SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE FALL 2009 Electives
Note: The following School of Architecture electives will be available subject to sufficient enrollment.
ARCH-1961.EXR Italian Culture & Language CRN43262 (T) Language and Cultural studies in the immersive context of Rome, Italy. Including formal classroom language studies as well as immersive exercises in the streets and squares of the city. (Rome Program Students only). Prereq: Italian 1, Cr. 4.
ARCH-2940.01 Adv Ind Proj in Arch & Env Design CRN44307 (IS) Individual projects and readings adapted to the needs of individual students, prearranged with faculty. Cr. 1-6.
LGHT-4230 Lighting Design CRN43957 A design studio that explores the roles of light in architecture and its application by design. Students conceive, evaluate, and synthesize solutions that contribute to successful lighting and architectural design. Leslie TF 2:00–4:50 pm. 4 cr. (Recommended for 4th and 5th undergraduate students – also can be used towards a minor in Lighting).
ARCH-4430.01 Electronic Media: Physical Design Processes CRN43037 (E) This course examines processes of design prototyping and fabrication via 3-D scanning, CNC milling, and other techniques in a critical design context. Two particular foci will be established: the application of these tools as means for physical design visualization of computer-based design work and the exploration of the systemic biases these tools give to the design conceptualization process. In both cases, creative exploration of design opportunity will be encouraged. Students will be expected to create multiple material experiments during the term and be responsible for purchasing their own materials. Riebe MR 10:00–11:50. Cr. 4.
ARCH-4540.01 Professional Practice CRN42743 (E) An introduction to architectural practice as related to accomplishing design projects. An overview of professional obligations, registration and conduct, architects roles in project delivery, and office organization and management for delivering professional services. In-depth examination of architects responsibilities for health, safety and welfare in design; building code requirements for fire protection, life safety, and accessibility; economics of building systems and assembles; design and construction contracts; and design documentation. Staff. T 6:00 – 9:00 pm, F 12:00–1:50 pm. Cr. 2.
ARCH-4690 Case Studies: Investigations into Architectural Knowledge CRN44399 “The best instructor of all is a building which is being pulled down.” (John Willis Clark, “On the Construction of the Vaults of the Middle Ages,” 1842) Buildings embody cultural knowledge. Their forms and spaces are invested with traces of habitation and beliefs through the employment of materials that are wrought by craft and technology. It is the intention of this course to teach how to investigate buildings in order to reveal the technological and cultural knowledge that is embedded within them. In this course, a select number of significant buildings are “disassembled” through intense questioning, and their artifactual significance is probed through careful analysis. Prerequisites: ARCH4560, ARCH4140, ARCH4330 and ARCH4560; a pre-or co-requisite to ARCH4300. Mistur. MR 10:00–11:50. Cr. 4
ARCH-4840.01 Architectural Acoustics 1 (E) CRN43102 Providing an overview of the essentials for architectural acoustics design of performance and public spaces, including concert halls, theaters, museums, classroo ms, sports arenas, courtrooms, and religious buildings. The course may be used as a concentration in an architecture student’s professional electives, or the beginning of a master’s degree in acoustics. Covering basic principles of sound, room acoustics, sound absorption in rooms, sound isolation and privacy, acoustics of mechanical systems, and sound quality. After Architecture Acoustics 1 & 2, students should be prepared for a basic entry-level position in either acoustics in architecture, or in acoustical consulting. Staff F 10 –11:50, F 12 – 2 pm. Cr. 4. (can be used towards a minor in Acoustics).
LGHT-4840 Human Factors in Lighting CRN43958 An introduction to lighting and human factors, including classical literature and contemporary studies and development of skills needed to conduct and evaluate human factors research. Fall term annually. Figueiro. MR 10:00 – 11:50 am. Cr. 4. (Recommended for 4th and 5th undergraduate students – also can be used towards a minor in Lighting).
ARCH-4960.EXI Workshop in Arch Research CRN45219 Carver (India Program students only). TBA. Cr. 2.
ARCH-4961 Sustain. Building Design CRN44468 A review of current and anticipated metrics associated with sustainable building design will be covered as well as changes in the building industry will be discussed. A review of how sustainable design practices can mitigate the climate change in a positive way will also be addressed. An understanding of energy terminology is useful for this course. Course Objectives: Impact of building design and construction on the environment and associated climate change concerns. Design considerations for architecture and engineering in new construction and renovations. Opportunities for improvements in renovation projects. Holmes M 6 – 7 pm, Cr. 1
ARCH-4962-EXI India Studies CRN45221 Cept faculty. (India Program students only) TBA Cr. 4.
