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Modeling of The Built Environment

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    By the end of the course overall aims should be achieved as follows: • Enrich the student's basic knowledge about digital computer Modeling software and methods. • Develop the student's ability to use the most famous architectural software to generate architectural models. • Train students to specify the most suitable software to produce their digital models according to their needs
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities

Requirements

ARC142 OR ARC241

Description

  • English Description

    use computers as a medium for 3D modeling, form generation, and the analysis and evaluation of architectural design models. Students are introduced to concepts of wireframe modeling, surface modeling, solid modeling, parametric modeling, and generative design, and are exposed to software tools such as Rhino and its graphic algorithm editor Grasshopper. This course introduces the principles of building information modeling (BIM) and how it is used, through tools such as Autodesk Revit and other analysis tools, to model, analyze, and evaluate designs, with an emphasis on form-finding and performance-based evaluation. Students are also introduced to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS) to create, analyze, and visualize the built environment on different scales.
  • Arabic Description

    use computers as a medium for 3D modeling, form generation, and the analysis and evaluation of architectural design models. Students are introduced to concepts of wireframe modeling, surface modeling, solid modeling, parametric modeling, and generative design, and are exposed to software tools such as Rhino and its graphic algorithm editor Grasshopper. This course introduces the principles of building information modeling (BIM) and how it is used, through tools such as Autodesk Revit and other analysis tools, to model, analyze, and evaluate designs, with an emphasis on form-finding and performance-based evaluation. Students are also introduced to the principles of geographic information systems (GIS) to create, analyze, and visualize the built environment on different scales.
  • Department
    Architecture Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 40% , tr.Self_learning 5% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (35) + Exam Grade (0)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 3, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4
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  • • Toker, U. (2022). Parametric methods for beginners: Architecture applications. Taylor and Francis.
  • • Jabi, W. (2013). Parametric design for architecture. Quercus Publishing.
  • • Tedeschi, A. (2014). AAD algorithms-aided design: Parametric strategies using Grasshopper. Le Penseur Publisher.