This course investigates the history of a wide range of buildings, architecture, cities, landscapes and theory across the 20th century around the world. We interrogate the deep legacies of colonialism, globalization, extractivism and capitalism in which modern architecture so actively participated.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architectural History, Architecture (non-majors)
Addressing conceptual and practical aspects of the relationship between computation and design, this course explores the fundamentals of generative and rule-based systems for designing and making, along with basic approaches to creative data processing, visualization and materialization using low and high-tech approaches.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Computational Design
This studio introduces integrated architectural design as the synthesis of disparate elements, demands and desires. It situates architecture as a technological, cultural and environmental process that is inherently contingent and entangled yet tethered to a historical project of autonomy.
This course introduces the fundamentals of strength of materials, computational modeling of structures, and basic finite element (FE) analysis. This is a hands-on, skill-building course about learning how to translate a conceptual design intent into a computational structural model, then applying material and boundary condition constraints to analyze and understand structural behavior.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architectural Technology (non-majors)
This course critically examines capitalist frameworks in real estate development and explores alternatives that prioritize social equity, inclusivity and sustainability.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architecture (non-majors)
This course critically examines the professional practice of architecture through historical and contemporary lenses. Students explore how the practice of architecture has evolved and the role of the architect in shaping not just the built environment, but societal values and well-being. The course integrates discussions on health, safety, welfare, professional ethics, regulatory frameworks, climate change and career pathways, as well as the challenges of professional practice with present and future AI tools and the legal implications of their use.
This course examines the complex intersections of ethics, power and space that often shape architects' choices. The course is not about mandating any ethical benchmarks. Instead, we work to develop our own processes and strategies to help us navigate difficult ethical quandaries.
Fulfills minor requirements for: Architecture (non-majors)
This course is designed for B.Arch students to take a year before their final spring semester. The course develops an understanding of research methods and explores the formation of ideas for architecture thesis projects.
An architectural thesis is a proposition that results from a critique and reexamination of the role of architecture as a critical participant in the conditioning of (public) space. Marking the transition between academic and professional practices, the thesis project is an exciting opportunity for students to define their unique positionality and modes of practice relative to the discipline of architecture.
This course covers important geographic information system (GIS) concepts. Software tutorials and technical sessions cover leading GIS software from Esri Inc. Applications include ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Map Viewer, ArcGIS Story Maps and Dashboards. Computer aided facility management (CAFM)/IWMS software will be reviewed.
This course introduces the fundamentals of strength of materials, computational modeling of structures, and basic finite element (FE) analysis. This is a hands-on, skill-building course about learning how to translate a conceptual design intent into a computational structural model, then applying material and boundary condition constraints to analyze and understand structural behavior.
This studio will continue to understand architecture as a modulator of complex cultural and historical flows, but aims to do so by intensively exploring, evaluating and expanding the role that tectonic cultures and their associated modes of architectural expression play in shaping our world.
