Key issues under consideration include the use of new materials and technologies, attitudes towards shaping the metropolitan environment, and the role of publicity and exhibitions in the formation of modern architecture. Through site visits, discussions, readings, lectures, and interviews, this course examines the history of architecture in St. Louis since 1930. Especially of interest is the situating and understanding of local works of modern architecture with the larger steams of twentieth century architecture and urban history. This course covers the fundamentals of project planning, proposal writing, and alternative research and design methods. Its main purpose is to prepare students for the independent exploratory design and research work.
Emphasis is placed on actively developing design through research and implementation.
Exercises include 2D photo imaging, photo acquisition and manipulation, page layout and composition, web page construction, 2D vector graphic representation, and basic 3D modeling. Explores current computing technology with regard to its use in designing and representing architectural concepts. Studio exercises exploring the principles of color terminology, theory, mixture derivations and relationships. Progressive exercises designed to expand awareness of the extensive range of color choices and relationships, and to encourage confident use of the expressive potential of color. The course considers the broad spectrum of the application of typology including patterns of urbanization and urban housing typologies, and discusses the value of typological knowledge and its limitations, the concept of type transformation, and the difference between model and type.