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3.00 Credits
Enrollment limited to high school students who have completed their junioryear and high school students who have completed their sophomore yearwith permission at the time of application.A four week introduction to architectural issues, concepts, andbasic design methodology for high school students interested inunderstanding architecture as a possible area of college study andcareer. Course instruction is via workshops and individualized studiocritique emphasizing freehand drawing, design exercises, field trips,lectures and portfolios. The grade is based on overall performance withspecial emphasis on the quality of a major project.
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3.00 Credits
A classroom-based introduction to the nature of the architecturalendeavor, and the means used to make architecture. Lectures andexplorations of issues of public and private space, architecturalcomposition, and the multiple responsibilities architects face in societyin relation to a diversity of users and clients, the site, and the publicrealm will form the basis for classroom discussion, and written andgraphic assignments.
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5.00 Credits
A rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of architecture anddesign utilizing iterative exercises grouped around nine design topicsdeveloped and presented in two and three-dimensional media.Repetition reinforces the mastering freehand drawing, drafting andmodel making skills. Lectures introduce formal principles underlyingeach project group: geometric composition, scale and proportion,architectural elements, space definition, analytical diagramming, color,and solar orientation to study light and shadow. The emphasis is onabstract design but the course ends with the design of a scaled andinhabited space. Minimum passing grade average of "C" required inARCH 113-114.
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5.00 Credits
This course continues the first semester's focus on elemental designprinciples and visual communication, but initiates a departurefrom the abstract realm of design into the tangible world of builtarchitectural form. The projects and their supporting lecturesexamine the language of architecture through exercises exploringfundamental architectural design principles: spatial organizations,circulation and movement, simple structural and enclosuresystems, spatial articulation, site response and solar orientation. Toensure clarity and understanding, all building programs are simplebut evocative, and project sites vary from rural to urban and fromflat to sloped. Minimum passing grade average of "C" required inARCH 113-114.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARCH 114Core Studio III concentrates on the exploration of a rationaldesign methodology through the process of analysis, synthesis andtransformation. Through a series of short exercises and comprehensiveprojects, students are encouraged to develop a conceptual basis fortheir work, with an emphasis on site, climate and the environment,along with the principles of organization, including spatial hierarchy,circulation and structure, as determinants of architectural form.Students will quickly generate multiple viable solutions for eachproject and will present their work in a variety of formats fromquick conceptual sketches and models to carefully crafted drawings.There will be a concentration on the design of space in sectionand an ongoing study of the quality of light. Students explore thepotential of the sites they visit through in-depth inquiries and areintroduced to design in an urban context. There is an emphasis onthree-dimensional visual communication skills and the start of theintegration of computer drawings into the studio. A series of themebased faculty lectures will augment the studio work. Students arerequired to present a digital portfolio at the middle and end of thesemester. Minimum passing grade of "C" is required.
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ARCH 213, MATH 136 or higherThis studio continues to develop the students' design process andexplores the concepts and strategies that have the capacity tosignificantly determine building form. Particular emphasis willbe placed on the relationship of design to program, structure andmaterials through the study of dwellings. Special attention willbe paid to an understanding of human scale and its impact upondesign. Short sequential exercises enable students to develop anunderstanding of the use of different materials and their structuralimplications. Bearing wall, columnar (including free-plan) andmodular building systems will be studied. These shorter problemswill be followed by a longer assignment that uses different urbansites in a variety of locations as the catalyst for an investigation intohow the fundamental human need for shelter is affected by regionaland cultural precedents and particular climatic conditions. Studentsare asked to address basic environmental issues by consideringpassive strategies for heating and cooling. The development ofgraphic, computer and three-dimensional communication skillsdevelopment are also continued. Faculty lectures will be integratedinto the semester and a digital portfolio will be required. Minimumpassing grade of "C" required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standingThis course is an introductory overview to the "art of makingbuildings." The student shall survey materials and methods used inbuilding construction for foundation, wall, floor, roof, enclosure &interior finish systems and their employment in the design processfor traditional, nontraditional and sustainable building environmentswith emphasis on architectural expression. The major physicalsystems found in buildings and design constraints that influencethem will be examined in the context of wood and masonryconstruction. The course also dedicates a substantial portion of itstime to the examination of building envelope concepts as the locusof design resolution between technical and architectural realms.The course engages ARCH 214 Architectural Design Core Studio IVas a means to integrate materials and assemblies in students' designthinking.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to computer systems - software and hardware, andtheir application in architecture. Emphasis is placed on learning how the computers can assist in the design process by modeling, visualizingand analyzing building designs. Introduction to drafting and threedimensionalmodeling.
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5.00 Credits
The focus of this studio is upon the integration of building form,structure as space-generator, construction materials & assembliesand sustainability themes in architectural design. The studioalso engages the continued refinement of four broad areas ofarchitectural design education: (1) development of a theorybase; (2) development of design methods and studio skills; (3)urban issues; and (4) development of a fuller appreciation for theunderstanding of construction technology and its function as amedium for architectural design. Minimum passing grade of "C"required.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standingThis course presents an overview inventory of all the factors/systemsthat may be encountered in any analysis of site conditions. Thestudent will be presented with a general description of how each factoroperates and procedures to maintain or improve the quality of the siteenvironment. This course promotes a value system based upon thepreservation of both natural and cultural ecology. Value and meaningflow from a concept of sustainability at all levels of cultural andenvironmental interaction.
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