Over the past three decades, as a result of the technological revolution the discipline of architecture has undergone radical changes, following the implantation of advanced digital tools for representation, planning, design, and manufacturing, which is especially evident in computer based design. Its influences have penetrated all realms of the discipline, which led to the need to develop a new conceptual framework, as well as to replace the traditional conventions with new ones.

This class will introduce the students to the theoretical foundation of digital praxis in architecture. To reach this goal, we will discuss fundamental issues such as architecture as an event, modes of form, design, and fabrication, non-Euclidean geometry, algorithmic planning, architectural performance, and borrowing models from natural and exact sciences.

Digital architecture, as introduced here, will reiterate the well-known words of Peter Cook who argues that planning is in itself a research.

For this course, student participation is encouraged and the grade will be based on a final-home take exam.