Description
The class will aim to speculate on the aesthetics, material, tectonic and detailing means of transparency, opacity and reflectivity in architecture by focusing on and expanding upon the genealogy of fritted glass and its currently available technological means to construct illusionistic and ambivalent effects within a cloudy mass and a monolithic translucent envelope. Using AI engines, graphic patterning and rendering techniques, along with physical models and small material prototypes, the class aims to develop a nuance approach to architectural mass.
The class will survey historic and contemporary examples to understand the possibilities of the genre. Students will work individually or in groups drawing details, modelling facades, and constructing large models or small prototypes so as to generate speculative and yet viable projects for a changing world.