The Situated Computation + Design Lab
The Situated Computation + Design Lab (Sit.Co.De) generates new knowledge through DESIGN and MAKING PRACTICES. It is an interdisciplinary research lab that asks questions about technology, knowledge, skill, society, and more by examining sites and acts of design and making, and draws from fields in computing, and science technology and society studies (sts). Sites include craft and technological practices, digital design, and fabrication with emerging and automated technologies in architecture, design, and the built environment. Work includes analysis, prototyping, developing novel tools and methods, as well as utilizing cutting-edge technologies. Our Lab fosters a culture of hands-on experimentation with critical inquiry, investigating the relationships between making, knowledge, and computational systems. Research, teaching, and practice are all interconnected.
Lab Mission:
- To generate new knowledge by investigating design and making practices.
- To teach all Lab members to be good researchers, good designers, critical thinkers, and global citizens.
- To teach all members to be good writers, thoughtful makers, and good teachers.
- To be leaders in the fields of computational design and architecture.
- To be good researchers, scholars, and educators in STEM and Humanities fields.
Research Areas:
- Craft, design, and making practices
- Heritage
- Shape Grammars
- AI/ Machine Learning
- Cognition and Design Education
- Building practices and Tectonics
- CAD/CAM/ Digital Fabrication
- XR (Extended Reality)
If you would like to join the Lab, collaborate, or have any questions, contact Dr. Vernelle A. A. Noel, who leads the Lab.
Situated Computations is an approach to computational design that grounds technologies in the social world by acknowledging the historical, cultural, and material contexts of designing and making. It acknowledges and responds to a setting’s social and technological infrastructures, and refuses to remain ignorant of economic and political structures that shape them. Read more about Situated Computations here >>>