Courses
ARK-C0030
Digital Storytelling 1
Credits: 3cr
Teacher: Janne Keskinen
The intention of the course is to expose students to critical observation of their immediate environment and to employ digital drawing as a storytelling device. Students will work individually to produce drawings which will form a collective body of work, shown side by side as they tell the story of a city and its spaces. Rather than focus on the design task, the students are focused to learn 2D vector drawing digital workflow and apply it as a storytelling device.
ARK-C2504
Digital Storytelling 2
Credits: 3cr
Teacher: Janne Keskinen
The intention of the course is to expose students to critical observation of their immediate environment and to employ digital drawing as a storytelling device. Students will work individually to produce digital collages using Adobe Photoshop which will form a collective body of work, shown side by side as they tell the story of a city and its spaces. Rather than focus on the design task, the students are focused to learn digital collage workflow and apply it as a storytelling device.
ARK-C0025
Design of Structures_Basics
Credits: 3cr
Teacher: Toni Kotnik
The course is an introduction into fundamental concept of structural equilibrium and inner force flow and its application to the design of building structures. Graphic Statics, a vector-based approach, is used to visualize the underlying geometric logic of the inner force flow. First principles are discussed and their use for an architectural approach to the design of building structures is illustrated. The course consists of weekly lectures, quizzes and readings, complemented by a building analysis.
ARK-E1023
Parametric Design
Credits: 3cr
Teacher: Janne Keskinen
The course is an introduction into fundamental concepts of parametric design thinking in architecture and landscape architecture using Grasshopper, a plug- in to Rhinoceros. The course covers basics of geometry of curves & surfaces, NURBS-geometry and fundamentals of data-handling. It is organized in six blocks each related to one specific topic. It is recommended to work through the course in the given sequence of topics, one topic each week. The learning is supported by exercises as well as weekly Q&A sessions. In addition, some readings are provided for a better understanding of parametric design.
ARK-E1024
Algorithmic Design
Credits: 6cr
Teacher: Janne Keskinen
The course deals with methods of algorithmic design applied to the field of architecture. Topics of the course are organized around programming fundamentals, Rhino Python and modeling and computational design like random walk algorithms, attractor fields, vector fields, mapping geometry from external data, Lindenmayer systems, evolutionary algorithms, optimization algorithms, particle-spring systems, voxels, Monte Carlo method, curvature mapping, spatial aggregation of discrete parts, cellular automata systems, dynamic relaxation, agent-based modeling, machine learning.
ARK-E2521
Design of Structures_Advanced
Credits: 3cr
Teacher: Toni Kotnik
This lecture-course is an introduction into the notion of form in architecture with focus on generative and performative aspects. Lectures are complemented by theoretical readings and computational experiments with the goal of questioning the traditional idea of form follows function.