Academic Catalog

ARCH585 COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN RESEARCH LAB.

Course Code: 1200585
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 4(4-2)
ECTS Credit: 10.0
Department: Architecture
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Masters
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. ZEYNEP MENNAN
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Critical interaction of conceptual and applied/computational aspects of design research for the production of genuine architectural modes of thinking and expression. Exploration of new design situations and strategies with a theoretical/historical agenda. Evolutionary design systems. Formal sequences. Algorithmic design. Analog/digital modes of morphogenetic design. Projects and topics of research vary each term.