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Schedule#

Welcome to Agile Prototyping 2025!

Our course runs on Tuesday Mornings in the Autumn semester in Building 117 Room 024 & Building 127 Room 014

Part 1 - Chaos#

Week 01 - Agile Prototyping & System Feautures |#

We will meet for the first session in Building 117 Room 024

Sep 2 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Hint

Please bring

  • A pencil / pen to sketch and help you communicate and explore ideas with your team.

  • Scissors / scalpel etc. to deconstruct the prototypes

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:30

117/024

Course Introduction

8:30 - 9:00

117/024

Concept Introduction

9:15 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Team Buildings
Whole class divide into interests, and form a team of 2 people

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Discover Genes
Each team identifies features and stages of their prototype

Course Introduction#

  • Future / Problems / Buildings

  • Instant Buildings?

  • Interdisciplinary Challenge

  • Building System features

  • Previously in Agile …

Concept Introduction#

  • Morphogenetic Prototyping

  • Three Horizons Framework

  • Elise Boulding 200 Year Present

  • Science Fiction Prototyping

  • Method (AP1-AP5)

Activity 1: Team Building#

  • Team formation ( 2-3 people per team MAX)

  • Find interests ( tent, bench, or desk) In this first activity you will be asked to …..deconstruct your prototype

Activity 2: Discover Genes#

  • AP1 : Idenitfying Features

Week 02 - Biologically Inspired Design & System Functions#

Location: Building 117 Room 024 / Building 127 Room 014

Sep 09 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Hint

Please bring

  • A pencil / pen to sketch and help you communicate and explore ideas with your team.

  • Scissors / scalpel etc. to deconstruct the prototypes

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 8:45

117/024

Functions by Torben Lenau

9:00 - 10:45

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Functions, features, and stages

11:00 - 11:15

117/024 or 127/014

Thermaform by Berin Seta

11:14 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Continue on Prototypes

Concept Introduction#

  • Functions

  • AP2 Stages

  • AP3 Biominetics (Week 3)

Functions Lecture by Torben Lenau#

  • Biologic Inspiration

  • Biomimetics / Biomimetic Architecture

  • Functions

Activity 1: Identifying functions#

  • AP2 Identifying Growth Stages

  • Identifying functions

Acitivty 2: Prototyping#

Week 03 - Reverse Engineering & System Futures#

Location: Building 117 Room 024 / Building 127 Room 014

Sep 16 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 8:45

117/024

Reverse Engineer by Torben Lenau

9:00 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Continue on Prototypes

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Identifying Features

Concept Introduction#

  • Forecase Futures

Reverse Engineer Lecture by Torben Lenau#

  • Reverse Engineer

  • Manufacturing

  • Analyse

Activity 2: Identifying futures#

  • AP3 Biominetics

Week 04 - What’s Missing & System Needs#

Location: Building 117 Room 024 / Building 127 Room 014

Sep 16 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 9:00

117/024

Changing Futures by Fernanda Guasselli

9:00 - 10:00

117/024

Activity 1
What’s Missing

10:15 - 11:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Fail!

11:00 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 3
Set the Rules

Concept Introduction#

  • Building Design Grid

  • Link to different systems

  • “What’s missing”

Activity 1: Identifying Needs ( What’s Missing)#

Acitivty 2: Fail!#

Acitivty 3: Set the rules#

A1 How to grow a tent, bench, or table?#

Due 28th September

Part 2 - Discover#

Week 05 - Forecast Futures |#

Sep 30 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 9:00

117/024

Concept Introduction & A1 Feedback Session

9:15 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Future scenarios

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Discover Genes

Concept Introduction & Feedback Session#

  • Design Requirements

  • Building System functions

  • 3 Scenarios

  • Feedback on Chaos Sprint

Activity 1: Future Scenarios#

Activity 2: Discover Genes#

Week 06 - System Reverse |#

Oct 07 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:30

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:30 - 9:00

117/024

Growth Stages Lecture by Joni

9:15 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Building Phenotype & Genotype

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Reverse Genes

Concept Introduction#

  • Growth Stages

  • Reverse genes

  • Building Environment

  • Building Phenotype

  • Building Genotype

  • The gap is how….

Activity 1: Building Phenotype & Genotype#

  • Combine different stages of systems

Activity 2: Reverse Genes#

  • TBD

A2 System Needs & Past#

Due 12th October

Part 3 - Vector#

Week 07 - Design Pasts |#

Oct 21 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 8:45

117/024

Lecture on Design Pasts by Laila Zwisler

9:00 - 9:30

117/024 or 127/014

** Plan for next six weeks Lecture **

9:45 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Sequencing

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Pyramid

Concept Introduction#

Guest Lecture Laila Zwisler#

  • Building System History as Evolution

  • Roman / Greek and Early 20thC Building Systems

Activity 1: Sequencing#

  • Sequencing the systems activity by Fernanda

Activity 2: Pyramid#

  • Integrating the same systems with other groups

Week 08 - Growing as a HYPER-prototype in Space|#

Oct 28 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 8:45

117/024

TBD Guest Lecture

9:00 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Systems in Space

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Preliminary Design Proposal

Concept Introduction#

Guest Lecture TBD#

Activity 1: Systems in Space#

Activity 2: Where are we going?#

  • What could the prototype become?

  • Starting the design process and proposal

A3 Building System Growth#

Due 2nd November

In this assignment you further explore the idea of growing the prototype to be used as a

  • Space Habitat

  • Musuem

  • Work/ Study Space

Part 4 - Future#

Week 09 - Designing your space |#

Nov 4 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:15 - 9:45

117/024

Activity 1
Your chosen space

10:00 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Space Station

Concept Introduction#

Activity 1: Your chosen space#

  • Sketch your spaces as if you are in a space station

  • Model your chosen space in the space station in 1:20

Activity 2: Space Station#

  • Model the low orbit space station 1:1

Week 10 - What happens when Bio & Now merge ? |#

Nov 11 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Introduction

8:15 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
Space Station

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Integration, & Communication

Introduction#

  • Students presenting space station design

Activity 1: Space Station#

  • Contiue modeling your space and connections in the low orbit space station 1:1

Activity 2: Integration and Communication#

  • Integration and connecting the spaces between one another

  • NB! Design for Dissampably, you need to be able to dissassemble your models from week to week

Week 11 - How to grow a building ? |#

Nov 18 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Concept Introduction

8:30 - 10:30

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 1
How to grow a building for the future

10:45 - 12:00

117/024 or 127/014

Activity 2
Peer Feedback

Concept Introduction#

  • Building Type Future Trajectories

  • Building System Future Trajectories

Activity 1:#

  • TBD

Activity 2: Peer Feedback#

  • In your smaller groups, find one other group

A4A How to Grow a Building in Space#

Due 23rd November

Part 5 - Order#

Week 12 - How to apply to a real building |#

Nov 25 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 8:15

117/024

Introduction

8:15 - 12:00

117/024

Tutorials and Support

Concept Introduction#

  • Tutorials and support

Week 13 - How to apply to a real building |#

Dec 2 2025 08:00 - 12:00

Time

Location

Activity

8:00 - 9:00

117/024

Work on Models and Presentations

9:00 - 12:00

117/024

Present prototype (model) and presentation

Activity#

  • Final Presentation

A4B Apply Now#

Due 07th December

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