Week

Day

Date

Lecture Notes & Class Activities

Further Readings

W1

Sun.

Sept. 11

Introduction & course outline

Tue.

Sept 13

Lecture:

CAAD Basics

(Download PDF File)

W2

Sun.

Sept. 18

Lecture:

Exploring Design Computing

(Download PDF File)

Tue.

Sept  20

W3

Sun.

Sept. 25

Lecture:

CAAD as a Design Medium in Architecture

(Download PDF File)

Salman, H. (2004) CAAD As A Design Medium In The Conceptual Phase Of The Architectural Design Process. PhD Proposal, The Scott Sutherland School, RGU

Schmitt, G., (1999), Information Architecture: Basis and Future of CAAD, Birkhauser, Basel, Switherland.

Tue.

Sept  20

W4

Sun.

Oct. 2

Lecture:

Hyper Architecture: Digital Architecture

Digital Architecture Presentation , Marc Aurel Schnabel, University of Hong Kong.

Puglisi, L. P.,(1999), Hyper Architecture: Spaces in the Electronic Age, Birkhauser, Basel, Switherland.

Tue.

Oct. 4

W5

Sun.

Oct. 9

Lecture:

Buildings for the Future: Advanced Building Technologies

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Travi, V., (2001), Advanced Technologies, Birkhauser, Basel, Switherland.

Tue.

Oct. 11

W6

Sun.

Oct. 16

Students’ Presentation of Term-Project: Phase I

Comprehensive Literature Review on one of the latest concepts or techniques of information technology in architecture

Tue.

Oct. 18

W7

Sun.

Oct. 23

Tue.

Oct. 25

Lecture:

Digital Fabrication in Architecture

Id al-Fitr Vacation (October 29 – November 9)  2 Weeks

W8

Sun.

Nov. 13

Lecture:

Wild Architecture & Information Technology

(Download PDF File)

Oosterhuis, K., (2002), Architecture goes Wild, 010 Publishers, Roterdam.

Tue.

Nov. 15

W9

Sun.

Nov. 20

Lecture:

3D Integrated Modeling for Buildings

(Download PDF File)

Eastman, C., Sacks, R., and Lee, G., (2002), Strategies for Realizing the Benefits of 3D Integrated Modeling Buildings, Conf. Paper.

Tue.

Nov. 22

W10

Sun.

Nov. 27

CAD for Integrating Design and Construction

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Reffat, R., (2002), Three-Dimensional CAD Models: Integrating Design and Construction, Book Chapter.

Tue.

Nov. 29

W11

Sun.

Dec. 4

Students’ Presentation of Term-Project: Phase II

Utilization and Potential Benefits of its use locally in KSA and internationally

Tue.

Dec. 6

W12

Sun.

Dec. 11

Tue.

Dec. 13

W13

Sun.

Dec. 18

The language of CAAD vs. the language  of Architecture

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Johnson, S., (1998), Toward Making the Language of CAAD Match the Language of Architecture, Conf. Paper.         

Tue.

Dec. 20

W14

Sun.

Dec. 25

Collaboration and Virtual Team in Design

(Download PDF File)

Johansson, M. and Linde, P. (2005), Playful Collaborative Exploration: New Research Practice in Participatory Design, Journal Paper.

Tue.

Dec. 27

W15

Sun.

Jan. 1

Submission of Final Term-Project Report & Presentation

(Structure of your Final Presentation  Download PPT File)

Tue.

Jan. 3

Id al-Adha Vacation (January 7 to January 18) 2 Weeks

Sat.

Jan. 21

Last Day of Classes