Basic Design and Research I

Catalog description

This beginning design studio will prepare students to communicate design ideas through drawing and modeling, promoting analog/traditional techniques, in addition to digital media and processes in design and presentation of design. This course will introduce students to the iterative process of design, involving constructive & critical feedback from peers and instructors. Students will learn to present evidence of reasoned solutions to design problems and explanation and defense of design decisions in graphic form. They will learn to visually communicate ideas and thoughts. This course will include exercises in precedent research and analysis, site analysis, response to building program and the integration of research into design proposals. The students will design and represent their proposals at various scales in response to analysis and research. They will plan, draw, and model their proposals, and present their design(s) to their peers and faculty. This course will emphasize ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) outcomes: - "an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data," - "an ability to communicate effectively," (ABET/Criteria for ABET Programs, 2007, p. 2).