Making and Modeling Fundamentals

The course hones student ability to express architectural form and ideas through a variety of mediums, techniques, languages and communication styles. Students will explore drawing and 3D techniques to show process and idea development as well as communication of those ideas to others. Emphasis will be placed on analog techniques of representation and modeling, material investigations, visual and verbal presentation skills, graphic design, and the significance of "the hand" in creation. As part of the course, students will have the opportunity to tour local workshops and engage with architectural craftspeople to build and expand skill sets. Historic and current precedents will be studied through model making, drawing, and a variety of presentation methods. Open to all level of students, but designed for Sustainable Architecture + Engineering majors who have taken CEE 133A or CEE 33Q, the class will demonstrate how technique and craft can communicate concept, why iteration and intention are concomitant, and where the foundation of a personal design language begins.