DESIGN 1 (first semester studio)

Project 1: Cube
heirarchy of space
systems and materials
process through models and drawings (plan, section, axonometric)

Project 2: Matrix
role of the field and moments within the field
translation of external generators (i.e. specific reading, painting, music, film)
further exploration of materials and methods of drawing

Project 3: Room & Garden
human scale and occupation
conditions of interior and exterior and their relationships
further exploration of materials and methods of drawing

 

 

DESIGN 2 (second semester studio)

Project 1: Folding Inward
analysis of existing domestic project through drawings and models
understanding of internalized conditions of project
exploration of communication and research techniques

Project 2: Folding Outward
analysis of existing domestic scale project
understanding of extended and projected conditions

Project 3: Plenum
understanding of the space between, the interstitial
exploration of materials and construction

Project 4: Vessel
construction at full-scale and understanding of materials and joints
connection of design and tangible functionalities

Project 5: Campus Analysis
analysis through physical experience, understanding of site
suggested interventions within a site that respond to analysis

Second semester studios also include a free-hand sketching component that is incorporated into the projects and explore the event of seeing. Exercises focus on relationships between objects, light and shadow, contour, proportion and scale, density and movement. Graduate Teaching Associates take one course that extensively and intensely runs through all exercises, and includes disscussion of issues on the execution of these exercises in a design studio.