3 credits Survey of the development of architectural and urban form from the Renaissance period through the Industrial Revolution. Particular emphasis is placed on the theoretical aspects of the interrelationships among culture, architecture, urban form and technology throughout the world. Recommended readings guide students' assignments. Admission to the Community Studio requires a minimum grade of C in previous studio course work, and permission of the instructor. The Community Studio is an advocacy arm of the School of Architecture in which potentials of community design projects are explored, articulated, and eventually realized with strong emphasis on the involvement of community and interdisciplinary groups.
Work is individual and collaborative with focused and measurable assignments.
Students who transfer into the Thesis Phase may take Community Studio as an elective, but are not eligible to take it in lieu of Design 9. Applied principles of programming are explored in developing a design process by combining existing buildings with new development in the making of space and form. Eight hours of studio per week. The focus of the studio is on contextual sensitivity, integration of environmental control techniques and technology, articulation of the public, private, and mediate realms through investigations of a large urban building and its architectural landscape. Eight hours of studio per week.