Controlled Transformations: A method to introduce first year architecture students to digital and parametric design thinking

Controlled Transformations: A method to introduce first year architecture students to digital and parametric design thinking

Vamvakidis, Gerasimos Simos

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The disciplinary aspects of architectural design have been most substantially transformed by digital technologies in the last two decades. Whereas an increasing number of graduate and postgraduate programs have been able to articulate a consistent pedagogic framework that incorporates the particularities and capabilities of the digital world, this task has proved to be much more difficult in the case of undergraduate studies. This paper investigates and evaluates the implementation of a design methodology which was applied during the first term of an undergraduate architectural course in an EU university. This paper will also discuss the practical implications and suitability of its implementation within the context of the first year of our course.

The disciplinary aspects of architectural design have been most substantially transformed by digital technologies in the last two decades. Whereas an increasing number of graduate and postgraduate programs have been able to articulate a consistent pedagogic framework that incorporates the particularities and capabilities of the digital world, this task has proved to be much more difficult in the case of undergraduate studies. This paper investigates and evaluates the implementation of a design methodology which was applied during the first term of an undergraduate architectural course in an EU university. This paper will also discuss the practical implications and suitability of its implementation within the context of the first year of our course.

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DOI: 10.5151/despro-sigradi2016-364

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Vamvakidis, Gerasimos Simos; "Controlled Transformations: A method to introduce first year architecture students to digital and parametric design thinking", p-170-174. In: <strong>XX Congreso de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital [=Blucher Design Proceedings, v.3 n.1]</strong>. São Paulo: Blucher, 2016.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-sigradi2016-364