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Syllabus – Digital Tools For Architects (Archi 135)
Syllabus – Digital Tools For Architects II (Archi 136)
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Lectures
Digital Tools For Architects
Digital Tools For Architects – Lectures (F2011)
L02 – Organizing Your Digital Life
L03 – Architecture & The Web
L04 – Introduction to Photography
L05 – Processing Photos
L06 – Introduction to Photoshop
L07 – Panoramic Photography
L08 – HDR Photography
L09 – Advanced Photoshop
L10 – Graphic Design 1
L11 – Typography
L12 – Graphic Design 2 – Structure + Organization
L18 – Architectural Diagrams
L26 – Making Silhouettes from Trees
L27: Building Collage Elements
Digital Tools For Architects – Lectures (F2010)
Lecture 01: Course Introduction
Lecture 02: Organizing Your Digital Life
Lecture 03: Architecture & The Web
Lecture 04: Introduction to Digital Photography
Lecture 05: Processing Photos
Lecture 06: Introduction to Photoshop
Lecture 07: Panoramic Photography
Lecture 08: HDR Photography
Lecture 09: Advanced Photoshop
Lecture 10: Graphic Design 1
Lecture 11: Typography
Lecture 12: Graphic Design 2 – Structure + Organization
Lecture 13: Portfolio Design (Part 1)
Lecture 14: Introduction to Illustrator
Lecture 15: Typographic Design
Lecture 16: Charles Harper
Lecture 18: Architectural Diagrams
Lecture 20: Laser Cut Screens
Lecture 23: 3D Modeling: An Overview
Lecture 24: SketchUp Continued
Lecture 25: Terrain Modeling & Section Cuts
Lecture 26: Building Collage Elements
Lecture 27: Simple Clipping Masks
Lecture 28: Complex Clipping Masks
Lecture 30: Architectural Perspectives
Digital Tools For Architects II
DTFA II – Lectures (S2012)
L01: Course Introduction
L02: Organizing Your Digital Life
L03: Introduction to 2D Drawing
L04: More 2D Drawing & Introduction to 3D
DTFA II – Lectures (S2011)
S2011 Lecture 01: Course Introduction
S2011: Lecture 09: Stairs
Exercise 10.10 Demonstration
Other Lectures
ACE: Portfolio Design Lecture
Guest Lecture for Archi 120: Architectural Diagrams
Tutorials
Digital Life
Digital Life 0.1 [dropbox]
Digital Life 0.2 [U3 Dropbox]
Digital Life 0.3 [dropbox portable]
Digital Life 0.4 [picasa portable]
Digital Life 0.5 [calendar feeds]
Digital Life 0.6a [google calendar & outlook]
Digital Life 0.6b [google calendar & iCal]
Digital Life 0.6c [google calendar & sunbird]
Digital Life 0.7 [google profile]
Digital Life 0.8 [google reader]
Digital Life 0.9 [google apps for your domain]
Digital Life 0.10 [sunbird portable]
Digital Life 0.11 [subscribe to calendar]
Digital Life 0.12 [flavors.me]
Digital Life 0.13 [gravatar]
Digital Life 0.14 [hugin]
Digital Life 0.15 [AMP Font Viewer]
Digital Life 0.16 [building page]
Illustrator
Illustrator 3.1 [pathfinder]
Illustrator 3.2 [colorjack swatches]
Illustrator 3.3 [pen tool]
Illustrator 3.4 [trimming paths]
Illustrator 3.5 [layers]
Illustrator 3.6 [live paint]
Illustrator 3.7 [brushes]
Illustrator 3.8 [scatter brushes]
Illustrator 3.9 [art brushes]
Illustrator 3.12 [live trace]
Illustrator 3.13 [clipping masks]
Illustrator 3.14 [complex clipping masks]
Illustrator 3.15 [clipping mask from live paint]
Illustrator 3.16 [envelope distort]
Illustrator 3.17 [CMYK to RGB]
InDesign
InDesign 2.1 [new document]
InDesign 2.2 [place, re-size, crop]
InDesign 2.3 [text]
InDesign 2.4 [character palette]
InDesign 2.5 [paragraph palette]
InDesign 2.6 [character styles]
InDesign 2.7 [paragraph styles]
InDesign 2.8 [align]
InDesign 2.9 [image spanning frames]
InDesign 2.10 [text as a frame]
InDesign 2.11 [transparency]
Photoshop
Photoshop 1.1 [black & white]
Photoshop 1.2 [levels]
Photoshop 1.3 [curves]
Photoshop 1.4 [pop]
Photoshop 1.5 [dodge & burn]
Photoshop 1.6 [save for web]
Photoshop 1.7 [panoramas]
Photoshop 1.8 [HDR images]
Photoshop 1.9 [adjustment layers]
Photoshop 1.10 [masks on adjustment layers]
Photoshop 1.13 [Filter>Extract]
Photoshop 1.14 [background eraser]
Photoshop 1.15 [quick masks]
Photoshop 1.16 [masks via paths]
