Preliminary Work

During the first class, the course was introduced, the approach and possible topics were exemplified, and the preliminary ideas and interests of the participants were discussed. During the second class, each participant was asked to shortly present the topic in which investigations intend to be made. The presentations were organized in an open discussion in order to share suggestions and address the work based on brainstorming. A summary of the topics includes adaptive envelopes based on bistable shells (hopefully in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and the Pierre and Marie Curie Institute in Paris), adaptive envelopes for archeological sites, adaptive structures for large roofs, and a floating platform for the TUDelft Solar Decathlon Revolte House. The third class was organized based on consults and working sessions. Additional consults are planned at the end of this week. By Monday all participants are asked to present the final plan for their design research. This will be structured by introducing the background field, the problem statement/hypothesis definition, the research question, and the methodology for testing the hypotheses. Results from testing act as feedback to the designs, by embodying the hypotheses and/or reformulating them for further testing – in a design-research loop. Methods can make use of physical/material and/or digital models for testing.