Computer Supported Design Studio

The paper presents the ongoing experimentation of a Computer Supported Desi gn Studio (CSDS). CSDS is part of our continuing effort to integrate comput ers and networks in the design studio. We recognise three corner stones to CSDS: memory, process and collaboration. They offer a framework for the int erpretation of the pedagogical aspects of the teaching of architectural des ign in relation to the innovations produced by information and communicatio n technologies. The theme of the 1998 CSDS is a railway station in Turin, I taly, to be incorporated in a reorganised rail transport system. The choice of this theme emphasises the realistic simulation aspects of the studio, w here technical problems need to be interpreted from an architectural point of view. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.