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Resiliency: Designing for Change | ARC1003 - A | Fall 2018 | Tyler Hinckley & Arlen Stawasz

Resilience is defined as the ability of something to spring back into shape, or redefine its elasticity after a major transformation or event. So, how can the idea of resilience apply to the built environment? How can planning and design decisions impact the way a community responds to a natural disaster or sea level rise? How can buildings contribute to a more resilient society?

This studio will seek to address these questions at multiple scales (macro to micro) and from various points of view (social, economic, environmental). To do so the studio will utilize the recent Climate Adaptation Master Plan of East Boston.  Students from the Amsterdam Academy will be traveling to Boston at the beginning of the semester to share in workshops and charrettes with out studio.  The two studios will engage with members of the East Boston community in workshops and reviews to inform potential design solutions and will share progress throughout the semester.

The semester will be broken into two sections – Site Analysis / Program Development / Concept Design (8 weeks); and Site Design / Design Development (8 weeks). Emphasis will be placed on the process of design through the use of multiple methods of representation and study. Students will be expected to explore varied design techniques (physical modeling, virtual modeling, hardlined drawings, and sketches), and will be required to work at multiple scales.

Tyler Hinckley
​tyler.hinckley@the-bac.edu

Arlen Stawasz
arlen.stawasz@the-bac.edu