
Testing urban characteristics and their indicators: geographic, off-site and on-site
GH Workshop: Remap and Domain (Use Portland Data Collection 1)
Mention Barcelona Urban Design 2015
- Supplemental Workshop: Arduino 1
Formulation and Research, form partners
GH Workshop: Python CSV/OSM integration (use only)

Analog Parametric Operations

Week 5: Tuesday, February 2^nd and Thursday, February 3^rd

coordinate with studio mid-terms
Testing technique, abstract block – unit parcel, block and Super Illa
Assignment:
- Location Plan : location your test areas in 22@ or Barcelona (see Guallart drawings)
- Outline: Purpose / Urban Design Criteria / Indicators…Measurement translations (number, types and or rating systems)
- Parametric Method: Outline or list any GH plugins, Identify possible plugins to learn (HUMAN, ELK, GALAPAGOS, DIVA)
Assignment: Data Dictionaries: 1) Use 1-2 2014 BCN; 2) Propose 1-2 new for Thursday.
GH Workshop: Viz 1, Post-production workflow, baking z-lines, colors and thickness, Illustrator vs Photoshop (ex. Air Pollution Tool, UD&CL)
- Barcelona Mtg 5-6pm; Class dinner, Wednesday evening, 6:30-8:30pm
**Presentation: findings, urban characteristics, limits, questions (possible invited guests)
Data Dictionaries: Develop with Ryan (preparation for Portland data collection)

# Saturday Portland Data Collection Trip, 12-5pm in Portland

Week 6: Tuesday, February 9^th and Thursday, February 11^th

Build system, 22@ unit/whole, real site of 22@ Super Illa
Data Collection with Ryan, for Wednesday or Saturday data collection *Data Dictionaries
Indicator List: 1) existing geometry; 2) new off-site and 3) new on-site
Formulation diagram and initial Grasshopper work
- Supplemental Workshop:
Begin: parametric intervention (surface/material ecology- arch, envelope, larch)
Desk crits / technical assistance

Week 7: Tuesday, February 16^th and Thursday, February 18^th

**PRESENTATION with outside reviewers (Possibilities: Nico Larco, Jim Tice, Nancy, Cheng, Erin Moore, Michael Fifield, Judith Sheine, Mark Gillem, Stephen Maher, Vincent Mai, Ryan Kiesler, Howard Davis, Marc Scholssberg, Gem)
Desk crits / technical assistance
Grasshopper Workshop: Viz 2, baking HUMAN 2 (Stephen)

Week 8: Tuesday, February 23^th and Thursday, February 25^th

Final system, second pass, design communication

**Presentation: Final in-class pin-up (outside reviewers)
- (Possibilities: Nico Larco, Jim Tice, Nancy, Cheng, Erin Moore, Michael Fifield, Judith Sheine, Mark Gillem, Stephen Maher, Vincent Mai, Ryan Kiesler, Howard Davis, Marc Scholssberg, Gem)

Week 9: Tuesday, March 3^rd and Thursday, March 5^th

Week 10: Tuesday, March 10^rd and Thursday, March 12^th

Final: Friday, March 20^th, 2014, to be confirmed