Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE BUILDING ENVELOPE

Department: Architecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The Building Envelope is the collection of material assemblies that separate a building’s interior from the exterior environment. This course examines the examines the interaction of those assemblies with natural forces such as temperature, moisture, and solar radiation and the details of construction which have evolved to mitigate them. The subject matter includes both traditional building exterior wall and roof construction and newer technologies such as rainscreen, green roof, and building surface media systems.