Intermediate Design Studio: Manual and Digital Representation

Course Description

Summary

This course starts with a series of directed assignments through which you will practice a variety of manual and digital drawing and modeling skills. As the group becomes familiar with a common representational language, we will segue into a term-long architectural design project employing digital and handmade drawings and models. You will work individually, in pairs, and at times in groups with a focus on working together, and creating a supportive studio environment.

Visual and architectural design is inherently collaborative work, and the process of turning ideas into images, and images into objects usually involves a number of people. This course gives you the opportunity to experience the studio as a place where unified techniques of making and evaluating can be used to share a diversity of approaches and opinions toward a shared project. Lately, things we might take for granted like headphones and remote work encourage the isolation of individuals who may (theoretically, or on paper) be part of a team. A primary aim of this studio is to give ourselves permission to take pleasure (despite all the challenges) in working with other people.