Schedule

TASKS, SCHEDULE, PRODUCTS

I. Documentation and Analysis, Weeks 1-3

Week 1

Overview: Objectives, Design Question: Attachment of Big Data + Urban Design
Conceptual understanding of attachment and urban design [writing]
Presentation of Urban Design and Parametric Design
Documentation of the site across scales: city, district, neighborhood and urban room [plans, CNC partial Milwaukie Alignment model] studio group
Kickoff meeting with private developer John Spencer 4-6pm Wednesday

* supplemental Rhino/Grasshopper tutorial

Urban Systems Analysis Tools © tools from PP and lcaBCN- selection, study method, test use [Analog and digital Parametric Models, Rhino/Illustrator and Grasshopper] 2 person teams
Tiling and Urban Design Exercise, Barcelona and 22@ context for tools
Grasshopper Tutorials of point attractor and image sampler

Week 2

* supplemental Rhino/Grasshopper tutorial

Setup shared primary data maps for indicators
Review City of Portland Economical Development and Programming Analysis
Tool use, ‘Analog Parametric’ or ‘Digital Parametric’ approach [Application to existing and new graphics from tools] see methods outline of indicators
Desk crits

# studio dinner

Week 3

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Material Affect, conditions to performative scenarios
[Case study: Ned Kahn, Herzog de Mueron, James Corner, Paricio Clotet]
Tool application to multiple sites? (anywhere along Alignment?) 2-3 study sites along the alignment [Application to existing and new graphics from tools]
Tool to Programming Analysis, Test Mass [zoning line diagrams, bullet points]
Design information interface and urban intervention [website, app]
Place Branding Study Presentation and Discussion, Identity [writing, Case Analysis of local and non-local example]

II. Project Synthesis, System development, Weeks 4-6

Week 4

Part I Presentation and Review with stakeholders (John Spencer, Deca Architects, Troy Doss City of Portland, Bob Hasting Trimet, Tad Savinar

Overview Part II

Selection by team of sites within the Clinton Street Station development [drawing and models] 3 person teams
Selection of team role: urban design, envelope or urban architecture
Documentation neighborhood master plan [plans, CNC site model] studio group
Urban Analysis Tool application autonomously to urban design, building envelope and urban architecture, ex. urban interface, material affect and circulation, design ‘unit’ [urban planning and urban design guidelines / tool suggestion] individual
Programming refinement [bar and pie chart diagrams, 2D and 3D diagrams]
Grasshopper plugin use and or Arduino use (when applicable) ind / group input

* supplemental GH plugin and Arduino workshop

Week 5

Urban Analysis Tool Development, assess application during design process and or life of project and scale of application
Scenario studies, conditions of the material affect over time (measured phenomenon at site) [story board conditions as scenarios of material affect]
Urban Architecture, envelope and attachment (‘phenol/geno’ relationship) [wall sections, wall axonometric, wall detail, unit/system positions over time]

Week 6

III. Urban Architecture Development, Presentation, Weeks 7-9

Week 7

Design Approach: Analysis tool to Design from the Bottom Up
Envelope: Design Development [1:1 drawings and models]
Urban Design: Design Development [1/8” drawings and models]
Urban Architecture: Design Development [parti diagrams, plan, section, perspectives, 3D model, 1/8” model]
Urban Analysis Tool Presentation, story board, video or interactive design [various media]
Integrated model mockup, 1/16”, Foam core or other [model] test materials
1:1 models mockup, 6” [model]
Review zoning requirements by city and developer [ Meeting with Troy Doss]

Place Branding Presentation, Scenarios and Attachment finalization [Identity and Identity over time with participation, Diagrams and Drawings]
Pinup / Desk Crits

Week 8