Expected Outcomes

1. The student completing this course will be aware of:

A variety of structural systems.

 

The range of natural and built contextual issues and constraints (site and climate) which would influence design decisions.

The range of programmatic issues and constraints which would influence design decisions.

The range of materials used in design.

The range of issues in team building.

2. The student completing this course will understand:

The relationship between geometry and the organization of elements and the ability to resist forces.

 

How specified natural and built contextual issues and constraints (site and climate) effect design decisions and outcomes.

 

How specified programmatic issues and constraints affect design decisions and outcomes.

How specified materials affect design decisions and outcomes.

The interrelationship between materials, context, and program.

Specific team-building practices.

3. The student completing this course will be able to:

Design and organize architectural elements to resist specified/described forces.

 

Establish a structural system as a regulating system within design.

 

Design with materials whose physical properties respond to structural, contextual (site and climate), and programmatic issues and constraints.

 

Design and organize architectural elements to define spaces that respond to specified programmatic issues and constraints.

 

Synthesize a response to a problem that addresses the issues and constraints of structure, context, and program.

 

Design and build a project with a team of members with various abilities.

Course Goals

To employ, reinforce, and build on the design communication concepts, techniques, and skills acquired in the first year.

 

To develop and build upon an ability to see, think, and to image 3-dimensionally.

 

To develop a broader understanding of the concepts and issues, principles, and elements that impact architectural decisions concerning the attributes and organization of elements to invoke some intended image, meaning, or function.

 

To experience, record, expand, and reflect on the process of design.

 

To build a broader vocabulary of design behaviors and processes from which you can select those that are most efficient and supportive of your learing/designing style.

 

To develop concepts, techniques, and skills in model building - the construction of objects.

 

To develop an understanding of the importance of programming in design.

 

To develop a facility at diagramming and imaging design concepts in 2 dimensions.

 

To create designs that demonstrate the interdependency of a building with its context.

 

To develop a sense of structure and its influence of the final built form.

 

To have a broader understanding of the influence that a choice of materials has on the designed forms.

 

To be able to create an appropriate expression or meaning for a building to communicate.

Instructional Objectives

For Students:

 

To be able to work well in a team to complete a design/build project with a diverse group of classmates.

 

To be able to communicate an appropriate expression or meaning or a building.

 

To be able to design a building that responds well to a particular climate and site topography.

 

To be able to design a particular structural system to suit the designed form.