This Design Media seminar will explore ceramic material assemblies as a locus for expanding architecture’s ecological performance. The seminar will focus on the digital fabrication of modular ceramic systems that can serve as ecological habitats. Building upon existing work at the CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab, the course will integrate ecological research into non-human species, their habitats, and how artificial substrates might benefit a more biodiverse ecosystem. These topics will be explored through readings, seminars, scientific research, case studies, and a series of full-scale fabrication projects focused on modular ceramic systems. Students are required to be familiar with the Rhino 3D modeling software and Grasshopper parametric modeling plugin in order to take the course.

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