Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
ARCH 503 - COMPREHENSION I
Long Title: COMPREHENSION I - ASSEMBLY
Department: Architecture
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory
Credit Hours: 10
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate
Description: This first comprehensive studio foregrounds structure, material, climate, and culture in architecture. Students conduct focused building precedent analysis through detailed drawing and/or large-scale models and develop conceptually rigorous, technically advanced architectural projects that demonstrate an understanding of material, structural, and thermal systems and performance as elements of building assemblies.