Image as Instruments is an introduction to fundamental concepts, techniques, and methods in digital design, with a focus on the processes of translation between digital media and material artifacts.
The course will structure our investigation around the notion of the digital image as a means of addressing broader questions related to the role of digital media in architecture and design. The plurality of design approaches and working methods afforded by the postdigital has blurred the role of images within experimental architectural practice. Accordingly, beyond typical end-process output used in everyday practice, the course focus on the image as a speculative medium for creating a new vision for architectural conventions. It is a critical inquiry into the meaning and role of image in our discipline and image as instruments for conceiving and perceiving architecture, which invites multiple interpretations and modes of engagement.
The course is organized into five interrelated areas of inquiry. As these different approaches play into different epistemic questions about architecture, we will explore new possibilities of feedback between digital image and architecture design revolving around the processes of design, representation, and fabrication.