The Advanced Digital Media course at Tulane University in New Orleans encourages students to analyse computational and automated methods used in architectural design.

The course draws upon the increasing importance of computation and automation in the design and construction of buildings and cities.

Students will learn how to critically engage with computational paradigms in society and culture, questioning its role in design, analysis, representation, communication, fabrication and assembly.

Through in-person instruction at Richardson Memorial Hall, on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans, students are introduced to 2D and 3D techniques of parametric design, digital fabrication workflows, and digital methods of visualisation, with the emphasis on critical understandings of these tools and how all three elements can synthetically strengthen the architectural design process.

School: Tulane University, School of Architecture and Built Environment
Course: Advanced Digital Media ARCH 3312/6312
Location: New Orleans, USA
Course dates: August 2027 to December 2027
Application deadline: 15 January 2027

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What will I learn during this course?

– Critique the role of computation and automation in architecture
– Analyse how computational tools are used for design, analysis, representation, communication, fabrication and assembly

What are the requirements?

This course is available to undergraduate and graduate students at the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment.

What facilities and resources are available?

– Lectures and workshops

What career prospects can I expect upon graduating?

This course will challenge “blackboxing” of computational workflows in architectural media, cultivating a foundational understanding of data-driven processes and a critical sensibility with regard to deploying them in architectural practice.

Who teaches this course?

– Emilie Taylor Welty, program director for architecture
– Sonsoles Vela, associate program director for architecture

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