Course List
| Term | Winter 2012 |
| Class | ARCH 409 |
| Class Title | Translations |
| Description |
Based on the belief that the discourse on digital fabrication has not adequately engaged issues of drawing, TRANSLATIONS seeks to kick-start the conversation and to recoup the generative power of its abstraction through the very means and methods by which it was erased. The course explores the development of novel digital drawing techniques designed to intersect with digital fabrication tools and heterogeneous materialities in order to produce unforeseen qualities, forms, and effects. The inherent properties of various materials (i.e., monolithic, aggregate, brittle, diaphanous) will combine with the cultivated abstraction of digital drawing (i.e., clouds, fields, versions) to yield drawings that do not represent the thing they describe and material consequences that cannot be wholly predicted. The course capitalizes on the combined generative potential of abstract notation, variable material behaviors, and digital fabrication. TRANSLATIONS will combine elements of a workshop and a seminar. Primarily focused on research through making, the course will also include reading assignments and discussions aimed to situate the work in a broader disciplinary context. Previous experience with Fab Lab tools and computational modeling software is preferred, but not required to enroll. |
| Prereq | none entered yet |
| Crosslist | none |
| Required | No |
| Elective | Yes |
| Selective | No |
| Meets | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Faculty | Ellie Abrons |
| Syllabus | Arch409_Abrons_Winter12.pdf |
