Architectural Design Process and Prototypes

Description

The aim of the course is to introduce experimental working processes related to spatial contexts in the field of architecture, interiors and furniture. Further, the course aims to train the creative ability of the students, in a process where each individual student finds her own way to creative design, at the same time as the realisation, in full scale, of a furniture prototype trains the ability of materially and technically carrying through a design concept. Knowledge and understanding For a passing grade the student must show an understanding of creative processes Competences and skills For a passing grade the student must design a piece of furniture as a result of an aesthetical, creative and experimental process present his or hers design process to teachers and students. Judgement and approach For a passing grade the student must compare and evaluate differens kinds of furniture, considering its architechtonic qualities and its relationship to an architectonic idea from given instructions, independently demonstrate an active and creative engagement with the process of design The tasks of the course takes its point of departure in transgressive assignments. Through the means of creative assignments, experiments, analyses and transformations of given conditions, a spatial context is formulated. This spatial context acts as the starting point for an aesthetically driven, creative and experimental design process, resulting in a full scale furniture prototype. Working in small scale enables the students to carry through their ideas to the material realisation of an object. LTH programme course for Architecture. Choice group: mandatory. Language: The course will be given in Swedish. Suitable for foreign students: False. Assumed prior knowledge flag: 0. Entry requirements flag: 1.