Class
The seminar aims to provide an introduction to a range of digital design technologies, particularly Virtual Reality (VR), and use them to create complex, small-scale architectures within existing structures.
The existing structures will be measured to the millimeter using laser scanning and used as a digital context for designing. The development of the architectural project itself is intended to be carried out using VR at a design scale of 1:1. In doing so, we will use small-scale component systems defined by the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT under the name of Digital Materials.
The design process will employ the method of Merzbau, developed by the Hanoverian artist Kurt Schwitters around 1919. Merzbau refers to a method of spatial collage, where found objects are arranged in space. In a further step, these assemblage-like structures are encased, as happened in the original Merzbau that Schwitters created and continuously developed between 1923 and 1937 in his Hanover apartment. For this purpose, we will visit the replica of the Merzbau in the Sprengel Museum and use it as spatial inspiration for our work. The implementation of the design process will take place in VR.
All the design technologies used, such as 3D point clouds, VR design, visualization, have a low barrier to entry and can be learned without any prior knowledge in the course. Hardware for working with VR will be provided in the VR lab and through mobile headsets. The course will be taught in English.
Info
Modules:
- MSc. Architektur und Städtebau:
Digital Environments AR/VR - BSc. Architektur:
Datenräume
Lecturer:
- Jan Philipp Drude
Schedule:
- First Class: Thursday 04.04.2024
10:00 - 12:00 Pool 3
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