Collaborative Studios Mark A Hoistad University of NebraskaLincoln

Collaborative Studios Mark A. Hoistad University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Opportunities and Challenges Impacts of Integrated Practice Delivery (IPD) or Building Information Modeling (BIM) On Practice • Parametric Modeling makes each line more important • The time of both design and documentation is compressed • The ability to do real time simulations has the potential to shift design away from aesthetics toward performance. • Creation of inverted expertise situations

Opportunities and Challenges Implications of BIM or IPD for Education • Movement away from individual authorship toward collective authorship • Movement away from separately educated disciplines to jointly educated disciplines • Movement away from discrete course content delivery to integrated course delivery • Potential shifts in approach

Important Differences Need to realize the focus of the university is different from practice • Core Focus Practice: Health, Safety, Welfare, and Profit University: Learning, Exploration/Discovery, Demonstration of Mastery • Products Practice: built environment, expertise, compensation, service University: graduates, research/creative activity, service • Motivations Practice: Profit, Fame, Better World (community of practical entrepreneurs) University: Educated Public, Discovery, Better World (community of optimistic skeptics)

One Attempt, Collaborative Studio Goals of a Multi/Trans/Interdisciplinary Studio • Collaborative Learning (process) • Collaborative Outcomes (product) • Development of Disciplinary Leadership (understanding)

One Attempt, Collaborative Studio (Fun)damentals Setting the Stage • Why do we need to collaborate? • Expectations • Organization

One Attempt, Collaborative Studio Framing the Learning Environment • Need to challenge the students with the project scope and complexity • Need to structure consistent and coordinated production • Need to require the demonstration of leadership and expertise

One Attempt, Collaborative Studio Logistics • Setup communication network • Technical support

One Attempt, Collaborative Studio Reviews • Variation and Type • Shifting Leadership

Lessons Learned • need for consistent effort • choreography of product with the process • need to set up meeting infrastructure both formal and informal and make sure everyone knows how to use it • need to establish appropriate balance of skills/understanding in using the primary platform for the model

Lessons Learned