3 hr./wk.
The third core studio focuses on sustainable housing. In turn, the emergent scales and patterns of sustainable housing become the operative means to address and examine larger urban design concerns. Students work in teams and consider socio-economic factors, urban density and morphology in the design of housing solutions in complex and multi-layered urban contexts. Emphasis is placed on the research of urban and building precedents as well as on the use of environmental modeling and visualization tools to measure and integrate complex data into housing solutions.
$50
12 hr./wk.
This is the third of a four-semester sequence that examines the physical forms of world architecture and related arts. It analyzes the built environment in response to place, politics, culture, and the people who use it. This semester, students will study architecture in the 19th and early 20th centuries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Two lectures and an advanced seminar are required weekly.
3 hr./wk.
Introduction to structural materials including steel, concrete, and wood. Basic principles of analyses and design with respect to various materials.
3 hr./wk.
The study of environmental context and the natural environment, including climate, geology, landform, soil, hydrology and vegetation create a basis for an extensive investigation of the relationship between building and site.
3 hr./wk.
The fourth and final studio in the four-semester core sequence focuses on building systems integration, structural systems, and technical documentation. In this integrative design studio students develop a building from schematic design through design development, and finally through the construction documents phase. With an emphasis on energy efficiency, this studio provides students with an opportunity to synthesize the knowledge they have acquired in their core studies with respect to program preparation, sustainable design and building technology.
$50
12 hr./wk.
Behavior of structural systems including gravity and lateral load paths in buildings; Seismic effects.
3 hr./wk.
This course will focus on the performance of buildings relative to environmental impact and operational response. Starting with the building’s skin, systems will be understood as being in contact and in manipulated exchange with the thermal, luminous and acoustic environment surrounding them, to serve the ambience and comfort of the interior.
Basic knowledge of exchange, distribution and regulation will be related to construction and mechanical systems. The goal is to integrate structural, mechanical and spatial requirements to make appropriate choices during the design phase, allowing students to understand the building as a holistic regulated environment.
3 hr./wk.