Week 1 - Agile Prototyping

Week 1 - Agile Prototyping

3rd September 2024

Lecture

  1. You are experiencing and supporting multiple transitions at the same time:
    • the Sustainability transition
    • the Digitalisation / Automation transition
    • your own transition from student to professional Engineer
  2. Parametric Paradox
  3. Architectural Engineering needs a radical new approach for the 21st century.
  4. Biology can grow in homeostasis for free
  5. How could we grow a building?
    • what would the stages be?
    • What would the systems / organs be?
    • What system would you like to work on this semester?
    • How could the systems grow together?
    • would this generate better buildings?
  6. Plan for the course / Schedule and questions from the class.

Activty 1

0. Choose a system

  1. Site
  2. Floor
  3. Facade
  4. Core
  5. Space
  6. Structure
  7. Services
  8. Fire
  9. Materials
  10. Build

0. System selection

  • Subdivide the system groups into groups of between 2 and 3.

1. Add your group in Learn

  • Add your group of 2 or 3 people to group in learn
  • Add yourself to a system group in Learn Eve
  • Choose your group of 2 to 3 and a number from learn and

2. Growing a cup.

  • Use the [Agile Protoyping methodology] outlined in the presentation and [here]. To identify the stages of growth of the cup. For this exercise we will follow stages 1 - 7.