Courses of Study 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Cornell University Course Descriptions
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ARAB—Arabic |
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ARAB 4867 - [In Search of the Original Quran]
(GB) (KCM-AS, HST-AS) Satisfies Option 1. (CU-ITL)
Spring. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2023-2024. 4 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: two years of Arabic or permission of instructor.
M. Younes.
Certain verses in the Quran have challenged Muslim interpreters as well as modern scholars. In some cases, the verses do not seem to fit the context; in others, they violate standard rules of Arabic grammar. Some in the Muslim tradition take these verses as evidence of the miraculous nature of the language of the Quran whose secrets only Allah knows. A number of modern scholars, particularly in the West, have tried to understand them by reference to Semitic languages, particularly Syriac and Hebrew, or by reference to Christian and Jewish traditions, which had a substantial influence on the language of the Quran. Some scholars have gone so far as to offer alternative readings of the Quranic text or to propose emendations. Applying the tools of modern linguistic analysis, we will examine a sample of these passages, read their standard Muslim interpretation (tafsiir), identify grammatical and textual problems and propose alternative interpretations that arguably produce a semantically more coherent and grammatically sounder text. (RS)
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ARCH—Architecture |
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ARCH 1101 - Design I
Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Introduction to design as a conceptual discipline directed at the analysis, interpretation, synthesis, and transformation of the physical environment. Exercises are aimed at developing an understanding of the issues, elements, and processes of environmental design.
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ARCH 1102 - Design II
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1101 and ARCH 1501 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Continuation of ARCH 1101 . Covers human, social, technical, and aesthetic factors related to space and form. Design problems range from those of the immediate environment of the individual to that of small social groups.
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ARCH 1103 - [Elective Design Studio]
Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 1104 - [Elective Design Studio]
Spring. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1103 . Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 1110 - Introduction to Architecture: Design Studio
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students, high school students in 11th and 12th grades, and any individuals with a minimum of a high school diploma interested in exploring the field of architecture.
Staff.
Designed to introduce students to ideas, principles, and methods of solving architectural problems in a studio setting. Through a graduated sequence of exercises culminating in a major semester project, students explore the architectural concepts of space, form, function, and technology. Instruction is via highly personalized critiques of individual student work by assigned department faculty members, as well as periodic reviews of the group by invited faculty and guest critics. The grade is based on the overall performance in the studio with special emphasis on the quality of a major studio project.
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ARCH 1120 - [Architecture Design Studio]
(LA-AAP) (CU-ITL)
Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Offered in Rome, Italy. No prior studio coursework is required, but as the course assumes the expression of ideas through visual and material means previous coursework in studio arts and art/architecture history is strongly encouraged.
Staff.
Through a graduated series of exercises, the design studio introduces students to methods of analysis, representation and abstraction as they study the concepts of urban and architectural space and form.
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ARCH 1300 - An Introduction to Architecture: Lectures
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students, high school students in 11th and 12th grades, and anyone with minimum of a high school diploma interested in exploring the field of architecture.
Staff.
Survey course that covers the many facets of architecture: history, design principles, preservations, landscape architecture, building technology, and cultural factors. Course format comprises lectures, demonstrations, films, and field trips. Evaluation is based on quizzes and a final exam.
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ARCH 1301 - [Introduction to Architecture]
Fall, Spring. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Intended to familiarize non-architecture students with the art and science of architecture. The fundamentals of plan, section, and elevation, the primary elements that comprise an architectural form; basic organizational principles; the ways in which we perceive architectural space; and the various concepts of function in relation to form will be included among the topics to be covered, using examples from numerous times and cultures as well as from contemporary Cornell campus.
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ARCH 1418 - Introduction to Topics in Architecture, Culture, and Society
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Satisfies “any other architecture department course” requirement for the architecture minor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of architecture, culture, and society. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content.
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ARCH 1501 - Representation I: Freehand Architectural Drawing
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students or permission of instructor.
Staff.
Introduction to freehand drawing as an analytical tool within the design process.
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ARCH 1502 - Representation II: Media of Representation
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1501 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
The understanding of representational and fabrication techniques as generative tools in the design process.
