ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2

Grades 11, 12; fall/spring semester; ½ credit , meets 5 times per 7 day cycle

Students participate in one of various competitions held regionally and nationally, including the Discover Design Student Competition and the Innovation in Design High School Competition sponsored by PhilaU (now Jefferson). As an alternative to the competition, the course also focuses on using Rhino’s Grasshopper for form making through the computational design process. Students utilize Grasshopper’s algorithmic modeling tools in conjunction with Rhino software and traditional model-making tools in project-based learning, culminating in a final project that will involve building a scale model.