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4.173 Design Fabrication Workshop Design Systems Prof. Larry Sass Department of Architecture and Planning MIT

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4.173 Design Fabrication Workshop. Design Systems. Prof. Larry Sass Department of Architecture and Planning MIT. Systems of Design, Computation & Fabrication. Create a build-able system Design System – Construction System. Why are design systems important? Work Flow - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Design FabricationWorkshop

Design Systems

Prof. Larry SassDepartment of Architecture and Planning

MIT

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Systems of Design, Computation& Fabrication

Create a build-able system

Design System – Construction System

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Why are design systems important?

Work Flow

Design is process of explorations(Multiple Representations)Can be a Computational ProgramParametric ModelingGenerative AlgorithmsShape Grammars

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Can systematic a approach be used in design?

Designers create representations of an ideaone idea at a time with slight differences between

systems?

Each statement leads to another statement or will eachstatement lead to a conclusion in the design process?

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Pre RationalNorman Foster

Andrea Palladio

A pre-rational system in design is a design system mapped to a shape or an organized plan.

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Post Rational

Gehry

Gaudi

A post rational system is a shape that has beenchopped into build-able sections. Each sectionis its own element in a larger whole.

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Design SystemsPre Rational Post Rational

Computational Design Kit

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Atomic Systems

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Fixed Shape Systems

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Computational Design SystemsSpecific PartsGeneral Parts

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Evolution of a Pre Rational SystemNorman Foster Associate

Swiss Re Tower 2005 - LondonGLA 2000 – London

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