EdSpaces / AIA CEU Design-Build Chair Charette (Project Pipeline)

EDSPACES STUDENT DESIGN - BUILD CHAIR CHARETTE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 NOON - 5P

16 STUDENTS. 4 TEAMS. 4 PROTOTYPES. 4 HOURS TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF DESIGNERS.

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The design-build charette would not be able to be presented without the dedication and support of the following organizations and individuals, whom the Organizing Committe would like to thank.

SUPPORTERS / PARTNERS

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS Committee on Architecture for Education

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Sarah Simonson, Designer Trapolin Peer AIA New Orleans Associate Director - Braham Berg Tulane AIAS - Ron Martinez, AIA Principal, Scairono Martinez AIA New Orleans Past President - Bryan C. Lee Jr, NOMA Assoc. AIA Director, Place + Civic Design Arts Council New Orleans - Erin Porter, Director of Community Engagement, Mathes Brierre Architect

AIA

New Orleans

TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENT MENTORS - Dia Biagioni - Kyle Novak - Joseph D’Arco, - Arielle Scher EDSPACES TEAM - Adrienne Dayton - Joe Tucker

EdSpaces and the Design-Build Charette Organizing Commitee are grateful to St. Augustine High School and the followings students who will participate in the charette.

STUDENT PARTICIPANTS

- Angelo Bagneris - Dominic Coleman - Drew DeLatte - Blaine Derbigny - Malik Gibson - Danion Green - Charles Jones - Darius Joseph - Jordon Lee - Rahshaan Nance - Christian Octave - Rene Ray - Homer Robinson - Aperecio Wiggins - Jonathan Willard

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OVERVIEW _ DATE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 NOON - 5P _ SCHEDULE

11:30am-Noon Noon-1:00pm 1:00pm-1:15pm 1:15 pm-2:30pm 2:30pm-4:00pm 4:00pm-5:00pm

Arrival Lunch (provided to students) Introduction Design Build Present

_PARTICIPANTS

(16) High School Students (4) 4-person teams (4) Tulane School of Architecture Student Mentors (2) Charrette leaders (NOMA-LA Project Pipeline)

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS Committee on Architecture for Education

AIA

New Orleans

(For Students) Objective Welcome, St. Augustine High School!

We’re so glad you could join us for our Design-Build Charette at the 2015 Edpaces and AIA CAE Conference!

We sit in chairs everyday yet people do not think of what went into how these everyday objects are made, from design (concept) to the realized built structure.

Your task is to design and build a chair. The users of this chair are students and/or teachers in an educational setting.

Today, with the help of your mentors, architecture students from Tulane University, you’ll explore in depth how chairs are created. The constraint: we are providing you the material and a tight 4 hour timeline to design, build, and present your work.

First, you’ll be assigned to one of four (4) groups. You will be given the first half of the charette (around 1 hour and 30 mins) to design what chair you’d like to create. This allotts for sketching / building small models (prototyping) / experimenting, etc.

In the second half of the charette (also around 1 hour and 30 mins) you will build your vision with the materials provided.

The final chair should be full-sized and functional. You will be able to present your process and chair to professional architects and designers.

Remember, think big, but it’s also key to think practical!We look forward to seeing what you envision!

(For Mentors / Attendees) Objective

> To provide high schools students opportunity to work through entire design process, from conception to prototyping to presentation, in a condensed 4-hour period > To discuss the importance of having student voices involved in the design of learning spaces and equipment > To explain the design elements of a chair that students find important > To understand the thought process for students, high school and university when creating objects for learning environments > To provide design professionals the opportunity to observe and engage with students in a design exercise

Provided Materials

i.

Tracing Paper ii.

Sharpies (Different Colors) iii. Highlighters iv.

Pen / Pencils v. Cardboard vi.

Foam Core vii.

Masking Tape viii. Eraser ix.

Cutting boards x. x-Acto knives and blades xi.

Craft glue xii.

Poster board for drawings

TERMINOLOGY ELEMENTS OF DESIGN SPACE — the space taken up by (positive) or in between (negative) objects FORM: informed by Shape, Size, Color, Texture - sense of a three-dimensional mass / volume, configuration - primary shapes (circle, triangle, square) v. irregular forms - addition versus subtraction FUNCTION: activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or thing.

LINE: the visual path that enables the eye to move within the piece TONE: shading used to emphasize form SHAPE: outline or surface configuration, defined by edges = principal category of form - geometric v. organic TEXTURE: visual and tactile (connected with the sense of touch) given to the surface by size, shape, arrangement, proportions DEPTH — perceived distance from the observer, separated in foreground, background, and optionally middle ground SIZE: dimensions of length, width, depth of form - Scale = size in relation to other objects in its context COLOR: hues with saturation, intensity and tonal value - Affects visual weight of form

TERMINOLOGY ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATION /

COMPOSITION

RHYTHM PROPORTION BALANCE / HARMONY. NEGATIVE SPACE CONTRAST GEOMETRY RHYTHM LIGHTING PERSPECTIVE REPETITION

THE CLASSICS

Contrast Line Texture Repetition Barcelona Chair

Contrast Line Negative Space Detroit

“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION”

MIES VAN DER ROHE

plywood

Shape Structure Texture

wood / plastic

Shape Geometry Texture Line Color

MIES VAN DEREAMES ROHE

Color Geometry Balance

Peacock Chair

Color Geometry Repetition Negative Space

Barrell Chair

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Shape Geometry Texture Line Perspective

Zig-Zag

Color Geometry Negative Space

Red-Blue

GERRIT RIETVELD

Diagrammatic Construction

MATERIAL thinking practically!

Cardboard Shape Geometry Negative Space Line

Cardboard (Boxes + Rolls)

Shape Repetition Geometry Negative Space Line

Solid/ Volume Geometry Negative Space Texture (Smooth)

Shape Repetition Geometry Negative Space Texture Aperture

Shape Repetition Geometry Texture

Shape Repetition Geometry

Shape Repetition Part V. Whole

Shape Repetition Part V. Whole

CONCEPT thinking big!

CONCEPTS

SKETCHES