Introduction Wed. 4.10.2023, 9.00h HS 7, TU Vienna.
All lectures and exercises take place in presence at the TU Vienna.
The module Spatial Design deals with the teaching contents material, light, color, form as well as perception of space and their application in a spatial context on the basis of a concrete place.
In the module Spatial Design we look for new spatial solutions and deal with their effects on the users and the environment. In the course of the interdisciplinary module exercise topic, a design is developed or architectural interventions are tested on existing spatial situations. The module Spatial Design deals with different topics of spatial design. The focus is on the examination of daylight and artificial light and their effects on architectural space. Transitions, threshold situations and the material in public space are related to each other.
The lecture and exercise series begins with the theme of space, perception and sensation in an urban context. Subsequently, interspaces and threshold areas, spatial atmosphere and perception, spatial boundaries and spatial openings, space and movement will be examined. The aim is to systematize spatial features and to compile a repertoire of design elements of space. Materials are introduced in terms of their form-giving factors and design possibilities as well as their material aesthetics. Material properties and qualities are elaborated and compared and their use is investigated. Daylighting and artificial lighting designs are presented and examined in terms of their focus on lighting, solar control and glare, light sources, color rendering, service life, energy efficiency. Key factors and basic lighting and planning parameters are presented based on applications in retail, presentation, museum, office, place and façade design. Spatial stagings of light, color, form, material and sound are analysed, broken down into their design parameters and considered separately and in isolation as individual factors. Spatial experience and spatial perception will be discussed on the basis of selected spatial and artistic examples and related to architectural application possibilities. Space and the staging of space will be presented using selected examples. Theoretical content will be practically experienced by means of examples of analyses and practice, they will be practiced and by means of small examples applied, presented and introduced.
Tours, lectures, excursions, company visits and guest lectures complement the course content.
In the course of the interdisciplinary module exercise topic, a design is developed or architectural interventions are tested in existing spatial situations. The aim is to implement the design or parts of it as a mock-up – as far as feasible on site or in the space laboratory – on a scale of 1:1.
Spatial Design at the Institute of Architecture and Design at the Vienna University of Technology deals with practical and current topics in selected courses. Spatial design understands architecture as a medium for the perception and production of reality. Spatial design connects all scales of the human environment and works at the interface of art, architecture and design.
MODULE STRUCTURE
Core Subjects (10 ECTS)
253.351 VU Space & Form
253.353 VU Polytopes
253.354 VU Experiment Material
253.355 VO Seeing Light
253.356 VO Spatial Strategies
Optional Subjects (5 ECTS)
253.360 UE Spatial Experiments
253.361 UE Seeing Light
253.362 UE Spatial Strategies
Excursions (2 ECTS)
253.365 Spatial Design Excursion
ASSIGNMENT
Space as a manifesto see exercise program 2023.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The assignment consisted of the partial performances of the individual exercises, each of which is completed, revised if necessary, and subsequently graded. All partial performances lead to the final submission: presentation of the designed room sequence, models, documentation of the individual exercise steps and the elaborated plan material compiled in an A3 folder, material boards and material samples (possibly tactile boards). Model construction M I 1:50, M1:20 or after consultation with the supervisors, plans in scales M I 1:50 and detailed plans in scales depending on the design (after consultation with the supervisors); material samples.