This subject consists of an intensive study of the relationship between architectural theory and the realm of digital creation. It involves a group-based intensive study within a semester and examines specific topics within the theory of digital design. This subject will investigate issues including the relationship between the history of drawing and the development of computer-based design schemes, and the question of the relationship between the diagram as a computer generated series of lines and its subsequent connection to forms of material realization.
It also covers a theoretical account of central elements of the design course, namely the relationship between geometry and materials; the relationship between the digital and analogue models; and the conceptualisation of objects and artefacts as a surface condition.
The digital has necessitated a rethinking of the terminology central to architecture, e.g. line, plane, surface.
Assessment is based on a class seminar presentation and an essay.
Spring semester, City campus