Syllabus ARC5935 - ARCHITECTURE + MUSIC

Instructor Eric Goldemberg E-mail: goldembe@fiu.edu Office: PCA 387B - Phone: (305)348-1875 – Cel: (917)306-5209 Office Hours: Tuesday 12.30-2pm, Thursday 12.30pm-2pm Meeting: Tuesday 11am-12.15pm, Thursday 11am-12.15pm Room: DM 163 SPECIAL TOPICS: ARCHITECTURE + MUSIC Design and Fabrication of Sonic Installations and Music Instruments Description Coursework on a particular aspect of architecture under the direction of faculty in a classroom format. Course Objectives The course will explore the creation of music instruments and sonic installations as the prime tools to explore spatial strategies that incorporate the sensibility and constraints of sound. The pedagogy will focus on the configuration of three-dimensional sonic armatures based on fabrication strategies that incorporate sound and adaptation to the human body with direct physical implementation via 3D printing in various scales. The goal of the class is to test the potential of sonic architecture and to understand the scope of contemporary use of fabrication techniques oriented towards the implementation of sonic devices that create events and music performance; rehearsing scenarios of tectonic complexity and design refinement of architectural membranes. The course will look at fabrication both as a means of representation and as a way to speculate on the generative capacity of physical systems. Learning Outcomes This class will develop projects that explore the capacity of architecture to produce sound artifacts to be made of components that serve conventional architecture roles but also become artifacts for the production of sound – innovative music instruments as hybrid architectural elements, embedded within the architecture. The aim of the project is to study new modes of tectonics whereby architectural membranes not only serve the immediate purposes of creating shelter but also become fodder for sound artists to experiment with. The project will have an intense component of research into the sonic world of music instruments’ luthiers, observing their craft and technical sensibility in order to extrapolate techniques for making larger architectural components derived from such craft. Rhythm and pattern will constitute the fundamental basis for understanding the multiple functional and aesthetic ways in which architecture can engage with music in space, articulating issues of modularity, apertures, porosity, and topology. It is expected that projects will examine ideal conditions for the transmission and enhancement of sound, allowing for new materials and spatial qualities to emerge vis-à-vis new architectural sensations. The architecture itself becomes an object on display, an exhibition of the mechanisms that produce its sonic character. Major Topics Music instruments Installation design Digital fabrication/assembly process Ornamentation and atmosphere Display/exhibition strategies Performance/event-space COURSE SCHEDULE: Calendar dates are subject to change. Please contact appropriate offices for verification and updates. This calendar includes Official University holidays. Faculty is encouraged to make accommodations for students who wish to observe religious holidays. Students should make their request know at the beginning of the semester in writing. The instructor reserves the right to implement changes to this schedule as required. WEEK 1 – 01/10-12 Lecture: Precedents and General Introduction. WEEK 2 – 01/17-19 Tutorial: Maya interface, nurbs and polygons modeling WEEK 3 – 01/24-26 Tutorial: Deformers and transformations. WEEK 4 – 01/31-02/02 Review: research of music instruments 02/06: Symposium “Body Architectures / The 3D Printing Revolution” at MBUS WEEK 5 – 02/07-09 Hybrid strategies for configuration of new types of sonic devices WEEK 6 – 02/14-16 Calibration of ergonomics of new hybrid instruments WEEK 7 – 02/21-23 Test of 3D printed prototypes WEEK 8 – 02/28-03/02 Growth of installation to include several sonic units formed by hybrid instruments WEEK 9 – 03/07-09 MIDTERM WEEK 10 – 03/14-16 Spring break WEEK 11 – 03/21-23 Event-space: expansion of “ground” of installation to include audience and context WEEK 12 – 03/28-30 Test of 3D printed prototypes WEEK 13 – 04/04-06 Final adjustment of projects and set-up of models for final output WEEK 14 – 04/11-13 Development of final scenarios of event-space with renderings and animations WEEK 15 – 04/18-20 FINAL REVIEW CO AND PRE-REQUISITE: Students entering Design 10 – ARC 5165 must have taken and passed ARC 4058 and ARC 5176 with a grade of C or better. Students failing to meet these prerequisite will be issued an administrative drop from Digital Fabrication. ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance is MANDATORY and expected for the full class period. Florida International University has NO provision for unexcused absences. FOUR (4) UNEXCUSED ABSENCES WILL RESULT IN FAILURE OF THIS CLASS. All excuses are to be submitted in writing to the instructor for approval. The studio space will be accessible to students at all times. In order to ensure the safety of your persons and your property, the studio will be secured. It is additionally recommended that students bring padlocks to secure personal property. Students are encouraged to become familiar with the School of Architecture Studio Policy Statement. Civility and respect for the opinions, words, work and property of others shall be maintained at all times by all studio members. RELIGIOUS HOLY DAYS: Any student may, by notifying the instructor clearly in advance, be excused from class to observe a religious holy day of his or her faith. JURIES/ REVIEWS: Mid-point and final review of your work with faculty and area professionals Interim presentations will be held at the discretion of the studio instructor throughout the term. Attendance and full participation in all juries and reviews are OBLIGATORY. GRADING POLICY: Final and interim grades in this course will be assigned in response to demonstrated competencies in oral, written, graphic and constructed communication of design ideas and proposals. NO presentation may be missed except in the case of extraordinary circumstances. Students must provide an acceptable written excuse in advance. A grade of Incomplete will only be issued for unavoidable (and verifiable) circumstances beyond the student's control. Student must have a passing grade and be up to date with course work at the time that the request is made. IN grades impede progress through the curriculum and must be completed within a maximum of 2 semesters or as agreed with the course faculty. GRADING SCALE: 94-100= A 87-89= B+ 80-83= B- 74-76= C 67-69= D+ 60-63= D- 90-93= A- 84-86= B 77-79= C+ 70-73= C- 64-66= D 0-59= F CELLULAR TELEPHONES: Mobile phones are to be turned off at all times during the period of studio instruction. STUDENT RIGHTS + RESPONSIBILITIES: It is the student's responsibility to obtain, become familiar with and abide by all Departmental, School and University requirements and regulations. These include, but are not limited to information contained in: -The Florida International University Catalogue Division of Student Affairs Handbook of Rights and Responsibilities of Students -School/ Department of Architecture Curriculum and Program Sheets -School/ Department of Architecture Policies and Regulations STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Students who need auxiliary aids or services to ensure access to academic programs should register with the Office of Disability Services for Students. OWNERSHIP OF STUDENT WORK: Student work, submitted to the Department in satisfaction of course or degree requirements, becomes the physical property of the Department. However, students retain all rights to the intellectual property of such work. This work may include papers, drawings, models, and other materials. The Department assumes no responsibility for safeguarding such materials. At its discretion, the Department may retain, return, or discard such materials. The Department will not normally discard the materials of currently enrolled students without giving the student a chance to reclaim them. Links and Resources: * Autodesk Maya: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7635018 * Autodesk Learning Tools: http://www.alias.com/glb/eng/learningtools/learning_tools.jsp * The Gnomon Workshop: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/ * Learning Maya: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Maya-Foundation- AliasTools/dp/1894893743/sr=1-1/qid=1159292645/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-60678712212819?ie=UTF8&s=books * The Gnomon Workshop: http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/ * Maya Tutorial Database: http://www.learning-maya.com/index.php * Highend3d: http://www.highend3d.com/ * CGSociety: http://forums.cgsociety.org/ * Generative Components: http://www.smartgeometry.org/ * Digital Fabrication: http://digfab.blogspot.com/ Bibliography – Digital Practices

Pulsation in Architecture (E.Goldemberg) AD – Folding in Architecture (J.Kipnis – G.Lynn) AD – Contemporary Techniques in Architecture (A.Rahim) AD – Contemporary Processes in Architecture (A.Rahim) AD – Versioning: Evolutionary Techniques in Architecture (SHOP) Digital Tectonics (Leach, Turnbull, Williams) PRAXIS – New Technologies:// New Architectures Animate Form (G.Lynn) NOX machining Architectures (Lars Spuybroek) Phylogenesis Foreign Office Architects Catalytic Formations: Digital Design in Architecture (A.Rahim) Architecture in the Digital Age – Design and Manufacturing (Branko Kolarevic) COLANI The Art of Shaping the Future (A.Bangert) Diagram Diaries (P.Eisenman) CODEX (P.Eisenman) TRACING EISENMAN (P.Eisenman) Websites – Digital Practices and Fabrication MONAD STUDIO – www.monadstudio.com FOREIGN OFFICE ARCHITECTS - www.f-o-a.net ARCHI-TECTONICS - www.archi-tectonics.com KOLATAN/MACDONALD - www.kolatanmacdonaldstudio.com GREG LYNN/FORM - www.glform.com REISER + UMEMOTO - www.reiser-umemoto.com SHOP - www.shoparc.com UNSTUDIO - www.unstudio.com ALI RAHIM - www.c-a-p.net HERNAN DIAZ ALONSO – www.xefirotarch.com ASYMPTOTE – www.asymptote.net EISENMAN – www.eisenmanarchitects.com DECOI – www.decoi.org NEIL M. DENARI – www.nmda-inc.com JAKOB + MACFARLANE – www.jakobmacfarlane.com WILLIAM MASSIE – www.massiearchitecture.com JURGEN MAYER H. – www.jmayerh.de NOX – www.noxarch.nl