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de Lange, Marcel

Associate Faculty Director of Operations

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Research

research overview

  • Marcel's applied research deals with design build delivery models for architectural projects, environmental product design and innovative/entrepreneurial practices. Through Clinical/Practical Teaching I am able to apply research and actually design + build projects of varying scope and size & complexity with students and other faculty. I do this through a highly collaborative processes and by applying innovative models around design and design thinking. Furthermore, my applied research focuses on using technologies around digital design and manufacturing as well as investigation around manufacturing processes and material connections using parametric software and fabrication strategies.

keywords

  • Design Build Project Deliveries, Building Information Modeling, Generative Design, Parametric Design Digital Design and Fabrication Small object design and making Light fixture design, lightning design, environmental product design modular design, prefabricated architecture, kit of parts design build, sustainable design, innovative building systems

Teaching

courses taught

  • ARCH 3100 - Studio 2: Intermediate Architecture
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2020 / Fall 2020
    Dealing with problems at an intermediate level of complexity this architecture studio emphasizes the interaction of form, programmatic use, human behavior and context in creating structure. Studio options may include a client-based community engaged project, real world applications, and/or result in a physical product. Students work across analog and digital platforms to produce high quality and portfolio-worthy work. Recommended corequisite: ARCH 3114.
  • ARCH 4115 - Architecture Building Technology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
    Through experimentation and testing, the fundamentals of building physics and climate science are taught in this interactive seminar. Students learn the concepts related to structural and mechanical systems necessary for proper building function by first studying and then implementing the key systems through hypothetical building assignments. This class covers active and passive green building systems that are necessary when designing structures for an evolving climate.
  • ENVD 1110 - Studio 2: Fundamentals of Environmental Products of Design
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
    Building on the foundation introduced in EPoD Studio 1, this studio introduces students to more advanced methodologies and techniques related to the design of products at a human scale while considering the interdisciplinary nature of the other specializations. Using complementary skills in 3D modeling, drawing, diagramming, and through physical making and fabrication, students explore imaginative and innovative design solutions of small-scale products.
  • ENVD 2352 - Beginning Digital Applications
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    Foundation level computing skills for design analytics and representation.
  • ENVD 3100 - ENVD Interdisciplinary Design Studio
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    This studio exposes students to a sequence of design investigations that lead to the development of design concepts for critical evaluation and discussion. Students will explore fundamental design practices that are common to the disciplines of architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and product design. Students will work on a project that provides an opportunity to integrate the various disciplines of environmental design. ENVD 3100 fulfills the Pick One studio requirement for ENVD majors. It does not fulfill the ENVD major-specific 3100 studio requirement. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
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