EDSPACES STUDENT DESIGN - BUILD CHAIR CHARETTE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015NOON - 5P

16 STUDENTS. 4 TEAMS. 4 PROTOTYPES.4 HOURS TO INSPIRE A GENERATION OF DESIGNERS.

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The design-build charette would not be able to be presented without the dedication and support of the following organizations and individuals, whom the Organizing Committe would like to thank.

SUPPORTERS / PARTNERS

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - Sarah Simonson, DesignerTrapolin Peer AIA New Orleans Associate Director- Braham BergTulane AIAS- Ron Martinez, AIA Principal, Scairono Martinez AIA New Orleans Past President- Bryan C. Lee Jr, NOMAAssoc. AIA Director, Place + Civic DesignArts Council New Orleans- Erin Porter, Director of Community Engagement, Mathes Brierre Architect

TULANE UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENT MENTORS

- Dia Biagioni- Kyle Novak- Joseph D’Arco,- Arielle Scher

EDSPACES TEAM

- Adrienne Dayton- Joe Tucker

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EdSpaces and the Design-Build Charette Organizing Commitee are grateful to St. Augustine High School and the followings students who will participate in the charette.

STUDENT PARTICIPANTS

- Angelo Bagneris- Dominic Coleman- Drew DeLatte - Blaine Derbigny - Malik Gibson- Danion Green - Charles Jones - Darius Joseph - Jordon Lee- Rahshaan Nance - Christian Octave - Rene Ray - Homer Robinson - Aperecio Wiggins- Jonathan Willard

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OVERVIEW

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTEOF ARCHITECTSCommittee on Architecturefor Education

AIANew Orleans

_ DATETHURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015NOON - 5P

_ SCHEDULE11:30am-Noon ArrivalNoon-1:00pm Lunch (provided to students)1:00pm-1:15pm Introduction1:15 pm-2:30pm Design2:30pm-4:00pm Build4:00pm-5:00pm Present

_PARTICIPANTS(16) High School Students (4) 4-person teams (4) Tulane School of Architecture Student Mentors(2) Charrette leaders (NOMA-LA Project Pipeline)

(For Students)Objective Welcome, St. Augustine High School!

We’re so glad you could join us for our Design-Build Charette at the 2015 Edpaces and AIA CAE Conference!

We sit in chairs everyday yet people do not think of what went into how these everyday objects are made, from design(concept) to the realized built structure.

Your task is to design and build a chair. The users of this chair are students and/or teachers in an educational setting. Today, with the help of your mentors, architecture students from Tulane University, you’ll explore in depth how chairs are created. The constraint: we are providing you the material and a tight 4 hour timeline to design, build, and present your work.

First, you’ll be assigned to one of four (4) groups. You will be given the first half of the charette (around 1 hour and 30 mins) to design what chair you’d like to create. This allotts for sketching / building small models (prototyping) / experiment-ing, etc.

In the second half of the charette (also around 1 hour and 30 mins) you will build your vision with the materials provided. The final chair should be full-sized and functional. You will be able to present your process and chair to professional ar-chitects and designers.

Remember, think big, but it’s also key to think practical!We look forward to seeing what you envision!

(For Mentors / Attendees)Objective

> To provide high schools students opportunity to work through entire design process, from conception to prototyping to presen-tation, in a condensed 4-hour period

> To discuss the importance of having student voices involved in the design of learning spaces and equipment

> To explain the design elements of a chair that students find important

> To understand the thought process for students, high school and university when creating objects for learning environments

> To provide design professionals the opportunity to observe and engage with students in a design exercise

Provided Materials

i. Tracing Paperii. Sharpies (Different Colors)iii. Highlightersiv. Pen / Pencilsv. Cardboardvi. Foam Corevii. Masking Tapeviii. Eraserix. Cutting boardsx. x-Acto knives and bladesxi. Craft gluexii. Poster board for drawings

TERMINOLOGY

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

SPACE — the space taken up by (positive) or in between (neg-ative) objects

FORM: informed by Shape, Size, Color, Texture - sense of a three-dimensional mass / volume, configuration- primary shapes (circle, triangle, square) v. irregular forms- addition versus subtraction

FUNCTION: activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or thing.

LINE: the visual path that enables the eye to move within the piece TONE: shading used to emphasize form

SHAPE: outline or surface configuration, defined by edges= principal category of form- geometric v. organic

TEXTURE: visual and tactile (connected with the sense of touch) given to the surface by size, shape, arrangement, proportions

DEPTH — perceived distance from the observer, separated in foreground, background, and optionally middle ground

SIZE: dimensions of length, width, depth of form- Scale = size in relation to other objects in its context

COLOR: hues with saturation, intensity and tonal value- Affects visual weight of form

TERMINOLOGY

ELEMENTS OF ORGANIZATION / COMPOSITION

RHYTHM

PROPORTION

BALANCE / HARMONY.

NEGATIVE SPACE CONTRAST

GEOMETRY

RHYTHM

LIGHTING

PERSPECTIVE

REPETITION

THE CLASSICS

MIES VAN DER ROHE

Barcelona Chair

Detroit

Contrast LineNegative Space

Contrast LineTextureRepetition

“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION”

MIES VAN DER ROHE

plywood

EAMES

ShapeStructureTexture

ShapeGeometryTextureLineColor

wood / plastic

Peacock Chair

Barrell Chair

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

ColorGeometryBalance

ColorGeometryRepetitionNegative Space

Red-Blue

Zig-Zag

GERRIT RIETVELD

ShapeGeometryTextureLinePerspective

ColorGeometryNegative Space

Diagram

matic C

onstruction

MATERIALthinking practically!

Car

dboa

rd

ShapeGeometryNegative SpaceLine

Cardboard

(Boxes +

Rolls)

ShapeRepetitionGeometryNegative SpaceLine

Solid/ VolumeGeometryNegative SpaceTexture (Smooth)

ShapeRepetitionGeometryNegative SpaceTextureAperture

ShapeRepetitionGeometryTexture

ShapeRepetitionGeometry

ShapeRepetitionPart V. Whole

ShapeRepetitionPart V. Whole

CONCEPTthinking big!

CONCEPTS

SKETCHES