In his 1929 book, “The Metropolis of Tomorrow” Hugh Feriss develops a series of ominous images that illustrate the formal implications of the 1916 zoning laws for New York City. The zoning laws were the first of their kind to limit the size of buildings based on a formula that biased public safety, health, and light over the maximization of leasable private space. Feriss’ drawings will be our starting point to design a direct connection between building and light. The studio will begin with a series of parametric digital exercises to study the geometric, spatial, and formal implications of sun seeking and sun fearing tendencies. The studio will offer a series of Digital Project workshops / tutorials to introduce the “tools of the trade”. The parametric solid / void investigations of urban massing studies will translate through to the final project for an urban K-8 school in Chicago. The urban site will challenge designers to create a day lit educational environment that addresses democratic concerns for universal design and pedagogic principles of small school design.
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