While the phrase 'God is in the details' has been debated, those concerned with the impact of the built environment in shaping human experience should equally consider the phrase 'the devil is in the details.' Buildings are typically conceived with a focus on broad concepts like social, cultural, and economic factors. However, these starting points often relegate crucial architectural nuances to a subordinate role. This studio seeks to challenge this convention through a constant cyclical shift between two vastly different scales of thought: the building scale and that of the scale of the detail.
The studio's objective is to disrupt our traditional approach to architectural compositions and reevaluate the relationships between their components and assemblies. It employs a top-down design approach that questions the part-to-whole relationship between objects, structure, envelope, and site. Additionally, it explores how the inherent attitudes found in everyday objects could be deployed as architectural expressions and organization.
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Research and Ideation
Procedural modeling tools
Narratives
Students formulate speculative chunk models; mesh-based techniques are integrated with traditional orthographic modeling. A strong emphasis is placed on representations through light, material, colour and pattern.
From Objects to Architecture : Students are encouraged to formulate a personalized workflow and aesthetic, with a strong emphasis on graphical representations and critical design enquiry. Models are fine tuned to adhere to program specifics, context, material and graphics without diluting the aesthetic and formal attitude of the preliminary design investigations.
