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Bridging the Gap was a course for the development of a pedestrian bridge over a stream in the Berlin Park Großer Tiergarten held at the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) during winter term 2011/12 and summer term 2012. The course introduced parametric modelling to architecture students who had no previous programming knowledge. This paper reports about the method we used to gain highly specified bridge designs.

Parametric modelling calls for an appropriate kind of design thinking. This is evident from an on-going debate on computational design (cf. Burry 2011, Carpo 2012 et al.). Instead of a conventional result-driven approach in architecture, parametric modelling requires a process-driven approach. We pushed this concept by conducting a specific sequence of exercises and tutorials. At the same time, we established the idea of prototyping in order to link the early phases directly to the potential techniques of manufacturing (cf. Adenauer; Petruschat 2012).

The course is based on experience from previous courses held at the TU Dresden. The focus is set on designs strategies that significantly reflect the utilization of the computer beyond the common virtualization of traditional drawing techniques. This concerns generative design and as a side effect altered the way we communicated about the projects. The latter more representative aspect is captured in [Lordick 2013].

Daniel Lordick and Caroline Spliid Høgsbro

TU Berlin, Germany