Architectural Design, Level II: Material Essence: The Glass House

Topics

• Show and Tell Introduction to Studios
• Project 1: Introduction
• All Studios - Field Trip to T. Island
• Pin Up of First Individual Ideas/Concepts but in Groups
• Group Esquisse Hybridization Desk Crits
• Group Presentations of Design Strategies Assignment of Faculty
• Research, Development and Testing
• Working Pin Ups with Faculty
• Workshop Prototype/Fabrication
• Review of Group Work with Critics
• Project 2A: Introduction Wellesley Visit Site Studies/Model
• Desk Crits
• Pin Up
• Project 2B: Site and Material Studies
• Tim Eliasson Lecture Pin-up with Tim Eliasson
• Trip to Tri-Pyramid, Concord
• Field Trip: Fort Worth
• Project 3 Concepts/Design Generation
• Pin-up with Guest Critics
• Project 3.2: Design Organization
• Andrew Scott in St Louis Tony Hunt Lecture
• Mid Project Review
• Project 4: Skin and Bones Materials Language
• Desk Crits Peter Cook Lecture
• Peter del Tredici: Plants Desk Crits
• Project 5: Prototype and Fabricate Make and Test: Workshop Pin-up
• Review Final Project: Design Synthesis/Presentation
• Mock-ups
• MArch Thesis Reviews
• Final Review