This course provides an introduction to the key relationships that exist between physical materials, building technologies, and three-dimensional form making. Weekly lectures and hands-on workshops introduce major themes in the technologies and materials used for building. The course expands on discussions of 3-D form from 802a in the previous term and explores ideas of 3-D form in real scale with actual building materials. Lectures provide an historic context for the development of tools and their application to materials, as well as specific material qualities and formal ideas appropriate to, and consistent with, both materials and tools. Workshops provide demonstrations and the opportunity to work physically with a wide variety of tools and materials.

Below are four examples of ten works produced in this class.