schedule

Tasks, Schedule and Products

1. Documentation and Analysis, Weeks 1-3

W1: W-F, September 29 and October 1 Wednesday

• • Modality, Overview and Processes: Objectives, Fine Grained Socio-Ecological Design
    • Course Modality: In-studio, Zoom (remote or at desk) and AV room, 12pm
    • Studio Description: Urban Ecology + Phenomena 12:30pm
      • Parque Agrario Fluvial Manzanares-jarama, Madrid (PDF, slides, movie) + Phenomenology in Architecture 
      • Aldayjover process
      • SA+UD process

• Introductions

• • • Introduction to Students – 2pm
    • Introduction to Studio: Territory and Phenomena – 2:30pm
    • Reading discussion: 2, 4 and section  3pm

• ***Break***  3:30pm

• Urban Ecological Systems

• • • Overview of systems 4pm
      • Traditional: open space, transit/mobility, uses Google Earth (fix) (Elk Fri) 
        • 1) Google Earth and 2) PDF, 3D and other data from Jesus 
      • Urban Ecology: water, energy, air quality, heat island, wind, soil topography; animal habitat, vegetation; digital connectivity, social interaction, inclusion, recreation, local/non-local 
        •  [research and choose system – find problem]
    • Get to know Climate and Culture – 4:30pm 
      • Wiki, news articles, scientific journals, movies, documentaries (Spain, Madrid, neighborhood)  [Blog post]
        • Energy Plus Weather data via Ladybug week 2  
    • Program – Centro Socio-ambiental or office/ co-working, living, centro de hipica (Equestrian Center), zona deportiva (Sports), others?! 5pm [research & choose] 

• Answer Questions and reminder to prep for Elk tutorial 5:30pm [prep Elk]

Friday

• Kickoff meeting and discussion with Jesus Arcos 12pm
  • Jesus and Alday Jover introduction
  • Project introduction  [questions and deep dive one Aldayjover project]
• Gather and Pinup, Site analysis [digital or physical]
  • assign problem statement, wiki + news, maps at territory scale, larger site, zoom, unit research, timeline over year,  
• Grasshopper tutorial, Elk and some GH fundamentals [maps for your interest]  

W2: W-F, October 6 and 8

• Pin-Up (+ review site planning documentation)
• Define ecological design idea (problem): what, who, why important
  • Phenomenology Precedents in Madrid/Spain
• Statistical Research with comparison site [Climate and Infographics]  

• Setup shared on-site database and maps for indicators [Google Sheets]
  • Review documentation Analysis
  • System analysis tool 
• Grasshopper tutorial, Ladybug, Energy Plus Weather Data [Diagrams]
• Desk crits

W3: W-F, October 13 and 15

• Group review (+ review documentation)
• Phenomenology, conditions to performative scenarios
  • Case study: Ned Kahn, Herzog de Mueron, James Corner, Paricio Clotet

 

• Tool application to multiple sites  [Application to existing and new graphics from tools]
• Tool to Programming Analysis, Test Mass [zoning line diagrams, bullet points]
• Design information interface and urban intervention 
• Desk crits

 

1. Project Synthesis, System development, Weeks 4-6

W4: W-F, October 20 and 22

• Part I Presentation and Review with stakeholders

Overview Part II

• Explanation of Part II: Systems + Phenomena Design
  • Selection by team of sites [drawing and models]  2 person teams
  • Selection of team role: site and building
• Documentation neighborhood master plan [plans, digital site model]  studio group 
• Systems Analysis Tool application to territory and building [urban planning and urban design guidelines / tool suggestion] individual
• Programming refinement [bar and pie chart diagrams, 2D and 3D diagrams]

• Comprehensive Systems design: structural, enclosure, cheating and cooling. [text and diagrams]

W5: W-F, November 3 and 5

• Review objectives
• Pinup / desk crits

• Urban Ecological Analysis Tool Development, assess application during design process and or life of project and scale of application
• Scenario studies, conditions of the material affect over time (measured phenomenon at site) [story board conditions as scenarios of material affect]
•  Urban Architecture, envelope and attachment (‘phenol/geno’ relationship) [wall sections, wall axonometric, wall detail, unit/system positions over time]

W6: W-F, November 10 and 12

• Review Objectives
• Desk Crits

• Part II Review

PART III.  Urban Ecological Architecture Development, Weeks 7-9 

W7: W-F, November 10 and 12

• Rhino workshop, 3D to 2D
• Review Structural backgrounds and assign 1:10 + 1:5 [Wall Section + Blowups]  for Enclosure / Filter
• Discuss Team Roles!!
• Crits (print out 11×17)

W8: W-F, November 17 and 19

• 5:30am deadline to submit Weblog post category “3.5 strct+encl” of material for Stephen to review
• 12pm – Discuss Structure + Enclosure comments from Stephen
• 1pm – Assign 1:1 models mockup, 6” [model] source materials, test techniques
• 2pm – desk crits
• 4pm Structural + Enclosure Review with Architect Stephen Maher, CO
• Design Development: from unit to system

 

• Discuss final deliverables list
• Final Integrated Models, 1/8” [models]

W9: W, November 24 (NO CLASS FRIDAY FOR THANKSGIVING)

• Pre Final Review + desk crits 

W10: Friday, December 3, 8:30am-12:30pm

• Final Presentation

[Movie via Premiere, drawings and models posted to website] tbd *some items to be submitted after final review