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ARCH 1510 - Introduction to Virtual and Augmented Reality
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Satisfies departmental free elective credit for B.Arch. students. Satisfies the Visual Representation or “any other ARCH class” for the architecture minor. Cannot be applied toward B.Arch. Visual Representation concentration.
Staff.
The burgeoning Virtual and Augmented Reality technology is changing the design, visualization, and communication process in architecture. In this course, we will explore Virtual Reality as a tool for both spatial design and immersive representation through hands-on design projects. Students will try out Virtual Reality applications, grasp technical knowledge about AR/VR, learn how architectural design is taking advantage of it, and practice implementing virtual experiences within game engines. By the end of the course, students will perform spatial studies and generate a spatial design with the help of VR technology, and will create an application to present the design in VR space.
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ARCH 1518 - Contextural Representations: Drawing and Belonging
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Satisfies “visual representation” or “any other architecture department course” requirement for the architecture minor.
Staff.
Structured as a discussion seminar and design workshop, the course will introduce students to strategies of architectural representation through an engagement with literature connected to the critical framework of Afro-pessimist discourse. Using the language of architectural drawing, students will expand upon selected readings - including those by Dionne Brand, Saidiya Hartman, and Christina Sharpe - to illuminate an understanding of Blackness and belonging, one interwoven with our shared history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its still unfolding afterlife.
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ARCH 1610 - Introduction to Digital Fabrication
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Satisfies departmental free elective credit for B.Arch. students. Satisfies “any other ARCH class” for the architecture minor. Cannot be applied toward B.Arch. Architecture Science and Technology concentration.
Staff.
The use of digitally driven design tools constitutes an important skill set for future architects, designers, engineers, and artists. Rooted in the emergence and proliferation of digital design culture, this course introduces students to the fundamentals of digital design. Students will become familiar with 3D modeling, parametric design, and representation through a series of hands-on workshops and tutorials. Students will visualize their design explorations digitally using Rhinoceros 3D and physically using fabrication techniques developed through their digital design tools.
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ARCH 1611 - Environmental Systems I: Introduction to Sustainable Design
(CU-SBY)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with ARCH 5611 .
Staff.
This course examines the relationships between building, site, landscape and sustainability through the lens of ecology and systems thinking. Topics include: basic concepts of sustainability, energetic processes, climate, spatial data visualization, global warming, solar geometry, landscape processes, microclimates, site strategies and grading, building footprint & sustainable building metrics.
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ARCH 1612 - Structural Concepts
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Staff.
Fundamental concepts of structural behavior. Statics and strength of materials. Introduction to and analysis of simple structural systems.
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ARCH 1618 - Introduction to Topics in Architectural Science and Technology
Summer. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Satisfies “any other architecture department course” requirement for the architecture minor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of architectural science and technology. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content.
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ARCH 1801 - History of Architecture I
Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Staff.
The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the earliest to more recent times. Themes, theories, and ideas in architecture and urban design are explored, beginning with the earliest written records.
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ARCH 1802 - History of Architecture II
Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
May be taken independently of ARCH 1801 .
Staff.
The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from more recent times to the present. Architecture and urban design themes, theories, and ideas are addressed in greater detail leading to the present time.
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ARCH 1901 - FWS: Topics in Architecture
Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
First-Year Writing Seminar.
Staff.
This First-Year Writing Seminar is devoted to topics related to architecture.
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ARCH 2100 - Elective Design Studio
Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 2101 - Design III
Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1102 , ARCH 1501 , and ARCH 1502 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Students develop an understanding of context and precedent in the construction of architectural form, and are introduced to contextual and programmatic densities in addition to circulatory, spatial, and organizational strategies in the design process.
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ARCH 2102 - Design IV
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1501 , ARCH 1502 , and ARCH 2101 , or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
In this Integrative Design Studio, the requirements of building systems are seen to both support and inform architectural concepts and form. One of the key design experiences during this semester will be the interaction of these concepts and building systems. Questions of energy, thermal comfort, sustainability, structure, material, and life safety will be addressed.
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ARCH 2301 - Architectural Analysis I: Buildings, Drawings, and Texts
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1102 or permission of instructor.
