Zoom your way through this studio by sketching, designing and building a concept model of a futuristic or sci-fi vehicle! What will vehicles look like in the far future? How will future cities affect the design of cars, buses, trains, and motorcycles (if such categories will even exist)? What will the systems that support these vehicles look like? Students will imagine the systems and infrastructure that will change the way vehicles move, how they are designed, and who they will transport, and then construct a vehicle based on their imaginations.

In this studio, students will be constructing sci-fi and futuristic vehicles of their imagination while learning about renewable energy systems such as solar, hydro, and wind power. Students will experience the hands-on joy of iterative physical prototyping and explore how motors, batteries, engines, radio signals, types of chassis, and wheels can help them achieve moveable speculative transportation devices. They'll push their vehicles to the creative limit with innovative and unusual designs!

Skills: Dynamic Response, Civic Participation, Design, Sketching, Materials Study, Precedent Research, Diagramming, Mechanical operations, Prototyping, Photography, Digital Fabrication Process (3D Printing), Electronics, and Natural Sciences Application (Physics).