MSc/MRes Architectural Computation Programme Director: Dr Sean Hanna
Teaching Staff Ava Fatah, Ruairi Glynn, Dr Christopher Leung, Dr Sam Griffiths, Dr Martin Zaltz-Austwick Module Tutors Angelos Chronis, Martha Tsigkari
The Bartlett School of Architecture 2016
Renamed from Adaptive Architecture and Computing and relaunched for 2016-17, The Bartlett’s Architectural Computation (MSc/MRes AC) programmes engage and advance the main technologies by which tomorrow’s architecture will be designed and constructed. From parametric design and Computer Aided Design (CAD) to automated manufacturing, to ‘big data’ analytics, computation is increasingly important as a tool in our built environment. Our courses are designed to provide students with a depth of understanding to exploit computation fully in the context of world-leading design, research and industry. However, we also see computation as a technology that drives fundamental shifts in industry and society, and, more radically, as one that also alters the way we produce and think. To this end, the learning of technical knowledge, such as computer coding, plays a stronger role than in many comparable courses, not only as a skill, but as a framework for thought. This technical knowledge is supported by a broad theoretical understanding of algorithms and philosophies of artificial intelligence and related domains. Students apply this knowledge in active design or scientific research projects that frequently make contributions to the field that are recognised internationally. Thesis work may take the form of exhibitions in venues, such as the Royal Academy of Arts, London; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; open source software for design or CADCAM; and internationally peer-reviewed publications.
Image: Vlad Tenu, ‘Minimal Complexity’, 2009, MSc Adaptive Architecture and Computation 307