Monday Class Options:

ARCH.214 - Architecture Design Core Studio IV: 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
This studio continues to develop the students' design process and explores the concepts and strategies that have the capacity to significantly determine building form. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of design to program, structure and materials through the study of dwellings. Special attention will be paid to an understanding of human scale and its impact upon design. Short sequential exercises enable students to develop an understanding of the use of different materials and their structural implications. Bearing wall, columnar (including free-plan) and modular building systems will be studied. These shorter problems will be followed by a longer assignment that uses different urban sites in a variety of locations as the catalyst for an investigation into how the fundamental human need for shelter is affected by regional and cultural precedents and particular climatic conditions. Students are asked to address basic environmental issues by considering passive strategies for heating and cooling. The development of graphic, computer and three-dimensional communication skills development are also continued. Faculty lectures will be integrated into the semester and a digital portfolio will be required.

Thursday Class Options:

REAL 101 - Introduction to Real Estate: 12:30 PM-1:50 PM
This course is an introduction to real estate fundamentals to help students establish a foundation in the field. Real estate course topics are situated among a variety of domains: environment and climate, people and community, history and theory, regulatory and legal issues, economics, design, construction, and professional practices. The course introduces real estate market sectors and property types, the professionals and institutions involved in project development, and the crucial role of social and environmental responsibility. The course will foreground the fundamentals of real estate for undergraduate students.

ARCH.214 - Architecture Design Core Studio IV: 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
This studio continues to develop the students' design process and explores the concepts and strategies that have the capacity to significantly determine building form. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of design to program, structure and materials through the study of dwellings. Special attention will be paid to an understanding of human scale and its impact upon design. Short sequential exercises enable students to develop an understanding of the use of different materials and their structural implications. Bearing wall, columnar (including free-plan) and modular building systems will be studied. These shorter problems will be followed by a longer assignment that uses different urban sites in a variety of locations as the catalyst for an investigation into how the fundamental human need for shelter is affected by regional and cultural precedents and particular climatic conditions. Students are asked to address basic environmental issues by considering passive strategies for heating and cooling. The development of graphic, computer and three-dimensional communication skills development are also continued. Faculty lectures will be integrated into the semester and a digital portfolio will be required.