DESST 1506 - Design Studio II

Theme: ideation/surface/narrative. This course further develops design as a speculative process of inquiry and experimentation. It involves knowledge acquisition and the continuing development of skills to conceptualise, resolve and present well-reasoned architectural ideas through drawing, physical and digital modelling supported by laboratory sessions. The course also continues students? development of techniques of analysis and critique of design outcomes to sharpen their perception of space with emphasis on narrative and human experience through the design of a small to medium scale occupiable structure. Students will learn to design through iterative processes integrating critically observed aspects of the built environment as well as considerations of: site, human experience and emotive responses to space, human scale, structural engineering principles and material and physical data. Rhino will be introduced in this course to enhance students? experimentation with form, space and surface. Students will complete compulsory training in the Innovation and Creation Studios of the Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Design Studio II students are required to complete a ‘Hot Course’ on Drills and Drilling (4 hours) in a supervised environment in fully-equipped workshops as a foundation for future design studios.