Energy and Form
— Environmental data-driven form-finding optimization

2024

This course aims to investigate the continuing advancement of computational processes in architecture in practice. The topics are presented as both a technical and intellectual exploration of formal, spatial, construction, and ecological potentials. The primary role of the workshop is the theoretical and practical development of generative computational design processes during both the conceptual design and construction phases, allowing for the integral use of computer-controlled manufacturing processes in this design system.

The latter part of this course is critically review computational design towards a more challenging and self-demanding commitment to physical and environmental constraints as a fabrication stage. The first half of the course integrates theory and practical exercises on the relationship between architecture, the environment, and environmental data-driven form-finding optimization in the digital environment. In the latter part of the course, students apply this knowledge to design on actual sites and progress with facade-related design through simulation and physical model fabrication.

Director : Dongil Kim

Student : Kim Taewon, Saddiq Ur Rehman, Emilie Sayag / Syed Haseeb Shah, Kim DongYoung, Yang Yupeng,

Kim Seungil, Lee Dongheon, Hwang Gwangeun / Kim Taehyeon, Ryu Jinsan, Han Jongpyo