Digital Ecologies

The Digital Ecologies certificate is intended for graduate students interested in developing requisite skills and knowledge in domain areas associated with computational thinking and design. This certificate program cultivates knowledge through research and design practices responding to our increasingly digital society.  Area of emphasis include:

• Computational Design and Morphology
• Parametric Design and Shape Grammars
• Digital Fabrication
• Smart Materials and Smart Structures
• Interaction design and evaluation at multiple scales of the built and natural environment
• History and theory of digital tools, methods and environments artifacts
• Visualization

The certificate requires 15 credit hours of coursework from Digital Ecologies (DE) approved courses.

MASTER STUDENTS  | DE Fluid Studio + 3 DE Elective Courses

PHD STUDENTS  | 6 cr. Research Time + 3 DE Elective Courses

Treated Glulam Timber Columns with Steel Joints, Biblioteca Sotto L’Onda

Clemson University 2020 Fall Semester Professor Miguel Roldan ARCH Study Abroad Program (Genova), Student: Sarah Smith, Scott Dignacco, Austin Lemere

Since there is so much weight to be support up top, we made sure that our columns and connections to the supporting beams were sturdy. Although the columns are thin, there is a looped connection at the base with a an elastic band to keep it from lifting out of the base. Throughout the column, there are a series of “coins” to keep the columns from shifting within itself.We paid close attention to the connection at the top of the column to the longitudinal beam that supports the canopy and kinetic system. The longitudinal beam is at an angle, and as one can see in the first iteration, there was a lot of movement as the beam would teeter or want to slide off. To solve this problem, we implemented a bracing system to stop the beam from teetering, and allowed us to safely build up.

Anomura Little House Assembly

Tessalation Morphology

Clemson University 2016 Fall Semester Professor Carlos Barrios Kleiss Morphology Studio, Students Harrison Polk and Matthew Krider. All the patterns shown are created from a single shape.