A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
During the summer and fall semester of 2006 a new course called The International Smart Structures Lab brought together architecture students from the US, the Netherlands and Germany in a collaborative studio setting to focus on new ideas in digital design and synthetic fabrication. The architecture students worked in international teams on design projects taught by faculty from three different institutions. The idea for the collaborative studio was to transcend political boundaries to achieve a cross pollination of critical pedagogical and style elements. The socio-cultural implications and necessity of such collaborations in an increasingly flat world were a key factor in the creation of the course. New technology in the building industry increasingly calls for architects to blend disciplines. In a studio setting we were able to examine the workflow between digital design and modeling tools, analysis and fabrication tools as well as various analog design and fabrication methods. The collaboration was a very valuable pedagogical experience for all participants because of the design exercise, the digital fabrication component and the shared communication platform.
During the summer and fall semester of 2006 a new course called The International Smart Structures Lab brought together architecture students from the US, the Netherlands and Germany in a collaborative studio setting to focus on new ideas in digital design and synthetic fabrication. The architecture students worked in international teams on design projects taught by faculty from three different institutions. The idea for the collaborative studio was to transcend political boundaries to achieve a cross pollination of critical pedagogical and style elements. The socio-cultural implications and necessity of such collaborations in an increasingly flat world were a key factor in the creation of the course. New technology in the building industry increasingly calls for architects to blend disciplines. In a studio setting we were able to examine the workflow between digital design and modeling tools, analysis and fabrication tools as well as various analog design and fabrication methods. The collaboration was a very valuable pedagogical experience for all participants because of the design exercise, the digital fabrication component and the shared communication platform.
Smart Structures
Stach, Edgar (author)
2019-06-20
ARCC Conference Repository; 2008: Changes of Paradigms | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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