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Scaled Tools

October 4, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Scaled Tools Spring 2004, Graduate Studio, Master of Architecture in Design Technologies Instructor:  Luis Boza, Assistant Professor in Architecture, George Martin, Assistant Professor in Architecture Project Team:   Description

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Digital Sketching

October 4, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

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Interactive Architecture

March 1, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Interactive Architecture Fall 2011, Graduate Studio, Master of Architecture in Design Technologies Instructor:  Jonathan Grinham, Guest Lecturer in Architecture Studcents: Description The fall 2011 Design Technologies laboratory explores the proliferation of interactive architecture and the possibility of interconnecting people and objects. The goal of the laboratory is to understand the key concepts of interactivity and their relation to design and architecture. Interactivity requires more than developing interactive phones, games, reading devices that confine their interactivity to surfaces of screens. Interactivity requires […]

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BENCH | WALL

March 1, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

The BENCH | WALL is a multi-valent construct. It is intended to be functionally responsive to programmatic requirements and performantive in its ability to produce visual effects and affects.  Functionally, the BENCH | WALL serves as a visual marker for the School of Architecture and Planning, a Bench for students to gather and a Wall which spatially divides a main circulation path on campus from a proposed outdoor exhibition and gathering space. Performatively, the BENCH | WALL generates visual and […]

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Performative Territories

February 23, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Spring 2011, Design Technologies Concentration Studio, Master of Architecture Instructor:  Julian Pallacio Student Work:  Brandon Moore The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. – Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1974 To generalize, a field condition would be any formal or spatial matrix capable of unifying diverse elements while respecting the identity of each. Field […]

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Cajal Wall

February 23, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Society for Neuroscience + The Cajal Mural CUAdc (in collaboration with Envision Design, PLLC) Course: Catholic University of America design collaborative (CUAdc) Instructor: Luis Boza, Assistant Professor Semester: Fall 2005                       In the fall of 2005, the Design Collaborative was contacted by a nationally recognized design firm to collaborate an ongoing project within their office, the new headquarters for The Society for Neuroscience, a national non-profit organization located in Washington, DC. […]

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Thinking As Doing

February 23, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Thinking as Doing Spring 2005, Undergraduate Design Studio, Bachelor of Architecture Instructor:  Luis Boza, Associate Professor in Architecture Project Team:  Brian A. Carlson, Charles F. Cerria, John W. Darrow, Christopher P. Hartel, Cassandra J. Howard, Daniel T. Jacobeen, Michael S. Kirby II, Joseph A. Kraus, Allison G. O’Neill, Alberto J. Parjus Jr., Arthur T. Rollin, Michael R. Summers Description Based on digital and technological advancements and the introduction of new design and fabrication tools to architecture, a new way of design […]

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(Digital) Craft

February 23, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

(Digital) Craft: Investigating The Changing Nature of Craft Fall 2005, Graduate Studio, Master of Architecture in Design Technologies Instructor:  Luis Boza, Associate Professor in Architecture Project Team:  Dalal A. Al-Bannay, Luis F. Bermudez, Christina L. Cole, John W. Darrow, Mauricio E. Del Pozo, Sean C. Dorsy, Lawrence D. Gardner, Ariel N. Goldstein, James J. Haggerty, Joseph A. Kraus, Ruthan Lewis, Walter A. Peto III, Rahmiel W. Rechtschaffen, Michael R. Summers, Jennifer D. Wallen, Christine L. Williams While some argue that digital […]

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3 Scales – 1 Landscape

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

3 Scales – 1 Landscape Course: Graduate Topical Design Studio - Arch 601,602,603 Instructor: Luis Boza, Assistant Professor Semester: Summer 2005

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Post (Pre)Fabrication

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Post (Pre)Fabrication Investigating New Spatial And Formal Expressions In Prefabrication & CAD/CAM Processes Course: Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle Foreign Studies Design Competition, Undergraduate Design Studio - Arch 401 Instructor: Luis Boza, Assistant Professor Semester: Fall 2004 Throughout the history of modern architecture, mass-production, mass-customization, and prefabrication have been explored as answers to the problem of housing. As a closed system of logic, the result was either an end (product) that aspired to a stylized images of the future, or an application of […]

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(Re)Constructing Sustainability

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

(Re)Constructing Sustainability Exploring Digitally-Driven Sustainable Design and Construction Strategies Course: Master of Architecture, Graduate Concentration in Design Technologies Studio - Arch 601, 602, 603 Instructor: Luis Boza Semester: Spring 2008  

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Informing Faith

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

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Making Material Meaning

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

making | material | meaning Course: Cardinal Patrick O’Boyle Foreign Studies Design Competition, Undergraduate DesignStudio - Arch 401 Instructor: Luis Boza, Assistant Professor Semester: Fall 2008

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Less is More

February 2, 2012 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

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Emergence – Flexible – Interactive

March 2, 2011 by designtechnologiesatcuarch

Categories: Advanced Digital Design + Fabrication

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