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Trends & Issues (Design Media)

Tuesday/Thursday 3-4:20 pm

Three Rivers

ARC K282

Instructor:     Professor Mark Comeau, AIA, (885-2387,), email MComeau@trcc.commnet.edu

 

Grade:            Vignette Projects (50%)          Class Contribution (25%         Final Portfolio (25%)

 

Course Objectives:

This special offering in current industry topics explores design media as it relates to conceptual, developmental, and documentation phases of architecture & construction.  Media explored will include sketching, rendering, SketchUp, MS Publisher, MS PowerPoint, photo editing, and other relevant modes of media application in the design industry.

 

Method:   Lectures, Slide Lectures, Simulations, Class Discussion

 

Text:         Instructor Supplements

                  (Note: Documentation appropriate to the scheduled lecture will be distributed at the time of each lesson.)

 

 

Week 1           Over-view (History & Design Communication)

(9/02)              Information and the Design Process

 

Week 2           Marketing, Proposals & Pre-design

(9/09)              “Selling” You & Your Talent (Web & Print)

 

Week 3           Conceptual Design Media

(9/16)              Program Analysis & Diagramming  

 

Week 4           Conceptual Design Media Cont’d

(9/23)              The “Sketch” for Rapid Idea Exploration

 

Week 5           Conceptual Design Media Cont’d

(9/30)              Renderings: Elevation & Perspectives

 

Week 6           Schematic Design Media     

(10/07)           Schema Documents

 

Week 7           Schematic Design Media Cont’d

(10/14)           Permitting & Committee Documents

           

Week 8           Schematic Design Media Cont’d

(10/21)           Design Modeling

 

 

 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Notebook

Students will assemble a notebook, to be made up of handouts distributed at the beginning of each class.  A 3” “Slant-ring” notebook with plastic sheet protectors is recommended – this will be a good resource for future reference.

Portfolio

Portfolios will be due no later than the beginning of the last (16th) week but no sooner than the 15th.

More details will be discussed in class.

 

 

Updated 9/01/08

Week 9           Design Development Media

(10/28)           Bridging Scheme-to-Constr. Documents

 

Week 10         Construction Document Media

(11/04)           Descriptive Envelope

 

Week 11         Constr. Document Media Cont’d

(11/11)           Construction Details & Assemblies

 

Week 12         Constr. Document Media Cont’d(11/18)           Systems Integration

 

Week 13         Thanksgiving Break

(11/25)           (Site visit Tuesday)

 

Week 14         Construction Administration Media

(12/02)           “S.K.’s”

 

Week 15         Commissioning Media

(12/09)           Owner’s Manual & Publishing Work

           

Week 16         Conclusion

(12/16)           Final Portfolios

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