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Studio 6: Site Conditions and Building Performance

Design a visitor’s center attuned to its natural habitat and historical context. Physical site environments provide opportunities for design synthesis and responsible energy use. You will incorporate passive design principles in response to climate, orientation, topography, vegetation, views, building materiality, and constructability.

Architectural Professional Practices

Investigate the actual business of conducting an architectural practice. You will gain an understanding of the organization of professional architectural firms, including methods of project management, contracts, compensation, professional ethics, insurance, and relationships with consultants and contractors. (This course is cross-listed with GLA 614.)

Participatory Design

Participatory Design is key to creating equity. Working with residents and community, you will develop tools for collaborative decision-making that address the needs of diverse users by putting your communication techniques, design skills, and research methodologies into practice in a real-life project. (This course is cross-listed with ARH 712.)

Tell Your Story: Personal Statement, Portfolio, Resume

Enter the creative and collaborative fields of architecture and landscape architecture by learning how to tell your own unique story. Explore and discover your career path aligned with your values and passions. Create professional applications for internships, scholarships, graduate school, and employment. Develop resumes, cover letters, and portfolios that stand… Read More

Spatial Composition

Study organizational principles in the patterns and structure of architectural spaces. You will gain an understanding of the relationship of organizational, structural, and spatial systems in architecture through a series of focused projects.

Urban Design Theory

What we commonly call “the city” is a condition of diverse networks. Explore these rapidly evolving urban fields and apply theoretical frameworks to engender new design possibilities.

Studio 8: Housing and Integrated Design

Housing is an essential function that architects provide. Collaborating as a team, you will design a multi-family housing complex for an urban site, including an architectural proposal that integrates building systems and sustainable strategies. Plus, you’ll incorporate input from expert architects, engineers, and consultants. Take this course concurrently with ARH… Read More

Design Communication 1

Create architectural drawings that convey design intent. Draft and model architectural spaces moving fluidly between 2D and 3D to create orthographic and isometric drawings. Learn the fundamentals of architectural drawing conventions and develop an efficient workflow incorporating Rhino and Adobe Suite.

Design Process and 2D Media

Gain the fundamental skills and knowledge using two-dimensional media needed to begin your architecture studies. You will explore orthographic conventions of plan, section, and elevation, architectural notation, axonometric projection, and two-dimensional media to relate a two-dimensional representation to a three-dimensional space.

Structures: Wood and Steel

Collaboration between architects and structural engineers determines the success and safety of a building. See architecture from the perspective of a structural engineer. You will evaluate the unique properties of wood and steel-common structural materials in the U.S. in response to gravity and lateral forces.