Course detail

Experimentarium

FA-XPR-NEAcad. year: 2022/2023

Testing the digital and speculative strategies on selected topics. Widening of the repertoire of architectural approaches and digital skills. A thorough analysis of topics from various natural scientific domains will be applied and presented from architectural point of view. Consequently, an architectural strategy for interpretation and problem articulation will be selected. It is possible to consider topics from biology, sociology, music, and fine art, for example, the growth of cells, music structures etc. Thanks to these strategies, it will be possible to understand the architectural phenomena and to develop strategic and methodologic thinking.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the courses on tools.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MArch Ing.arch. Ing. Jiří Vítek

Department

Department of experimental design (UET)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation of the submitted seminar work and its final presentation.

Course curriculum

Course syllabus:
  1. Introduction to the course, demonstration of possible interpretations and simulation models of natural phenomena
  2. Introduction to the analysis of problems, abstraction, syntax and decoding
  3. Interpretation, introduction to diagrammatic thinking, diagram
  4. Philosophical environment in design, problems of knowing
  5. Integration of analytical model and philosophical construct
  6. Platforms of thinking and their interpretation in simulation and generative models
  7. Building of digital models and simulations
  8. Complex methods of optimization, genetic algorithms, and machine learning
  9. Visualization of data and their further interpretation
  10. Application of digital model on own project
  11. Developing the possibilities of optimization and adaptation of own project
  12. Application of optimization using genetic algorithms in own project and data visualization
  13. Final presentation of seminar works

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To broaden the range of architect's competences and knowledge of designing, with regard to integration of bottom-up systems and natural phenomena.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Active participation in the classes, participation in three collective presentations, submission of seminar work and its final presentation.
Upon the agreement with the teacher, the absences in the classroom can be compensated via online participation.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DE LANDA, Manuel. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. New York: Zone books, 1997. ISBN 978-0942299328. (EN)
KWINTER, Sanford. Far from Equilibrium. Barcelona: Actar, 2008. ISBN 978-8496540644. (EN)
SCHUMACHER, Patrik. Autopoesis of Architecture, Volume I. London: Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0470772980. (EN)
SCHUMACHER, Patrik. Autopoesis of Architecture, Volume II. London: Wiley, 2012. ISBN 978-0470666166. (EN)
EISENMAN, Peter. Eisenman Inside Out. Selected Writings, 1963-1988. New Haven: Yale Univeristy press, 2004. ISBN 978-0300090086. (EN)
CARPO, Mario. The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence, Cambridge: the MIT Press ,2017. ISBN 9780262341257. (EN)
Rhinoceros (webpage). Download Essential Mathematics for Computational Design (4th Edition). URL: https://www.rhino3d.com/download/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematics. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme NX_A+U Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme NE_A+U Master's, 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MArch Ing.arch. Ing. Jiří Vítek