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Agendas and approaches to the making and “reading” of space and form in 20th- and 21st-century architecture. The analysis of canonical works and texts, with frequent reference to relevant works prior to the 20th century, and with an emphasis on buildings and drawings as the vehicles of study, with occasional citations from painting, film, literature, and other critical works.
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ARCH 2613 - Structural Systems
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 .
Staff.
Behavior and design of overall structural systems for buildings. Particular focus on systems used for resisting lateral loads (rigid frames, braced frames and shear walls) and for spanning long distances (trusses and space frames; cables and membranes; and arches, domes, and shells).
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ARCH 2614 - Building Technology I: Materials and Methods
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Staff.
Building construction is examined from the following standpoints: life safety (including fire safety and zoning constraints on site planning); building service systems (plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, fire protection); materials, sustainability, and life-cycle analysis; accessibility; technical documentation and outline specifications.
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ARCH 2615 - Building Technology II: Structural Elements
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 . Co-meets with ARCH 5615 .
Staff.
Concepts and procedures for the design, manufacture, and construction of structural components (e.g., walls, columns, beams, slabs) in steel, concrete, masonry, and timber.
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ARCH 2616 - Environmental Systems II: Building Dynamics
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Staff.
This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.
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ARCH 3100 - Elective Design Studio
Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 3101 - Design V
Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2102 and required 2nd-year core. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Design and development of complex architectural projects situated in urban contexts and developed with regard to program, site, building, and representation.
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ARCH 3102 - Design VI
Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3101 and required 2nd-year core. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Design and development of complex architectural projects situated in urban contexts and developed with regard to program, site, building, and representation.
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ARCH 3105 - NOMA Student Design Competition
Fall. 1 credit. S/U grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1101 or permission of instructor. Counts as a general in-department elective course for B.Arch. students.
Staff.
In this class, a group of students form a design team that competes in the NOMA Student Design Competition in response to a specific brief.
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ARCH 3109 - Elective Design Studio
Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required. Each student is assigned to a class of appropriate level.
Staff.
Nonsequence design studio used for off-campus foreign programs for third-year B.Arch. students. Credit will be applied toward ARCH 4101 upon successful completion of ARCH 3102 .
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ARCH 3117 - Contemporary Italian Culture - Italian Cinema
Fall, Spring. 1 or 4 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Offered in Rome, Italy. Co-meets with ART 3803 .
Staff.
This course examines the cinematic representation of Italy with particular emphasis to the use of settings and space. We will explore how the visions of urban and rural spaces reflect the evolving cultural, social and political fabric of a nation in a period of rapid and often traumatic historical change. The course will feature screening of films set in several Italian locations, from Rome to Milan, from Naples to Venice, from Sicily to the Apennines, and represent different moments of Italian contemporary history. We will take advantage of the unique opportunity to study this cinema while residing in Rome and traveling in Italy, through the experience of the real settings that have figured so prominently in Italian cinema. Each session consists of an in-class lecture and a film screening. The course will also include one or two guest lecturers each semester.
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ARCH 3197 - Special Investigations in Architectural Design
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1101 , ARCH 1102 , ARCH 2101 , and ARCH 2102 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required. Counts as departmental free elective credit for B.Arch students.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 3301 - Architectural Analysis II: Architecture, the City, and Landscape
(CU-ITL)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2301 or permission of instructor. Offered in Rome, Italy.
Staff.
Agendas and approaches to the making and reading of urban conditions and landscape designs. The analysis of canonical works and texts, with emphasis on architecture within and without the city as vehicles of study, and with frequent reference to urban and landscape theories and designs, as well as to representations of the city and garden from other media and disciplines.
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ARCH 3308 - Special Topics in the Theory of Architecture I
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2301 and ARCH 3301 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Theory of Architecture. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 3311 - Tales of Two Cities
Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2301 and ARCH 3301 , or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 6311 .
Staff.
