1st March 2012: Introduction to Flexible 3D Modelling for Design and Prototyping Time: 09.00am Thursday Place: Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, Building 10, Level 11, Room 24
Week 1:
Thursday 1st March | Introduction: Jane Burry and Michael Wilson| lab: introduction to Course structure and expectations, DIGITAL PROJECT software, class wiki and introductory tutorial 1 |
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 2:
Thursday 8th March: |Lecture: Michael Wilson: work on the Sagrada Família church|Students to give two minute presentation of an idea for a flexible model lab: Extensible model. Form pairs. Work on introductory tutorial 2.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 3:
Thursday 15th March: Lecture: Nick Williams will talk about work in architecture practice and working for the consultancy DesigntoProduction | lab: work on introductory exercise 3, Start to prepare models for scanning and printing in week 3/4.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 4:
IMPORTANT:
Date Monday 19th March time 9.30am | Introduction to the SIAL modelling lab - 3D prototyping, laser cutter, laser scanning etc. with Brad Marmion (compulsory) | modelling lab 97.3.3 (opposite side of Victoria Street) secure door to SIAL so please arrive on time.
Thursday 22nd March | Lecture: Alex Peña de Leon, work at Gehry Technologies and looking at flexible modelling across different industries |Prepare stl models for physical prototyping or physical models for scanning | Introductory exercise 4 and introduce Module 2: Rapid Prototyping. Groups assigned.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 5:
Thursday 29th March | Lecture: Stanislav Roudavski | Work on Rapid Prototyping project in pairs
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
MID SEMESTER BREAK 5th April - 11th April
Week 6:
Thursday 12th April | lecture TBA | lab: continue to work in pairs to progress your design through a cycle of physical and digital modelling
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 7:
Thursday 19th April | Interim review: Each pair will present all their collective models and their design process from Introduction and Rapid Prototyping. Hand out Module 3: Documentation.
SIAL Presentation Space, building 97, level 3
Week 8:
Thursday 26th April | Lecture: Julian Canterbury, March Studio and formally Gehry Technologies | Each group: Give a 2-minute group presentation (max 3 slides) to show how you will structure your documentation and what detail you will include in the design description.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 9:
Thursday 3rd May | Tutorials. Continue to work in pairs/groups on your major flexible modelling project.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 10:
Thursday 10th May | Tutorials Continue to work in pairs/groups on your major flexible modeling project.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 11:
Thursday 17th May | Final interim review - 5 minute presentation of the work in progress - discussion of our to complete and present the work. Tutorials. Continue to work in pairs/groups on your major flexible modeling project.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 12:
Thursday 24th May | Tutorials. Continue to work in pairs/groups on your major flexible modeling project.
SIAL U/G LAB building 10, level 11, room 24
Week 13:
Thursday 31st May | Final Review Presentation
All the outcomes from the semester will be presented and submitted collectively and individually.
Each pair/group to make a 15-20 minute presentation supported by physical models and projected digital material.
Bring all your submission material organised in a folder with the partnership name.
Place + time: Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, building 97, Level 3, 9.00am -1.00pm