TUTORIAL NOTES

Dip Studio 3, here are my notes on the forthcoming assessment criteria which we discussed yesterday.

CLARITY OF IDEAS (Basis & Resultant)

Taking your design intention to fruition with clear and convincing design outcomes

• Self consistency
• effectively and clearly communicated
• you have a right to your own opinion but do back it up logically

APPROPRIATENESS OF DESIGN TO (CORRELATE) FUNCTION & FORM (Rank 2)

"Form follows function follows form" (ian ng)

• usable by users -- "practical"
• buildable by builders -- "simple"

RICHNESS & ARTICULATION OF DESIGN (Rank 4)

• Phenomenology
• Poetics
• Sequencing of spaces
• Variety of spatial typologies
• Meaning (Why?)

RESPONSE & SUITABILITY TO URBAN CONTEXT (Rank 1)

• Site Response
• Neighborhood Response
• City Response
• National Response
• World Response

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DESIGN (Rank 3)

• Structure and Construction (architectonics)
  
• Environmental Control (temperature, relative humidity, lighting, etc.)
  
• Fire Safety (crowds, means of escape, etc.)