Course Catalog - 2015-2016

     

ARCH 102 - PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II

Long Title: PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE II - REPRESENTATION
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 6
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Prerequisite(s): ARCH 101
Description: What is the role of information and representation within the design process? This studio introduces and explores the tools and concepts of notation and representation in architecture and how they serve as instruments of inquiry in a design processes. The use of precedents is a focus early in the semester, in which students analyze a project and its formal concepts that inform the design of a small architectural project in n the second part of the course.