ARCH 1060: Introduction to Design

ARCH 1060: Introduction to Design - Introduction to architecture and building construction through case studies that illuminate past and present practices, as well as future possibilities within the discipline. (Fall)

ARCH 2111/6105: History of Arch I

ARCH 2111/6105: History of Arch I - Architectural history from antiquity through the eighteenth century emphasizing buildings in their cultural context as informed by social, technological, and constructive factors and theoretical positions. (Fall)

ARCH 2112/6106: History of Arch II

ARCH 2112/6106: History of Arch II - Architectural history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emphasizing buildings in their cultural context as informed by social, technological, and constructive factors and theoretical positions. (Spring)

ARCH 2211/6229: Construction Tech I

ARCH 2211/6229: Construction Tech I - Introduction to building anatomy, technical and expressive characteristics of materials and their organizational assembly. (Fall)

ARCH 6230: Construction Tech II

ARCH 6230: Construction Tech II - Integration, representation, and constructability of building assemblies and structural systems. Grading, drainage, foundations, structure, and enclosure in relation to building codes and principles of sustainability. (Spring)

ARCH 6470: Modeling + Media I

ARCH 6470: Modeling + Media I - Introductory approaches to two and three dimensional modeling and representation in architecture using both manual and digital media and techniques. (Fall)

ARCH 2472/6472: Architecture Media & Modeling II

ARCH 2472/6472: Architecture Media & Modeling II - Intermediate approaches to two and three dimensional modeling and representation in architecture using both manual and digital media and techniques (Spring)

ARCH 2474/6474: Architecture Media & Modeling III

ARCH 2474/6474: Architecture Media & Modeling III - Advanced approaches to two and three dimensional modeling and representation in architecture using both manual and digital media and techniques. (Fall)

ARCH 3231/6531: Environmental Systems I

ARCH 3231/6531: Environmental Systems I - Human physiology, the occupation of space, and principles of sustainability. Micro-climate, energy consumption, thermal loading, passive solar strategies, daylighting, optics, and acoustics. (Fall)

ARCH 6532: Environmental Systems II

ARCH 6532: Environmental Systems II - Survey of active building systems: artificial lighting, mechanical (HVAC), electrical plumbing, transportation systems. Choice of active systems for sustainability, cost, etc. (Spring)

ARCH 4251/6251: Structures I

ARCH 4251/6251: Structures I - Gravity loads on building structures. Introduction to structural planning. Design of wood and steel structures. Properties of wood and architectural metals. Computer-based analysis of structures (Fall)

ARCH 6252: Structures II

ARCH 6252: Structures II - Introduction to structural design and framing systems for steel and concrete with consideration of lateral loads and lateral load resisting systems. (Spring)

ARCH 6315: Architecture Practice I

ARCH 6315: Architecture Practice I - Critical examination of architectural practice. Cultural derivation and technological transformation of various conventions of representation, construction, and design; speculations about future paradigms of architectural practice (Fall)

ARCH 6350: Theory of Architecture I

ARCH 6350: Theory of Architecture I - Building types from functional and morphological perspectives. Design responses to building programs in the context of culture and politics. Architectural responses to site (Fall)

ARCH 6352: Theory of Architecture II

ARCH 6352: Theory of Architecture II - Approaches to architectural form, style, and tectonics from aesthetic, social, and technological perspectives. Instrumental and symbolic uses of architectural media in design and building production (Fall)

ARCH 6151: History of Urban Form

ARCH 6151: History of Urban Form - History of the city as a collective work of architecture with an emphasis on the city's physical form and space. (Fall/Spring)

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