Summer 2022

This course focused on 3D modeling of complex geometric components in Architecture and design. Concepts explored concentrated on the advancement of digital design as an iterative process. Various modeling types covered are: Parametric Modeling, Generative Modeling, Responsive Modeling and Form Finding.

This course is an in-depth exploration of new visualization techniques to support and express architectural design through 3D rendering. Topics covered include 3D modeling, cameras, lighting, material mapping, and rendering output. Presentation concepts covered include storytelling, rendering style, visual mood, and image composition.

This course uses digital and analogue methods of fabrication to explore contemporary art and design within the city of chicago. Students will make use of the CNC Machines and Metal Working equipment to produce sculptures and functional objects that will be reviewed as a group. The class will dive into the work of several artists and designers whose work will be analyzed as a class through lectures and in person visits to shows in the city. Drawing will be used as a tool to observe and produce plans for fabricating objects in the shop environment. Those who take the class will leave with a wide range of fabrication skills and the ability to expand their creative identity. This class will meet bi-weekly for 8 weeks, each week will introduce new skills and design challenges.

We are a Design/Build Architectural Studio from the Illinois Institute of Technology focused on community oriented projects. Our project proposal includes a community library addition in Lâm Đong, Viet Nam.

The project is an opportunity to respond to climate change in a real world setting with an existing community in need. We will arrive as guests to partner with the local expertise and craftsmanship and offer our knowledge and support. This partnership will serve as an exchange of ideas and expertise. It will produce an outcome that cannot be attained through research alone. We see learning from vernacular architecture as a place of potential solutions.

ARCH 456 & ARCH 468