ARK-A3001
Design of Structures_Basics
Lead: 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.
ARK-E1023
Parametric Design
Lead: Toni Kotnik
The course is an introduction into fundamental concepts of parametric design thinking in architecture and landscape architecture using Grasshopper, a plug- in to Rhinoceros. It covers basics of geometry of curves & surfaces, NURBS-geometry and fundamentals of data-handling and is organized in six blocks, each one covering one specific topic.