New Vision: Designing for New Tools

3 units

This course is a research project between the School of Architecture and the Computer Science Department at Washington University in St. Louis. The course starts with lectures on fundamentals of architectural perception with spatial context and Computer Vision based 3D modeling methods. We will introduce state-of-the-art imaging applications on tablets and PCs, and explain the underlying technologies. The final project/research is to develop digital models and translations of an un-built architectural project through experimental visual tools that will alter 3D modeling with Computer Vision as aids. This interdisciplinary course offering will have a potential to significantly broaden the interests and knowledge of our students in both departments, and create new research and education opportunities at an interesting intersection of two different fields.