Space for Others

Space for Others is an interdisciplinary design research studio combining human centered design, architecture, interior design, and adjacent spatial design disciplines to explore the inclusive co-creation of space for others using advanced design and fabrication technologies. 

This semester we will be examining aggregate building systems and intuitive assembly grammars, using computational modeling and digital fabrication techniques, participatory making scenarios, and collaborative design methods. Our goal is to design, test and build a full-scale installation that invites others to be part of the design and assembly process. 

This course is fully-funded. We will work both individually and collaboratively. While not required, knowledge of Rhino/Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator & InDesign, as well as experience working with laser cutters, CNC mills, and 3D printing will be helpful.  

The course is open to students in the Department of Human Centered Design, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture, or with instructor permission.

To successfully complete this course, you will be expected to: participate in class reviews, tutorials, presentations and discussions, assignments, and projects; to work effectively and productively, as both individuals and groups; and to synthesize the information presented in tutorials, lectures and readings to craft thoughtful and rigorously researched design projects. To do this we will utilize a series of design methodologies directed toward following objectives:

• engage in collaborative design and research strategies through group work 

• utilize research and analysis methods that investigate operative systems, and human centered processes

• explore intuitive methods for envisioning, organizing, and making spaces

• develop and deploy graphic techniques of communication, and narrative structure

• explore digital and physical modes of design, fabrication, visualization, and documentation

• create frameworks that invite inclusion and participation

This course is divided into 2 halves, each composed of a series of interconnected assignments. Together they will allow you to leverage prior design experiences and skill sets as well as develop new ones, to conceptualize, generate, communicate, and produce a speculative yet resolved design proposition. Grading for each half is as follows:

• Part 01 : 40%

• Part  02 : 60%

PART 01: Week 01 (Aug 27th) - Week 06 (Oct. 3rd)

Assignments:

• Assignment 01: Found Logic

• Assignment 02: The Grammar of Gathering

• Assignment 03: Assembly Algorithms

• Assignment 04: An Invitation

• Assignment 05: A Shared System

Reviews:

• Part 01 Final Review - Oct 3rd
  

PART 02: Week 07 (Oct. 8th) - Week 15 (Dec.5th)

Assignments:

• Assignment 06: Ideations (in Class)

• Assignment 07: Iterations

• Assignment 08: Prototypes

• Assignment 09: Production

• Assignment 10: Documentation

• Assignment 11: Assembly

Reviews:

• Part 02 Final Review - Dec. 5th

Exhibition: Week 15 - 16 (Dec. 3rd - 13th)

Final Submissions: Week 16 (Dec. 13th)

Online Work Submission

• Project 1 + 2 - Dec. 13th