Parsons present; Urban Modeling
Begins |
22 Apr 2009 - 6:00pm |
| Ends |
22 Apr 2009 - 8:40pm |
| Location |
66 5th Avenue, Room 005 |
URBAN MODELING
Parsons The New School for Design
OPEN CLASSROOM EVENT
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 22, 6-8:40pm
Location: 66 5th Avenue, Room 005
This studio is a core class for IDC's Urban Area of Study sophomores. Paired with Digital Modeling for Urban Design, this course will be designing new urban models for all of Fourteenth Street from the East River to the Hudson River. Digital modeling techniques offer ways to reveal, engage and communicate the complex life of urban ecosystems. In other words it offers a succinct explanation of the inner workings of previously confusing phenomenon. In this class we will be exploring a more inclusive definition of ecology by modeling the ecology of the city. This is important as often our shared mental image only references ecology in the city. Our studio partners will be the Union Square Partnership, The New School and others, who will challenge us to confront practical questions of buildability and implementation for example; developing a signage/way finding system as well as addressing the various treatments of tree pits along the six-block corridor between First and Sixth Avenues. The challenge will be to create new knowledge rather than simply fixing problems.