Spurred on by rapid technological innovations, Paris and New York altered the fabrics of their urban personalities with dramatic landscape architectural productions. Public parks, grand avenues, social housing schemes, playground designs, urban corporate estates, rooftop gardens, waterfront recovery and international expositions are but some of the areas which will be investigated during the course. The cross fertilization of ideas between important figures in landscape architecture such as Jean Adolphe Alphand, Eugene Haussmann, Gabriel Gueverkian, in Paris, and Frederick Law Olmsted, Robert Moses and Gilmore Clarke in New York will be reviewed to understand how the “old world” and the “new” contributed to distinctly innovative approaches affecting each city’s open space designs.
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ARCH 3397 - Special Investigations in the Theory of Architecture I
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2301 . Prerequisite or Corequisite: ARCH 3301 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required. Counts as a general in-department elective course for B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 3420 - [Architectural Field Studies]
(CU-ITL)
Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 2 credits. Student option grading.
Offered in Rome, Italy.
Staff.
Architectural Field Studies features approximately 18 days of customized, faculty-led field trips, both in the Roman region and throughout Italy. The course is based on the premise that the on site analysis of the material and spatial conditions of architecture and urban spaces is fundamental to the design process and to a toolbox of architectural ideas and concepts. Itineraries are carefully composed to expose students to important historical and contemporary sites and buildings that often serve as object lessons for themes studied in the design studio.
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ARCH 3497 - Special Investigations in Architecture, Culture, and Society
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required. Counts as a general in-department elective course for B.Arch students.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 3520 - [Architectural Portfolio Development]
(CU-ITL)
Fall. Not offered: 2021-2022. Next offered: 2022-2023. 1 credit. Student option grading.
Offered in Rome, Italy. The course assumes no prior graphic experience or software ability.
Staff.
The portfolio development class facilitates the production of a high-quality portfolio of studio work and other creative projects executed while in Rome. The goal is to instill strong graphic skills, high editorial standards, and sound documentation practices so that creative projects can be re-presented in a compelling and reproducible form.
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ARCH 3702 - Visual Imaging in the Electronic Age (crosslisted) ART 2907 , CS 1620 , ENGRI 1620
(MQR-AAP)
Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.
D. Greenberg.
Interdisciplinary survey course designed to introduce students in the creative arts, science, and engineering to the concepts of 2D and 3D digital pictorial representation and display. It is a concept course that concentrates on “why” rather than “how.” Topics include perspective representations, display technology, how television works, bandwidth concepts, digital photography, computer graphics modeling and rendering, color perception, 3D data acquisition, volumetric imaging, and historical precedents, primarily from the art world.
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ARCH 3810 - American Architecture and Building I (crosslisted) AMST 3810
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ARCH 5810 .
Staff.
Review of architecture, building, and responses to the landscape from the prehistoric period to the Civil War. Architecture and building as social and collaborative arts are emphasized and thus the contributions of artisans, clients, and users as well as professional architects and builders are examined. The architectural expressions of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and others are treated in addition to those of European colonists and settlers.
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ARCH 3811 - American Architecture and Building II (crosslisted) AMST 3811
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course surveys American architecture and building from the late 19th century to the present day. The themes of technology, money, art, and urbanism are the conceptual connective tissue of the class. Modernity (the experiences of modern life) and modernisms (the architectural languages of modern life) will be highlighted in the works of Charles F. McKim, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn,Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Diller + Scofidio Renfrow, Thom Mayne, and others. The mediation and re-presentation of buildings and spaces through other media (music, photography, painting, dance, poetry, literature, and film) are also explored. Walking tours as well as research for landmarking of a picture palace in Queens, New York, will be part of the class.
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ARCH 3819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of History of Architecture and Urbanism. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 3820 - The Topography and Urban History of Rome in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
(ALC-AAP, LA-AAP) (CU-ITL)
Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Counts as architectural history elective for BArch students; art history elective for B.F.A. students; Literature and the Arts (LA) or Arts, Literature, and Culture (ALC) requirement for BS in URS students. Offered in Rome, Italy.
