FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN AND
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT II

2013 – 2014 | design studio
Common First Year | Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Georgia

CURRICULUM REDESIGN + COORDINATION
MATERIAL + DESIGN + FABRICATION
Fundamentals of Design and the Built Environment II explores the principles of design through a collaborative design-build project. One hundred first year architecture and industrial design students work in teams of four to define a design problem, explore the possibilities of material, explore multiple design solutions, and develop a design proposal from conception through full-size fabrication.

yr 1
the VERTICAL GARDEN
all sought to:
design and build
a self-supporting vertical garden
of eastern, white pine
on the south porch of the COA West
with a collaborative team

responding to issues of
form/space + composition
assembly + material
use + operation
and the body

developed at the scale of
the hand, detail, leaf
the near body, object, plant
the distant body, architecture, landscape

yr 2
the SOUNDSCAPE WALL
all sought to:
design and build
a self-supporting soundscape wall
of eastern, white pine
on the south porch of the COA West
with a collaborative team of 4-5
that can be deconstructed
and transported on a truck

responding to issues of
the body, material, sound
and form, space, composition
assembly, use and operation

developed at the scale of
the hand, detail, touch
the near body, object, interaction
the distant body, structure, space

CFY Director | Ann Gerondelis, AIA
Instructors (spring 2013) | Linda Duncan, Joseph Minatta, Catherine Muller, Andrew Ruff, Raja Schaar, Martin Scoppa
Instructors (spring 2014) | Anya Khalo, Joseph Minatta, Catherine Muller, Laura Smith, Clint Zeagler