ABSTRACT
Architectural design typically involves the coordination of information from multiple disciplines which is often considered to evidence its interdisciplinary posture. However, a deeper level of interdisciplinarity can occur when disciplines built on different epistemic foundations intersect and begin to influence each other. In the Bachelor of Computational Design (CoDe) in the School of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, computational thinking and methods are adopted in various ways to mobilize interdisciplinarity and to innovate design framing, problem-solving, and making processes. The program's emphasis on creating relational design systems through computational workflows that enable performance feedback and interconnections between design and construction instills in students an understanding of design as a creative, collaborative, and integrative process that can create environmentally responsive and responsible real-world impact.