J. Gadeyne.
Rome is a prisoner of its past. The entire city confronts the student with almost 30 centuries of urban and architectural history. This course intends to reconstruct the urban history of Rome from its origins through the Middle Ages (10th century bc-12th century ad). The purpose of this course will be to discover the layers of Rome, combining archaeology with literature, architecture, and urban history with art history. The goal is a thorough and direct knowledge of the Roman and Medieval urban landscape and the way this landscape has sometimes survived until today. Special attention will be given to Roman and Medieval building typology, both private and public, and the development of the urban infrastructure (street system, water supply, fortifications, etc.). Strong emphasis will be placed upon continuity, use/reuse, and transformation of buildings and spaces, etc. Every week one or two different “regions” will be explored that are typical for a particular moment of the urban history. Visits to sites outside Rome also will be used to address the issue of urban history in Italy in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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ARCH 3823 - Urban Design, Architecture, and Art in Renaissance and Baroque Rome
(ALC-AAP, LA-AAP) (CU-ITL)
Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 , or permission of instructor. Counts as architectural history elective for B.Arch. students; art history elective for B.F.A. students; Literature and the Arts (LA) or Arts, Literature, and Culture (ALC) requirement for BS in URS students. Offered in Rome, Italy.
J. Blanchard.
This course focuses on the Renaissance and Baroque phases (15th-18th centuries) of Rome’s history. The first class sessions will survey the city’s urban history and form from its origins to the present, and we will often turn our attention to earlier and later developments, without an understanding of which the Renaissance and Baroque periods would be only partially intelligible. While the history of urban and architectural design will be our main focus, we will also look at key episodes of painting and sculpture, especially by artists who are also among the principal architects of these periods (Michelangelo, Bernini).
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ARCH 3897 - Special Investigations in History of Architecture and Urbanism
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1801 and ARCH 1802 . Permission of instructor required. Counts as a general in-department elective course for B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Independent study for undergraduate students.
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ARCH 4100 - Elective Design Studio
Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 4101 - Design VII
Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3102 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Advanced programs in architectural design, with options in, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.
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ARCH 4102 - Design VIII
Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 4101 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
Staff.
Advanced programs in architectural design, with options including, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.
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ARCH 4300 - Architectural Publications (crosslisted) ARCH 4500
Fall or Spring. 3 credits (may be repeated for credit). Letter grades only.
Staff.
Colloquy and practicum on issues related to the production of an architectural journal, as well as other theoretical and practical production issues related to the exchange of architectural ideas. Exercises cover both theoretical as well as hands-on aspects of architectural publication.
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ARCH 4408 - Special Topics in Architecture, Culture, and Society
Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Architecture, Culture and Society. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 4500 - Architectural Publications (crosslisted) ARCH 4300
Fall or Spring. 3 credits (may be repeated for credit). Letter grades only.
Staff.
For description, see ARCH 4300 .
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ARCH 4508 - Special Investigations in Visual Representation
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1501 , ARCH 1502 . Permission of instructor required. Approved independent study form required.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 4509 - Special Topics in Visual Representation I
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1501 and ARCH 1502 , or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Visual Representation. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 4601 - Ecological Literacy and Design (crosslisted) DEA 4220
(CU-SBY)
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Field trip fee: approximately $25.
J. Elliott.
For description, see DEA 4220 .
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ARCH 4603 - Special Topics in Structures
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 , ARCH 2613 , and ARCH 2615 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Structures. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 4605 - Special Topics in Construction
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2615 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Construction. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 4619 - Special Topics in Environmental Systems and Conservation
(CU-SBY)
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1611 , ARCH 2613 , and ARCH 2616 or permission of instructor.
Staff.
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of Environmental Systems and Conservation. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 4697 - Special Investigations in Construction
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 2614 and ARCH 2615 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 4698 - Special Investigations in Environmental Systems and Conservation
(CU-SBY, CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1611 and ARCH 2616 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.
Staff.
Independent study.
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ARCH 4699 - Special Investigations in Structures
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits, variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 1612 and ARCH 2613 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required.
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Independent study.
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ARCH 4901 - Undergraduate Thesis in the History of Architecture and Urbanism
(CU-UGR)
Fall or Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.
Enrollment limited to: BS honors candidates in History.
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ARCH 5100 - Elective Design Studio
Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required.
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Non sequence design studio for students who are not architecture majors at Cornell and for department students taking design studio for non-sequence credit.
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ARCH 5101 - Design IX
Fall or Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 4102 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
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Advanced programs in architectural design, with options in, but not limited to, urban design, architectural technology, computational design, ecology, culture, and representation.
