2006-2007 form·Z Joint Study Journal

This online 2006-2007 form·Z Joint Study Journal is the same as that printed and distributed to all the members as well as friends of the Joint Study Program.

Note that the JS Journal is complemented by a DVD, which displays the material sent to us, organized alphabetically by school. This DVD was distributed to all the member schools in late 2007. You can request a copy from ZwebMaster@formz.com, as long as supplies last.

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The 2006-2007 Joint Study Journal is a thematic collection of articles relating to the use of form·Z and other digital tools. Below, the JS Journal is presented in two different ways: (1) The complete journal as a single document that can be simply viewed or downloaded. Once opened, you can start at the Table of Contents and branch to whichever article you are interested in. (2) Each article of the journal is presented as an independent document, which can again be viewed directly or downloaded.

We hope you enjoy reading and browsing through the 2006-07 Joint Study Journal.

The 2006-2007 form·Z Joint Study Journal

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Table of Contents

Joint Study Award Winners

Chapter 1: Poetics of Computers and Visual Narratives

Poetics and Digital Tools
Rules of Engagement
The Manipulation of Reality and the Perceptional Quality of Virtual Environments
Light Motion Machines
Furnimals, Swarms, and Mutations
Conceptions of Space: The Dramatization of Space Through Non-Architectural
Concepts

Chapter 2: Form Tectonics

Bric-a-brac of Creative Computing: Studying Fractal Shapes
Form Defining Strategies
Formal Mutations Designing a Transformative Experience
Flux Architecture Digital Sensibilities: Quasi-Mathematical Expressions,
Evolutionary Blur, Morphological Fusion
A Model Dialogue
Automated Generative Synthesis Systems in Architectural Design

Chapter 3: Analog versus Digital

Tradition, Tools, Technique & Technology
Digital Mutations: Exploring Methodologies in Fabrication
Integration of the Actual and the Digital: Folding Modeling into Beginning
Design Learning
Intimate and Transparent Production of Space
The Process of Setting Out
From Model to Made: Digital Fabrication and the Artist
Recent Works

Chapter 4: Design Process in the Classroom

Reconstructing or Inventing the Past: A Computer Simulation of Unbuilt
Architecture
The Affects of Virtual Light in Aalto's Tallinn Art Museum
Danteum & Escher: Two (Un)Realized Visions
Making Virtual Real
How Should Digital Media be Taught?
Toward Constructive Design
form·Z in Digital Design at the University of Waterloo
Fields of Study in the Department of Human Environmental Design
Architecture for Zero-Gravity: A Habitat Orbiting the Earth