ARCH-4963-EXI Indian Arch & Urb CRN45222 CEPT faculty and Carver. (India Program students only) TBA Cr. 4
ARCH-4940.00 Adv Ind Pro in Arch & Env Des CRN44299 (IS) Individual projects & readings adapted to the needs of individual students at the advanced level, prearranged with faculty. Cr. 1-6.
ARCH 4962 CRN45318. “Modular Thinking”. The path from unit to multiply defines masonry and much of the history of building. Merging low and high tech approaches, this course will focus in a critical and creative hands-on investigation of different casting techniques and materials (plaster, concrete, glass, ceramics) including mold design and making. The final aim will be the developing three-dimensional building units that challenge the idea of what a ”brick” could be. Field trips to manufacturing facilities/shops will be arranged. Basic knowledge on digital fabrication desired but not required.. Crembil.. W 10 – 12 Cr. 2 (Enrollment 15)
ARCH-4964 EXR Performative Morphologies: Towards a New Technique CRN43263 (T) This course will explore recent developments in equation based and parametric techniques to produce performance driven architecture. This course targets two important loci. The first being the technique employed in the generation of the form; and the second, streamlining the analytical feedback loop to give immediate visual results during design. Using Generative Components, this course will develop techniques driven by computationally linking analysis to the design algorithms, enabling the exploration and development of performance driven geometries for architecture. Ellinger, TBA Cr. 2 (Rome Program students only).
ARCH-4965 CRN27678/CIVL4965 Bedford Seminar: Advanced Building Structures CRN44412 The course will be interdisciplinary with students from both the school of architecture and civil engineering department. The lectures are based on technology as a form generator with particular emphasis on structural engineering and advanced structures. The course will examine how architectural concepts can be enhanced with appropriate structural systems. The students will be exposed to the collaborative methods inherent within the architect/engineer relationship. The class content will focus on the modern history of structural engineering and engineers, structural models, structures in nature and demonstrations of analysis techniques. Many examples will be presented including projects from the instructor’s past and current work experience. Field trips to offices and construction sites will occur during the course. Limited Enrollment: 8 Arch and 8 CEE students (selection will be based on seniority) Prerequisites: Architecture Students – Arch 2330 Structures 1, Arch 4330 Structures 2. Civil Engineering Students – Civil 2670 Intro to Structural Eng T/R 6-9pm – meets 4 wks per semester (tba). Bedford Visiting Professor, TBA Cr. 2.
ARCH-4966-01 Urban & Arch Hist of Rome (T) CRN43264 Architecture Rome Program students. On-site investigation of architectural and urban history of Rome, beginning with an overview of Etruscan culture and architecture, Republican and Imperial Roman Architecture, Early Christian and Medieval Architecture, followed by a focused study of 15th & 16th century Renaissance Roman architecture and urban development as a manifestation of the theoretical ideas, sociopolitical context, and historical circumstance of the period. (Rome Program Students only) TBA. Cr. 4.
ARCH-4968 Duchamp Seminar: Anarchism Umped (E) CRN45259
Deep down I'm enormously lazy. I like living, breathing better than working.
- Marcel Duchamp
This seminar will explore the life, work and influence of artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), inventor of the readymade, father of conceptual art, lover of puns and anagrams (see course title). By examining his ideas and those of his peers (Maya Deren, Joseph Cornell, Man Ray, Eric Satie, Constantin Brancusi, Hans Richter, Francis Picabia, George Antheil), acolytes and admirers (John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Merce Cunningham, Octavio Paz), we will critically map his impact on 20^th century art and architecture. Speculated as “the world’s first feminist artist” by historian Helen Molesworth, Duchamp continues to be relevant to art discourse, 40 years after his death. Or does he? The course will feature readings, response papers, field trips and discussions with the world’s leading Duchamp authority, Francis M. Naumann. Oatman, W 10:00-11:50, Cr. 2.
ARCH-4971.OC Environmental Parametrics CRN44990 Advanced 3D modeling workshop introducing algorithmic, parametric, and component based modeling methods. Students will gain a working and applied knowledge of using environmental and other datasets to drive their design model. Working knowledge of NURBS and polygonal modeling is required. Ngai, TBA Cr.2 Taught in NYC
ARCH-6120 Design Explorations 2 (E) CRN42925 Architectural and urban environments are analyzed and explored so as to reveal significant but not obvious content. The precise topics vary but always address important issues. Currently it examines contemporary techniques and processes in architecture and their effects on building performance. It will involve the use of simulation techniques while considering the role of material and system integrations. Prerequisite: ARCH-6110. Garba. MR 10:00 –11:50. Cr. 4. Taught w/ARCH6130.
