Design communication pervades the way design approaches today may be seen as systematic frameworks for participation that evolves through understandings of contextual experience from the bottom-up. This course will teach design communication methods each student’s to explore their design intents in three parts: I. qualitative diagramming; II. analog parametric design; and III. digital parametric design. Students will bridge analog and digital media to create systems approaches acknowledge existing and proposed environmental conditions. This method of systems thinking allows students to use digital media to apply both qualitative and quantitative understandings of the natural environment not as unrelated singular moves but as interrelated systems of design intention. The course will introduce theoretical ideas in a lecture format, meet for one hour in small computer lab settings and provide opportunities for one-on-one learning in a studio setting. The course is a ‘flip’ style course with tutorials and other material provided online via a course blog. You must register for a one-hour lab section.
Hardware & Software Requirements: http://aaa.uoregon.edu/computing/purchasing/student#architecture, PC or Mac
Software Requirements: MS Windows & Adobe Creative Suite Basic (Photoshop, Illustrator and In-Design). The department will provide lab license access to Rhino 5.0 and VRay for Rhino. Install it before fall term.
Hardware Requirements: An external monitor, a mouse, ethernet cable and a minimum 8+ GB RAM. Virtualization software such VMware or Parallels is optional.