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ARCH 5103 - Substitute Design Studio
Fall, Spring. 6 credits. Student option grading.
Permission of instructor and approved petition required. Meets the graduation requirements for ARCH 5101 . Students who have enrolled in the yearlong ARCH 5903 Expanded Thesis but do not continue the Expanded Thesis must petition to change the first semester to ARCH 5103 Substitute Design Studio in order to receive a semester grade for the first semester.
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ARCH 5104 - Design Xa
Fall, Spring, Summer. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: nonadvancing grade in ARCH 5902 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students.
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A structured studio for those needing to take an alternative to design thesis. This course operates within one of advanced option design studios.
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ARCH 5111 - Core Design Studio I: Fundamentals
Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.
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Introduction to fundamental concepts of architectural design and representation, including preliminary notions of site, program, and context. Emphasis on interpretive, analytical, and generative uses of drawing, physical modeling, and digital media in the design process. Focus on issues of context, program and architectonics in the design of a building; introduction to site planning.
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ARCH 5112 - Core Design Studio II: Relational and Ecological Design
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5111 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.
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Focus on relational and ecological design thinking through interpretive, analytical, programmatic and generative uses of digital media. Emphasis on context, architectonics and systems in the design of a mid-scale building as informed by the analysis of precedents.
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ARCH 5113 - Core Design Studio III: Engaged Practices
Fall. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5112 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.
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These studios use an expanded form of design practice to address meta-issues in contemporary society. They recognize that architectural production is becoming increasingly heterogeneous and networked, and that real-world projects are seldom defined by site boundaries, or the work of a single profession. Design research and speculation are used to situate projects within larger social, political and environmental systems, creatively and inclusively engage the perspectives of other actors shaping the built environment, and opportunistically orchestrate real world processes and interactions.
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ARCH 5114 - Core Design Studios IV: Integrative Design Practices
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5113 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.
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Focus on the development of architectural ideas in constructed, material form. The studio explores emergent topics and constructive methods in contemporary architectural practice. Design study includes the creation of a comprehensive set of representations that describes an architectural project in detail. Students work in collaborative groups and in consultation with advisors drawn from professional practice to develop a project that engages a complex range of topical areas, including: structural and environmental systems, building envelope systems, materiality and construction, life-safety planning, and sustainability.
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ARCH 5115 - Core Design Studios V: Expanded Practices
Fall. 6 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5114 , ARCH 5611 , ARCH 5613 , ARCH 5614 , ARCH 5615 , ARCH 5616 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students.
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These studios use an expanded form of design practice to address meta-issues in global urbanism. They recognize that architectural production is becoming increasingly heterogeneous and networked, and that real-world projects are seldom defined by site boundaries, or the work of a single profession. On-site design research and speculation are used to situate projects within larger social, political and environmental systems, creatively engage the perspectives of other actors shaping the built environment, and opportunistically orchestrate real world processes and interactions.
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ARCH 5116 - Vertical Design Studio
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5114 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students. Offered in New York City.
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The New York City vertical studios engage contemporary issues through examining urban and infrastructural issues in relation to ecological, technical, and cultural practices.
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ARCH 5117 - Vertical Design Studio II
Spring. 6 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5116 . Enrollment limited to: M.Arch. students.
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The vertical studios are topical in nature and engage contemporary issues in architectural practice and research.
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ARCH 5201 - Professional Practice
Fall, Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Fall enrollment limited to: AAP NYC participants. Fall: offered in New York City.
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Examination of organizational and management theories and practices for delivering professional design services. Includes a historic overview of the profession and a review of the architect’s responsibilities from the pre-contract phase through cost estimating and specifications to construction. Application of computer technology in preparing specifications.
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ARCH 5203 - Multicultural Work Environments
(CU-ITL)
Fall or Spring. 1 credit. S/U grades only.
Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. and M.Arch. students whose architectural internships are in a country other than that of their citizenship or prior work experience. Students with summer internships formally enroll in the course during the fall semester after their internship, but must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms during the spring semester prior to the internship and after obtaining an internship offer. Students with part-time fall or spring internships enroll in the course during their internship semester and must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms immediately after obtaining an internship offer. Students with internships during a leave of absence must formally enroll in the course during the semester immediately following their leave, but must submit approved independent study and ISSO forms during the semester immediately prior to the internship and after obtaining an internship offer. For more information contact ISSO at www.isso.cornell.edu.
