Cross-Disciplinary Classes

Tobias Putrih's CoD. Courtesy of the artist.
Creating Art – Thinking Science
Reimagining creative expression with emerging technologies
The Deep Time Project. Courtesy of Cristina Parreño Alonso.
The Deep Time Project
Reframing current global challenges from the deep (planetary) and shallow (human) timescales
Queer-Feminist-Antiracism Future and Design for the Future cotaught by Danielle Wood (top left) and J. Austin Eyer (bottom right) with guest artists Jennifer Harrison Newman (center top) and Paul Lieber (bottom center).
Queer-Feminist-Antiracism and Design for the Future
Exploring dynamics of intersectional identities in complex systems and theater
Prathima Muniyappa (with camera) and other class members examine a student demo. Credit: Graham Jones.
Paranormal Machines
Detecting and measuring the paranormal
Portrait of Adesola Akinleye. Credit: Foteini Christofilopoulou.
Adesola Akinleye
Investigating the embodied choreography of urban space
Ian Hattwick. Courtesy of the artist.
Ian Hattwick’s Instrument Design as Artistic Practice
Discovering new sounds and new forms of music-making
“Generative drawing” critique, 4.022 Architectural Design Fundamentals, 2015. Photo: S. Lacey.
Transcending the algorithm: Architecture students create generative drawings
With his canvas stretched on the floor, Jackson Pollock dipped brushes or sticks into paint cans; then he drew in the air, dripping paint on the canvas, hovering, leaning, lunging, and gesturing here and there with varying speed. His pace, … Continued

Student installation for “The Harmonic Archive,” 2014.
The Harmonic Archive: Music, Sound & Installation Art as Artistic Research
Anyone who rides public transportation has likely experienced this breach of commuter etiquette: fellow passengers’ oblivion to the tinny blare emanating from their headphones. Students enrolled in “The Harmonic Archive: Music, Sound & Installation Art as Artistic Research” have used … Continued

J. Meejin Yoon, Defensible Dress. Credit: MY Studio
Design Across Scales: CAST Class Creates New Paradigm for Design Education
Multimedia class, “Design Across Scales” creates new paradigm for design education.

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