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Code Analysis and Construction Documents

Buildings must be designed to keep people safe. You will develop building floor plans that comply with planning and building codes with an emphasis on egress and accessibility and evaluate a building envelope design proposal on costs, material choices, and construction assembly.

Master of Architecture Thesis

Build on the architectural thesis proposal developed in the Thesis Preparation and Development course (ARH 690). You will refine your critical and innovative architectural thesis concept to produce an integrated building project aimed at advancing the architectural profession.

Design Process and 3D Media

Utilizing a fundamental knowledge of three-dimensional digital media, modeling, and rendering techniques, you will develop the representation and simulation skills needed to master the architectural design process.

Foundational Design Studio II

Develop your spatial design skills. You’ll learn the role of design in the urban context and expand your visual/graphic thinking and vocabulary of spatial elements to increase meaning in your architectural proposals.

Structures: Systems Investigation

Develop your structural intuition by breaking physical models. Working with a structural engineer and an architect, you will invent a structural system for your studio project that is integral to the architectural design identity and compare structural behaviors of different building geometries using load path diagrams. You must take this… Read More

History of the Built Environment 2: Renaissance to 1900

Study the architecture, landscape and urban design, and general aesthetic principles from 1400-1900 that created an intellectual foundation for 20th-century Modernism. Consider how and why historical styles and design principles borrowed from the past shaped the built environment and helped engineer progressive social change.

Construction Documents and Building Codes

Carry your conceptual design ideas into the concrete building details of an actual project. You will gain the knowledge to develop a set of construction documents incorporating applicable building codes and technical requirements to realize your designs.

Foundational Design Studio I

Set the foundation for your architecture studies using concepts and skills in written, spoken, and visual form. You’ll learn the principal concepts of architecture by engaging in an iterative design process where you develop conceptual and spatial ideas through deliberate experimentation.

Studio: Space and Ordering

Develop your critical design decision-making abilities through experimentation. You will research and analyze a case study project, identify key spatial ideas, and incorporate these ideas through an iterative process of model-making, diagramming, and drawing for small scale projects.

Sustainable Design

Learn passive and innovative strategies to minimize a building’s aggressive energy and resource consumption. You’ll examine the benefits of renewable resources and well-building design, focusing on best practices revealed both in vernacular architecture and forward-thinking contemporary design case studies. (This course is cross-listed with ARH 613.)