Students learn about key concepts that underlie advanced geometric modeling and computer-aided architectural design systems.

The course covers key concepts for advanced geometric modeling and architectural geometry as well as computer-aided architectural design systems. Topics include: offsets; freeform surfaces; motions, sweeping, and shape evolution; deformation; visualization and analysis of shapes; parametric modeling; and performance-based modeling. Tentative schedule available at http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/student/arch/

• >>> this lecture will be held in the Summer semester! <<<
• Location: ZS 3, Freihaus, 7. Stock (green tower)
• Dates: Tuesday, 11:00 - 12:30 Uhr
• Book used in the course: Architectural Geometry by H. Pottmann, A. Asperl, M. Hofer und A. Kilian, Bentley Institute Press, 2007.
• The core of the course are chapters 10-15 of the above book. Additional course material is available via TUWEL.
• Exam: written exam at the end of January. Sign up online for the exam via TISS. An additional exam will be offered in the spring semester.
• This lecture is highly recommended as a preparation for the exercises in CAAD and Geometry in the summer term.
• Knowledge of the concepts presented in the lecture are a prerequisite for the exercises.

written exam

Book: Architectural Geometry by H. Pottmann, A. Asperl, M. Hofer and A. Kilian, Bentley Institute Press (2007), 724 pages, 2200 figures in color, ISBN 978-1-934493-04-5.

Knowledge from the basic lecture Descriptive Geometry