This design course explores fundamental principles and issues of architectural design through the use of abstract design projects. Students interested in architecture, interior design, landscape design, engineering, building construction, gallery or theatre design, sculpture and other fine arts create their own design solutions, moving from beginning sketches, through development, to final models. This design course explores local urban and rural architectural design projects through the use of lectures, design projects, site visits, individual and group critiques, model building and drawings. Students will learn about design methodology, site and program analysis and presentation techniques.
Students further address formal, symbolic and contextual issues of architecture.
This course will introduce students interested in interior design, architecture, engineering, building construction, landscape architecture and other design related fields to the fundamentals of architectural and freehand drawing. Students will learn hard-line drafting skills and architectural conventions. Semester devoted to producing working drawings for a small woodframe building designed by the student. Portfolio of working drawings reqired at semester end.