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Case Studies in Architectural Design | Instructor: Stephen Cassell

The design of buildings or communities of advanced complexity. Each section deals with a specific topic such as housing, public and institutional buildings, and local or international community development. Studio work is supplemented by lectures, discussions, readings, and field trips.

Form Follows Sunlight (Friedman Studio)

The goal of the studio is to gain control of daylight as the primary formal generator of space and form, through a series of iterative exercises using the parametric design tool grasshopper (a plug-in to Rhino). We will begin with the reinvention of the sundial, which will lead into a series of investigations to arrive at a ‘toolkit’ of honed techniques for the control of form and light. During the first half of the studio every exercise will involve testing the digital through the fabrication of a physical model using either the laser cutter or 3d printer. The studio will culminate in the design of a one room building whose goal is formal invention through the total control of natural light. Success in the studio will be dependent on each student’s commitment to exploration and invention through their investigations across the course of the semester.

Woranol Sattayavinij

Justin Short

Kyung Jin Han