Using an iterative process of making, sensing, testing and subjective judgement to understand, develop and communicate spatial forms. Spatial thinking allows you to understand location, dimensions, relationships between objects and directions of movement.
Case Studies
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Bricolage
Interdisciplinary Fine Arts BA/MA TUAS Trier Jörg Obergfell Every student is asked to bring 10 pieces of wood. Out of those, they are asked to create a sculptural shelf for the course reference materials. The structure is built without plan and in total silence. It is finished when no material is left over. In this activity,…
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Creative Geometry Workshop
The Geometry Workshop is a creative platform designed for all students at the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture, where they can develop and express their creative inclinations through exploration of geometry, various forms and compositions, visually interpreting their works in different ways.
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VR Classroom of the Future
Martin Murphy Ringling College of Art & Design, VRD 2nd year In our second year of Virtual Reality Development, students conceptualized, inventoried learning activities and visualized a new classroom that would support the instruction of virtual reality design. The assignment used a building that was actively being designed by an architectural firm for the university…
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Color Walk: Color in Context
Luanne Stovall University of Austin, Upper-Level Graduate Color is not constant or objectively ‘true’. Color perception varies with i.e., lighting conditions and viewer perception. Design students need to consider the context of where and how color appears as central to their design process. To develop awareness on the interactions of color within an environmental context,…
