Architectural Design I

6 units

The second year of the core studio sequence examines interactions between architecture and technology through the design of a medium-scale project. Key concerns include transformative emerging technology, cultural and material production, and labor practices in relation to digital tools and systems. This year emphasizes choice as students are supported in clarifying their 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 materials, cladding, and interiors in a series of design projects that include: (1) modules, (2) a screen, and (3) a live/work space. Exercises explore problems of part-to-whole relationships, cladding and ornament, and public and private space. Architectural Design I is the third in the series of the five required core studios in the undergraduate architecture program. All students initially register for section 01. The studio coordinator will assign students to sections at the start of the semester and students will change their section registration at that time.