Future High Schools

Marcela Oliva, B. Arch M. Arch LATTC Arch Tech - Digital Design - Mapping LA - CADD, Professor olivam@lattc.edu

iSEE LAUSD 2012 High School

iSEE Project: Designing the School for the Future

Here are some suggestions for you to explore!

Summer 2007 Partnership with LACCD and LATTC Architecture and Environmental Design Discipline

By Marcela Oliva, Professor olivam@lattc.edu

This is about the year you will be graduating from Architecture School!

This is a very challenging project; these type of projects are usually given to third or fourth semester students; but we believe the iSee Students are ready to explore!

Remember this is just an exploration.... when you study architecture you will get a one to one kind of support!

There are many variables that need to be taken in consideration before you start with the design. Architecture is a reflection of humanity and what we value; we build spaces that support our needs.

The study of Architecture is full of metaphors and meanings and as a designer you must always ask the fundamental questions like:

How the schools of the future would look like?

http://www.designshare.com/Research/Locker/FlexibleSchools.asp

http://archrecord.construction.com/schools/0701_mainHome.asp

http://asumag.com/mag/university_schools_tomorrow/

http://www.designshare.com/index.php/projects/high-school-of-the-future/narratives

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805072543/ref=pd_luc_0210107167602230805072543/002-2548729-2963200

National Clearing House for Educational Facilities

http://www.edfacilities.org/

Education Automated

http://bfi.org/our_programs/who_is_buckminster_fuller/online_resources/part_5_of_5

How does the Digital Age Architect look like?

http://www.architectureandenvironmentaldesignlattc.net/digitalagearchitects.pdf

How Design Computation looks now?

http://www.architectureandenvironmentaldesignlattc.net/design_computation_new_paradigm.pdf

What happens

When minds and environments do not match?

http://www.architectureandenvironmentaldesignlattc.net/spaces1.htm

How are future spaces look like?

http://www.architectureandenvironmentaldesignlattc.net/space1.htm

Architecture is also very contextual, you were able to experience the space and form from the most important architect of America: Frank O Gehry and as a designer you will learn how he designs:

Generative Process CAD and Gehry Shapes

http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/people/leymarie/Refs/Perception/LeytonM.html#_cch1_1011294311

Gehry

http://www.pritzkerprize.com/gehry.htm#On%20Awarding%20the%20Prize

http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/people/leymarie/Refs/Architect/digital.html

http://www.sonyclassics.com/sketchesoffrankgehry/ ***

Architecture has a methodology of design called “design process”. There are many approaches, but Architecture Design Process creates people that are problem solvers. When you graduate from architecture school, you have many options and opportunities. Design Process

What is a problem solver?

http://web.media.mit.edu/~push/problem-solver.html

So what is this design process?

Design Science

http://bfi.org/our_programs/who_is_buckminster_fuller/design_science/design_science_methodology

Design Process

http://www.technologystudent.com/designpro/despro1.htm

Site Planning and Design

http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/McBride/section3.html

So how do I start?

“In creative and conceptual designing, architects often look to books, magazines, and other collections of images to find forms they can adopt and adapt in designs. On line visual collections are becoming available but typically they are indexed only with descriptive key words. We argue that in addition to key word indexing, which supports retrieval of images based on design concepts or issues, a more directly visual, graphical reminding scheme based on sketches can help designers recall interesting references from various domains. We describe Drawing Analogies, a shape based reminding program that uses hand drawn sketches to index and query visual databases”

http://depts.washington.edu/dmachine/PAPER/ACADIA95/dogross.html

So how is space developed?

The power of geometry is

Precedents in Architecture, 2E (Paperback)
by Roger H. Clark (Author), Michael Pause (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Precedents-Architecture-2E-Roger-Clark/dp/0471287032

Geometry is the foundation of architecture

http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/gilley/index.html

Parallel Thinking …great image!

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wikiddesign.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/designprocess.JPG&imgrefurl=http://wikiddesign.wikispaces.com/Design%2BProcess&h=500&w=491&sz=28&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=EkeBYVqyABHKhM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnature%2Bdesign%2Bprocess%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-42,GGLG:en

The power of sketch … traditional drawing skill

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/somag/gabi.html

What tools can I use to help me?