"This tactical unit departs from the assumption that today color is the sharpest tool in the box. And the way to look at color is subjective and variable depending on medium, lighting, tools and cultural context. The seminar will engage in the conversation on the democratization of colors we have witnessed in the past decade and their unparalleled ability to produce new forms of imagination. The first part of the seminar is a survey engineered to help students understand the potential of optical effects in a digital and physical environment and become familiar with color interactions and digital real time simulations. During the second part of the class, students experiment with invisible ink printing in order to produce invisible landscapes that come alive under various light conditions. The subject matter of the digital and physical landscape simulations will be flickering between a utopian and dystopian “messa in scena”. Students will investigate and identify disruptive patterns of global change (climate, waste, congestion etc) and envision visual responses that enhance the quality of living in the future. This seminar believes in the political power of images in architecture to represent a multitude of faceted realities, and engages in the risky business of communicating with a contemporary audience."

from course syllabus