DCMG 101 Design Studio 1
The course focuses on how we can reign in technology driven elements and tools to reimagine the construction industry through a sustainability specific lens. This studio introduces students to 'designing with data' where information and data are harnessed in the design and fabrication of sustainable physical spaces. Through an understanding of multiple forms and types of information that include geographical, environmental and material logics, as well as social and economic costs, the course explores the types of tools necessary to design, represent and communicate a discrete physical space that takes on climate and social justice imperatives. The Studio comprises research, lectures, guest speakers and vendor/fabrication field visits, an introduction to industry standard platforms (Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Bluebeam, Solidworks, adobe, etc.) as well as discussion groups as a form of evaluation and critique.) Studio.