A Gehry office model of the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. (Image courtesy of BAMCAT on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Terry Knight
MIT Course Number
4.580
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This subject explores the varied nature and practice of computation in design. We will view computation and design broadly. Computation will include both work done on the computer (digital computing) and by-hand. Design will include both the process of making designs and artifacts, as well as the designs and artifacts themselves. The aim of the course is to develop a view of computation and design beyond the specifics of techniques and tools, and a critical, self-awareness of our own approaches and metaphors for computation and design.