Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2019 - IAT 233 D100

Spatial Design (3)

Class Number: 6238

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Tue, 2:30–4:20 p.m.
    Location: TBA

  • Prerequisites:

    Completion of 21 units and IAT 106, and IAT 102 or an approved course in design.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Designing and understanding spaces used by people. The iterative process of making and criticizing, experiencing and analyzing spatial form. Compositional ideas for form-making. Critical thinking applied to design. Computers are the principal medium used in this course for form-making and visualization.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

-This course is intended to prepare students to integrate knowledge and skill by:

  1. Using design elements and principles for analyzing and creating spatial structures (including objects as an integral part of space) for human interaction.
  2. Using syntactic rules for composing three-dimensional spaces to accommodate various functional requirements considering individuals or groups, and their interaction.
  3. Distinguishing temporality in the analog and digital realms by mapping and identifying an object in different environments.
  4. Integrating interactive systems, such as digital or kinetic surfaces, in spatial compositions that can enhance interaction.
  5. Designing spaces with objects in physical and virtual environments (e.g. games and animations), where human-object-space interaction is of primary concern.

Grading

NOTES:

Special Note: This course has a non-refundable $75 (subject to change each term) fee to be paid by students to cover the costs of consumable lab material and tool-use in SolidSpace prototyping lab.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Students are required to supply their own sketchbook, sketching tools  (e.g. pencils with different gauges and softness, eraser, ruler, compass etc.). The students are also expected to provide their low-fidelity prototyping material (e.g. cardboard, foamboard, acrylic, MDF) and tools (modeling knives, scissors, glues, masking tapes, etc.).  

SOFTWARE:
The course will rely on 2D and 3D software for completion of assignments and lab activities.  

2D Software: ·         

  • Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop) and After Effects
  • MS Word, PowerPoint
3D CAD/Rendering Software:
  • SketchUp, Rhino, Grasshopper (Rhino Add-on) and Maya

REQUIRED READING:

Required Readings: (on Reserve in SFU Library)

Frank Ching. (2017). Architecture: Form, Space & Order, 4th ed. (4th Ed.). Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons.

Ellen Muller. (2016). Elements and Principles of 4D Art and Design. Oxford University Press.

Wucius Wong. (1977). Principles of Three-Dimensional Design. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

Flemming, Ulrich. (1990). Syntactic structures in architecture: teaching composition with computer assistance. Syntactic structures in architecture (pp. 31–48). MIT Press. Retrieved from https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=109152

RECOMMENDED READING:

Matthew Frederick. (2007). 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School (1 edition). The MIT Press; 1 edition.

George Hlavacs. (2014). The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching: Easy to Follow Tips and Tricks to Make your Sketches Look Beautiful. BIS Publishers.

Klaus Klemp, J. M. (2017). Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design. Prestel.

Thomas Hauffe. (1998). Design: A Concise History. Laurence King Pub.

Kimberly Elam. (2011). Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition (2nd Revised, Updated ed. edition). Princeton Architectural Press; 2nd Revised, Updated ed. Edition.

Ellen Lupton, J. C. P. (2015). Graphic Design: The New Basics: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Revised and updated ed edition). Princeton Architectural Press; Revised and updated ed edition.

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS