Introduction to Digital Communication

“If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order.” - Mies van der Rohe

Drawing and Sketching

For the first seven weeks of the course, one class session each week will be dedicated to drawing exercises that develop accurate freehand drawing skills. These exercises will for the most part take place during studio time; the instructor may ask you to complete some exercises outside of course time. All drawings should be completed in you 14×17 sketchbook, unless told otherwise. This sketchbook will be collected periodically throughout the term to monitor your progress and will be submitted at the end of the semester for grading.

Drawing Topics

Week 02 Line Control
Week 03 Orthographic Projection
Week 04 Volumetric Projection
Week 05-07 Field Drawing—Kresge Chapel

March 17th 2009
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A5 Translation and Transformation

An Outdoor café and landscape transformation of the Christian Science Center Despite the formal strength of the rows of linden trees and the reflecting pool that align with Huntington Avenue at the Christian Science Center, the space is usually empty and forlorn. In order to invite more people to congregate on ...
March 10th 2009
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A4 Courtyards

Using the attached images and readings, you will construct a digital model of a Mies van der Rohe Courtyard House. Although these houses were conceptual, you should take care in the reading to determine the materiality of each surface in the project. Once the model is built, we will import ...
January 30th 2009
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A3 Villa Savoye Transformation

Four sites are described below. Each student will be assigned a site, and you will reconfigure the Villa Savoye to fit on these sites. Each of the sites requires radical modifications to the plan, section and elevations of the house. Still, the reconfigured house should preserve the critical design concepts, elements ...
January 21st 2009
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A2 Carpenter Center

In 1958, Le Corbusier was contacted by Jose Luis Sert, then the Dean of Architecture at the Havard Graduate School of Design, to design a new center for the School of Visual Arts. The only Corbusier building in North America, it functions as a center for learning, a gallery for ...
January 5th 2009
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A1 Savoye

"The Villa Savoye, in Poissy, which was built by Le Corbusier between 1928 and 1931, is considered as one of his major works, and even as one of the masterpieces of 20th century architecture. The villa was designed for a rich insurer, Mr. Savoye, and was the result of several years ...

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