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3.00 Credits
Survey of world architecture since the sixteenth century to the contemporary. Students will develop an understanding of architectural history from a global perspective and a professional vocabulary to discuss historic precedents. They will be able to identify different elements of historic buildings; list the shifts and changes in the built environment; compare and contrast the contributions of different civilizations to history of architecture and the history of ideas; examine the conceptual components of global history from 16th Century CE to today; and determine the nature of relations between different civilizations.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an intensive introduction to the history of key architectural sites across the world from the ancient settlements of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East to the uneven urban development in Europe and the Americas during the Quattrocento and on to the present day. Examples reflect on the interface of oral and religion-centered worlds with the printing press, principles of humanism, and Islamic and European colonialism. The goal is to provide an insight into the roles that buildings have played in shaping human interactions and encourage students to translate this knowledge into subtle strategies for studio design and engagement with historical sites. It will give participants the knowledge necessary to read historic buildings. It will teach them how to critique historical texts, and pose alternative readings of canonical buildings. This is a writing, reading, and comprehension intensive course and aims to provide training in all three areas.
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3.00 Credits
This course situates the spatial and architectural expression produced by Muslim societies from seventh century to present in a global context. One the primary objectives of this course is to complicate the narrative of history and modernity as it has been told form the perspective of the European experiences by putting the experience of the Islamic world at par with it. At the end of the course, the undergraduate and graduate students will know key architectural vocabulary, religious terms, and pivotal historical moments pertinent to the topic.
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn how to construct, propose, research, and analyze architectural questions, and will develop critical understandings of varied architectural theories and their relationship to practice, so as to be able to position themselves within the profession and civic society. The coursework includes reading, analysis, presentation, and discussion of key texts of architectural theory in order to develop a critical understanding of architectural theory within the context of culture and society. To understand the relationships between forms of representation, architectural ideas, construction, and spatial experience, students will learn the strengths and limitations of architectural drawings (plans, sections, elevations, etc.) and other forms of representation (such as photographs and digital and physical models). Students must concurrently enroll in ARCH 3010 and ARCH 3050. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Architecture.
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3.00 Credits
Investigation of individual structural elements in a three dimensional architectural context, including discussions of three dimensional equilibrium and forces, how one element bears upon another and three dimensional structural systems as implemented by architects. Begins the investigation of the fundamentals of statics and mechanics of materials; two-dimensional structural systems including axial elements; basic methods of graphical and analytical analysis. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Architecture.
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3.00 Credits
Basic characteristics, principles of use, and assembly methods of construction materials. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Architecture.
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3.00 Credits
Building Resilience - Foundations of Building Technology II - builds on the basic principles that describe how the physical world works in order to understand how buildings can be designed and constructed in accordance with the natural environment, daylight, and passive and active systems. With a continuous and strong emphasis on sustainable and resilient solutions, the course examines fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of heat flow in its first Module, to continue into Module 2 where energy consumption and thermal comfort in buildings are discussed. Module 3 is an in-depth exploration of daylight and artificial light use in buildings. The class concludes with Module 4, in which passive and active means of building performance are investigated. Many of the aspects and topics covered in this class can be directly applied to the accompanying ARCH 3011 studio. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ARCH 3611.
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3.00 Credits
Given the importance of sustainability in facing the environmental challenges of the contemporary built environment, those considering a career in architecture and associated environmental design fields must have an understanding of the basic principles that describe how the physical world works. The course begins with a brief introduction to the basic, physical concepts noted above, explaining each through abstract and empirical methods. Historic and contemporary case study examples are used to contextualize the concepts, demonstrating how, taken together, they can provide an explanation of the specific design response. Basic concepts such as heat transfer, structural efficiency and the nature of materials are used to explain how humans have adapted to a wide range of physical environments through the design of shelters and their environmental contexts. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Architecture.
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5.00 Credits
Architectural design studio with projects introducing greater programmatic and site complexity, and emphasizing the theory and practice of architecture and their impact on the design process. Students collaborate with campus and community partners in the region to develop meaningful design responses to conceptualize and then propose critical solutions to address architectural problems. Students must concurrently enroll in ARCH 4850 and ARCH 4375. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ARCH 3011.
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5.00 Credits
This capstone undergraduate studio experience offers students a choice of projects that integrate technological, contextual and/or theoretical issues to design increasingly complex architecture. An emphasis on synthesis, process, and intention results in the development of a student's own methodology. Issues of urban architecture and building typology are considered along with the interrelationships among process, site, precedent, and tectonics as designs response to programmatic requirements. Prerequisites: "C-" or better in ARCH 4010.
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