This class is open to Juniors and Seniors. This semester course provides students with a complete overview of the discipline of architecture. Through a combination of lecture and seminar discussion, students gain the background necessary to design their own architectural projects. Students look at the history of Western architecture by viewing the best examples of the building arts. Topics covered include building materials, elements of engineering, basic drafting, and presentation drawing, and the aesthetic and functional manipulation of space and form.
Students complete both team and individual design projects in workshops and in the studio.
Their projects express their understanding of historical precedent, basic engineering and construction, efficient planning, requirements of potential users, and aesthetics. This class is open to Juniors and Seniors.