Dynamic Architectural Visualization

3 units

Spatial animation for architecture urban design, landscape and interior design is being used as an everyday design process. This powerful dynamic media allows designers to fully understand and comprehend the totality of natural phenomena and spatial perception within the digital environment. This course explores the basic aspects of design and producing digital animations. Students develop storyboards in terms of clarity of storyline, time curves, motion paths, and advanced rendering techniques. Key frame and interpolation techniques are developed to aid the editing process. This course also covers video editing as a creative tool combining audio and visual manipulation. Each student will engage in dynamic perception through assemblage of time, space, and emotional aspects of cinemetic experience.