i. institutional support and commitment to continuous improvement

Course Number & Title:
ARCH & INARC 5004 Design Visualization (3)
Course Description:
This first graduate studio course introduces incom-
ing graduate students to basic 3D representation
and fabrication for architecture and interior archi-
tecture.
Course Goals & Objectives:
1) Design culture: introduction to design as a
practice grounded in cultural and material in-
novation.
2) Design practice: introduction to graduate
design studio as an inquiry-based pedagogy
which depends upon rigorous experimentation
with 3D representation and production.
3) Design techniques: introduction to 3D com-
puter drawing, modeling, and rendering, and
manufacturing techniques.
Student Performance Criterion:
1) Criteria
a)A.6. Fundamental Design Skills
Topical Outline:
1) Students are introduced to design studio
and descriptive media production through a
computer application demos culminating in
technical exercises and small, abstract design
projects, no larger than 20’ x 20’ x 20’ in actual
scale; desk crits and reviews associated with
this work represent 50% of the course.
2) Students are introduced to 3D digital model-
ing and fabrication, including dimensional data
entry, 2D to 3D modeling tools, parametric
modeling tools, material indications, lighting
techniques, rendering, plotting and 3D fabrica-
tion using laser cutting and CNC techniques;
assignments require that students develop
their design project through these modeling
techniques, producing a rendered digital model
and digitally fabricated physical model of their
design; 25% of the course.
3) Students develop the ability to move across
various production platforms, and complete
assignments for their design project that
include exporting and importing files from
one program to another, developing manual
prototypes for digitally fabricated models, and
manipulating digitally fabricated models with
manual techniques; 25% of the course.
Prerequisites:
Admission to the MArch program.
Textbooks/Learning Resources:
Various text and online sources including:
• http://www.rhino3d.com/
• http://www.grasshopper3d.com/
• Grasshopper Primer – 2nd Edition, by
Andrew Payne
• Generative Algorithms with Grasshopper
by Zubin Khabazi
Offered (semester and year):
• Semester: SUMMER
• Year: ONE
Faculty assigned:
• 2009-2010 academic year:
Sterk, Tristan (F/T), Kasemsarn, Richard
(P/T)
• 2010-2011 academic year:
Pancoast, Douglas (F/T), Sterk, Tristan
(F/T)
161 | Spring 2011
IV. Supplemental Information
Supplemental Information
SECTION IV