202301_AT_MS Architectural Technologies

Architectural Technologies
SCI-Arc EDGE MS

Technology never stops developing. Living in the age of AI, the impact of AI and exponentially developing technologies in every field of our life is inevitable. Today humanity is challenged to re-think about the relationship of humans and technology. To re-establish better and more harmonious roles for both. In this course, we will challenge ourselves to re-think about different aspects of our future/city/life approaching from an architectural point of view. Each student will develop an individual project proposal by the end of the semester. This proposal deals with a unique approach towards the use of technologies in our near future under the architectural discourse. Each project proposal will be delivered equivalent to an entrepreneur pitch/proposal.

Course Description:
The students will execute a research project to a level of resolution sufficient to either seek funding for additional research/ business development or position themselves for advancement in their chosen career trajectories. All projects will utilize advanced design technology, often in experimental ways beyond the current scope of industry. Topics of automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, sensing and xr technologies will carry over from the previous studio’s initial research projects. Consequently, a primary focus of the summer studio will be executing design, and narrative representations to clearly communicate the value of each student’s research for contemporary practice, culture, or society. This will require students to demonstrate both an applied knowledge of the technology specific to their research agenda, as well as produce representational materials speculating and situating their research in contemporary practice for a broader audience.

Course Organization:
Students will work individually on developing a program concluding a research project of their own definition.

Ex1) The first three weeks will feature a technical workshop mainly using Unity to develop custom applications.
Ex2) This exercise will lead to the next three week’s exercise – an acceleration project – to develop the overall outline of your project itself.
There will be several workshops pursued in parallel during the first half of the semester to help boost up individual skill sets. And the second half of the semester will focus on packaging the ideas together as a business proposal/ project pitch using multimedia/ interactive and creative exhibition formats. Note that the proposal must include a creative approach towards technology in architectural discourse.

Students will present project progress and a mockup application at the midterm in week 7.
A pre-final will conclude the official semester in week 13. Students will rehearse final statements, presentation materials, show progress on the text component and construct progress.
A final exhibition and symposium will conclude the semester featuring guest reviewers and students in a panel format on week15.

Student Learning Objectives and Outcomes:
Student Learning Objective 1: Students will learn how to formulate their research into a coherent written article for publishing
Student Learning Outcome 1: Students will produce a min 500 – max 3000 word statement/article
Student Learning Objective 2: Students will learn how to publish and promote their work through contemporary mediums
Student Learning Outcome 2: Students will develop an interactive and promotional video pitch to best communicate/represent the project to targeted audiences.
Student Learning Objective 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationship between platform based systems and physical aspects of architecture
Student Learning Outcome 3: Students will construct a proposal of a physical construct for following summer. This includes developing representational materials utilizing it in conjunction with digital platforms.

Project(s) Overview:
In developing the individual student research projects, all projects will include three minimal deliverables:
1- A 500 word minimum manifesto/essay/statement aimed for publication and to help clarify project statements and direction.
2 – A 6-10min project video
3 – A design proposal and a scaled physical mockup of the summer exhibition

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Yu-Ting Chang
Prachi Sunil Choudhary
Gaurav Dua
Maxsolace Chidindu Enwere (Solace)
Yewoinhareg Tesfa Geberemariam (Yewoin)
Raksha Shree Hiriyadka Shetty
Abhishek Kadian
Luise Kaut
Bingkun Liu (Benk)
Bruno Marsino
Jinyong Park (Jin)
Jonathan Paul Penvose (Jon)
Golara Soltani Sedeh

Yu-Ting Chang

Prachi Sunil Choudhary

Maxsolace Chidindu Enwere

Raksha Shree Hiriyadka Shetty

Luise Kaut

Yewoinhareg Tesfa Geberemariam

Abhishek Kadian

Jonathan Paul Penvose

Bingkun Liu

Jinyong Park

Gaurav Dua

Golara Soltani Sedeh

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