HOW TO DESIGN ALMOST NOTHING The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to the architectural design process, critically applying various representational strategies and conventions to examine spatial relationships and the qualities that define space itself. The studio is structured as a series of projects that simultaneously develop technical skills and conceptual thinking. Based upon the studio method, students are expected to work independently. Paradoxically, designing Nothing means removing from the design input issues of cultural aesthetics, social systems, environmental ecology, formalism, and narrative. Yet, one might ask, what are we then left with? Is it possible to structure a discussion about space around... nothing? Contents Project One: Line 4-11 Project Two: Plane 12- 23 Project Three: Volume 24-48
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