Felix's Documentation of Teaching at NYUAD

Engineering Design Studio (A5, 015)
Sunday, August 28, 2016, 9:00 am – 11:40 am

1. Introduction Felix (courses, research, open calendar, OpenOffice, OpenStudio)
2. Engineering Design Studio (Matt, EDS manager, policies, machines, materials, kitchen, events)
3. About you –> Why are you taking this course?

1. Syllabus (updated Syllabus, learning Outcomes, textbooks, films, other resources, assessment)
2. Structure: Project Colloquium (2:40hr session) + Seminar (2x 1:15hr session), discussion topics)
3. About the Machine project – a few example to get into the mood:
   
   • Mechanical Principles (1930) by Ralph Steiner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkQ2pXkYjRM)
   • The Do Nothing Machine, Lawrence Wahlstrom, 1948 (http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Wahlstrom.htm)
   • 10 Useless Machines That Do Nothing, Youtube compilation, 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiG13q79iQE)
   • Amazing LEGO Machines Compilation, 2014 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7-4g-XWHM4)
   • Drawing Machine, Alfred Hoehn, 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DjvtjgRdGA)
   • The Zoanthroid, Felix Beck, 2011 (http://www.felix-beck.de/?/object/zoanthroid/)
   • Self.Detach, Tim Horntrich, 2007 (http://digital.udk-berlin.de/?/students/horntrich-tim/projects/ws07-08.self-detach/)
   • The Music Construction Machine, Niklas Roy, 2016 (http://www.niklasroy.com/project/191/MCM)
   • Marble Machine, Wintergatan (https://wintergatan.bandcamp.com/track/marble-machine)
   • My homemade cardboard claw machine, SlayerJP2004, 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQgm5S1osQ)
4. Constraints for your machine (concept, material, size)
5. NYU classes (overview about meeting times and assignments: essay 1, essay 2, case study 1, case study 2, project report (showing draft report))
6. Course trip (Global Education)
7. Semester end exhibition (PDF)
8. Questions?

• Draw of case study topics (https://www.random.org/lists/)
• Attendance list

1. Think about three topics you are interested in. For each topic think about a machine that is related to it. A few examples:
   • I am interested in photography –> I would like to build a machine that applauds every time I take a picture.
   • I work for an environmental NGO –> I would like to develop a machine that visualises how the impoverished fields in the mountains of my home country can be fertilised in a better way.
   • I love art and I am fascinated by robots –> I would like to build a machine that paints pictures for me.
2. You will give a 5 minutes short overview about your ideas in class to receive everybodys feedback. One of those ideas will be realised in one or the other form by you over the coming semester.