Cutural and Digital Prospects in Architecture I

		Study programme 2020-2021	Français
		Cutural and Digital Prospects in Architecture I
		Learning Activity

Code	Lecturer(s)	Associate Lecturer(s)	Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)	Establishment
A-CARC-415	GALLAS Mohamed-Anis			UMONS

Language of instruction	Language of assessment	HT(*)	HTPE(*)	HTPS(*)	HR(*)	HD(*)	Term
Français	Français	24	0	0	0	0	Q1

Organisational online arrangements for the end of Q3 2020-2021 assessments (Covid-19)
Oral exam (questions and answers, presentation of individual or group work, comment and argument about a written text...) Production of individual or group work, essay, report, dissertation... Practical assessment (placement, excursion, visit)
Description of the modifications to the Q3 2020-2021 assessment procedures (Covid-19)
The final choice for the mode of evaluation for Q3 and its weighting will be specified following the communication of the results of the Q2 session and via the Teams group of the course.

Organisational arrangements for the end of Q1 2020-2021 assessments (Covid-19) online or face-to-face (according to assessment schedule)

Oral exam (questions and answers, presentation of individual or group work, comment and argument about a written text...)
Production of individual or group work, essay, report, dissertation...

Description of the modifications to the Q1 2020-2021 online assessment procedures (Covid-19) online or face-to-face (according to assessment schedule)

The final evaluation will consist of the submission and presentation of an individual project work (details given on Teams (in priority) or Moodle). The TP realized during Q1 are integrated at 40% of the total coast.

Content of Learning Activity

1.   Introduction to the concept of "computational design" 1.
2.   Introduction to new digital technologies applied to architectural design and production.
3.   Presentation of methods, tools and digital devices capable of supporting the activities of design, production and enhancement of architectural space.
4.   Proposing solutions (methodological and technical) to overcome the complexity linked to new forms of architectural expression (non-standard architecture) and the new challenges of architectural design (optimisation of performance).
5.   Learning of parametric modeling techniques (Grasshopper + Rhino (logic, uses and parametric modeling technique)
6.   Learning of simulation and optimization techniques supported by parametric modeling
7.   Learning 3D acquisition techniques (Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning) and Digital Manufacturing (Laser Cutting and 3D Printing).

Required Learning Resources/Tools

1.   Teacher presentations (depending on the topic)
Presentations by external speakers
2.   Application exercises (parametric modeling - numerical manufacturing - optimization)
3.   Online tutorials and manuals on digital modeling and acquisition techniques
4.   Bibliographic references, theses and scientific articles on digital architecture
5.   Blogs (parametric modeling, non-standard architecture, digital manufacturing)
6.   Menges, A., Ahlquist, S. (Eds.), 2011. Computational design thinking, AD Reader. Wiley, Chichester.
7.   Picon, A., 2010. Digital culture in architecture: an introduction for the design professions. Birkhäuser, Basel.
8.   Tedeschi, A., Wirz, F., 2014. AAD - Algorithms-Aided Design: parametric strategies using Grasshopper, First edition. ed. Le Penseur publisher, Brienza.
9.   Picon, Antoine. La matérialité de l'architecture. Marseille: Parentheses, 2018.

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

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