Course detail

Experimentarium

FA-XPR-NEAcad. year: 2024/2025

Testing the digital and speculative strategies on selected topics. Widening of the repertoire of architectural approaches and digital skills. A thorough analysis of topics from various natural scientific domains will be applied and presented from architectural point of view. Consequently, an architectural strategy for interpretation and problem articulation will be selected. It is possible to consider topics from biology, sociology, music, and fine art, for example, the growth of cells, music structures etc. Thanks to these strategies, it will be possible to understand the architectural phenomena and to develop strategic and methodologic thinking.
In the study programmes “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the courses on tools.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MArch Ing.arch. Ing. Jiří Vítek

Department

Department of experimental design (UET)

Aims

To broaden the range of architect's competences and knowledge of designing, with regard to integration of bottom-up systems and natural phenomena.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Evaluation of the submitted seminar work and its final presentation.
Active participation in the classes, participation in three collective presentations, submission of seminar work and its final presentation.
Upon the agreement with the teacher, the absences in the classroom can be compensated via online participation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CARPO, Mario. The Second Digital Turn: Design Beyond Intelligence, Cambridge: the MIT Press ,2017. ISBN 9780262341257. (EN)
DE LANDA, Manuel. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. New York: Zone books, 1997. ISBN 978-0942299328. (EN)
EISENMAN, Peter. Eisenman Inside Out. Selected Writings, 1963-1988. New Haven: Yale Univeristy press, 2004. ISBN 978-0300090086. (EN)
KWINTER, Sanford. Far from Equilibrium. Barcelona: Actar, 2008. ISBN 978-8496540644. (EN)
Rhinoceros (webpage). Download Essential Mathematics for Computational Design (4th Edition). URL: https://www.rhino3d.com/download/Rhino/4.0/EssentialMathematics. (EN)
SCHUMACHER, Patrik. Autopoesis of Architecture, Volume I. London: Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0470772980. (EN)
SCHUMACHER, Patrik. Autopoesis of Architecture, Volume II. London: Wiley, 2012. ISBN 978-0470666166. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MArch Ing.arch. Ing. Jiří Vítek