This is a vertical elective combining students in their fourth and fifth year of the BArch program with students from the architecture graduate programs. The content of the elective options varies from year to year, and covers advanced topics that invite innovation in the areas of design media and digital craft.Section Description:The seminar will explore the conceptual and technical implications of computational design, digital fabrication and other emerging methodologies in architecture, art and design. Special emphasis will be placed on exploring experimental techniques related to parametric and generative software, advanced visualization techniques, material explorations using 3d printing, hybrid prototypes and simulations. The seminar will be structured around a series of topic-based software workshops culminating in the design, visualization and prototyping of a medium-scale experimental pavilion. For the final project students will fabricate a mock-up of a key detail or tectonic assembly from their pavilion. Upon completion of the course students will have acquired intermediate to advanced knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper and various plug-ins.

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