ARCH 1301 - Introduction to Architecture

Fall. 3 credits.

Enrollment limited to: non-B.Arch. students only.

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.