Design communication pervades the way design approaches today may be seen as systematic frameworks for participation that evolve through understandings of context through phenomenology from the bottom-up. This course will investigate design communication methods in parallel with architectural studio projects in three approaches: qualitative diagramming; analog parametrics; and digital parametrics, as a way to explore the human experience of each student’s design intent.
Students will bridge analog and digital media to create systems approaches that calibrate existing and proposed conditions. This method of systems thinking allows students to use digital media to apply existing data, performative and subjective in nature, not as singularities but as systems. The course will introduce theoretical ideas in a lecture format and provide opportunities for one-to-one workshop learning in a studio setting applied to studio design projects.
Required Software: Rhino 5.0 for Windows, Vray for Rhino and Adobe Creative Suite Basic (Photoshop, Illustrator and In-Design).
* The department will provide lab license access to Rhino 4.0 and VRay for Rhino. Hardware Requirements: please see http://aaa.uoregon.edu/computing/purchasing/student#architecture, PC or Mac. Additional Hardware Strong Recommendations: minimum 8+ GB RAM, an external monitor, a mouse, an Ethernet cable (some studio will and will not be hard wired). Virtualization software such VMware or Parallels is optional.
UO Design Communication II 