TRAN-301L: Design 5 Exterior Lab

This hands-on class accompanies the Design 5 Exterior class and provides students with instruction by professional modelers on building foam or clay models for their automotive designs. Tools and techniques for carving clay and foam will be discussed and students will receive individual assistance with their models. Students will gain competency in model making that they can then apply in future studio courses. In this class you will design and construct a fifth-scale physical model for presentation. You will interpret your two-dimensional drawings into a three-dimension form. You will use various materials, tools and processes as it is done in a real-world studio environment. You will learn to interact and communicate with professional modelers, placing high emphasis upon your ability to communicate your ideas in a corporate environment.