ARTT 060B. ARCH 3D: Full Scale Fabrication

The workshop introduces the relationship between drawing and full-scale fabrication, resulting in a collaborative construction on grounds not far from Swarthmore campus. Exercises in the first part of the semester address techniques for the fabrication of different material assemblages, making use of wood working equipment in the Swarthmore College Makerspace. Sketching and model making will be introduced as methods for the study and design of these elements. Working with the idea of architectural re-enactment and the needs of the site, a design will develop collaboratively through tests with fabrication and drawing. After the mid-semester break, the workshop will move weekly sessions to the work site where we will prepare the ground and develop foundations. Using material and construction as regulators of the preliminary design, we will build on the site collectively as an act of continued learning. Each student will take on different responsibilities including organizing equipment, ensuring safe working procedures, verifying drawings and coordinating collective decision-making. The course meets over a long block of time on Wednesdays, with the majority of each week’s learning activities taking place during class time. For interested students, the course includes a week-long, spring-break workshop at Westbeth Artists’ Housing in New York City’s West Village that explores intersections between architecture and dance.
Arts and Humanities.
1 credit.
Spring 2025. Devabhaktuni.
Catalog chapter: Art
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/art

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