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Catalina Freixas Pablo Moyano Stephen Mueller Christine Yogiaman
Senior Lecturer, Co-Coordinator
Senior Lecturer
Lecturer
Assistant Professor
Systemic Sections
CORE STUDIO II SPRING 2012
In the second semester of the three-semester core studio sequence, environmental complexity is expanded to address larger natural systems. The interplay among geometry, climate, and site conditions is studied through an initial investigation of pattern formation in nature. Constructed drawings that extract the essence of these patterns are developed into sectional strategies. This pattern strategy is linked to site conditions found in one of three sites, each of which has very different climate and ground conditions. Students respond with a second constructed drawing that addresses the latent qualities of the physical construction. They mine this drawing to uncover topographic response. Simultaneously, analytical drawings are used to address environmental conditions that articulate climatic possibilities. Finally, program is introduced. As a vehicle for students to expand this understanding of the relationships between geometry/site and program/climate, the studio uses Washington University’s International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), which encourages and coordinates University-wide and external collaborative research into alternative energy applications. Students are asked to create a joint facility that suits I-CARES’ programmatic needs.
Student
Yu Xin
SYSTEMIC SECTIONS
CORE II S12
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