MERCADO LA PALOMA Prof. Teddy Slowik | Abhay Narasimhan | January - May 2024
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
ARCH102b: Architectural Design I
This design studio guides students to create meaningful forms, design the massing model by combining these forms using methods of addition, subtraction, and intersection, adjust the massing model based on programmatic requirements, and finish the building by adding architectural elements. The students begin by tackling a series of abstract problems - creating abstract/figural forms, analyzing these forms through diagrams, and examining these forms in terms of artistic/rhetoric expressions such as solid vs. void, volume vs. shell, repetition/pattern/rhythm, and light and shadow. The students will engage in critical debates in the current architectural discourse. The students then shift their attention to programmatic concerns. They begin by studying precedents and making diagrams based on the spatial/formal qualities as well as the programmatic attributes of the precedents. During the final phase of the studio, the students further develop their building design by adjusting the existing forms and creating new ones based on programmatic explorations.