Through the course of several projects students will be, introduced to the methods, tools and techniques of working with wood, metal, plaster, and plastics. This is a 'hands-on' class with the intention of giving the student a basic understanding of the logic of making things from a practical perspective. This course will examine the concept of interpretive issues within the traditional downtown urban design framework today. Interpretive issues within traditional city cores have become a major part of cultural, economic development in city design. An interdisciplinary course exploring the complex relationships among architectural design, human well-being, and health.
Emphasis is placed on the planning and maintenance of health care facilities.
The course focuses on user-based planning and design methods. An interdisciplinary course linking four dimensions of New Orleans cultural life place, ritual, food, and music in order to analyze the ongoing construction of the city's self-understanding Readings are drawn from literature, history, architectural history and theory, anthropology and cultural studies. The course involves local speakers, and field trips utilized not only for the interpretive light they cast on the readings, but also for the part they themselves play in the cultural system' being analyzed. CAD modeling is presented as one of a battery of graphic tools available for generating, developing and presenting design ideas, for students with no prior computer or CAD experience. An intermediate course in micro- computer graphic applications to architectural design.