This seminar addresses issues of architectural composition and form as the translation of ideas into three dimensions in four exercises each of three weeks duration. Project 1, Building Assemblies, Partis and Form; Project 2, Section Structure and Form; Project 3, Elevation. Project 4, Composite, an assembly of ideas and elements from each of the previous three projects. Leaving aside demands of program and site in order to concentrate on formal relationships at multiple scales, these exercises are intended to develop strategies by which ideas, words, briefs, written descriptions or requirements, can be translated into three dimensions. Each subject is introduced by a lecture on organizational paradigms in works of architecture from various periods and cultures. Though the medium for exploration is sketches as well as 3D models, both physical and digital, the final is always a physical model except for Project 4. Multiple iterations emerging from the first week’s sketches and finalized in the following week are the basis for the generation of multiple, radically differing strategies each with their own unique possibilities and consequences. The required final report, containing drawings, model photos and narrative, is intended to be a manual of organizational strategies and principles for your continuing use. It is to be a focused edited and annotated summary of the projects with commentary. Limited enrollment.