About

Instructors

John Cerone _  ceronej@newschool.edu

Bret Quagliara _ quagliab@newschool.edu

The course will develop students’ knowledge of both polygonal and NURB-based software packages that they will then utilize to develop a comprehensive 3d database capable of facilitating the feedback loop that occurs between design and fabrication. The model functions not only as an updatable system in which relationships are established between entities, but as a testing ground to analyze the changes that invariably occur as parameters evolve over the course of the design process. Information from the database can be rapidly extracted to provide the necessary output for design communication, CNC fabrication, and detailed assemblage documents, streamlining the design work-flow. This process helps foster fluency within the software creating a situation in which design is unencumbered by technical restraints.

If we understand the design work-flow as a three-part feedback loop comprised of Conception, Execution, and Evaluation, it is typically the case that the majority of efforts are spent in the execution phase.  Technical difficulties in production create a time laden endeavor limiting the iterative process and inevitably compromise objective evaluation of results.  When a disproportional effort is spent battling software, we sacrifice the opportunity to investigate appropriate design solutions; establishing efficient and systemic techniques for operating within multiple software platforms returns this opportunity.