Method

Multi-scale, simultaneous approach to design

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Urban Analysis         1:100     Studio

Urban Design            1:10       Team

Urban Architecture  1:1          Individual

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Urban Systems Analysis Tools

Use and development of existing tools from UO course and UO lab work.

Digital and or analog use of tools, group work

Infographics for strong visual communication of purpose and tool application

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Material Affect

material affect: the qualitative experience in the environment that is given a place to be understood through the senses through the specific properties of a material and its assembly

Bottom Up Urban Design, 1:1 small scale to large-scale design approach

(Examples: Ned Kahn, Speranza Architecture with Artist Janet Echelman)

Detailed Envelope Approach

The studio will produce a book, models and drawings as a final deliverable.