Introduction to Design Processes II

4.5 units

The first year of the core studio sequence examines interactions between architecture and environments through the design of a small-scale project. Key concerns include global climate change, ecological systems, and sustainability. This year emphasizes experimentation in which students search for a conceptual position relative to architecture history, theory, and culture via the iterative development of form, geometry, space, and aesthetics. More specifically, this studio focuses on engagement with surfaces, flows, and assemblies in a series of design projects that include: (1) a tectonic surface, (2) land and waterscapes, and (3) a gathering space. Exercises explore problems of size and scale, object to field, and figure-ground. Introduction to Design Processes II is the second in the series of the five required core studios in the undergraduate architecture program.