First Year

Introduction to architectural studios and the entire design process. How do humans experience space, and what is design?

Fall Quarter: Design Principles

  • 2 Pictures, 1 Composition
  • 2 Pictures 1 composition
  • 99 Diagrams of 3 art pieces
  • Mockup Model of one diagram
  • Negative Mold
  • Positive Mold Draft
  • Final Casted model
  • Final Casted Model
  • Hand Drawing of Final Model
  • Hand Drawings of final product
  • Start with platonic solid
  • Cut with 3 shearing planes
  • Final Design rolled out
  • Final product from bent sheet metal
  • Final product
  • Final Product
  • Hand drawings of final product
  • 6″ cube from 1x4x4
  • Each side follows different mathematical sequence
  • Draft cube
  • All sequences cut
  • Final cube
  • All first year products
  • All first year products
  • Final cube in context
  • Hand drawing of cube
  • Hand collage of final cube
  • Exploded axon of final cube

Winter Quarter: Human Interactions Within Design

  • Detail movement of human hand
  • Final product
  • Learn to weld
  • Small site design mock up in a 4 person group
  • Final product installed on site
  • Photo of Detail
  • Charcoal Drawing of Detail

Spring Quarter: Built Environments

  • Make a structure out of bamboo and sleep in it
  • Base of our strucutre
  • Me sleeping in one of the beds
  • Whole structure installed on hilled site
  • 4 person groups creating new design of existing pier
  • Each section slightly different
  • My group’s plans
  • Process of bending
  • Our portion in context with rest of groups
  • Our section
  • Final Pier
  • Full pier
  • Our final at scale model