Calendar and Schedule, ARCAD Spring 1996

PART 1: UNDERSTANDING THE DESIGN TASK

Wed 1/17 --> SODA HALL

Organizational Meeting, Course Overview, Motivation;

Review of the 1995 Course;

Mon 1/22 --> SODA HALL

Initial Design Phase

Introduction to Assignment #1.

Wed 1/24 --> JOINT MEETING in SODA HALL

Introduction to key CAD tools to be used in Assignment #1;

Mon 1/29 --> SODA HALL

The VLSI CAD revolution,

Managing Complexity

Wed 1/31 --> JOINT MEETING in SODA HALL

Discussion of Assignment #1.

Introduction to key CAD tools to be used in Assignment #2;

Mon 2/5 --> SODA HALL

Representing Shapes and Geometry

UniGrafix, FormZ, DXF...

Wed 2/7 --> JOINT MEETING in SODA HALL

Architect-Client Meeting

Building program specifications, site selection...

Mon 2/12 --> SODA HALL

Discussion of Assignment #2

Ways of creating building shapes, VRML editor

Preparation for CAD-tool Project Selection

Wed 2/14 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Site description and site selection

First discussion of massing options for urban site

Mini-project selection by Friday 2/16

Mon 2/19 --> NO CLASS

President's Day Holiday

Wed 2/21 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Architect's view of architectural design.

Form_follows_function and Function_follows_form.

{CHS in Baltimore}

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PART 2: CAD TOOL PROTOTYPING AND CONSTRUCTION

Mon 2/26 --> SODA HALL

Methods for clustered placements of bubble diagrams

More on geometry representation.

Wed 2/28 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Review of Architect's massing and shape studies.

Mon 3/4 --> SODA HALL

Review of placement algorithms

Application to architecture

Generic issues to be addressed in our database

Wed 3/6 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Review of Architect's final conceptual design

Mon 3/11 --> SODA HALL

Introduction to the 1995 Architectural Database

Extending the existing database

Wed 3/13 --> JOINT MEETING in SODA HALL

Representing geometry in the database

Dualism between spaces and structural elements

Wed 3/18 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Demonstration and discussion of Floor Plan Editor

Wed 3/20 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Review of Architect's conceptual design

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3/25-3/29 : SPRING RECESS

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PART 3: CAD TOOL INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION

Mon 4/1 --> SODA HALL

Progress discussion on Mini-Projects

Organization of the new database

Wed 4/3 --> JOINT MEETING in WURSTER HALL

Review of Architect's final conceptual design

Database implementation issues

Discussion with BDA group from LBL 3-5pm

Mon 4/8 --> SODA HALL

Mid-term presentations on Mini-Projects

Wed 4/10 --> SODA HALL

Seminar: James Landay, CMU: "Interactive Sketching for the Early Stages of User Interface Design"; - 2pm-3pm, 438 Soda Hall

Mon 4/15

Wed 4/17 --> WURSTER HALL

Discussion with BDA group from LBL 3:30-5:30pm

Mon 4/22

Wed 4/24

Mon 4/29

Wed 5/1

Mon 5/6

Course-project presentations

Wrap-up

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