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Independent study. Promotes an understanding of the cultural assumptions we bring to the work environment and the effects of cultural differences on the ways in which architecture is practiced. A 5-10 page paper relates the experience of the internship to one or more texts approved by the instructor. Course may be taken more than once, but a maximum of 1 credit may be used to fulfill departmental free elective distribution requirement.
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ARCH 5204 - Professional Training
Fall, Spring. 1 credit. S/U grades only.
Corequisite: ARCH 5201 . Enrollment limited to: B.Arch and M.Arch students. A maximum of 1 credit may be used to fulfill departmental free elective distribution requirement. International students enrolled in the AAPNYC program who select to pursue part-time internships must submit approved ISSO forms before AAP NYC architecture professional placement work begins at any placement site. For more information contact OGL at International Global Learning.
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This 1-credit course explores a holistic view of the ‘typologies’ of professional practices and helps prepare students for the various phases of professional applications that include the search, the cover letter, the resumé, the portfolio and the interview. NB: individual portfolio reviews are not an expectation of the course.
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ARCH 5297 - Special Investigations in Professional Practice
Fall, Spring. 1-3 credits variable. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 3102 . Permission of instructor and approved independent study form are required. Counts as a general in-department elective course for B.Arch. students.
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Independent study.
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ARCH 5301 - Theories and Analyses of Architecture I
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
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Introduces students to influential critical and creative themes in modern architecture. Topics cover influential 20th-century discourses and practices prior to the 1990s, the questions and contexts that they engage, and their implications for contemporary thinking and design. Discussions and assignments aim at developing critical and graphical readings of both works and writings as integral to the design process.
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ARCH 5302 - Theories and Analyses of Architecture II
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5301 .
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Continuation of ARCH 5301 focusing on themes in architectural discourse, design, and inquiry from the 1990s to the present, and their creative/critical implications.
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ARCH 5402 - Architecture, Culture, and Society
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
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Social and cultural values are both reflected in buildings, landscapes, and cities, and constructed by them. At the same time, this articulation of people and built environments is framed by general socio-economic and political systems of ordering that often transcend locale. This course explores how these complexities might impact design practice, drawing on concepts and methods from disciplines such as anthropology, geography and cultural studies, as well as architectural history and theory, and referring to examples from around the world.
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ARCH 5511 - Constructed Drawing I
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Enrollment limited to: M.Arch students or permission of instructor.
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Focuses on bridging hand-drawing and sketching with digital representation as vehicles for design thinking and perception. Observational, analytical, and transformational exercises develop creative proficiency in freehand drawing and orthographic projection as well as computational thinking. Develops understanding of, and proficiency in, projective drawing, in both analog and digital forms. Students are introuced to a variety of digital representation applications, including modeling, rendering, animation, and scripting.
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ARCH 5512 - Constructed Drawing II: Digital Representation and Fabrication
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5511 or approved equivalent.
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Develops understanding of, and proficiency in, projective drawing, in both analog and digital forms. Students continue to develop a variety of digital representation applications, including modeling, rendering, and animation, and scripting.
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ARCH 5611 - Environmental Systems I: Introduction to Sustainable Design
(CU-SBY)
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with ARCH 1611 .
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This course examines the relationships between building, site, landscape and sustainability through the lens of ecology and systems thinking. Topics include: basic concepts of sustainability, energetic processes, climate, spatial data visualization, global warming, solar geometry, landscape processes, microclimates, site strategies and grading, building footprint & sustainable building metrics.
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ARCH 5612 - Structural Concepts
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
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Fundamental concepts of structural behavior. Statics and strength of materials. Introduction to and analysis of simple structural systems.
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ARCH 5613 - Structural Systems
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5612 .
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Behavior and design of overall structural systems for buildings. Particular focus on systems used for resisting lateral loads (rigid frames, braced frames and shear walls) and for spanning long distances (trusses and space frames; cables and membranes; and arches, domes, and shells).
