FROM POINTS TO SPACE

Exploring the basic components of design

YEAR : 2012 Fall

INSTRUCTOR : Che Wei Wang

POINTS

1 - 1 Only using cutting & folding, express "Surround" and "Contain" (from Richard Serra's verb list)

1 - 2 Using ink on mylar, represent the relationship between the pencil dots and 9 square grid points with symbols

LINES

2 - 1 Take one sheet of cut & fold study and express 2 new verbs, "Scatter" and "Remove"

2 - 2 Develop a system of assembling 3 pairs of 2 wood sticks. Then develop another system of assembling them in multiple iterations

2 - 3 Develop a hierarchy of the iterative models from the previous step to assemble them together

VOLUMES

3 - 1 Enlarge a portion from 2 - 3 and highlight surfaces that define volume

SPACE

4 - 1 Draw sections and plans, studying the space inside and outside of the volume