Abstract
This paper presents experiments in digital design teaching methodologies at the collegiate level within architectural education. The experiments manifested themselves in the form of three design workshops for students from different levels within the undergraduate architecture degree program at the University of Kentucky. Collectively titled “Translations”, these workshops speculated on strategies for the integration of analogue drawing and making with digital translations within the architectural design process. The events were organized around the concept of employing multiple modes of making, a diverse set of design techniques, and mixed media. The theme of the workshops grew from the belief that multiplication and hybridization of making ensures a cyclical design process in which concepts are translated from state to state, opening the possibility for interpretation, intuition, and innovation within the process of architectural design. The workshop series demonstrated the production of sophisticated architectural concepts and potent architectural design investigations through carefully considered blending of analogue techniques of drawing and making with complex digital design software and relevant digital fabrication resources. Materiality, pattern making, composition, architectural form, and digital craft were featured as primary points of departure and output within each workshop event.
Keywords
Architecture, Digital Design, Parametric Design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.097
Citation
Miller, K.,and Thenhaus, C.(2013) Translations: Digital & Physical Interchanges, in Reitan, J.B., Lloyd, P., Bohemia, E., Nielsen, L.M., Digranes, I., & Lutnæs, E. (eds.), DRS // Cumulus: Design Learning for Tomorrow, 14-17 May, Oslo, Norway. https://doi.org/10.21606/learnxdesign.2013.097
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Translations: Digital & Physical Interchanges
This paper presents experiments in digital design teaching methodologies at the collegiate level within architectural education. The experiments manifested themselves in the form of three design workshops for students from different levels within the undergraduate architecture degree program at the University of Kentucky. Collectively titled “Translations”, these workshops speculated on strategies for the integration of analogue drawing and making with digital translations within the architectural design process. The events were organized around the concept of employing multiple modes of making, a diverse set of design techniques, and mixed media. The theme of the workshops grew from the belief that multiplication and hybridization of making ensures a cyclical design process in which concepts are translated from state to state, opening the possibility for interpretation, intuition, and innovation within the process of architectural design. The workshop series demonstrated the production of sophisticated architectural concepts and potent architectural design investigations through carefully considered blending of analogue techniques of drawing and making with complex digital design software and relevant digital fabrication resources. Materiality, pattern making, composition, architectural form, and digital craft were featured as primary points of departure and output within each workshop event.