Photoshop 1.17 [transparency gradient]
Photoshop 1.18 [history brush]
Photoshop 1.20 [bump maps]
Photoshop 1.21 [transparency maps]
Photoshop 1.23 [color swatches]
Physical Modeling
Physical Modeling 6.1 [topography method 1]
Physical Modeling 6.2 [topography method 2]
Physical Modeling 6.3 [laser cutting from AutoCAD]
Rhinoceros Tutorials
Rhino Tutorial 5.2 [simple shapes]
Rhino Tutorial 5.3 [grids]
Rhino Tutorial 5.4 [osnap]
Rhino Tutorial 5.5 [polylines]
Rhino Tutorial 5.6 [rotate3d]
Rhino Tutorial 5.7 [offset]
Rhino Tutorial 5.8 [patch]
Rhino Tutorial 5.9 [trim]
Rhino Tutorial 5.10 [sweep]
Rhino Tutorial 5.11 [unTrim]
Rhino Tutorial 5.12 [Cage Edit]
Rhino Tutorial 5.13 [project]
Rhino Tutorial 5.14 [blocks]
Rhino Tutorial 5.15 [array]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.16 [material properties]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.17 [directional light]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.18 [control points]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.19 [rebuild]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.20 [contour]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.21 [Loft]
Rhino Tutorial 5.22 [Unrollsrf]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.23 [SketchUp Topography]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.24 [curve networks]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.25 [Section]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.26 [SectionTools.rhp]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.27 [Viewports]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.28 [Saved Views]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.29 [Cameras]
Rhinoceros Tutorial 5.30 [Scale]
Rhino Tutorial 5.31 [isocurves]
Rhino Tutorial 5.32 [texture mapping]
Rhino Tutorial 5.33 [bump maps]
Rhinoceros 5.34 [transparency maps]
Rhinoceros 5.35 [make2d]
SketchUp
SketchUp 4.1a [terrain skp8]
SketchUp 4.1b [terrain skp7]
SketchUp 4.2 [sectioncutface.rb]
Vectorworks
Vectorworks 7.1 [layers]
Vectorworks 7.2 [scaling images]
Vectorworks 7.3 [walls]
Vectorworks 7.4 [floors]
Vectorworks 7.5 [roofs]
Vectorworks 7.6 [doors & windows]
Exercises
Digital Tools For Architects (Archi 135)
Exercises – Fall 2011
Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Exercise 1.3
Exercise 2.1
Exercise 2.2
Exercise 2.3
Exercise 2.4
Exercise 2.5
Exercise 2.6
Exercise 3.1
Exercise 3.2
Exercise 3.3
Exercise 3.4
Exercise 4.2
Exercise 4.3
Exercise 4.4
Exercise 5.1
Exercise 5.2
Exercise 6.1
Exercise 6.2
Exercise 6.3
Exercise 7.1
Exercise 7.2
Hours By Arrangement – F2011
HBA w6
Exercises – Fall 2010
Exercise 1.1
Exercise 1.2
Exercise 1.3
Exercise 2.1
Exercise 2.2
Exercise 2.3
Exercise 2.4
Exercise 2.5
Exercise 2.6
Exercise 3.1
Exercise 3.2
Exercise 3.3
Exercise 3.5
Exercise 3.6
Exercise 4.1
Exercise 4.2
Exercise 4.2 (Revised)
Exercise 4.3
Exercise 4.4
Exercise 4.5
Exercise 4.6
Exercise 5.1
Exercise 5.2
Exercise 6.1
Exercise 6.2
Exercise 6.3
Exercise 6.4
Exercise 7.1
Exercise 7.2
Exercise 7.3
Digital Tools For Architects II
HBA (S2012)
w2: Simple 2d Screen
Spring 2012 Exercises
Exercise 10.1
Exercise 10.2
Exercise 10.3
Exercise 10.4
Exercise 10.5
Spring 2011 Exercises
Exercise 10.1
Exercise 10.2
Exercise 10.3
Exercise 10.4
Exercise 10.5
Exercise 10.6
Exercise 10.7
Exercise 10.8
Exercise 10.9
Exercise 10.10
Exercise 10.12
Exercise 10.14
Assignments
Digital Tools For Architects
Assignments – F2011
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 6
Assignment 8
Assignments – F2010
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6
Assignment 7
Assignment 8
Digital Tools for Architects II
Spring 2012
Assignment 1
Spring 2011
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4: Final Project
Resources
Architectural Precedents
Architects
Gallaratese Housing Block (Aldo Rossi)
Architects (List)
Adolf Loos
Müller House
Frank Lloyd Wright
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier – Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut
Le Corbusier – Maisons Jaoul
Le Corbusier – Monastery of La Tourette
Le Corbusier – Palace of Assembly (Chandigarh)
Le Corbusier – Swiss Pavilion
Le Corbusier – Unité d’Habitation
Tadao Ando
Toyo Ito
Toyo Ito – Sendai Mediathèque
Walter Gropius
Bauhaus
Buildings
30 St Mary Axe-Foster and Partners
Aldo van Eyck – Amsterdam Orphanage Floor Plans, Sections
Alison and Peter Smithson – Economist Building
Alvar Aalto – Baker House
Alvar Aalto – Säynätsalo Town Hall
Art & Art History Building, University of Iowa (Steven Holl)
Bailey House, Case Study House No. 21 (Pierre Koenig)
Balnarring House (Simon Couchman)
Beijing National Stadium(Herzog & de Meuron)
Brion Cemetery (Carlo Scarpa)
Buehler House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Burj Al Arab( Rati )
Burj Khalifa (Adrian Smith)
Chapel of St Ignatius (Steven Holl)
Chartres Cathedral
China Central Television Headquarters-OMA
Church of the Light (Tadao Ando)
City of Capitals (NBBJ)
City of Culture of Galicia (Peter Eisenman)
Empire State Building(
Evelyn Grace Academy (Zaha Hadid)
Fallingwater House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Fifth Avenue Apple Store (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson)
Floating Roof House (Tezuka Architects)
Fold (Apollo Architects)
Grand Central Terminal (Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore)
Guangzhou Opera House (Zaha Hadid)
Guggenheim (Frank Lloyd Wright)
Hadrian – Pantheon
HBA Beijing National Stadium (Herzog & de Meuron)
House in Nagoya (Suppose Architects)
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center (Renzo Piano)
Jewish Museum (Daniel Libeskind)
Kaufmann Desert House – Richard Neutra
Koshino House (Tadao Ando)
Le Corbusier – Monastery of La Tourette
Le Corbusier – Unité d Habitation
Linked Hybrid (Steven Holl)
marina bay sands (safdie)
New York Times Building (Renzo Piano)
Oslo Opera House (Snøhetta Architects)
Paramount Theatre (Timothy L. Pflueger)
Parthenon
Pompidou Centre
Rock Hall of Fame (I.M. Pie)
Roman Colosseum (The Roman Emperor Vespasian)
Salisbury Cathedral
San Francisco Federal Building (Morphosis)
San Francisco Transbay Transit Center (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects)
San Paolo Bank(Baltasarh & Parasite Studio)
Science Museum, Valencia Spain (Santiago Calatrava)
Sendai Mediatheque (Toyo Ito)
SFMOMA – Mario Botta
Sky Garden (Guz Architects)
Sydney Opera House (Jørn Utzon)
Takaharu & Yui Tezuka – Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum
Test Slider
Therme Vals (Peter Zumthor)
Villa Savoye (Le Corbusier)
Vitra Design Museum (Frank Gehry)
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Frank Gehry)
Water Cube (Anna Soto)
Buildings by City
Buildings by Country
HBA w10 London Olympic Stadium (Populous)
Vasconcelos Library (Alberto Kalach)
Buildings by Material
Buildings by Period
Collage (Entourage) Gallery
Collage Textures
Brick
Downloadable Goodies
Panoramas
360 Viewer Test
Mt. Tallac
Ollantaytambo 01
Ollantaytambo 03
Ollaytaytambo 02
San Francisco International Airport 02
San Francisco International Airport 03
San Francisco International Airport 1
Tambo Colorado 01
Wurster Hall (Day), UC Berkeley
Wurster Hall (Night), UC Berkeley
Grass Lake
Highland Lake
Lake Aloha
Mosquito Pass
Rhinoceros Blocks Library
Test DTFAhide
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May 16th, 2011
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May 4th, 2011
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May 4th, 2011
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Apr 13th, 2011
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alex’s assignment 2: “jetsons in 2011″
Apr 10th, 2011
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alex’s stairs v2
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alex’s stairs in progress
Mar 30th, 2011
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alex’s norwegian get away
Mar 28th, 2011
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