Design: Foundation Studio
University of Virginia, School of Architecture
Fall + Spring 2010, Introduction to Design I + II
Fall + Spring 2010, Introduction to Design I + II
As a studio instructor for the two-semester sequence that introduces students to the academic architectural studio, I led a group of students through the manual and digital exercises associated with the ARCH 201 and ARCH 202.
The first course represents the beginning of the undergraduate architectural design sequence and addressed comprehensive design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. The material covered in this course was presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises, workshops, reviews, and symposia which involve the students in the thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication, and comprehensive critical design strategies. As an introduction to space and form making, Architecture 2010 challenged students to think, draw, and fabricate critically. In this course students are introduced to othographic conventions through a tool drawing exercise, digital design through the conceptual and spatial manipulation of a knot, and manual fabrication through the creation of a small-scale live-work space for Downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.
The second course within the introductory design sequence challenged students to expand their skills through analytical diagramming and large-scale collaborative mapping exercises, in two and three dimensions. The capstone project for the students was an adaptive reuse proposal for a site in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The first course represents the beginning of the undergraduate architectural design sequence and addressed comprehensive design principles, skill sets, and critical thinking. The material covered in this course was presented through a series of lectures, projects, exercises, workshops, reviews, and symposia which involve the students in the thoughtful application of fundamental design principles, foundational techniques of representation and fabrication, and comprehensive critical design strategies. As an introduction to space and form making, Architecture 2010 challenged students to think, draw, and fabricate critically. In this course students are introduced to othographic conventions through a tool drawing exercise, digital design through the conceptual and spatial manipulation of a knot, and manual fabrication through the creation of a small-scale live-work space for Downtown Charlottesville, Virginia.
The second course within the introductory design sequence challenged students to expand their skills through analytical diagramming and large-scale collaborative mapping exercises, in two and three dimensions. The capstone project for the students was an adaptive reuse proposal for a site in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Disassemble, Unravel and Intwine
Arch 201
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Shelter, Map and AdaptArch 202
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