Architecture Design Studio: Poiesis Studio I

This studio investigates the role and process of architectural design as different forms of practice. The studio practices drawing, making and building architectural narratives in iterations at various scales of time and space to establish productive habits and develop essential techniques and skills in architectural design. In learning how architects see in both visible and invisible terms, the studio analyzes design precedents and problems that generate ideas about architectural material, form and systems. In understanding how architects empathize with whom or what they serve, the studio rigorously investigates methods of abstraction and critical dimensions relative to human form and experience. In practicing how architects deliver in the professional context, the studio develops mastery of spatial composition, representation and narrative as means for an architect to iteratively test, experiment with and communicate spatial ideas.