40 507 Embedded Architectures
Credits:
24
Full course name in Norwegian Bokmål:
Embedded Architectures
Course code:
40 507
Level of study:
Master
Teaching semester:
2017 Autumn
Assessment semester:
2017 Autumn
Language of instruction:
English
Year:
2017
Maximum number of students:
10
Person in charge
Søren S. Sørensen
Michael Ulrich Hensel
Required prerequisite knowledge
Completed Bachelor Studies
Working Knowledge in Rhino
Studio participants are required to take the elective course ‘Information-based Design’
Course content
This project-based studio offers practice oriented design assignments focused on designing new environments for human habitation. This implies architectures that are closely embedded into their context. Together we will seek to address societal and environmental dynamics through the medium of architectural design in response to locally specific conditions and circumstances, and societal and environmental changes that require architectural designs that go beyond current standard practice. The work will be conducted in close collaboration with the renowned practices Snøhetta and Kieran Timberlake.
During the fall semester 2017 we will focus on locally specific spatial, programmatic and environmental criteria. Our process will involve the study of existing architectures and constructions and related data-collection. The collected data will serve as an input into the design process. Students will be working individually or in small teams and participate in specific research and research by design activities, as well as design projects. The design project will be located in Italy, where we will be going as an excursion. In addition there will be shorter visits to existing projects that are likely designed by the collaborating practices.
Learning outcome
To develop an understanding of and a response to the increasingly complex design requirements architectural designs have to meet and therefore to be prepared for practice in architecture and the challenges architects need to meet.
The ability to set up and follow through a design process that leads to the desired result;
The ability to utilize design as a method of research in architecture that facilitates the conception of novel architectural designs;
Students will gain detailed knowledge of the architectural and computational design themes pursued by the studio and develop skill in computational design in architecture;
Students will gain the ability to develop designs based on specific performative criteria in an integrated manner from the conceptual stage to the material articulation through computational design;
Knowledge in associative modelling and generative systems;
Knowledge in use of advanced architectural and design visualization;
Working and learning activities
Research-by-Design Project
Weekly studio tutorials and project discussions with regular participation of the collaborating practices
Lectures by staff with participation of the collaborating practices
Seminars by staff with participation of the collaborating practices
Computational methods workshops
Study trip with participation in research seminars and activities
Public reviews with participation of the collaborating practices
Curriculum
Core thematic foci include:
• Performance-oriented Architecture;
• Information-based Design;
• Embedded Architectures and New Environments;
The methodological approach encompasses:
• Performance-oriented Computational Design;
• Integration of data-driven Methods, Processes, Information and Analysis;
• Data-collection and utilization in computational design;
| Mandatory coursework | Courseworks required | Presence required | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presence required | Required | 90% Attendance at lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials is required. Excursion Mandatory. | |
| Exercise | Not required | Must be handed in to be able to pass the course |
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail | Oral presentation of the project is mandatory |
| Exercise | Individual | Pass / fail | Can be a part of the final grade |
| Workload activity | Comment |
|---|---|
| Excursion |