學(xué)期課程，感興趣童鞋收藏吧。

Studio Overview

The studio establishes foundations for architectural design through three

exercises that build up in scope to engage issues of form, space, organization,

structure, circulation, use, and tectonics. The design process is introduced as

an iterative form of research that enables students to develop conceptual

ideas about architecture and translate them into physical, material, and

representational investigations. Each exercise introduces an increasingly

fuller set of relationships with regard to site, program, and building systems

with the last exercise emphasizing the interrelationship of these

fundamental aspects of architectural design. The exercises will test both

conceptual and analytical thinking as well as aid in the development of

representational skills. The course is intended for entering M.Arch students

and must be taken in sequence.

Studio Context

The exercises will bracket particular design dilemmas; they are designed to

prompt students to invent and defend their own logics, to experiment with a

range of existing biases, or to produce through the lens of appropriated

intellectual positions. In a sense, precisely which ideological position

students operate within is less crucial for the time being, and it is rather that

they are trying on, experimenting with, and becoming well-versed in the

critical and conceptual languages of a range of intellectual positions. The

exercises in Core 1 are aimed at eliciting new forms of architectural

coherence— architectures that are forward looking, yet able to communicate

with a disciplinary history; and architectures that are able to articulate their

unique polemic, and in turn are able to offer the means by which they may

be critically-assessed.

Pedagogical Objectives

Our primary pedagogical objectives for Core studio 1, the foundation

semester, are threefold:

(1) An ability to conceptualize abstractly and represent architecturally. This

includes modes of drawing and modeling that are analytical (about

discovery) and modes of drawing and modeling that are declarative (about

provocation).

(2) The development of three-dimensional dexterity, and an ability to

conceive of form and space. This considers “conceive” as both an act of

comprehension, and as well as an act of imagination.

(3) An understanding of the physics of building. This concerns the way that

structure works, and the implications of structural typologies on design

strategy.

Completion Requirements

At the end of the course students should be able to translate an idea into an

architectural proposition and understand the intentions and consequences

behind design decisions. Students should also be able to engage with an

increasing level of design-research through iterative studies and move

fluidly between different modes and scales of design. Conventions of

architectural representation and communication through drawing and

modeling should be engaged with clarity and intentionality. Students will

need to demonstrate application of design skills, understanding of

architectural conventions, and ability to sustain an increasing level of

research in the projects over the semester. Completion of each of the

exercises, rigor in process and clarity in representation, as well as the overall

progress of the semester will be fundamental factors in the final evaluation.

以上