Architectural Design V-IX: Grafting (GD Deuber)

Abstract

The students have the opportunity to examine rooms that are characterized by architectural elements. We conduct this search throughout the semester and break it down into three phases: space, structure, and whole. We will delve deeply into architectural space and the materialized elements that define that space.

Objective

The students develop an architectural design based on the topic "Grafting" with the integrated discipline 3D visualization, supported by various experts (structural design, energy efficiency engineering, landscape architecture / plant knowledge, 3D visualization). They deal with the topic, a specific material, its constructive logic and supporting structure. The aim is to arrive at a holistic design for all designs based on individual inspiration and the logic of the material and to visualize this.

Content

The students have the opportunity to examine rooms that are characterized by architectural elements. We conduct this search throughout the semester and break it down into three phases: space, structure, and whole. We will delve deeply into architectural space and the materialized elements that define that space. In a first step, elements that define the space are explored. Based on an inspiration, rooms are designed that represent this inspiration. The rooms lead to a structure that, under the aspect of «grafting», leads to its own detailed architectural project with an individual program. "Grafting" serves as a metaphor for intervention in an existing structure (whole parts of a building, components or materials). With this action of upgrading or refinement, new, foreign elements are brought into an existing context: a new architectural organism emerges. The students work with different types of renderings (renderings of the rooms and the structure), as well as detailed black and white CAD drawings and texts. Expert structural design: Professorship for structural design, Prof. Schwartz, Dr. Luis Enrique Expert Energy Efficiency Engineering: Mark Frey Landscape architecture / plant knowledge expert: Maja Tobler Experts 3D visualization: Stefan Meyer, Lukas Burkhard Integrated discipline (3 ETCS points): Creation of 3D visualizations (requirement: participation in all tutorial events and submission of six renderings)

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