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  • ARCH 410: Vernacular Architecture

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective course provides the groundwork for the study of architecture built without architects or in some other way, unlike the buildings that comprise the standard architectural canon. Scholars estimate that 95 percent of buildings fall into this category. Depending on faculty expertise, focus will be on national and regional traditions, non-Western traditions or a combination of the two. Examples of vernacular architecture will be examined in the context of their materials, building technology, climate and culture. Prerequisite: AHIST- 206 or LARCH- 206 or approval of the instructor
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  • ARCH 411: Architectural Photography/Portfolio

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective course focuses on the development of photographic skills and architectural applications. Topics include description, representation and interpretation of existing architecture, and drawings and models for students' portfolios. Prerequisite: grade of "C" or better in ARCH-202 , LARCH- 202 or INTD-202
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  • ARCH 413: Experimental Structures

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective lab/seminar course is an exploration into the architectural potential of form-active structures (including thin-shell, tensile-membrane and fabric structures), and new and alternative materials and methods of construction. Unlike conventional structures that rely on their internal rigidity, form-active structures rely purely on their geometric shape to carry loads, thus providing a base for experimenting with form to create innovative solutions for structuraldesign problems. Prerequisite: ARCH-310
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  • ARCH 414: Experimental Materials

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective lab/seminar course is a hands-on exploration into the mechanical properties and aesthetic potential of materials in the built environment. The course encourages experimentation with both new materials and non-traditional use of existing materials toward the full-scale production of architectural objects and building components. Implications of craft and technology underscore research and production. Students complete several smaller individual projects and a larger group project of longer duration. Prerequisite: ARCH-309
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  • ARCH 415: Visualization:Multimedia

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This interdisciplinary course focuses on Interactive CD-ROM design, Web page design and digital-video production. Students begin by reviewing basic two-dimensional, designcommunication concepts as a prelude to more complex projects involving various digital media. The course is primarily taught on the Macintosh platform and features software such as Adobe Premier, Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Director. Students create their own individualized final project as approved by the instructor. Prerequisite: ARCHDSN- 208 or GRAPH- 202
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  • ARCH 418: Housing and Construction Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective seminar course explores interrelated issues of house, land and construction. Discussions and research center around how historical and cultural concepts of the home- and land-use have brought housing to its present condition, and how current concerns about land use and construction technologies might effect a change. Prerequisite: ARCH-211 or LARCH- 207
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  • ARCH 420: Building Preservation

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective course, a combination lecture and lab format, focuses on the performance of materials and building techniques commonly encountered in the preservation of historic buildings. Using various methods and in accordance with the standards of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), students graphically document a historic structure. Students then analyze the building by noting all components involved in the building's failure, before deducing a deterioration cause. Prerequisites: ARCHDSN- 208; ARCH-211, LARCH- 207 or INTD- 206; and ARCH-202, LARCH- 202 or INTD-202
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  • ARCH 421: Historic Preservation

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective course is an introduction to the preservation of the built environment, examining the history and philosophy of historic preservation, and how the discipline is practiced today. Students learn through lectures, case studies, class discussion, field trips and a research project. Prerequisites: ARCH-211; AHIST- 306 or LARCH- 411; and ARCH- 202, INTD-202, or LARCH- 202
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  • ARCH 422: Theories of Architecture:Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This seminar will focus on selected topics that characterize architectural theory during the "Modern" era - from the lat19th century to the present. As a historical survey of the fundamental principles which have shaped architectural thinking, the course will review, in a critical way, the major issues which have influenced both the meaning of and the practice of architecture during that time: the relationship of architects to their work and to the culture-at-large; the impact of technology and politics; and the spatial experience of a building. Theorists' critiques of contemporary practice will be emphasized, and current theories will be explored in an attempt to clarify an approach to the study and practice of architecture. Prerequisite: AHIST- 306 or LARCH- 411
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  • ARCH 425: Meaning in Architectural Ornamentation

    3.00 Credits
    Philadelphia University

    This elective course raises some theoretical questions that are relevant to contemporary practice. What is ornament? How and why have attitudes toward architectural ornamentation changed through history? Is ornament essential to architecture? Lectures will be presented following a reconstructed chronology of theoretical topics; from the things (res materialis) of which architecture consists; to the "rules" and "abusesof classical ornament; to the role of imitation; to the effects of the Industrial and Post-industrial Revolutions on theories of ornament. The relationship between the forms and the materials of ornament will be examined in lecture and group discussions. Prerequisite: AHIST- 306 or LARCH- 411
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