ARCH-6130 Design Explorations 3 (E) CRN42926 Taught with ARCH-6120 Prerequisite: ARCH-6120. Taught w/ARCH6120. Garba MR 10:00-11:50. Cr. 4
LGHT-6830 Physics of Light CRN43959 A comprehensive overview of the physics of light and its applications for lighting. The course uses a variety of instructional methodologies, including lectures, laboratory sessions, hands-on experimentation, and individual student projects and presentations to cover various areas of lighting study. Topics include geometric optics, physical optics, lighting calculations and measures, spectroradiometry, measurement techniques for advanced light sources, radiometry, and photometry. Narendran. TF 10:00-11:50. Cr. 4. (Undergraduates must receive permission of instructor).
ARCH-6840 Engineering Acoustics (E) CRN45276 This course provides introductory materials of engineering acoustics for students with basic knowledge in mathematics (at least on level of first-year college). Much of course material is taken from the textbook Acoustics for Engineers by Blauert & Xiang. The course includes mechanic and acoustic oscillations, electromechanic and electroacoustic transduction, magnetic- and electric-field transducers, the wave equations in fluids, governing equations for horns and ducts, spherical sound sources and arrays, piston membranes, diffraction and scattering, dissipation, reflection, refraction and absorption, isolation of air- and structure-borne sounds, noise propagation and noise control. Xiang W 10:00 – 11:50. Cr 2. (can be used towards a minor in Acoustics).
ARCH-6860 Applied Psychoacoustics (E) CRN45294 The course covers the fundamentals of psychoacoustics with a focus on Architectural Acoustics. Topics include the functional overview of the auditory system, loudness, pitch, and timbre perception, masking, binaural hearing, auditory scene analysis, multi-modal integration, and auditory perception in rooms. Required signal processing methods will be covered as well. Braasch T 10:00 – 1:00 pm. Cr. 3. (can be used towards a minor in Acoustics).
ARCH-6969.OC Adv Ind Proj Env CRN 45256 Dyson TBA Cr. 3 Taught in NYC.
ARCH-6870 Sonics Research Lab 1 (E) CRN43128 The Lab is completely research based. Students will develop an understanding of the measurement equipment and analysis required in order to quantify qualitative aspects of various sonic environments, and examine the ISO standards for measurements in order to develop specific research goals. Students & professors travel to a performance hall and perform measurements and then analyze the data and interpret the results. Dissemination of results will go toward furthering the practice of architectural acoustics and increasing the understanding of the resultant subjective quality of a room. Co req: ARCH-4840 or instructor approval. Xiang. MR 10:00–11:50 am. Cr. 4.
ARCH-6940 Adv Ind Proj in Arch & Env Des (IS) CRN44308 Individual projects & readings adapted to the needs of individual students at the advanced level, prearranged w/faculty member. Cr: 1 – 6.
ARCH-6310.OC Environmental History & Theory (E) CRN 45260 This course has been conceived in tandem with the Integrative Materials Course and with Built Ecologies Design Research Studio, such that each student will develop a complementary written analysis that critically situates the new material system that the student is developing in design studio within historical, socio-political and economic flows. The written analysis will directly reference key themes contained within the required readings, lectures, and seminar discussions. Dyson TBA Cr 3. Taught in NYC.
ARCH-6320.OC Built Ecologies 1 (E) CRN43955 In addition to concentrating on building performance as an exclusive internal operation this course will assess the external implications that built spaces produce to the exterior environment. In parallel to building systems, this seminar will probe into "landscape urbanism" strategies examining how open built urban interventions are impacting the environment. Via a simultaneous analysis of enclosed and open built systems, this seminar will scan laws of the ecosystem and biodiversity, thermodynamics, urban technological models of sustainability, ecological planning and contemporary sustainable design policies. Bhiwapurka. TBA. Taught in NYC. Cr. 3.
ARCH-6340.OC Materials Systems & Productions (E) CRN45260 This seminar will investigate emerging functional materials addressing physical adaptability to environmental and climatic fluctuations. Bio-climatic responsiveness via multi-scale intelligence will be examined from innovations on material simulation systems, low energy/low waste manufacturing, raw material reduction and material reduction and material consumption reduction within potential design applications. Design exercises will develop building systems or products that reduce material use, weight, volume or energy consumption with the goal of increasing the environmental performance of the system. Vollen TBA Cr. 3. Taught in NYC.
(T) = Topic Course, (E) = Elective Course, (IS) = Independent Study