Course Synopsis

The presence of advanced design techniques in architecture has resulted in a body of work driven by anexact yet rigorous geometries. These geometric language bears a relation to forms in nature, which are driven by a variety of environmental impacts such as gravity, radiation, molecular bonding and weather conditions. The resulting geometries are splendid examples of intricate and effective conditions of sustainability. The elective Sustainable Concepts in Advanced Design will explore the relation between digital design techniques, spatial performance, synthetic ecologies and the integration of strategies of sustainability based on contemporary insights in the natural sciences. The speculative nature of the elective will allow for the application of the research to a variety of scales up to the level of urban conditions. The research will include issues such as geometries in nature, performative surfaces, economy of form and architectonic metabolism.