Course detail
Computer Skills – Creative Programming
FA-PKK-NAcad. year: 2025/2026
Today CAD software is an indispensable part of an architect's work. Knowing the basics of programming can help to use this tool in a more efficient and sophisticated way. The course introduces the Processing programming platform which enables students to do creative programming and create artwork and design. In the second half of the semester, students will, in cooperation with the pedagogue, programme spatial designs based on simple emergent principles.
In the study programme “Architecture and Urban Design” the course is part of the courses on tools.
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
10 % Research report
30 % Final project (Week 10–13)
10 % Participation (attendance, activity in the lessons)
Active participation in the practical classes, submission of the final project and its presentation.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
SHIFFMAN, D. Learning Processing: a beginner’s guide to programming images, animation, and interaction. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. ISBN 978-0123736024. (EN)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N_A+U Master's
specialization --- (do 2022) , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
1 year of study, summer semester, elective