Narronome: Ethereal Formations

BACHELOR DESIGN STUDIO

HESAM MOHAMED

This studio will delve into the realm of architectural storytelling through writing, making, and visualization. Just like any cultural production, architectural ideas can be expressed in different forms and formats such as writing, visual art, or built form. Narratives are frequently utilized in architecture to bring forth concepts in building design, to address social and historical contexts where ideas are developed, and to shape architectural language and aesthetics. This studio uses narratives as a generator for program, style, and environment in the design process.

Students will examine references from short stories, novels, and fairy tales and will be tasked to write their own short story as the driving force behind their architectural concepts. The goal is to design a small-scale building with a defined program within an environment where the story’s characters occupy and events unfold. Students must use their stories, characters, and environment to guide their building designs. By generating forms, students will express their stories through a collection of geometries. Digital workflows and robotic fabrication will be utilized as alternative techniques to bring the most successful geometries to life, turning abstract ideas into architectural spaces. Through a series of exercises, students will imagine a small-scale building in the environment of their narratives. They will present their buildings through a collection of conceptual models as well as visual novels.

Mondays&Thursdays 6PM - 9PM