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Architecture Students Study Famous Architects and Build Their Own Models

On display in the Lobby of 89th St. are the projects of Dalton's Architecture Program, taught by Architecture Teacher Emily Wilson. The projects include (4) High School Architecture classes of Architecture 01, Architecture 02 and the new Honors Architecture 3A. This is the first Virtual Reality architecture exhibit at the School. Architecture 3A students studied the design and projects of Frank Lloyd Wright, his Prairie Style and his Usonian Principles. Architecture 02 students explored the Habitat of the Future project by Moshe Safdie, contemporary modular housing designs as well as master planning traditions. Architecture 01 student projects include hand-drafted, scaled plans and plan obliques, scans and collages of their hand-drafted projects and four Tower Assignments in physical and virtual space.


Architecture 3A
The Architecture 3A students studied the design and projects of Frank Lloyd Wright, his Prairie Style as well as his Usonian Principles. The students researched precedents, created programming diagrams, built massing models and produced three iterations of their designs before making their final designs. The students designed and built a final residential design inspired by Wright's aesthetic and then high-resolution exterior renderings, building sections and interior renderings of their projects. The students researched sustainable design features and included these features in their projects. Working in two different types of design software, the students exported renderings, 3D models for 3D printing as well as hyper models for the Virtual Reality exhibition.

Architecture 02
The Architecture 02 students studied the Habitat of the Future project by Moshe Safdie, contemporary modular housing designs as well as master planning traditions. The students researched precedents, created programming diagrams, built massing models and created iterations of their designs before building their final designs. The students then designed and built a final residential design inspired by Habitat. The students created preliminary modules, iterations of mid-rise and high-rise residential developments, hand-drawn master plans and final virtual models of their developments. Working in two different types of design software, the students exported renderings and 3D models for 3D printing.

Architecture 01
On view are many of the first year projects of the Architecture 01 students. The projects include hand-drafted, scaled plans and plan obliques, scans and collages of their hand-drafted projects and four Tower Assignments in physical and virtual space. The students worked in teams as well as individually for many of the projects. The students built their designs in virtual space and learned many software tools, styles and shadows of renderings, and created final high-resolution templates of their designs.

Story and photos provided by Emily Wilson, Architecture and Visual Arts Teacher
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