Saturday, August 25, 2007

STUDIO PHASES

THE RESEARCH / ANALYSIS

  1. The studio work will proceed from an analysis (quantitative/ qualitative) of the Schneider&Schumacher - “Infobox” built for the Potsdamer Platz.
  2. Students will in a second step examine typical mobile buildings, used as info/ construction site offices or similar, in their various configurations as they are marketed in different countries, in order to determine the construction standardization, types and their requirements.

Both is intended to provide an idea and understand the maximum scope and dimension of the “actual part” of the semester project.

  1. An analysis of parallel worlds of different scales from second life to typical city homepages, city portals, and marketing sites of cities like Berlin, Dubai or also websites of general contractors, representing local public information and offering virtual tours to visitors will provide an experience to foster the “virtual part” of the semester project.


All studio research will be collected and made available to all the class.


THE PROJECT DESIGN PHASE

Design Process:

Based on generated research data of the structure, programmatic distribution, efficiency etc., accumulated during the research phase the students will start to assemble their own proposal, which will develop from physical 3D-pattern models.
Students are required to make 3D-parties as successive models of a generative design process.
Importance is laid onto the recording of each successive step, the parameter changes that lead to differentiation between the models.

The studio will refer to:

a. Patterns, development rules (see booklist)

b. industrial product design, product manufacturing strategies and assembly (references)

c. selected examples of architecture (links)

d. materials

e. structure

f. signage

Users:
The project will address the Typology of users, such as Berlin’s residents (visitors, shoppers, future residents), international travelers, people involved in the construction site, train commuters etc.

Program:
The proposal will cover a range of programmatic spaces/ units to be determined.

Site:
Student teams will insert their proposal into the Lehrter Bahnhof plaza, a large open space with view over the river Spree and to the Reichstag.

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