Comp Research (A2-020)
Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 9:00am – 11:30am

1. Introduction Felix: www.hardmood.info, www.felix-beck.de
   1. courses at NYUAD,
   2. OpenCalendar, OpenOffice, OpenStudio,
   3. Research Labs: NTSI Lab, Plastic Recycling Research Lab
2. About you –> Why are you taking this course? ⇒ Attendance list
3. Creating a WhatsApp group for the time of the course?

UVF Syllabus

1. Structure: Project Colloquium (2:40hr session) + Seminar (1x 1:15hr session), discussion topics)
2. Learning Outcomes, textbooks, films, rubric, assessment
3. Homework ⇒ several readings, movies, small tasks, and…
   • 1x ganttChart,
   • * 3x mood-board,
   • 1x mind-map,
   • 1x word-cloud,
   • several hand drawings,
   • logo,
   • 1x artistic statement,
   • 5x project reports (template),
   • 1x Case study presentations: duration (presentation length 25 min, followed by 10 minutes of lead discussion), using the presentation template via NYU classes/ressources or google slides ⇒ draw of order (https://www.random.org/lists/)
4. Exhibition at the end of Spring-Semester ⇒ online exhibition
5. Questions?

Why shifting from Audio object to furniture to chairs to cardboard architecture? Some things to show:

1. Prototypes from Design Fundamentals course: 2016,
2. Examples of audio objects: 2017,
3. Examples of Bricolage furniture projects: 2018,
4. Example projects for cardboard architecture ⇒ also checkout pinterest for inspoirations like this one.
   • Small scale model: 1, 2, 3, 4,
   • Formal concepts: 1, 2, 3, 4,
   • Room filling installations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
   • Full scale architectural structures: 1, 2, 3, 4, Shigeru Ban
5. Where to get free cardboard from? Watch out – you are surrounded by it!
   • Mailroom in B2 basement: The team leaves empty cardboard packages in front of the mailroom for SERCO service staff to remove them. Whichever empty box you find there, we can take.
   • NYUAD Trashsite at B2 basement. There is a metal cage in which used cardboard boxes are stored before they are compacted and shipped to a recycling company. (Please take extra care when going there. There are a lot of trucks and buses passing the area).

Additional Resources:

1. Advanced Manufacturing Workshop (Esteban, policies, machines, materials, training (hand tools, laser cutter,…)

1. Project Management Tools (example: Gantt, https://realtimeboard.com/app/dashboard/RealTimeBoard…)
2. Agile Project Management using Kanban/Scrum

• Get the course books from the book store,
• Reading: Research Methods for Product Design (chapter 1 (p. 9–19), p. 176–177)),
• Develop a Gantt-Chart that reflects the design stages of your project for this semester,
• Bring 5 digital photographs of traditional/typical/important architecture from your hometown.