The Situated Computation + Design Lab
The Situated Computation + Design Lab (Sit.Co.De) is an interdisciplinary research lab that explores computation, craft traditions, embodied and technological practices, the built environment, and their societal intersections to create new computational design frameworks, tools, and expressions. Our work informs theory, pedagogy, and practice and advocates for repair. The Lab fosters a culture of hands-on making, agentic learning, and critical thinking through physical and social engagement, design, and computation. Research, teaching, and practice are all interconnected. The Lab is led by Vernelle A. A. Noel, Ph.D.
We engage in and seek collaborations inside and outside the Carnegie Mellon community. If you would like to join the Lab, collaborate, or have any questions, contact Vernelle A. A. Noel.
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 >>>