National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS) 32 Conference Proceedings, February 25-27, 2016
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly is proud to have hosted NCBDS 32 with the conference them of 1:1. Design schools are increasingly emphasizing working at 1:1 scale. Physical material studies, spatial constructs, installation work, furniture, prototyping, and design-build are all common components of design curricula. This pedagogical approach teaches lessons about constructability and material assemblies, and 1:1 constructs are also often used as a tool to understand issues like context, clients, and social responsibility. These proceedings are a compilation of the peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the conference.