| SES # | TOPICS | EXERCISE DUE | READING DUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction / Woodland Cemetery | ||
| 2 | Discuss Objects | 1. An Object | |
| 3 | Discuss Objects | ||
| 4 | Tool Maker's Paradigm | Reddy | |
| 5 | Discussion of Infinite Corridor | 2. Infinite Corridor | Lyford, Jacobs, Durrell, Mitchell |
| 6 | Characteristics of Design | Goodman (Ways), Porter (Logic), Bordwell, Norman | |
| 7 | Discussion of Replication | 3. Replication | |
| 8 | Reading Strategies | ||
| 9 | Exeter Library Field Trip | ||
| 10 | Discussion of Field Trip | 4. Reading a Building: The Exeter Library | |
| 11 | Discussion of Reading a Building: The Exeter Library | ||
| 12 | Discussion of Reading a Building (Cont.) | Anderson (Volume Zero), Ronner, Porter (Re-reading), Goodman (How Buildings Mean) | |
| 13 | Discussion of Part 4 of Reading a Building | ||
| 14 | Discussion of Type | 5. Type | Vidler, Argan, Moneo, deQuincy |
| 15 | Play Silent Game | ||
| 16 | Discuss Silent Game | Habraken, Wittgenstein | |
| 17 | Discussion of 6. | 6. Redesigning the Game | |
| 18 | The Power of Shape: Guest, George Stiny | Stiny (either) | |
| 19 | Formal grammar: Guest, Takehiko Nagakura | ||
| 20 | Deterministic and Evolutionary Computation in Design: Guest, Bill Mitchell | ||
| 21 | Discussion of 7: Guest, Takehiko Nagakura | 7. Formal Grammar | |
| 22 | Discussion of 7, Part 2: Guest, Takehiko Nagakura | ||
| 23 | Simulated Evolution, Class Game: Guest, Ben Loomis | ||
| 24 | Evolutionary Grammars: Guest, John Gero | Gero Chapter in Bentley; Gero Web Essay | |
| 25 | Discussion of 8: Guests, Ben Loomis, Alex Kilian | 8. Evolutionary Grammar | |
| 26 |
Optimization - Key to Generative Systems? Guest, John Alex Meaningful Process: Guest, Edith Ackermann |
Bachelard, Lakoff, Geertz | |
| 27 | Music and Rules: Room 4-364 | Meyer | |
| 28 | Discussion of 9. Guests, Edith Ackermann and Terry Knight | 9. Meaningful Process | |
| 29 | Final Discussion | 10. Reflections |