ARC 420 - Architectural Design VI Pre- Thesis/ Seminar

Institution:

University of Maine at Augusta

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Description:

Part one of this seminar course covers topics not covered in other ARC or related coursework but important to the overall education of the designer. Topics will include: professional practice, specification writing, setting up a professional office, contract documents, alternative energy systems, construction cost estimating, and construction supervision concurrently with a design component concerning urban planning. Design problems will address public use spaces with planning skills incorporating issues of re-use flexibility, future expansion, and multi-building relationships. Part two of the seminar covers the choice, research, programming, and planning of an individual design thesis for the semester-long ARC430. Students will produce a program notebook covering all site and space research and programming requirements for their proposed thesis project. Prerequisites: ARC306, 322 and 332. CR. 4

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.uma.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 621-3000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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