40 611 Local Specificity
Emnenavn på Norwegian Bokmål:
Local Specificity
Credits:
24
Course code:
40 611
Level of study:
Master
Teaching semester:
2018 Spring
Assessment semester:
2018 Spring
Language of instruction:
English
Year:
2018
Maximum number of students:
12
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 "Data and Analysis".
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.
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.
Lectures by staff and invited lecturers.
Seminars by staff.
Computational methods workshops.
Study trip with participation in research seminars and activities.
Public reviews.
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;
| Form of assessment | Grouping | Grading scale | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project assignment | Individual | Pass / fail |
| Workload activity | Comment |
|---|---|
| Attendance | We expect presence in the studio every day |