Agendas and approaches to the making and “reading” of space and form in 20th- and 21st-century architecture. The analysis of canonical works and texts, with frequent reference to relevant works prior to the 20th century, and with an emphasis on buildings and drawings as the vehicles of study, with occasional citations from painting, film, literature, and other critical works.

Materials required : Computer, related case study

Behavior and design of overall structural systems for buildings. Particular focus on systems used for resisting lateral loads (rigid frames, braced frames and shear walls) and for spanning long distances (trusses and space frames; cables and membranes; and arches, domes, and shells).

Materials required : Computer, Drawing Pencils, Drawing Board, Metal Ruler with a Cutting Edge, Scle Rule with Scale 1:1, 1:100 etc. Soft Eraser and ink eraser; Sketchbooks; Rotring Rapidograph Technical Drawing Pens

This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.

Materials required : Computer, Drawing Pencils, Drawing Board, Metal Ruler with a Cutting Edge, Scle Rule with Scale 1:1, 1:100 etc. Soft Eraser and ink eraser; Sketchbooks; Rotring Rapidograph Technical Drawing Pens; Architecture related software

This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.

Materials required : Computer

This course studies the object of architecture—canonical buildings in the history of architecture—not through the lens of reaction and nostalgia but through a filter of contemporary thought. The emphasis is on learning how to see and to think architecture by a method that can be loosely called “formal analysis.” The analyses move through history and conclude with examples of high modernism and postmodernism.

Materials required : Case study, readings, computer.

This course examines the fundamental scientific principles governing the thermal, luminous, and acoustic environments of buildings, and introduces students to the methods and technologies for creating and controlling the interior environment. Beginning with an overview of the Laws of Thermodynamics and the principles of Heat Transfer, the course investigates the application of these principles in the determination of building behavior, and explores the design variables, including climate, for mitigating that behavior. The basic characteristics of HVAC systems are discussed, as are alternative systems such as natural ventilation. The second half of the term draws on the basic laws of physics for optics and sound and examines the application of these laws in creating the visual and auditory environments of a building. Material properties are explored in detail, and students are exposed to the various technologies for producing and controlling light, from daylighting to fiber optics. The overarching premise of the course is that the understanding and application of the physical principles by the architect must respond to and address the larger issues surrounding energy and the environment at multiple scales and in domains beyond a single building.

Materials required : Computer, Drawing Pencils, Drawing Board, Metal Ruler with a Cutting Edge, Scle Rule with Scale 1:1, 1:100 etc. Soft Eraser and ink eraser; Sketchbooks; Rotring Rapidograph Technical Drawing Pens; Architecture related software

This core studio explores inhabitation through the design of the architecture and detail of enclosure, structure, circulation, and the habitable space it produces. The work of the term focuses on the simultaneous relationship of a body to both interior and exterior environments, and their mediation by the material assemblies of building. With an initial focus on the conception and production of a singular interior space, a sequence of projects gives way to increasing physical and spatial complexity by requiring students to investigate—at close range and in intimate detail—issues of structure and enclosure, organization and circulation, urban site and climate.

Materials required : Computer, Drawing Pencils, Drawing Board, Metal Ruler with a Cutting Edge, Scle Rule with Scale 1:1, 1:100 etc. Soft Eraser and ink eraser; Sketchbooks; Rotring Rapidograph Technical Drawing Pens; Architecture related software; Materials for building models.

This course examines the materialization of a building, whereby students are required to physically participate in the construction of a structure that they have designed. By engaging in the act of making, students are exposed to the material, procedural, and technical demands that shape architecture. Construction documents are generated and subsequently put to the test in the field. Students engage in collaboration with each other, and with a client, as they reconcile budgetary, scheduling, and labor constraints, and negotiate myriad regulatory, political, and community cfl Jerseys and apparel agencies. The course seeks to demonstrate the multiplicity of forces that come to influence the execution of an architectural intention, all the while fostering an architecture of social responsibility, providing structures for an underserved and marginalized segment of the community.

Materials required : Computer, Drawing Pencils, Drawing Board, Metal Ruler with a Cutting Edge, Scle Rule with Scale 1:1, 1:100 etc. Soft Eraser and ink eraser; Sketchbooks; Rotring Rapidograph Technical Drawing Pens; Architecture related software; Materials for building models.