After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
Along the course, the students will be exposed to methods of interdisciplinary design thinking.
With the methods of structural simulation, environmental simulation, and parametric design the students will learn to develop designs that can address the multiple requirements of the design brief.
Most of the food we are consuming is not regional and needs to travel a long way to land on our plates. As a new position to environmental change, many refer to eat regionally produced food. This design studio tackles the question of micro regionality under the topic of biophilic design. It hypothesizes that homegrown food can even be produced in our apartments to motivate a culture of self-sufficiency.
Accordingly, the students are required to design a living-space extension that can accommodate the vital needs of multiple species from human, plant to animal and fungi.
The general aim of the course is to design a structural extension in a form of a pop-up oasis that can be attached to a building facade, from an existing material inventory consisting of recycled materials. Accordingly, the course will tackle the topic of recycling building materials, ecological systems, and structural design.
Along with the term, the students will be exposed to methods parametric design, structural simulation, and optimization.
It is required that the participants cover topics of introduction to rhino and grasshopper on their own prior to joining the course.
The tutors will provide them a selection of online tutorials to achieve the basic level of rhino and grasshopper usage.
For successful completion of the course, the students are asked the present a finalized design project, utilizing the methods learned along the course as well as a submission of a documentation folder.