This studio course concentrates on the ways in which a building’s site and environmental context influence architectural design. Students conduct simple site analyses and make design decisions on that basis. The ability to create meaningful design solutions and fulfill simple programmatic requirements is also emphasized. Lectures include topics such as environmental and site issues and the meaning of places. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 301.

This seminar course introduces students to the achievements, contributions and evidence of women in the male-dominated field of architecture in order to explore the theoretical and professional impacts of gender in the field. The course explores a group less represented in standard architectural education and the issues that make this group a minority in the field. Through this exploration, students of all genders understand the importance of the contribution of all groups, both major and minor, to the advancement and future of the profession of architecture.

This course builds upon information introduced in Construction Technology I by emphasizing the various existing and emerging technologies, materials, assemblies and their characteristics. The influences of building codes, industry standards and programmatic requirements on the selection of both structural and nonstructural elements are discussed. The course also introduces students to construction drawings and detailing, and develops an understanding of the relationship between drawings and specifications. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 241.

This studio course concentrates on the issues raised by creating new architecture in existing high density urban contexts with complex social and cultural characters. The course focuses on creating well-developed and meaningful solutions to complex architectural problems in the urban environment. In addition to performing in-depth analysis of the urban site and the functional program, students prepare formal building type analyses as a way of understanding the tradition of building in the city. Students learn how to design buildings with vertical circulation systems and understand the issues related to multi-story architectural solutions. Lectures include topics such as urban context; social and cultural issues related to dense urban settings; vertical circulation systems; and analytical methods for understanding the urban setting. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 303, ARCH 319, ARCH 341, ARCH 361, ARLH 211, Social/Behavioral Sciences.

This studio course focuses on building systems analysis and integration. It involves adaptive reuse of existing structures and work with a real client to develop a program of moderate complexity that meets the client’s needs. Students are required to make decisions relative to the client’s needs and desires and respond to the various requirements of users, stakeholders and the public domain. Students are expected to develop the ability to make theoretical and technical judgments with confidence and produce sophisticated design solutions. Lectures include topics such as the client’s role in architecture; materiality; environmental control systems; building service systems; adaptive reuse; and community and social responsibility. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 405.

In this studio course, students explore traditional and contemporary methods of advanced graphic presentations as a means of communication in architectural design. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 101, DRAW 115.

The basis of this course is to provide site development and design from the conception of a project through to the final site stage.  The course begins with site selection and progresses through sediment and erosion control requirements, building location, parking and ADA requirements, storm runoff and landscape requirements. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 352, ARCH 461.

The seminar investigates the city as a specific power to affect people, materials and the relationships between the two. Use, form and social values of the city are analyzed to decipher relationships between morphology and the logic of change. Because classical urban studies involve accurate transpositions of the city by means of either physical or socio-economic descriptions, both physical and socio-economic factors are integrated into the course. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 101.

This course provides an overview of critical developments in sustainable building design strategies by examining environmental problems and possible solutions through design. Readings, lectures, guest speaker presentations and class discussion introduce students to the need for and possibilities of becoming effective green builders and architects. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 461.

This course presents a study of professionalism and ethics as they relate to design professionals. Students conduct detailed analysis of professional practices, including office and corporate structure, administration, public and client relations, consultant and contractor relations, project administration and procedures, and compensation.

Students in this course explore advanced parametric design and generative modeling through associative geometry using advanced applications for building design. The course focuses on simulating behavioral and formal responses to design constraints, limits and rules as a framework for understanding their implications as applied to structural and envelope systems. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.

This studio course investigates sustainable strategies for the neighborhood, city and mega-city. Students consider historical patterns of urban settlement and form-making, contemporary forces impacting cities worldwide, and the legal and financial framework of urban development retrofitting the city for ecological solutions. This study includes development of strategies ranging from publicly funded infrastructure, including application of landscape, through privately funded development of public space. Student teams analyze and diagram both physical and social contexts to develop typologies and plan concepts portrayed through master plan and perspective scenarios.

Students are introduced to the study of exterior spaces as they relate to and complement building design. Through lectures, studio problems and field trips, the course explores the historical background of landscape design, theory, site analysis, environmental issues and plant materials.

Students in this course develop an understanding of the relationship of architecture to the sticks and stones of which it is made. The logic of construction is sought by analyzing the creation of architectural form. Exercises explore the design and fabrication of architectural elements, connections and entire structures.

Design management—the consideration and allocation of resources through design—is a critical skill for architects in today’s construction industry. Examination of the building design process, construction process, design management principles and case studies are employed to develop and apply design management skills.

This course leads students into an in-depth study of a variety of structural systems and gives them tools to help them select appropriate systems for their designs. Students learn how to approximate structural member sizes and gain a broad understanding of material behavior to prepare them to make structural design decisions.

The course provides a survey of algorithmic techniques that generate structures of specific interest to architects.  The structures include, but are not limited to, those derived from the use of recursion (fractal curves), surface (2-D Sierpinski carpet) and spatial (3-D Menger sponge) subdivision, mappings of time based phenomena to 3-D geometry and the application of shape grammars, such as L-systems. The Maya Embedded Language and Python are the principle scripting environments in which students explore and evaluate the architectural merits of a variety of algorithmic methods. Prerequisite(s):   ANIM 709 or ELDS 750 or ITGM 721 or VSFX 708 or permission of the chair.

This studio course centers on a variety of topics within or related to the School of Building Arts. The focus studio builds upon selected student electives in architectural history, digital design, design management, historic preservation, interior design, sustainability, architectural history or urban design. Possible focus areas for the studio may include architecture and topics from students' selected area of elective coursework. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 706, ARCH 719, ELDS 727.

The basis of this course is to structurally design a building starting from the concept phase and completing with structural design drawings. The course begins with site layout and analysis and continues from use and occupancy requirements to final structural design including foundations, floor, roof, walls and lateral bracing. Prerequisite(s): ARCH 719.

This seminar examines pressing contemporary technological, cultural, theoretical and economically driven issues relevant to urban design and development. Emerging issues for the 21st century include the sociological impact and infrastructure needs attendant to vast ethnic migrations, the rapid growth and sprawl of mega cities, and the creation of new cities.

This course focuses on the development and production of an economically feasible and reproducible portfolio and supports graduate digital portfolio construction.

Students in this course undertake a field assignment under the supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite(s): 15 graduate credit hours, good academic standing.

Students are introduced to the theory and study of exterior spaces as they relate to and complement building designs. Through lectures, research, studio problems and field trips, the course explores the historical background of landscape design, theory, site analysis, environmental issues and plant materials.