Design of

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Design of Design Environments Chuck Eastman Tu-Th
9-1030 107 Architecture
This course is about design tools, their use and
construction and how people interact with them.
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Course structure
I. History of design tools and design
environments
- history of tools and their relation to design
- design has always involved tools
II. Survey of design tools and design
environments
- current range of design tools
- environments for designing
Assignment initial selection and functional
analysis of design tool
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Course structure
Range of design tools
Design processes individual
Design processes teams
Relation with representations
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Course structure
Design tools review
Analyzing possible tool processes
New interaction ways to design
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Class lectures Assignments Reading
1. Cognitive Processes of Design the relation
of design tools to effective designing
http//dcom.arch.gatech.edu/coa6763/
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Class lectures Assignments Reading
2. Analysis of Design Tools functionality, feel,
power
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What is designing?
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There are many different types of design, and
design environments
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The blacksmith's art
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Design features are based on methods of working
iron
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Painting has always been influenced by its
pigments and binders
Tempera
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Painting has always been influenced by its
pigments and binders
Oils
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Painting has always been influenced by its
pigments and binders
Oils
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Architectural drawings have always relied on
tools and representations
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Architectural drawings have always relied on
tools
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Web-based tools are also close to production
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While the design tools in architecture and
engineering are very far from the means of
production
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There are many types of workbench
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Design Environment
Special Form generation
Production planning
Form generation layout
Functional analysis1
THE DESIGN
Rendering or presentation
Functional analysis2
Functional analysis3
Production detailing