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  • ARCH 434N: Materials Research Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    In coordination with the Materials Resource Center, and its development of a materials library and database, this course seeks to provide methodologies for evaluating the sustainable aspects of traditional and new materials for design projects. Using the history and evolution of a global manufacturer into one of the most environmentally sustainable entities, this case study provides a framework to build upon the work done in the fall, reviewing samples and case studies with additional focus upon sustainability. In order to learn about Singular Focus, Multiple Attribute Focus, and Life Cycle Focus environmental certifications, the class uses the online study program created and provided by The Green Standard. When each class participant completes the study program, they are named a Green Specifier Accredited Professional.
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  • Arch 436: Mapping Soft Bodies/Constructing Complex Objects

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Theory and research on digital design and manufacturing. "Body and soul are thus constructed in the same manner, at the intersection of a cluster of radii of curvature. Both are then simply effects of convergence that are constituted in space, on either side of the surface of the work that envelops them. It follows that the body is no less ideal than the mind" (Bernard Cache, Earth Moves). This course explores the complex systems of geometries that compose the human body. The students invent techniques of digital-mapping the contours of the soft bodies and define the potential for developing new forms of spatial effects uncovered through the digital representation. The mapping procedures are developed to trace and project the human scale and material interface imposed by the fluctuating movements of the bodies in dynamics. Through the making of these forms, each student manufactures new objects through alternative prototyping techniques.
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  • Arch 440: Explorations in Structural Principles

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    This course begins with a series of presentations (lectures) about primary systems in an effort to familiarize students with basic structural principles. This is a nonmathematical exploration of how structures work and why. We attempt to become conversant in the language of structures. Students identify a particular system and do case studies exploring its characteristics and how, where, and why the system has been used. These explorations ultimately lead to the development of large-scale (testable) models.
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  • Arch 447A: Structures I

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Statics and strength of materials through beam and column theory. Loads are defined and states of stress are identified and analyzed. The context of structural behavior is identified and optimal structural behavior and material efficiency structural design is reviewed. Form-active, bulk-active, and vector-active structural options are explored relative to the transference of load along the length of structural members. The course applies structural theory to the analysis and design of structural members-beams, trusses, arches, and columns.
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  • Arch 448A: Structures II

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Continuation of Arch 447A with consideration of the effects of forces on structural members of various materials. Introduction to the design of structural members in steel, reinforced concrete, and wood. Prerequisite: Arch 447A.
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  • ARCH 450B: Readings in Architecture

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    This weekly seminar course addresses issues of Western architectural thought through a focused series of readings and discussions. The necessity and role of architectural theory in general are examined. Issues of tectonics, historicism, typology, regionalism, modernism, postmodernism, and other critical frameworks for the consideration of architecture are thematic subjects of discussion. Selected readings include Vitruvius, Alberti, Laugier, Semper, Ruskin, Le Corbusier, Gropius, Kahn, Rossi, Venturi, Eisenman, Libeskind, and Koolhaas. Weekly reading assignments, attendance, participation, one summary and discussion introduction based on a reading topic, final paper. Fulfills history/theory requirement.
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  • Arch 454A: Contemporary Discourses on Public Space

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Since the 1980s, public space has been a subject of intense theoretical debate and the key to urban revitalization strategies in cities such as Barcelona, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Jerusalem, Curitiba, Toronto, New York, etc. Evident from the investigation into this theory and practice is the notion that the design of public space according to the typology of either the 19th century or modern city does not suffice and that the domain of contemporary public space demands a new discourse. This seminar investigates the theoretical framework and practice of various contemporary discourses on public space in order to reveal the implicit intellectual frameworks and practices. Discourses to be investigated include public space as the mimicry of history to public space as non-place; and from public space as the enclave of fear and marginality to public space as the theater of economic and social exchange. The seminar also situates the design discourse in the broader political, social, and philosophical discourses of the public sphere.
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  • ARCH 455A: Urban Books: Imag(en)ing St. Louis

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Since the beginning of the 20th century, art, architecture, and urbanism together have investigated the production of images that shape the symbolic dimension of our experience of large cities. This seminar critically embraces this tradition and brings together different methodologies for the visual analysis and representation of contemporary urban phenomena, using St. Louis as a focal point. The goal is to design and produce individual books as a result of research, visual documentation, readings and discussions in a seminar and workshop structure. Each student selects and develops a theme related to the urbanization of St. Louis that is organized into books that present how this metropolitan area has been conceived through images. The course is divided into three parts combining readings, research, and design activities, each of which culminates in the presentation of an individual project: a total of two study books and a final book. Fulfills Urban Issues elective requirement.
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  • ARCH 462H: Information Modeling for Sustainable Design

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    This course focuses on the principles of sustainable design as examined through Building Performance Analysis (BPA) and applied Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology. The foundation for this course is an introduction to BIM and BPA and the significance of both for the future of sustainable architectural design practice supported by analytical modeling. This emphasis on the suitability of building modeling for analytical purposes and on the interpretation of such data provides the basic knowledge necessary for the second phase of this course, in which students use a previous or current studio project for an in-depth study of their building's performance in the context of its chosen site. Exploring the interaction between the simulated environment (climate, isolation) and the virtual building with its physical characteristics (materials, assemblies, passive design strategies, heat transfer, daylighting, embedded energy), we attempt to confirm and test the principles of sustainable design at the schematic level of project development. The model analyzed by each team provides sufficient comparative information for a design approach whose desired goal is carbon neutrality in the life cycle of the building. Students are encouraged to investigate the suitability of analytical modeling software, in the context of critical design methodology. Prerequisites are a basic understanding of BIM methodology and insight into sustainable design practices.
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  • Arch 464A: Architecture and Photography

    3.00 Credits
    Washington University in St Louis

    Seminar that deals with issues raised by use of photography by architects, historians, and critics. Seminar confronts the assumption that our knowledge of notable buildings and architectural space is based primarily on the photographic image. Photographs are tacitly accepted as objective facts, and the pervasiveness of photography in magazines, books, and exhibits as substitute for direct experiences is rarely questioned. Goal of seminar: to foster a healthy skepticism of photographs, and to investigate the role of photography as a means of record and convey complex spatial conditions by the ordering conventions of the frame. While not technical, the course introduces students to technical aspects of photography that are particularly relevant to architectural photography: parallax, lighting, lens distortion, depth of field, format and grain, cropping, photomontage, and point of view. Fulfills history/theory requirement.
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