TA: Darshi KapadiaEmergent Forms: Design and Fabrication
Computational design and workflows have the potential to develop, high-performance, complex forms
through the application of innovative material and fabrication systems. These forms are generated through
input parameters, geometrical constraints, understanding of - physical forces, material systems, and
fabrication processes. The foundation studio enables students to develop systemic thinking and design computational forms as an outcome of the integrated material and fabrication processes. It investigates the principles of self-organization and emergence to conceptualize and execute a component-based, assembly system. These
computational systems allow the strategic alteration of the component to allow diversity, evolution, and
adaptation of form. Students explore bottom-up, numerical-form finding, and optimization techniques to develop emergent forms. The forms will be materialized through the application of mathematical and geometric principles derived from natural systems and by defining the component''s interaction with
each other and environment. Through alternating digital and analog modeling, the forms
will be further analyzed and optimized for their structural, material, and functional performance.
The studio equips students with the core skills of using computational tools, techniques, and fabrication
processes. It will conclude with an effective demonstration of an integrated – Form, material, and
processes within multiple domains of design by digital models and scaled prototypes
