university of oregon - school of architecture and allied arts - department of architecture
analog
/ digital studio – arch 484/584 – prof. nancy cheng
revised 10/25/00
THEME |
CONTENT FOCUS |
MEDIA / METHOD |
PRODUCT |
DATE |
1 Community |
Background
research |
Web
report |
Website
including site
resources |
|
2 Place |
Site
Analysis / Documentation: Identify
essential issues, deficiencies, potentials |
Use
digital photos, video, sketches and diagrams to represent the site on the
web |
|
|
3 Place response |
Scheming,
massing as site response |
Use
sketches or Photoshop over site images to generate massing ideas. Test block models in site by using images
as backgrounds in FormZ. |
Massing
as 3D drawing or model |
|
4 Designing through Stories |
Technology
enhancing community |
Design
a concept of how technology in the built environment can foster collective
memory Scenarios |
Group
storyboard, Individual photocollage or sketches |
Final
web-page Mon. Nov. 13 |
5 Structural Order |
Hillside
design |
Examine
structural options. wall, pier or
column for vertical support; beams, arches or trusses for spanning. |
Framing
plans, Axonometric
view of structure |
Plans
Wed 5pm, Axon Fri.
Oct.27 |
6 Sequence |
Experiential
public sequence, program refinement, Focusing and editing |
Study
how light and enclosure shape a memorable spatial sequence |
1/16”
Plan, 1/16” Section, structural axon, animation |
Wed. Nov.
1 |
7 Collaboration |
Composition
with emblematic images, evocative texts, details to incorporate |
Photoshop
dialogue |
Sequence
of images as Animated GIF or QTVR (tentative) |
Wed.
Nov. 8 |
8 Color & Finishes |
Interior
development of room with technology enhancing community |
Using
a computer model, design a room that embodies the essence of gathering. Create variants that show how color and
material can shape the atmosphere. |
Rendered
views, room section & plan at ½” |
Mon.
Nov. 13 (video-review Nov. 15) |
9 Materiality |
Building
Articulation, Construction systems, Perception
of detailing through the human body: views and touch |
Draw
an example of a well-designed connection and design your own detail that is
related to it. Digital transformation
optional. |
Physical
or Computer Models, animation of construction |
Nov.
22 |
10 Order |
Façade
composition, materials |
Photos
of models, photocollage |
Elevation
images |
Nov.
29 |