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40 305 Information-based Design

Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål: 
Information-based Design
Credits: 
6
Course code: 
40 305
Level of study: 
Master
Teaching semester: 
2017 Autumn
Assessment semester: 
2017 Autumn
Language of instruction: 
English
Year: 
2017
Maximum number of students: 
15
Person in charge
Michael Ulrich Hensel
Søren S. Sørensen
Required prerequisite knowledge

Prerequisites: Completed Bachelor studies, Basic Knowledge in Rhino.

Recommended: Working skills in computational modelling and visualization.

[The course is only available for students in the Embedded Architectures and New Environments Studio courses of the RCAT | ACDL group.]

Course content

The elective course will introduce approaches, concepts and skills related to information-based design. This course includes lectures and seminars focusing on introducing the practice-oriented approach pursued by the RCAT | ACDL group in conjunction with leading practices [Snøhetta, Kieran Timberlake], as well as an intense skill building boot-camp that focuses on data-collection and utilization in computational design.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:
At the end of the course the student will have gained knowledge in a specific practice-oriented approach to information-based design.
Skills:
The student will have gained skills in data-collection and utilization in computational design with specific focus on the Rhino and Grasshopper environment.
General competence:
After successful completion of the course students are expected to have gained good working knowledge in information-based design and the ability to utilize this knowledge in a design project.

Working and learning activities

1. Lectures on selected topics regarding information-based design.
2. Tutorials on an individual and group basis concerning skill-building in data-collection and utilization in computational design.
 

Note: All instructions are based on active participation by the students and 90 % attendance.

Delivery: Portfolio of work process including visualization of collected data and utilization of the data in the design of the studio project.

Mandatory courseworkCourseworks requiredPresence requiredComment
Presence required Required 90% attendance at lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials is required.
Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:
Mandatory coursework:Presence required
Courseworks required:
Presence required:Required
Comment: 90% attendance at lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials is required.
Form of assessmentGroupingGrading scaleComment
Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)IndividualPass / failDelivery: Portfolio of work process including visualization of collected data and utilization of the data in the design of the studio project.
Vurderinger:
Form of assessment:Portfolio assessment (Vurderingsmappe)
Grouping:Individual
Grading scale:Pass / fail
Comment:Delivery: Portfolio of work process including visualization of collected data and utilization of the data in the design of the studio project.