Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session

Recitations: 5 sessions total, 3 hours / session

Course Description

This course will guide graduate students through the process of using rapid prototyping and CAD/CAM devices in a studio environment. The class has a theoretical focus on machine use within the process of design. Each student is expected to have completed one graduate level of design computing with a full understanding of solid modeling in CAD. Students are also expected to have completed at least one graduate design studio.

Texts

Buy at Amazon Kieran, Stephen, and James Timberlake. Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies are Poised to Transform Building Construction. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 9780071433211.

Buy at Amazon Schodek, Daniel, et al. Digital Design and Manufacturing: CAD/CAM Applications in Architecture and Design. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471456360.

Grading

Your grade will be based on full participation in all aspects of the course, including attendance, completion of assignments, final presentations, and class participation.

ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGES
Assignments 60%
Final presentations 30%
Class participation 10%