Advanced visual communication skills are emphasized. This course represents the first half of a series of lectures alternating between topics of architectural craft and architectural ideology. Conceptions of form, space and order, principles of spatial definition, and methods of representation are presented along with a range of theoretical positions concerning how architecture incorporates ideas. This course continues the format of ARCH 1601 and the lectures concerning architectural craft centering on topics of building elements, spatial sequence, scale and proportion, color and light, and the implications and potency of construction materials. This seminar introduces models of design process to build judgmental capacity in the areas of function, spatial organization, culture, and landscape.
Site planning is presented both as a technical demand and a formal device.
Lectures, demonstrations and design workshops are used to build skill. This seminar introduces both theoretical and practical background information in the areas of form, material and use. Each area is explored through readings, lectures, design workshops and field trips. Third year design studios continue the investigations about the thoughtful making of buildings, within an increasingly holistic pedagogical framework, and with special regard to the utility of buildings and the human rituals of their occupation. Continuation of ARCH 3101.