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THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIO: IdentifyingCollaboration
International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA), Guimarães, Portugal, July 2013 (2013)
  • Thomas Fowler, IV
  • Kevin Dong
  • Prof James Doerfler, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Abstract
Intuitively designers know that teamwork is necessary to produce a cohesive project. Collaborative team work, or team work across disciplines, is a fundamental basis for firms such as Arups and Buro Happold among others and these firms are known for producing innovative work as a result of their collaborative efforts. Studies have shown that collaborative efforts can produce new and original ideas not possible in a uni-disciplinary setting1. The potential to develop intriguing design solutions while requiring students to work in multi-disciplinary teams is one of the primary goals for an ongoing design studio course at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Keywords
  • Collaboration,
  • design,
  • form finding,
  • integration,
  • structures
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer July, 2013
Citation Information
Thomas Fowler, Kevin Dong and James Doerfler. "THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN STUDIO: IdentifyingCollaboration" International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA), Guimarães, Portugal, July 2013 (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tfowler/14/