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ARCH 5614 - Building Technology I: Materials and Methods
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
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Building construction is examined from the following standpoints: life safety (including fire safety and zoning constraints on site planning); building service systems (plumbing, electrical, vertical transportation, security, fire protection); materials, sustainability, and life-cycle analysis; accessibility; technical documentation and outline specifications.
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ARCH 5615 - Building Technology II: Structural Elements
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5612 . Co-meets with ARCH 2615 .
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Concepts and procedures for the design, manufacture, and construction of structural components (e.g., walls, columns, beams, slabs) in steel, concrete, masonry, and timber.
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ARCH 5616 - Environmental Systems II: Building Dynamics
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Offered in New York City.
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This course examines the design and analysis of the building envelope, with a focus on the material and energetic transformations taking place at the boundary between architecture and environment. Topics include: comfort, building thermodynamics, envelope assemblies, thermal modeling, active and passive control systems, daylighting and architectural acoustics.
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ARCH 5801 - History of Architecture I
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
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The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the earliest times to the beginning of the modern period is studied through selected examples from across the world. Themes, theories, and ideas in architecture and urban design are explored through texts, artifacts, buildings, cities, and landscapes.
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ARCH 5802 - History of Architecture II
Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5801 or approved equivalent.
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The history of the built environment as social and cultural expression from the modern period to the present day is studied through selected examples from across the world. Architecture and urban design themes, theories, and ideas are explored through texts, artifacts, buildings, cities, and landscapes.
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ARCH 5810 - American Architecture and Building I
Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5801 and ARCH 5802 or permission of instructor. Co-meets with AMST 3810 /ARCH 3810 .
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Review of architecture, building, and responses to the landscape from the prehistoric period to the Civil War. Architecture and building as social and collaborative arts are emphasized and thus the contributions of artisans, clients, and users as well as professional architects and builders are examined. The architectural expressions of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and others are treated in addition to those of European colonists and settlers.
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ARCH 5811 - American Architecture and Building II
Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5801 and ARCH 5802 or permission of instructor.
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This course surveys American architecture and building from the late 19th century to the present day. The themes of technology, money, art, and urbanism are the conceptual connective tissue of the class. Modernity (the experiences of modern life) and modernisms (the architectural languages of modern life) will be highlighted in the works of Charles F. McKim, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn,Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, Diller + Scofidio Renfrow, Thom Mayne, and others. The mediation and re-presentation of buildings and spaces through other media (music, photography, painting, dance, poetry, literature, and film) are also explored. Walking tours as well as research for landmarking of a picture palace in Queens, New York, will be part of the class.
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ARCH 5819 - Special Topics in the History of Architecture and Urbanism
Fall or Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5801 and ARCH 5802 or permission of instructor.
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This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of History of Architecture and Urbanism. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. For precise content, please see the Architecture Department webpage.
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ARCH 5902 - Design X Thesis
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 8 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 5101 and required directed elective. Enrollment limited to: B.Arch. students. Requirement for B.Arch. candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis.
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ARCH 5903 - Design IX Expanded Design Thesis
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 14 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 4102 and approval of expanded thesis application. Students who carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 and minimum studio GPA of 3.8 are eligible to apply. Will satisfy requirement for BArch candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis.
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The expanded design thesis is designed for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a yearlong investigation. The expanded thesis must include substantial research and the completed work should be of wider scope and greater depth than is normal for a one-semester thesis. The thesis topic should extend the student’s work already begun in a course or a sequence of courses taken before the fifth year.
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ARCH 5904 - Design X Expanded Design Thesis
(CU-UGR)
Fall, Spring. 14 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: ARCH 4102 and approval of expanded thesis application. Will satisfy requirement for BArch candidates who must satisfactorily complete a thesis. Students who carry a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 and minimum studio GPA of 3.8 are eligible to apply.
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The expanded design thesis is designed for undergraduate students who wish to pursue a yearlong investigation. The expanded thesis must include substantial research and the completed work should be of wider scope and greater depth than is normal for a one-semester thesis. The thesis topic should extend the student’s work already begun in a course or a sequence of courses taken before the fifth year.
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