Both activities are seen as a creative process, as integral components of architectural design and as distinct professional service. Lectures, discussion, and field trips will be tied to readings and semester projects. 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. 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. Readings are drawn from literature, history, architectural history and theory, anthropology, and cultural studies. The course involves lectures by local speakers and field trips. CAD modeling is presented as one of a battery of graphic tools for generating, developing and presenting design ideas, for students with no prior computer or CAD experience. An introduction to microcomputer graphic applications to architectural design.