Course Description 

Evaluating role of materials in architectural design process; assessing material, form and performance in natural systems integrally; computational design process run by materials in architecture; properties of materials affecting architectural design; relationship between structure, performance, optimization, and digital fabrication methods; design between scales; reinterpreting material systems in architecture by digital design and fabrication methods; material synthesis in architectural design by evaluating different types of parameters.

Course Objectives

1. To question the role of materials in integrated architectural design process.
2. To evaluate the relationship between material, form, performance, optimization, and digital fabrication.
3. To internalize algorithmic design processes that require a systematic approach.
4. To realize creative design applications, in which material is the driving force.

Course Learning Outcomes

Master students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skills, and proficiency in the following subjects:

1. To interpret the contribution of material into architectural design process.
2. To increase skills of working in an interdisciplinary context.
3. To internalize the role of technology in architectural design
4. To participate in solutions of complex problems in architectural design.
5. To gain research, analysis, and interpretation skills.
6. To produce new information by developing the existing knowledge.

References

1. Gramazio, F., Kohler, M. and Langenberg, S. (2014). Fabricate: Negotiating design & making, gta Verlag, Zurich.
2. Kolarevich, B., Klinger, K. (2008). Manufacturing Material Effects Rethinking Design and Making Architecture, Routledge, New York.
3. Menges, A. (2015). Material synthesis: fusing the physical and the computational, John Wiley & Sons, London.
4. McDowell, D.L., Pancal, J.H., Choi, H., Seepersad, C.C., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F. (2010). Integrated Design of Multiscale Multifunctional Materials and Products,
Elsevier, Burlington-MA.
5. Terzidis, K. (2006). Algorithmic Architecture, Elsevier, Oxford-UK.

Assessment Criteria

Homeworks %20, Project %30, Term Paper/ Project %50