- SYLLABUS, Bibliography & START A BLOG (p. 6), Zeisel & Meinig
- WRITTEN STATEMENT & Readings MVRDV’s Metacity & Janine Benyus’ Biomimicry Ch. 1 & 4.
- PROGRAM, 10/12
- SITE: Emotional Response 10/19
- SITE: Critical Analysis 10/26
- POSTER & FEEDBACK 11/2
- PRECEDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATION 11/9
- THESIS DOCUMENT
1 Introduction 9/28
READING: Zeisel, John. Inquiry by Design, Ch. 1 & 2, http://books.google.com/books?id=AwU4AAAAIAAJ
Meinig, D.W., “The Beholding Eye. Ten versions of the Same Landscape.” http://www.larch.umd.edu/classes/larc/L160/READINGS/Meinig_Beholding_Eye.pdf
HWK: START A BLOG – Reflective online journal
2 The Argument 10/5
READING: MVRDV. MetaCity datatown, http://books.google.com/books?id=I-DlCsZctYgC&dq
Benyus, Janine. Biomimicry ch.1 & 4, http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html
HWK: Shared Research Bibliography: start an annotated collection of ideas, conflicts, images to supporting your position.
3 Program 10/12
- Interview clients or their proxy stand-ins to define client values, goals, facts, needs and ideas
- sequence & map activities
- plan space needs
- diagram
Take a stand – strong emotional tie. Understand politics. Personal experience and background.
READING: Whitaker, Craig. Architecture and the American Dream, Ch. 1 & 3.
HWK: Document Program information
4 Site: Emotional response 10/19
Collect & organize place information: Base Maps, code information. Document your experience of the site in an artistic place-response.
READING: Spirn, Anne Whiston. The Language of Landscapes, Ch. 3.
HWK: Investigate a new medium or two for creating an artistic description of the current relationship of nature and artificial systems at your site. Can you use color, form, and texture to summarize essential aspects of the place?
5 Site: Critical Analysis 10/26
READING: Ian McHarg’s Design with Nature, Sea & Survival pp. 7-18, A Step Forward (p. 31-42).
HWK: Interpretive Mapping. Compare two methods: What factors are mapped? How are relationships between factors shown? What about the graphic language is clarifies, what is confusing?
Condense your understanding of the factual site constraints into 6 analytical diagrams.
7 Precedents 11/9
READING: Berger, Alan. Drossscapes, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002
HWK: Case Studies w/ diagrams buildings with similar site response, program spatial organization
{ Weeks 7-8-9 : each student presents for group feedback, others are assigned to preview & bring question, instructors have conferences for individual feedback }
8 Material Methods 11/16
READING: Hensel, Michael et. al. Emergent Technologies and Design.
Frampton, Kenneth and editor John Cava, Studies in Tectonic Culture. Ch. 1.
HWK: Identify a local building material that captures the sense of place. Research material traditions and innovations. Work a sample to learn its characteristics, Fabricate a metaphorical object about your project using the chosen material.
9 Presentations 11/23
READING: Rice, Peter. An Engineer Imagines. Ch. 16 Full Moon Theatre.
HWK: Booklet. Five-page proposal + supplementary material
Create a Timeline to structure work towards objectives “what you hope to accomplish” w/ 1 page summary. Clarify Design Criteria, Methods of approach, Major deliverables, Assessment (How will you know if you have succeeded?)
Week 10 Review Week : Individual or pair conferences with instructor
Week 11 Storyboard Timeline