Balancing Computer Use and Design Content in Studio Projects (1998)
article⁄Balancing Computer Use and Design Content in Studio Projects (1998)
abstract⁄Particular design approaches must be taught in order totake advantage of the strengths of computers in design rather thanattempting to make computers conform to methods developed asbyproducts of manual design techniques. For the last three yearsour team of faculty teaching the second year design studio hasbeen trying different approaches to the use of computers in design, in order to find the advantages and opportunities especiallysuited to electronic media.There are several projects during the semester which usecomputers at different stages of the design process. One of theseprojects, called ‘A Spatial Sequence,’ uses information from aprevious project as well as the knowledge from the computerclass in parallel to design studio. The project asked students tocreate spatial archetypes based on the work of wellknown architects. They explore the following topics as represented in the workof one particular architect relationships of major spacesminorspaces, approachentry, and transitionthreshold. Following theanalysis, they create digital models to explore the spaces formedby their archetypes. Before committing to a physical study model,they look at the transitions between spaces by creating a sequence using the digital model and producing a series of shotsthrough the digital model to show the flow of spaces. The use ofcomputer through the process accelerates the options available toexplore a sequence of elements, while simultaneously giving thema window to look into the spaces they have created. This hybridized approach of precedent analysis, digital modeling, and physical modeling was uniquely suited to the studio problem.
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| Year |
1998 |
| Authors |
Blazquez, Oscar; Hardin, Mary. |
| Issue |
Digital Design Studios: Do Computers Make a Difference? |
| Pages |
36-43 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
balancing-computer-use-design-content-studio |
