Course Description

An intensive nine day remote collaborative workshop involving MIT and Miyagi University in Japan. The objective is to develop a small housing project using shape computation as a design methodology. Students will use and test new interactive software for designing, sharing applications with overseas partners, …
An intensive nine day remote collaborative workshop involving MIT and Miyagi University in Japan. The objective is to develop a small housing project using shape computation as a design methodology. Students will use and test new interactive software for designing, sharing applications with overseas partners, presenting projects on an Internet workspace, and critiquing design proposals through the web and other advanced digital technologies. Students will be expected to do most of their work in class.
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Lecture Notes
Photo of students seated at computers while watching a projected computer screen displaying their collaborative work with students at Miyagi University in Japan.
An image from the final review, showing the work of the class and how they collaborated via computer with Miyagi University in Japan. (Photo courtesy of Prof. Terry Knight.)