Designing in the CAD Studio (1988)
article⁄Designing in the CAD Studio (1988)
abstract⁄The ‘CAD Studio’ is one of many design options that fourth year students may select in the College of Architecture. In this electronic environment, the students analyze and present their designs totally on the computer. The vehicle used is a fifteen week architectural problem called the ‘Calor Redesign Project’.The ‘Calor’ problem requires the move of a famous residence to a hot arid climate. The residence must then be redesigned in the original architect’s style so the building becomes as energy efficient as possible in its new arid environment. The students are required to use as design criteria a new building program, the design philosophy of the original architect, and appropriate passive energy techniques that will reduce the thermal stress on the building. The building’s energy response is measured by using an envelope energy analysis program called ‘Calor’.Much of the learning comes from imposing a new set of restraints on a famous piece of architecture and asking the student to redesign it. The students not only need to learn and use a different design philosophy, but also develop new skills to communicate their ideas on the computer. Both Macintosh and IBM computers are used with software ranging from Microsoft Works, Superpaint, AutoCAD, MegaCAD, Dr Halo, to Calor.
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| Year |
1988 |
| Authors |
Dvorak, Robert W. |
| Issue |
Computing in Design Education |
| Pages |
123-134 |
| Library link |
Pamela J. Bancroft, 1988. bib⁄Computing In Design Education. ACADIA. |
| Entry filename |
designing-cad-studio |
